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May 01, 2024
Even brief periods of anger caused by triggering memories can negatively impact our blood vessels' ability to relax. That's the finding of a new study that could have implications on how we look at heart attack and stroke risk.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Heart Disease, Heart attack,
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May 01, 2024
We were less than charitable when the 850-hp, V10 Engler Superquad was first introduced in 2019. When the 2023 version was introduced with an extra 250 hp, we seriously considered where it might rank among a murderer's row of the most terrifying vehicles ever built. Now there's a new V12 model with an extra 100 hp and an extra 100 kg (220 lb) and... Look, if the animated remains of Mick Jagger can continue belting out its greatest hits night after night, then by golly so can Engler, and so can we.
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Automotive,
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May 01, 2024
Screening callers of crisis or suicide helplines for their current level of suicide risk is crucial to detecting and preventing suicide.
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Technology
Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Voice,
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May 01, 2024
What would you ask if you found yourself sitting across the screen from an interactive, digital version of... Well, yourself?
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Technology
GPT, Artificial Intelligence,
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May 01, 2024
A striking new study led by researchers from the University of Nebraska has found unusually high levels of lead and uranium in urine samples from teenagers who frequently use e-cigarettes. But several scientists, while careful to say not vaping is still the safest option, have sounded the alarm over the study's design.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
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Apr 30, 2024
Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, hopefully reducing the revenue stream for poachers.
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Apr 30, 2024
A simple product built to completely reorganize your truck camping experience, the Pack Rack will debut as a multifunctional piece of indoor/outdoor camping furniture. It rides in a pickup truck bed as an adjustable-height shelf for holding gear and cargo, turning what might otherwise be a bulging, tarp-engulfed junkyard pile into a neatly stacked collection of ready-to-grab essentials. At night, that shelf becomes a bed, serving to lift sleeping mat and heavy-eyed adventurer off the dusty, gritty pickup box floor.
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Apr 30, 2024
A simple product built to completely reorganize your truck camping experience, the Pack Rack will debut as a multifunctional piece of indoor/outdoor camping furniture. It rides in a pickup truck bed as an adjustable-height shelf for holding gear and cargo, turning what might otherwise be a bulging, tarp-engulfed junkyard pile into a neatly stacked collection of ready-to-grab essentials. At night, that shelf becomes a bed, serving to lift sleeping mat and heavy-eyed adventurer off the dusty, gritty pickup box floor.
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Apr 30, 2024
What makes a compact titanium multitool stand out from the kazillion others that are on Kickstarter at any given moment? Well, an adjustable wrench is a definitely a rare feature, and that's just one of the things you'll find on the Ti EDC Wrench.
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Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Multitools, Titanium,
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Apr 30, 2024
Chinese automotive giant Chery spawned the Exeed luxury sports brand in 2017, and the Exeed E08 "concept MPV" shown at Auto China last week definitely does exceed expectations.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 30, 2024
Chinese automotive giant Chery spawned the Exeed luxury sports brand in 2017, and the Exeed E08 "concept MPV" shown at Auto China last week definitely does exceed expectations.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 30, 2024
Scientists have demonstrated a creative solution to plastic pollution, one of our most pressing environmental problems. Plastic was embedded with spores of plastic-eating bacteria that are activated when dumped in landfill, biodegrading 90% of the material in five months. Weirder still, this actually made the plastic tougher and stronger during use.
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Apr 30, 2024
Dragon Tiny Homes' Element and Element 20 are very inexpensive options for downsizing, but aren't practical for more than one or two people. The firm's recent Avalon, however, has an increased but still relatively affordable price tag and squeezes an impressive three bedrooms into a compact frame, meaning it has space for a small family.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction,
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Apr 30, 2024
Carbon-framed ebikes can cost a pretty penny, but the latest lightweight city model from Fiido currently comes in at well under $2k, has the stealthy look of a regular bike and boasts a low-maintenance Gates carbon belt drive.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes, Pedal-assisted,
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Apr 30, 2024
It's almost time for the 2024 Summer Olympics to begin. 100 years after it last hosted the games, Paris is once again home to the iconic sporting event and just one large-scale permanent building has been created for the occasion: an aquatic sports center that's defined by an stunning curving concave wooden roof and boasts impressive sustainability features.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
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Apr 30, 2024
Sanctuary AI is one of the world's leading humanoid robotics companies. Its Phoenix robot, now in its seventh generation, has dropped our jaws several times in the last few months alone, demonstrating a remarkable pace of learning and a fluidity and confidence of autonomous motion that shows just how human-like these machines are becoming.
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Robotics, Technology
Sanctuary AI,
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Apr 30, 2024
While we don't like to talk ill of the dead, new physiological analysis has found that the king of the dinosaurs was not so smart after all. It upends previous research that last year likened the brain and neuronal composition of the Tyrannosaurus rex to that of a primate.
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Biology, Science
Dinosaurs, Brain
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Apr 30, 2024
AF, or AFib, and its close medical cousin, atrial flutter, are associated with complications such as stroke, heart failure, and heart attack. While there's an understandable focus on treating these conditions to prevent acute complications, less research has looked at what's happening in the long term.
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Medical, Science
Heart,
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Apr 30, 2024
After more than a decade of delays and development, Boeing's Starliner crewed spacecraft is scheduled to launch. Given the history of the craft and the company's recent scandals, it's a nail-biter - so let's recap CST-100 Starliner.
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Space, Science
NASA, CST-100,
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Apr 30, 2024
There's a global shortage of blood supplies needed for life-saving transfusions due to factors that include an aging population with a higher demand for it and a lack of volunteer donors. However, even if there was an ample blood supply, it's not as simple as just giving blood when it's needed.
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Medical, Science
Blood,
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Apr 29, 2024
A new type of printed circuit board (PCB) could drastically reduce the amount of electronic waste that ends up in landfills. Although most PCBs are difficult to recycle, such is not the case with this one, which partially turns into a reusable jelly when necessary.
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Materials, Science
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Apr 29, 2024
Could you throw a lifebuoy all the way out to a distressed swimmer located one kilometer away? Nope, you couldn't … but you could fly one out to them, in the form of the TY-3R Flying Lifebuoy drone.
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Drones, Technology
Lifeguards, Swimming,
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Apr 29, 2024
On the road to delivering 100 miles of EV range in five minutes by the end of 2024, tech firm StoreDot has installed its extreme fast charging cells in a Polestar 5 prototype, and zapped the 77-kWh pack to 80% capacity in 10 minutes.
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Automotive, Transport
StoreDot,
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Apr 29, 2024
On the road to delivering 100 miles of EV range in five minutes by the end of 2024, tech firm StoreDot has installed its extreme fast charging cells in a Polestar 5 prototype, and zapped the 77-kWh pack to 80% capacity in 10 minutes.
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Automotive, Transport
StoreDot,
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Apr 29, 2024
Dubai already hosts the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and it has now been revealed that it will soon boast bragging rights for the world's tallest residential skyscraper too. Currently under construction in the city's Marina district, the supertall will feature 122 floors and just 251 ultra-luxurious residences.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction,
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Apr 29, 2024
Dubai already hosts the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and it has now been revealed that it will soon boast bragging rights for the world's tallest residential skyscraper too. Currently under construction in the city's Marina district, the supertall will feature 122 floors and just 251 ultra-luxurious residences.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction,
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Apr 29, 2024
We've seen some impressive nature-inspired flying bots from the creative minds at Festo's Bionic Learning Network over the years, but the autonomous BionicBee is not only the smallest so far but also the first capable of swarming.
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Robotics, Technology
Festo, Biomimicry,
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Apr 29, 2024
We've seen some impressive nature-inspired flying bots from the creative minds at Festo's Bionic Learning Network over the years, but the autonomous BionicBee is not only the smallest so far but also the first capable of swarming.
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Robotics, Technology
Festo, Biomimicry,
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Apr 29, 2024
The "Study Pavilion" has now been built at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany, and the holistic modular design and construction of the reconfigurable building offers a fascinating glimpse into a potential future for scalable, reconfigurable buildings not just in places of higher learning - where campus visits may well become less frequent in the future - but in any community.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
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Apr 29, 2024
The "Study Pavilion" has now been built at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany, and the holistic modular design and construction of the reconfigurable building offers a fascinating glimpse into a potential future for scalable, reconfigurable
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Apr 29, 2024
The six-foot-tall raptors in the Jurassic Park movies were terrifying enough, but now scientists have described a giant new raptor species whose legs alone were that tall.
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Biology, Science
Dinosaurs, University of Queensland, F
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Apr 29, 2024
The British Army has rolled out the prototypes of its Challenger 3 main battle tank, which are undergoing their first live-fire tests in Germany. The upgraded tank not only has a deadlier gun, but can destroy incoming anti-tank rounds in flight.
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Military, Technology
British Army, Tanks,
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Apr 29, 2024
With the rise of COVID-19, the world learnt how being in close quarters with another person or people can increase the risk of infection with the virus. New research led by the University of Bristol in the UK has provided an answer to the question of how and why airborne respiratory viruses linger longer in enclosed spaces: carbon dioxide.
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Science
University of Bristol, Virus,
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Apr 28, 2024
The original Skycamp from iKamper was a true innovator in a now-overcrowded rooftop tent (RTT) market. IKamper has built out the Skycamp brand over the years, adding smaller, lighter models and improving upon existing designs. It is now spinning off the Skycamp DLX sub-line. That reads Skycamp "Deluxe" to our eyes, and the upgraded models integrate creature comforts like LED lighting, cork flooring and inflatable mattresses, bringing along a premium price to match.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
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Apr 26, 2024
Last year, Nitecore put a new emphasis on "flat light" with its EDC27. And while the compact torch isn't the only flashlight to take on a slim, remote control-like form, it does offer one of the best all-around light-to-slimness ratios we've seen on the market. After a little LED and electronics tinkering, Nitecore has bested itself with the EDC25, a slightly lighter flashlight that fires out the same 3,000 lumens but with more throw, intensity and overall runtime.
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Outdoors,
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Apr 26, 2024
Fish farming may be getting much more eco-friendly, courtesy of soybean processing wastewater. Microbes in the liquid have been used to produce proteins that could replace the fishmeal which is currently fed to farmed fish.
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Environment, Science
Nanyang Technological University,
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Apr 26, 2024
The rapid progress of humanoid robot development is nothing short of astounding. Less than 12 months after introducing its 6th-gen general-purpose humanoid, Canada's Sanctuary AI has pulled back the curtains on the next iteration of Phoenix.
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Robotics, Technology
Humanoid, Sanctuary AI,
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Apr 26, 2024
Wind River Tiny Homes recently completed a new tiny house named the Pingora. The towable home comes with a relatively affordable price tag and features a compact interior with an "upside-down" layout that positions the bedroom downstairs and the living room upstairs.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, House,
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Apr 26, 2024
One of the most stunning concept cars the world has ever seen was shown for the first time at Auto Shanghai this week, when MG took the wraps the EXE181 concept - an aerodynamic electric hypercar with one of the best drag coefficients ever seen in any registerable, road-going vehicle. If it reaches production, it will become the world's most aerodynamically efficient automobile.
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Apr 26, 2024
One of the most stunning concept cars the world has ever seen was shown for the first time at Auto Shanghai this week, when MG took the wraps the EXE181 concept - an aerodynamic electric hypercar with one of the best drag coefficients ever seen in any registerable, road-going vehicle. If it reaches production, it will become the world's most aerodynamically efficient automobile.
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Apr 26, 2024
While it seems that another humanoid robot is being released every week, we've yet to see one move as quickly or with as much precision as the model just released by Chinese company, Astribot. We dare you to not be impressed.
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Robotics, Technology
Future Robot, Robotic, Robots,
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Apr 26, 2024
Many asteroids can be traced back to their parent body - the planet or moon they broke off from. But for the first time, scientists now claim to have traced the origins of an asteroid back to the specific crater it was birthed from.
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Space, Science
Asteroid,
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Apr 26, 2024
One of the biggest challenges researchers face is making injectable medicines into versions that can be taken orally. Oral medications usually fail because they can't withstand the harsh environment of the gut, which leads to poor bioavailability - a drug's ability to be absorbed and exert a therapeutic effect on the body.
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Medical, Science
RNA,
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Apr 26, 2024
We've always said that if one of these came up at the right time, it would become the world's first million dollar motorcycle. Well, it's gonna happen next month and … this will be worth watching.
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Apr 26, 2024
Adding rat stem cells to a mouse embryo resulted in a ‘hybrid brain' in which the rat cells stepped in to restore function when the mouse's sense of smell was removed, new research has shown. It's the first time one animal's cells have been used to rescue another's senses, and it represents a step forward in regenerative medicine.
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Science
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Apr 26, 2024
Adding rat stem cells to a mouse embryo resulted in a ‘hybrid brain' in which the rat cells stepped in to restore function when the mouse's sense of smell was removed, new research has shown. It's the first time one animal's cells have been used to rescue another's senses, and it represents a step forward in regenerative medicine.
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Science
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Apr 26, 2024
Airbus Helicopters has flown its high-speed concept copter, which dashes 50% faster than other commercial copters, for the first time. The 249-mph (216-kt, 400-km/h) Racer demonstrator is not only fast, but consumes up to 25% less fuel.
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Aircraft, Transport
Helicopters, Airb
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Apr 25, 2024
CATL made headlines around the globe last August when it presented the Shenxing battery, an LFP pack capable of adding 400 kilometers (249 miles) of range in a mere 10 minutes at the charger. Not a year later, and that pack's powering actual cars. This year, the company has rolled the tech into an even more impressive pack it calls the Shenxing Plus, a battery that not only pushes into four-figure range territory but also charges in 600 km (373 miles) of range in the time it takes for a bathroom-and-snacks run.
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Apr 25, 2024
The Italian-designed Linky 2.0 takes what was already a pretty cool folding electric longboard and makes it even better in a number of key ways. If its Kickstarter works out, one could soon be yours for a pledge of €649 (about US$696).
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Urban Transport, Transport
Electric Skateboards, Folding,
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Apr 25, 2024
If a giant prehistoric salmon isn't scary enough for you, how about one with warthog-like tusks? According to a new study, Oncorhynchus rastrosus possessed just such appendages - even though the fish likely fed on tiny plankton.
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Biology, Science
Fossils,
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Apr 25, 2024
A portable music production studio previewed at NAMM 2022 is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Playtime Engineering's Blipblox myTracks is designed to give young creators all the tools they need to start making music.
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Music, Technology
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Apr 25, 2024
One of the most exciting possibilities of 3D-printed architecture is that it could revolutionize affordable housing. Portugal's Havelar shows this may soon be within reach with its inaugural 3D-printed home, which took just 18 hours to print.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
3D Printing,
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Apr 25, 2024
A robo-dog capable of throwing 30-ft flames from its back might seem the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but such terrors were made real last year with the launch of the Thermonator from Ohio's Throwflame. Now the fire-breathing quadruped is available to buy for under $10k.
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Robotics, Technology
Fire, Quadruped,
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Apr 25, 2024
A robo-dog capable of throwing 30-ft flames from its back might seem the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but such terrors were made real last year with the launch of the Thermonator from Ohio's Throwflame. Now the fire-breathing quadruped is available to buy for under $10k.
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Robotics, Technology
Fire, Quadruped,
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Apr 25, 2024
We all know that water evaporates when the temperature climbs, but researchers have just shown that there's another factor at play. The breakthrough could solve long-standing atmospheric mysteries and lead to future technological advances.
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Physics, Science
MIT,
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Apr 25, 2024
As the driest nonpolar desert in the world, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is home to very few species of plants and animals. With rainfall often occurring only once a decade, the desert is so dry that NASA uses it as a stand-in for the Martian landscape. But what's living beneath the parched surface? New research suggests it's very small, abundant, and old, very old.
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Science
Bac
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Apr 24, 2024
"As people live longer, improving quality of life is paramount," said Alex Morgan, a partner at Khosla Ventures, who chipped in to fund Rubedo's first round of venture capital financing. "Rubedo is targeting senescent, or aging, cells that drive age-related disease. This first trial can bring us another step closer to achieving better healthspan."
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Medical, Science
anti-aging,
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Apr 24, 2024
"As people live longer, improving quality of life is paramount," said Alex Morgan, a partner at Khosla Ventures, who chipped in to fund Rubedo's first round of venture capital financing. "Rubedo is targeting senescent, or aging, cells that drive age-related disease. This first trial can bring us another step closer to achieving better healthspan."
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Medical, Science
anti-aging,
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Apr 24, 2024
Tiny houses come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but this is the first example we've seen that's modeled after a World War II airplane. Named the Monocoque Cabin, the unusual dwelling is defined by an eye-catching curving exterior and comes with lots of options, including its interior layout and the ability to run off-the-grid.
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Tiny Houses,
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Apr 24, 2024
The world's first commercial-scale factory for making nutrient-rich and versatile protein from air and sustainable energy has opened its doors in Finland, and the startup behind it aims to have its microbe-made food out in the US later this year. Solar Foods is just one of a handful vying for pole position in a burgeoning 'air-protein' market that's expected to be worth US$100 million by 2032.
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Environment,
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Apr 24, 2024
If you had piles of cash to spend on a custom-made packable bike, what kind would you get? Well, Malaysian horologist Ming Thein got a titanium number that can be taken apart to fit inside his own Rimowa suitcase - it's called the Firefly MiniVelo.
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Bicycles, Transport
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Apr 24, 2024
If you had piles of cash to spend on a custom-made packable bike, what kind would you get? Well, Malaysian horologist Ming Thein got a titanium number that can be taken apart to fit inside his own Rimowa suitcase - it's called the Firefly MiniVelo.
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Bicycles, Transport
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Apr 24, 2024
The Volkswagen California 6.1 was never the best-looking California in history, dragged down by its oversized double-stacked grille, but it did usher in its fair share of new innovations to the iconic nameplate. Now, Volkswagen is preparing it for retirement, starting production on a 1,500-model "Last Edition" that will see the 6.1 era out and welcome in the innovative new California T7, set to debut in just a few weeks.
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Apr 24, 2024
Using DNA and proteins, scientists have created new synthetic cells that act like living cells. Blurring the line between artificial and living materials, these cells can be reprogrammed to perform multiple functions, opening the door to new synthetic biology tech that goes beyond nature's abilities.
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Biology, Science
Cells,
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Apr 24, 2024
Using DNA and proteins, scientists have created new synthetic cells that act like living cells. Blurring the line between artificial and living materials, these cells can be reprogrammed to perform multiple functions, opening the door to new synthetic biology tech that goes beyond nature's abilities.
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Biology, Science
Cells,
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Apr 24, 2024
Pothos plants are already known for being particularly good at purifying indoor air, so imagine if it were possible to make them 30 times better at doing so. Neoplants' Neo PX system is claimed to do just that, using special soil-dwelling bacteria.
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Around The Home, Lifestyle
Plants, Bacteria,
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Apr 24, 2024
Pothos plants are already known for being particularly good at purifying indoor air, so imagine if it were possible to make them 30 times better at doing so. Neoplants claims its Neo PX system does just that, using special soil-dwelling bacteria.
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Around The Home, Lifestyle
Plants, Bacteria,
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Apr 24, 2024
Hisense USA says it's looking to redefine the high-end entertainment experience with the launch of the PX3-Pro, a daytime usable, triple laser ultra-short-throw projector that can throw Dolby Vision movies at up to 150 inches.
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Home Entertainment, Technology
Hisense,
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Apr 24, 2024
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological progress towards human capability in full view.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 24, 2024
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological progress towards human capability in full view.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 24, 2024
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological progress towards human capability in full view.
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Automotive,
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Apr 24, 2024
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological progress towards human capability in full view.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 24, 2024
Medically, AI is helping us with everything from identifying abnormal heart rhythms before they happen to spotting skin cancer. But do we really need it to get involved with our genome? Protein-design company Profluent believes we do.
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Biology, Science
CRISPR, Genetics,
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Apr 24, 2024
Medically, AI is helping us with everything from identifying abnormal heart rhythms before they happen to spotting skin cancer. But do we really need it to get involved with our genome? Protein-design company Profluent believes we do.
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Biology, Science
CRISPR, Genetics,
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Apr 24, 2024
Boutique French motorcycle maker DAB Motors has launched its first production electric moto. Billed as a "fusion of luxury and technology," the limited-run DAB 1a sports a 25.5-kW (peak) motor, 150-km/h battery and a host of collaborative design touches.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Electric Motorcy
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Apr 24, 2024
The public (or at least, the rich public) will soon be able to take a break from their luxury cruise to ride a luxury submersible. Triton Submarines has delivered its first Triton 660/9 AVA to a cruise company to take passengers into the depths in style.
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Marine, Transport
Submarine, Triton Submarines, Luxury,
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Apr 24, 2024
One of the two oldest, active spacecraft has a new lease on life, with NASA getting the 47-year-old Voyager 1 deep space probe to send back engineering data for the first time since November 14. Until now, all the craft could return was gibberish.
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Space, Science
NASA, Voyager, Computer,
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Apr 24, 2024
The world's most advanced solar sail spacecraft began its odyssey today at 23:32 GMT as it lifted off atop a Rocket Lab Electron launcher from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. It was one of two payloads on the Beginning Of The Swarm mission.
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Space, Science
Solar Sail, Launch,
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Apr 23, 2024
Ever since its launch, we thought Vermont's Beta Technologies might prove itself the real deal in an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) world dominated by renderings, concepts, prototypes and other "maybe somedays."
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Aircraft, Transport
eVTOL, Beta Technologies,
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Apr 23, 2024
Ever since its launch, we thought Vermont's Beta Technologies might prove itself the real deal in an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) world dominated by renderings, concepts, prototypes and other "maybe somedays."
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Aircraft, Transport
eVTOL, Beta Technologies,
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Apr 23, 2024
If you're worried about being unexpectedly overtaken by cars you while you're cycling, Trek's new CarBack may be just the ticket. It's not the only bicycle radar device on the market, but it is claimed to be the best in several ways.
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Bicycles, Transport
Trek, bike lights,
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Apr 23, 2024
If you're worried about being unexpectedly overtaken by cars you while you're cycling, Trek's new CarBack may be just the ticket. It's not the only bicycle radar device on the market, but it is claimed to be the best in several ways.
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Bicycles, Transport
Trek, bike lights,
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Apr 23, 2024
A new wheeled robot is able to climb metal structures in a very clever and unique way - it uses an extendible tape-measure limb. Descendants of the bot may one day find use inspecting or even repairing things like towers, bridges, power stations and ships.
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Robotics, Technology
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Apr 23, 2024
John Lennon's 1964 Framus 5/024 Hootenanny famously played on the title track of The Beatles' 1965 album Help! - and believed lost for more than 50 years - is heading to auction next month, where it's expected to break records.
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Apr 23, 2024
High-profile studio the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for an ambitious new timber college building that will combine cutting-edge engineered wood with traditional Japanese joinery techniques to create a striking-looking and sustainable place of learning.
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Architecture,
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Apr 23, 2024
Back in 2022, the strange-looking prototype igus:bike rolled into the spotlight boasting an angular frame, funky wheels and even bearings made using recycled plastic. Now the newly-named RCYL bike is riding into production.
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Bicycles, Transport
Mobility, Rugged, Plastic
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Apr 23, 2024
Much has been made of the global rise in antibiotic resistance and its impact on the delivery of effective treatment, with good reason. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, an umbrella term for medications that kill bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi, is the main driver in the development of drug-resistant pathogens.
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Medical, Science
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Apr 23, 2024
Around 29 million people in the US take a daily dose of aspirin as a preventative measure for cardiovascular disease. And while an age-related increased risk of bleeding has seen it fall out of favor with medical authorities, it's now shaping up as something that might be even more beneficial in triggering the immune system to help take down certain cancers.
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Medical, Science
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Apr 23, 2024
Chinese auto manufacturer Dongfeng has shoveled some heavy marketing into its M-Hero 917, the big, brawny, quad-motor luxury SUV it launched domestically last year and recently introduced in Switzerland.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 23, 2024
Chinese auto manufacturer Dongfeng has shoveled some heavy marketing into its M-Hero 917, the big, brawny, quad-motor luxury SUV it launched domestically last year and recently introduced in Switzerland.
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Automotive, Transport
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Apr 23, 2024
AI trained on simple heart rate data can predict an episode of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation, 30 minutes in advance, new research has shown. With plans for it to be incorporated into a smartphone so it can analyze data from a smartwatch, the model would act as an early warning system.
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Medical, Science
Heart,
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Apr 22, 2024
Damaged nerve fibers (axons) in the peripheral nervous system can regenerate themselves, but complete functional recovery often doesn't occur. That's because the Schwann cells responsible for regeneration stop providing support after about three months. If the restoration of nerve function, called reinnervation, hasn't happened in that time, the axonal injury often results in lifelong incomplete recovery and can lead to nerve or neuropathic pain.
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Medical,
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Apr 22, 2024
An F-16 fighter plane running on artificial intelligence has engaged in the first-ever aerial dogfight exercise with a human-piloted counterpart. This is the first footage of the September mock fight, conducted as part of DARPA's Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.
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Military, Technology
Lockheed Martin,
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Apr 22, 2024
Specially tagged "sentinel plants" could soon provide an early warning of crop problems such as insect damage or bacterial infection. These plants would utilize two "glowing" sensors that react to stress-related compounds in the leaves.
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Science
MIT,
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Apr 22, 2024
Canada's Minimaliste previously impressed us with its Noyer and Noyer XL models, which offer luxurious small living in all weather, including extremes of hot and cold. The firm has now iterated on the Noyer line once again with a new and improved - and even larger - tiny house that offers lots of storage space and a roomy apartment-like layout.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction,
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Apr 22, 2024
German high-end bike maker Propain has added a "short-travel ripper for home trails and trail parks" to its eMTB range. The Sresh CF sports a Shimano mid-drive motor offering 600 watts of peak power, a lightweight blended carbon/fabric frame and a SRAM 12-speed drivetrain.
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Bicycles, Transport
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Apr 22, 2024
Last week, we discussed AI's incredible evolution in terms of its performance against humans. Almost across the board, AI has surpassed humans in a range of performance-based tasks, necessitating the development of new, more challenging benchmarks. Arguably, that degree of development could be classed as a 'good.' This follow-up article discusses the not-so-good that has resulted from AI's rapid evolution.
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Technology
Artificial Intelligence
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Apr 22, 2024
A newly described species of marine reptile could be the largest to ever swim the world's oceans. The "giant fish lizard" lived more than 200 million years ago, and may give the blue whale a run for its money, size-wise.
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Biology, Science
Dinosaurs,
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Apr 22, 2024
British YouTuber James Bruton has plenty of experience with self-balancing technology and omnidirectional wheels, having already built a self-balancing bicycle using a sideways-mounted omni-wheel, as well as a heap of self-stabilizing robot projects.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Omni-Di
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Apr 21, 2024
BYD is the world's largest EV producer. It produced 20% of the 10 million EVs sold globally last year, from Tesla (13%), Volkswagen (9%) and General Motors (6%) - those are all very rough figures for simplification purposes. For stats - go here.
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Automotive, Transport
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