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Nov 24, 2020
Hybrid manufacturing systems like DMG Mori's Lasertec 65 DED hybrid are starting to pop up here and there with the ability both to add metal via laser deposition 3D printing, and to subtract it via more traditional milling processes, giving you somewhat of a one-step process that can create the kind of slightly rough shape you expect from additive manufacture, then hone it back to perfection with CNC milling tools.
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3D Printing, Technology
3D Printers, Manufacturing Technologies, Metals, CNC
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Nov 24, 2020
Engineers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a strange new X-ray microscope that takes advantage of the spooky world of quantum physics to "ghost image" biomolecules in high resolution but at a lower radiation dose.
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Physics, Science
X-ray, Microscopes, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Quantum, Quantum Physics, Entanglement, Imaging
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Nov 24, 2020
It is said that our metabolism slows down as we age, creating the perception that it can be harder to shed excess pounds as we grow older, but a new study has contradicted this school of thought. Researchers examining the results of a weight loss regime driven by lifestyle changes in folks over 60 years old has found they lost just as much weight as a group under 60, suggesting this approach can be effective at tackling obesity regardless of age.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Obesity, Weight, Weight Loss, University of Warwick
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Nov 24, 2020
Two major US defense initiatives recently came together as a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II dropped a mock refurbished B61-12 nuclear bomb for the first time. The test, which took place over Sandia National Laboratories' Tonopah Test Range in Nevada on August 25, saw the 5th-generation fighter release the bomb from an internal bay while flying at supersonic speed.
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Military, Technology
US Air Force, Sandia Labs, F35-Fighter, Nuclear weapons
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Nov 24, 2020
Engineers at the University of Texas have created one of the smallest memory storage devices ever, made out of a two-dimensional material measuring one nanometer square. Dubbed an "atomristor," the device works on the movements of single atoms, which could pave the way for much smaller memory systems with incredible information density.
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Computers, Technology
Computers, Computer, Electronic, Chip, Chips, Memristor, Memory, University of Texas
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Nov 23, 2020
Tarantula venom is not something people would normally associate with relief from pain, but strangely enough, the ingredients within it could hold the key to new medicines that offer just that, and without some of the common side effects. A new understanding of the way tarantula toxins shut down electrical signals in the spider's prey has given scientists hope of recreating this effect, but in a positive way through advanced drugs that treat chronic pain.
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Medical, Science
Pain, Chronic, University of Washington, Spiders
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Nov 23, 2020
Florida's XTI Aircraft has ben working on its TriFan eVTOL concept for at least five years now, and while a passenger version is still the key focus, the company has now put forward a long-range, autonomous diesel-hybrid cargo variant.
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Aircraft, Transport
drones, eVTOL, Hybrid
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Nov 23, 2020
A novel cancer vaccine is moving to Phase 1 human trials in the United States after promising results from animal studies showed encouraging efficacy and a robust safety profile. A new study describes the vaccine as producing complete responses in 90 percent of animals when combined with a second immunotherapy drug.
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Medical, Science
Cancer, Vaccines, Immunotherapy, The Immune System, Ohio State University
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Nov 23, 2020
Newts do it. Lizards do it. Even educated axolotls do it. Regenerating limbs isn't something many animals can do, but now there's a surprising new addition to the list - alligators. A new study has shown for the first time that young American alligators can regrow large sections of their tails.
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Biology, Science
Animals, Animal science, Regenerative, Regeneration, Arizona State University, Evolution, Alligators
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Nov 23, 2020
The China National Space Administration is pressing ahead with its trailblazing lunar exploration program, following last year's historic Chang'e-4 touchdown with a new mission to bring Moon rocks back to Earth for study. The Chang'e-5 mission successfully lifted off from China's Hainan province earlier today (Nov. 23), and if all goes to plan, will return with the first samples collected since the Soviet Union's lunar program in the 1970s.
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Space, Science
China National Space Administration, Moon, Lunar
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Nov 23, 2020
Since it first launched the all-new Bronco, Ford has spent a lot of time stressing how the 4x4 fits the lifestyle of overlanders and other long-haul off-road travelers. But what about the more common weekend warrior? Ford definitely hasn't forgotten about them, and its new Bronco Badlands Sasquatch 2-Door Concept proves it. The SEMA-style build highlights the Bronco's deeply ingrained bolt-on modularity, showing how the 4x4 can quickly change from a highway-hauling 9-to-5 commuter to an extreme backcountry mountain scaler and back again in less time than it takes to drive to the trailhead.
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Automotive, Transport
Ford, bronco, Off-road, SUV, Concept Cars, sema-2020, Concept Vehicle
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Nov 23, 2020
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have presented the first interim data from their Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial. The vaccine is safe, up to 90 percent effective, and significantly easier to distribute compared to other options requiring complex cold storage, but plenty of questions still remain unanswered.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Vaccines, Virus, University of Oxford
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Nov 23, 2020
Because different polymers have different qualities, multiple types will often be layered together in products such as food packaging. And while such multilayer plastics are currently non-recyclable, a new technique may change that.
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Science
University of Wisconsin, Plastics, Recycling
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Nov 23, 2020
While we have already heard about contact lenses that monitor medical conditions, such lenses are often made from non-traditional materials. A new one, however, is composed of the same hydrogel as regular store-bought contacts, potentially making it much more user-friendly.
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Medical, Science
Contact Lenses, Diagnostic devices, Monitoring, Hydrogels
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Nov 23, 2020
Miami underwater diving enthusiasts - not to mention the local marine life - will soon have an unusual new attraction to explore, courtesy of OMA. Named ReefLine, it's conceived as an artificial reef and snorkeling destination with a range of artworks, and will reach a total length of 7 miles (11.2 km).
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Architecture, Lifestyle
OMA, Building and Construction, Marine, Coral, Miami, Art
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Nov 23, 2020
Not every living room is large enough to house a 77-inch television from Denmark's Bang & Olufsen, and the high-end company has responded to requests from customers for something smaller with a 48-inch 4K OLED model rocking a built-in soundbar.
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Home Entertainment, Technology
Bang Olufsen, BeoVision, 4k, OLED, Television, Luxury
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Nov 23, 2020
Drone-like VTOL capabilities with a long-range, high-speed turboshaft cruise mode: South Africa's Pegasus Vertical Business Jet hopes to deliver the best of both worlds in a futuristic transitioning aircraft for high flyers.
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Aircraft, Transport
VTOL, Aircraft, Jets
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Nov 23, 2020
Drone-like VTOL capabilities with a long-range, high-speed turboshaft cruise mode: South Africa's Pegasus Vertical Business Jet hopes to deliver the best of both worlds in a futuristic transitioning aircraft for high flyers.
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Aircraft, Transport
VTOL, Aircraft, Jets
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Nov 23, 2020
Florida's Undefined Technologies claims it has managed to increase the thrust levels of ion propulsion systems to "unprecedented levels" with its "Air Tantrum" technology, enabling near-silent drones with no moving parts, that look like flying pallets.
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Drones, Technology
Ion propulsion, drones, Delivery drones
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Nov 23, 2020
With the world continuing to warm and sea levels continuing to rise, NASA and ESA are eyeing the next decade of climate change and its consequences, launching a new satellite to observe the ocean from orbit. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was fired into space over the weekend, and will spend the coming years monitoring global sea levels in unprecedented detail.
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Space, Science
Global Warming, Climate Crisis, NASA, ESA, Ocean
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Nov 23, 2020
Mars may be incredibly dry and dusty today, but evidence continues to pile up that it was once a very watery world. Now the Curiosity rover has found signs of an ancient flood of biblical proportions, most likely kicked off by a climate-changing asteroid impact.
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Space, Science
Curiosity Rover, Mars, Water, NASA, Cornell University
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Nov 22, 2020
By combining magnetic materials with magnetic fields, robotics researchers continue to develop machines that can be remotely manipulated in all kinds of useful ways, such as somersault through the colon or crawl through blood vessels to deliver drugs. Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a new type of spray-on coating they say can give regular objects these kinds of capabilities, with particular potential in biomedical applications.
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Robotics, Technology
Magnetic, Robotics, City University of Hong Kong
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Nov 22, 2020
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool has shown promise in treating a wide range of diseases, but getting it into cells in the first place can be challenging. Now, researchers in Australia have packaged the tool inside porous materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) coated in a green tea compound, and used it to silence key genes in prostate cancer cells.
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Medical, Science
metal-organic frameworks, Cancer, Prostate cancer, RMIT University, CSIRO, CRISPR, gene therapy
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Nov 22, 2020
New research, led by a team from UC San Francisco, has shown how immune cells produced in the gut play a protective role during multiple sclerosis (MS) flare-ups. For the first time, scientists have shown how these immune cells travel up to the brain and potentially help shift a disease flare-up into remission.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Multiple Sclerosis, Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, The Immune System, antibodies, Neurological, UCSF
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Nov 22, 2020
A research team led by Danny Horta at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has discovered a fossil galaxy within the Milky Way. Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), the scientists conclude that the galaxy, called Heracles, collided and merged with the Milky Way 10 billion years ago.
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Space, Science
Astronomy, Galaxy
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Nov 22, 2020
As tiny waste products measuring up to just a few millimeters in size, microplastics are an insidious form of plastic pollution that is incredibly difficult to trace, but scientists are gaining a clearer picture of how far-reaching its presence is. The latest discovery in this area comes from high altitude, with researchers studying microplastics on Mt Everest for the first time uncovering evidence of them just below the summit.
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Environment, Science
Microplastic, Plastics, Pollution
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Nov 22, 2020
A first-of-its-kind exploratory study, led by researchers from Yale School of Medicine, has found a single dose of the psychedelic psilocybin can reduce migraine frequency by 50 percent for a least two weeks. The preliminary trial was small, with follow-up work necessary to validate the results, but the promising findings suggest great potential for psychedelics to treat migraines and cluster headaches.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Psychedelic Medicine, Brain, Neurological, Neuroscience, Yale, migraines
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Nov 22, 2020
After an almost complete absence for over half a century, Antarctic blue whales are returning in numbers to the waters surrounding South Georgia island in the South Pacific. An international team led by Susannah Calderan of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has collected 58 sightings of the giant cetaceans as well as acoustic soundings of their presence.
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Science
British Antarctic Survey, Whale, Environment
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Nov 22, 2020
Ostentatious displays of wealth have always been a bit distasteful, but they're becoming considerably more so in recent years as the gaping chasm between the uber-rich and the rest of us has broadened and deepened. And that was before the pandemic, in which so many folk have lost their jobs and businesses.
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Automotive, Transport
Rolls Royce, Rolls Royce Ghost, Luxury
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Nov 22, 2020
Northrop Grumman has announced that its Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module, which forms a key part of NASA's deep-space Artemis program, has passed its preliminary design review.
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Space, Science
Northrop Grumman, artemis, NASA, Moon, Gateway
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Nov 21, 2020
Inarguably one of the most spectacular photo contests around, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year has again delivered a truly awe-inspiring selection of highlights in its seventh year. From fairy-tale inspired forest shots to beautifully surreal drone perspectives, this incredible competition highlights the diversity of landscape photography.
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Photography, Technology
Photography, Competition, Awards, Photographers
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Nov 20, 2020
The Arecibo Observatory's famous 1,000-ft (305-m) radio telescope is to be demolished after a second support cable failed. An assessment by the engineering firm of Thornton Tomasetti has determined that the radio dish and its 900-ton instrument platform are too unstable to be safely repaired.
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Science
Astronomy, Telescope, Observatory
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Nov 20, 2020
The Arecibo Observatory's famous 1,000-ft (305-m) radio telescope is to be demolished after a second support cable failed. An assessment by the engineering firm of Thornton Tomasetti has determined that the radio dish and its 900-ton instrument platform are too unstable to be safely repaired.
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Science
Astronomy, Telescope, Observatory
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Nov 20, 2020
Winnebago has been wooing dirtier, grittier outdoor adventurers with new launches like the Revel and Hike, but it's still best-known for its luxurious stretched Class A motorhomes. And there are few better examples than the all-new 2022 Journey, a 35-foot-plus diesel pusher that flirts with $400,000. The new travel bus furnishes passengers with a condo-like interior with multiple slide-outs, smart home control, a home theater, a fireplace, and a variety of other comforts and conveniences that many a traveler or camper wouldn't know what to do with.
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Automotive, Transport
Motorhome, Motorhomes, RV, Winnebago, smart RV
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Nov 20, 2020
Gardening is very therapeutic for many people, but there are nonetheless some yard-related tasks that can be a hassle. The Yardroid robot was designed to autonomously handle those jobs, utilizing artificial intelligence.
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Robotics, Technology
Garden, Plants, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous
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Nov 20, 2020
One of the challenges in 3D-printing biological tissue lies in the fact that the cells may die before oxygen-delivering blood vessels grow into the material. Harvard scientists are addressing that issue, by adding algae to the mix.
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Science
Harvard, 3D bioprinting, Algae, Photosynthesis
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Nov 20, 2020
Although we've already heard about pressure-sensitive "skins" that could be applied to robotic or prosthetic appendages, Japanese scientists have created one for use on real human fingers. And while you might wonder why they bothered, it actually has an interesting potential application.
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Science
University of Tokyo, Electronic skin, Touch
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Nov 20, 2020
Following the popularity of Stefano Boeri Architetti's greenery-covered Bosco Verticale, similar "Vertical Forest" buildings are now taking root around the world, helping to add more plants and trees to inner-city areas. Two of these are now rising in China and are slated for completion early next year.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, China, sustainable design
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Nov 20, 2020
Last year, Polish engineer Jack Skopinski launched an electric trail machine designed for disabled riders wanting to venture off the beaten track. Around the same time, he built an off-road electric skateboard featuring two 2,500-W motors. Now he's made a 4x4 version of the Mountain Cart and upped the power for a Mountain Board flavor of the Boardzilla.
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Urban Transport, Transport
Electric Vehicles, Electric Skateboards, Skateboard, Quad, Off-road
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Nov 20, 2020
3D printing is a very exciting area of architecture at the moment, with new advancements seemingly announced every few months. Following news of an entire 3D-printed community and a 3D-printed two-story home, a three-story apartment building is now being built in Germany using what's described as the fastest 3D construction printer on the market.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, 3D Printing, Home, New Atlas Audio
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Nov 20, 2020
3D printing is a very exciting area of architecture at the moment, with new advancements seemingly announced every few months. Following news of an entire 3D-printed community and a 3D-printed two-story home, a three-story apartment building is now being built in Germany using what's described as the fastest 3D construction printer on the market.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, 3D Printing, Home
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Nov 20, 2020
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly hobby, time consuming to set up, and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table.
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Games, Technology
Board, Games, Gaming, Tables, table top, Kickstarter
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Nov 20, 2020
As the lycra and carbon fiber frames might suggest, space and weight are key concerns for cycling enthusiasts, and that extends to the gear they carry for on-the-spot repairs. The latest offering from purveyor of cycling parts Wolf Tooth is one that might tick quite a few boxes, functioning as a set of master link pliers with a slew of different attachments tucked inside the handle.
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Bicycles, Transport
Multi-Tools, Cycling, Tools
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Nov 19, 2020
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy have successfully destroyed a threat representative ICBM missile on the edge of space using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile launched from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113).
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Military, Technology
Missile Defense, US Navy, Flight Tests
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Nov 19, 2020
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy have successfully destroyed a mock ICBM missile on the edge of space using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile launched from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113).
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Military, Technology
Missile Defense, US Navy, Flight Tests
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Nov 19, 2020
Startup Rocket Lab has joined SpaceX and Blue Origin in the world of rocket recovery, today bringing its Electron booster back down to Earth for the first time ever. The company's recovery of the Electron's first stage during its landmark "Return to Sender" mission will act as a springboard for even more ambitious recovery techniques in the coming years.
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Space, Science
Rocket Lab, Rocket landing
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Nov 19, 2020
A simple home test for breast cancer and a solar energy-harvesting window made of recycled materials are the big winners of this year's James Dyson Awards. The annual competition encourages university students to develop innovative solutions to current problems.
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Science
James Dyson Awards, Sustainability, Ultraviolet, Light, Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Cell, Materials, Cancer, Breast cancer, Diagnosis, Smartphone diagnostics
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Nov 19, 2020
Sony has added a pair of new compact projectors to its lineup, which it says are built for high quality images in classroom-sized environments. That doesn't mean their value is limited to education settings, however, with the company also touting their capabilities for conference rooms and at-home entertainment.
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Home Entertainment, Technology
Sony, Projector, 4k
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Nov 19, 2020
Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a common parasitic infection. Although it is suspected hundreds of millions of people around the world may be infected with the parasite, only a small volume display symptoms and go on to develop disease.
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Science
Brain, Parasites, Inflammatory, Neurological, Schizophrenia, Behavior, Neuroscience, University of Leeds
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Nov 19, 2020
If you were planning to perform open-heart surgery on someone, it would definitely help if you could first do a "dry run" on an exact replica of their heart. Doing so may soon be possible, thanks to a recent advance in 3D printing technology.
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3D Printing, Technology
Carnegie Mellon, American Chemical Society, Heart
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Nov 19, 2020
As a species, sharks pre-date even the earliest dinosaurs, so it's not surprising to hear that they've changed a bit over the years. It was recently discovered, for instance, that they were once able to rotate the two sides of their jaw outwards, helping them to feed.
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Biology, Science
University of Zurich, University of Chicago, Sharks, Fossils, New Atlas Audio
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Nov 19, 2020
The folks behind the impressive Seaboard Grand have launched a new version of the colorful Lumi Keys learning platform that was crowdfunded last year. The Studio Edition injects some of the Grand's spongy expression into a standard solid keyboard.
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Music, Technology
Digital music, Instrument, ROLI, MIDI, Keyboard, Controller
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Nov 19, 2020
Glasgow's RHA launched its first true wireless earphones a little over two years ago, which were billed as "the most sophisticated true wireless earphones on the market." Now the company has cooked in some active noise cancellation for the shapely TrueControl ANC buds.
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Wearables, Technology
Earphones, Wireless, Noise-Canceling
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Nov 19, 2020
Last week, the Earth had its closest shave with an asteroid ever recorded, when a small space rock skimmed just 370 km (230 miles) above the surface. For comparison, that's closer than the orbit of the International Space Station.
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Space, Science
Asteroid, Astronomy, Earth, Observatory
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Nov 19, 2020
France's Nawa Technologies is setting up operations in the United States, and bringing its fast, affordable vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) manufacturing process into a new application: making carbon fiber composites much stronger.
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Materials, Science
Nawa Technologies, Carbon Fiber, Nanotubes
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Nov 19, 2020
In a market dominated by home builds and customs, Winnebago became one of the first major American RV manufacturers to embrace the overland adventure trend when it introduced the Revel camper van in 2017. Realizing that some of its off-road #vanlife customers might already be outgrowing the van, stepping up from adventurous couples to adventurous families, it follows the Revel up with the all-new Ekko. The four-sleeper B motorhome creates a roomier base camp without nullifying the compact, nimble, all-season capability of the all-wheel-drive Ford Transit below.
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Automotive, Transport
Motorhome, Motorhomes, Campervan, Off-grid, Off-road, Winnebago, Camping, Outdoors, RV
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Nov 19, 2020
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is a mosquito-borne virus that, in the worst case scenario, can infect the brain and become deadly. It's notoriously difficult to treat, but now scientists have discovered the protein it latches onto - and used it to create a decoy molecule that draws the virus away from the brain.
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Medical, Science
Virus, Viruses and Bacteria, Brain, Drug, Drugs, Mosquito, Protein
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Nov 18, 2020
By getting up close and personal with the intricate mechanics of bird flight, scientists continue to unlock secrets that can aid in their pursuit of advanced aerodynamics, and that may include aircraft that generate a lot less noise. Scientists in Europe have developed a new type of aerofoil they say could lead to important gains in this area, by simulating the microstructures on owl feathers that allow the birds to hunt their prey in silence.
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Aircraft, Transport
Biomimicry, Biomimetic, City, University of London, Birds
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Nov 18, 2020
Another day, another completely bonkers electric hypercar. The Elation Freedom has a truly cringeworthy name, but we'd put up with it for the experience of driving a sweet-looking, 1,903-horsepower, gull-winged beast like this one.
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Automotive, Transport
Hypercar, Electric Vehicles
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Nov 18, 2020
As useful as X-rays are for imaging bones, there's only so much we can see in a flat greyscale image. But this new scanner adds color and a third dimension, creating high resolution, cutaway 3D models that can diagnose bone fractures and monitor healing. New Zealand-based Mars Bioimaging (MBI) has now conducted a feasibility study of the machine, with a larger international trial set to begin soon.
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Medical, Science
X-ray, CT scan, Imaging, Medical Imaging, Bones, Fractures, CERN
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Nov 18, 2020
As useful as X-rays are for imaging bones, there's only so much we can see in a flat greyscale image. But this new scanner adds color and a third dimension, creating high resolution, cutaway 3D models that can diagnose bone fractures and monitor healing. New Zealand-based Mars Bioimaging (MBI) has now conducted a feasibility study of the machine, with a larger international trial set to begin soon.
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Medical, Science
X-ray, CT scan, Imaging, Medical Imaging, Bones, Fractures, CERN
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Nov 18, 2020
A new Australian study, published in the journal Nature Communications, is the first research to investigate the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the gut microbiome. The preliminary investigation does not suggest a causal association at this early stage but does confirm patients suffering from COPD do present with notable changes to microbial populations in the gut.
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Medical, Science
Microbiome, Gut Bacteria, Bacteria, Lung, Health, Disease
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Nov 18, 2020
While traditional diamonds are formed over billions of years deep in the Earth where extreme pressures and temperatures provide just the right conditions to crystalize carbon, scientists are working on more expedient ways of forging the precious stones. An international team of researchers has succeeded in whittling this process down to mere minutes, demonstrating a new technique where they not only form quickly, but do so at room temperature.
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Materials, Science
Australian National University, RMIT, Diamonds
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Nov 18, 2020
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced their large Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial is complete. The trial has reportedly met all its primary endpoints and the vaccine is claimed to be 95 percent effective.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Vaccines, FDA, Health
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Nov 18, 2020
While autoclaves are considered essential for sterilizing medical equipment in First World health care facilities, they're often not available in developing nations where access to electricity is limited. A new solar-powered autoclave may be the answer to that problem.
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Good Thinking, Lifestyle
MIT, Indian Institute of Technology, Solar Powered
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Nov 18, 2020
Chevrolet introduced the revived Trailblazer name as a niche-filling subcompact crossover. Following along with the similar, but slightly larger Blazer, the Trailblazer fits somewhere in between the tiny Trax and the more family-sized Equinox. Where the Blazer has a more suburban feel about it, the Trailblazer, despite its name, actually has a more urban fit.
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Automotive, Transport
Chevrolet, SUV, Crossover, Reviews
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Nov 18, 2020
At its core, Mini has always been a brand that challenges conventional automotive dimensions. The badge's all-new Vision Urbanaut takes the challenge into the future, reorganizing interior space for a fully autonomous world. Mini houses a versatile, shape-shifting interior inside a set of smooth, timeless van lines to create a totally different style of MPV. It leaves us hoping that a Mini-van actually becomes a real thing ... so long as they ditch the cringey aspects of the design.
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Automotive, Transport
MINI, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Van, Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving, BMW
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Nov 18, 2020
Self-driving cars typically use both LiDAR and radar to detect obstacles on the road ahead, yet neither system is adept at identifying vehicles through fog. Now, though, engineers have discovered that radar is good at the task if it's "doubled up."
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Automotive, Transport
Self driving cars, Radar, LIDAR, UC San Diego
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Nov 18, 2020
Subaru has taken the wraps off its all-new BRZ sports car, continuing the purists' fun box into a new generation. The BRZ has an all-new design, a new engine with a bit more muscle, and retains the rear-drive formula that has made the car doggedly popular.
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Automotive, Transport
Subaru, Sports Cars, Toyota
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Nov 18, 2020
The skeletal structure of a fish's gill arches and paired fins are quite similar - enough so that it was once believed the fins evolved from the arches. Although that theory has since been discounted, a new study suggests it may have been right on the money.
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Biology, Science
University of Aberdeen, University of Cambridge, Fish, Evolution
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Nov 18, 2020
Back in 2016, electrical engineer Chris Prendergast launched a Kickstarter project for the JamStack portable guitar amplifier that snapped onto a strap peg and blasted out tones generated by a smartphone. Now the bigger and better second generation has launched.
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Music, Technology
Indiegogo, Guitar Effects, Guitar, Portable Audio, Amplifiers
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Nov 18, 2020
Boston Dynamics' Spot is a versatile little robot. Able to pull trucks, work on oil rigs, and even herd sheep, the dog-like bot has now learned a new trick and has been helping Foster Partners with its ongoing Battersea Roof Gardens project in London, England.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Boston Dynamics, Foster and Partners, Robot, Building and Construction
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Nov 18, 2020
Back in September, Sony launched a flagship 4K laser projector capable of putting out 10,000 lumens. Though Epson America's latest projector can't match the resolution, the Pro L30000UNL is a much brighter prospect.
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Home Entertainment, Technology
Epson, Projectors, Laser
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Nov 18, 2020
Athlete endorsements are meaningful to people buying sporting goods. Want some basketball shoes? Check out what Steph Curry's wearing, if those kicks can keep his wonky, hundred-million-dollar ankles safe, chances are they'll work for you too. Tiger Woods ain't hackin' round the fairways with no crappy golf clubs, and you can probably trust Roger Federer to pick a half-decent tennis racquet.
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Around The Home, Lifestyle
Seat, Reviews, Gaming, Chair, Ergonomic, Comfort
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Nov 18, 2020
All of the major smartphones of 2020 have been revealed and released, meaning it's finally time to sit some of them side by side and see how they stack up. To help you decide which one is best for you, New Atlas compares the specs and features of the iPhone 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, the Google Pixel 4a, 4a 5G and 5, and the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 and S20 Ultra.
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Mobile Technology, Technology
comparison, Product Comparison, Phone Comparisons, Phone, Smartphones, smartphones, iPhone, Google Pixel, Google, Apple, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy
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Nov 18, 2020
A new multitool has just landed on Kickstarter promising an impressive degree of versatility in a very cost-effective package. The Talos offers 14 tools in all, spearheaded by a multifunctional knife and 3-in-1 pliers, alongside other old favorites.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Kickstarter, Multi-Tools, Tools
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Nov 18, 2020
Some advanced electronic devices, such as superconductors and quantum computers, can currently only function at extremely cold temperatures. Now engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technolgy (NIST) have developed a tiny cryogenic thermometer that can keep an eye on these sensitive instruments without taking up much room.
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Electronics, Science
Electronic, Cryogenics, ultracold, NIST, Quantum Computing, superconductor
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Nov 17, 2020
With the social and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic striking hundreds of millions around the world, the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has been raised as a potential solution. Unique new research is looking at the effects of UBI during a pandemic by analyzing data from a massive ongoing 12-year income study in Kenya, and its conclusion suggests the policy may help individual well-being but it is not a silver-bullet solution in times of extreme disruption.
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Science
Health, Income, Money, Virus, MIT
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Nov 17, 2020
Earlier this year we saw Mercedes-AMG roll out its most powerful V8 ever, the GT Black Series, and the automaker has wasted little time in showing what it can do. While street legal, the 4-liter twin turbo was designed to do its business primarily on the racetrack, and having just rounded the Nürburgring Nordschleife faster than any production car before it, business appears to be pretty good.
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Automotive, Transport
Mercedes-AMG, Nurburgring, Record-breaking, World Records
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Nov 17, 2020
He flew too close to the sun. French extreme sports athlete Vince Reffet has died after a jet suit training incident in the desert near Dubai. The 36-year-old was the second person on the planet to fly Yves Rossi's Jetman flight suit.
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Aircraft, Transport
Jetman Yves Rossy, Yves Rossy, Personal Flight
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Nov 17, 2020
With a pop-up that looks like a chimney and a bimini-topped party deck, the roof of the short, stout Purpose Trailer from California's RKS Off-Road is unlike any other you're likely to see at the campground. In fact, it holds up to 1,000 lb (454 kg) so that a campsite of friends can chill out during the day for better views, with a pair sticking around at night to camp in the deployable tent. The hybrid caravan/teardrop-style interior has standing height where you need it, lying height where you don't.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Caravan, Trailer, trailers, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, Outdoors
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Nov 17, 2020
Cancer has an unfortunate and often deadly tendency to spread through the body, and the most common location for secondary tumors to appear is the lungs. Now, scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute have developed a way to treat metastatic tumors in the lungs, by attaching immune-baiting drugs to red blood cells.
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Medical, Science
Cancer, Cancer Tissue, Lung cancer, Metastasis, Lung, Harvard, Wyss Institute, Immunotherapy, The Immune System
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Nov 17, 2020
Just like standard lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries work by sending ions back and forth between a pair of electrodes in a liquid electrolyte, but current designs have their limitations. A research team in Russia has discovered a new bright, blue mineral they say could solve one of the problems with these experimental devices, which shape as a far more cost-effective form of energy storage than today's solutions.
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Materials, Science
Sodium battery, Batteries, Battery, St Petersburg University
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Nov 17, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society and ordinary citizens on a scale not seen since the Second World War. Whole continents have been paralyzed, economies have been shut down, and civil rights have been restricted in an effort to fight the virus. One aspect of this society-wide shock has been the deep impact the pandemic is having on industries such as aerospace.
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Aircraft, Transport
Aviation, Travel
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Nov 17, 2020
A new study, published in the journal Chaos, is suggesting tracking changes over time in the way multiple sclerosis (MS) patients type on their smartphone touchscreens could be a useful method to monitor neurological degeneration.
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Medical, Science
Smartphones, Apps, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Neurological, Brain
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Nov 17, 2020
There are already devices that allow smartphones to double either as dive computers, or as underwater cameras. The currently crowdfunding HotDive, however, does both.
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Photography, Technology
Kickstarter, Scuba, Diving
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Nov 17, 2020
Back in July, Jeep debuted a concept vehicle called the Wrangler Rubicon 392. Engineers at Fiat Chrysler had worked out how to stuff Dodge's big 6.4-liter Hemi engine into the Wrangler while keeping the Jeep's legendary off-road capabilities intact. The concept was a hit with fans and the press, plus we noted that it looked very production-ready.
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Automotive, Transport
Jeep, Wrangler, Off-road
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Nov 17, 2020
When you think of processes that could benefit from a high-tech makeover, the drying of fruit may not be the first one that comes to mind. It turns out, however, that the use of "ionic wind" for fruit-dehydration both saves energy and preserves nutrients.
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Science
Empa, Food technology, drying systems, Ions, Fruit
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Nov 17, 2020
Although foldable phones have only just made their way onto the smartphone scene, manufacturers are already exploring the next innovation: handsets with rollable displays. One of the first to break cover is the Oppo X 2021, a concept phone shown off as part of a Oppo's annual future tech expo.
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Mobile Technology, Technology
Oppo, smartphones, Display, Concept Phones
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Nov 17, 2020
High-profile architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) recently completed work on the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA). Representing the first museum dedicated to telling the story of the entire US Army, the building features a striking stainless steel facade and reduces its energy usage with sustainability features like a green roof and a focus on natural lighting.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Museum, US Army, LEED, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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Nov 17, 2020
Late last month, a new e-mobility company was formed from a skunkworks project at Harley-Davidson and showed off a striking one-off prototype. Now Serial 1 has officially announced its first four production models.
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Bicycles, Transport
Harley Davidson, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Last-mile transport, Recreational, Electric Bicycle
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Nov 17, 2020
Brazil's original Antarctic research base, built in the 1980s, was destroyed in a blaze in 2012. Following an architecture competition to build its replacement, Estúdio 41 has created the Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz, which is designed to withstand some of the most extreme conditions on the planet while enabling scientists go about their research in a warm and safe space.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Antarctic, Solar Powered, Wind-powered
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Nov 17, 2020
Texan company Quin Design has released a remarkable flip-up, carbon fiber smart helmet for adventure and touring motorcyclists, with built-in Bluetooth communications and the ability to detect crashes and call for help when a rider's in trouble.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Helmet, Bluetooth, Communications, Safety
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Nov 17, 2020
Following the historic Crew-1 launch, which saw four astronauts lifted into space from US soil on the first ever crewed operational flight of a commercial spacecraft, SpaceX's Crew Dragon has now safely docked with the International Space Station.
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Space, Science
SpaceX, NASA, International Space Station
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Nov 16, 2020
That regular exercise promotes good health is a given, but lately scientists are beginning to unearth some of the intricate mechanisms behind this relationship. A new study has shone a light on short bursts of vigorous exercise specifically, finding that they can produce "striking" effects on the metabolites circulating through the body and by extension lead to improvements in a wide range of bodily functions.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Exercise, Massachusetts General Hospital, metabolism
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Nov 16, 2020
How do you make sure your multitool lineup doesn't look like everyone else's? If you're CRKT, you do it by working with designers, inventors and knife makers all over the US to deliver knife and tool options in many different sizes and styles. The latest hails from the combat experience of a veteran Green Beret, packing multiple tools into a slim folding knife easy to drop into a pocket and have when it's needed most.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Multi-Tools, Knife, crkt
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Nov 16, 2020
Spanish company Quaternium has destroyed its own record for gasoline-electric drone endurance with a 10-hour, 14-minute flight. But how does that stack up against hydrogen and batteries, and what are the implications for the emerging eVTOL market?
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Drones, Technology
Hydrogen Aviation, Hydrogen-powered, World Records, Clean Energy, Flight
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Nov 16, 2020
A new observational study, analyzing data from nearly half a million UK subjects, suggests healthy sleep habits are significantly linked to lower rates of heart failure. Incorporating several measures of sleep quality, the research suggests improving sleep behavior is an important intervention for both clinicians and patients looking to reduce risk of heart failure.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Sleep, Sleeping, Insomnia, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular
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Nov 16, 2020
Classic watchmaker Citizen has long been focused on the past, but now it's embracing modern technology a bit more. The CZ Smart isn't Citizen's first smartwatch, but is the company's first to sport an all-digital display, bringing a suite of familiar apps and functions to the traditional design.
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Smartwatches, Technology
Smartwatch, Watch, Watches, Wearable, wearable electronics, Google, Android, iOS, Fitness
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Nov 16, 2020
Based on isotope analysis of meteorites, a team of scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has determined that about 4.5 billion years ago, our solar system may have formed in less than 200,000 years.
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Space, Science
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Solar System
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