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Sep 26, 2020
Promising a simpler life away from the chaos of busy urban centers, the tiny house movement has exploded in popularity over the past decade. But designers still have plenty of room for creativity when putting together these downsized dwellings, as the past couple of years have shown. Here we take a look at some of the most eye-catching of these innovative living spaces, which include everything from surprisingly spacious entertaining areas, to built-in bakeries, to ceilings that open up to sky.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tiny Footprint, House, Interior Design
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Sep 25, 2020
When Canoo presented its vision of subscription-based electric vehicles a year ago, its symmetrical, window-wrapped EV pod won our hearts as one of the cooler electric people-pushers on the horizon. What it didn't do was scream, "Turns on a dime!!" or "Dust-heaving desert dune buggy!" But underneath that glossy rounded trapezoid of mobility is a skateboard chassis capable of all that and more. Canoo recently gave the "skatekart" keys to pro driver Sara Price, and the results are mesmerizing.
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Automotive, Transport
canoo, Electric Vehicles, Buggies
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Sep 25, 2020
Built to travel with tinkerers and DIYers from garage, to work, to distant outdoor spaces, the new Caliber X from Tools Mule takes a different tack on multitooling. The compact, skeletal chassis disguises an 18-function, wrench-out build meant for everything from Saturday afternoon BBQs to all-out wilderness survival.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Multi-Tools, Survival, Kickstarter
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Sep 25, 2020
Last year, we heard how Rolls-Royce was developing what it claims will be the world's fastest electric airplane, the ACCEL. Now, the company has announced that it has completed ground testing of the technology that will be used in the aircraft.
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Aircraft, Transport
Electric Aircraft, Rolls Royce, World's Fastest
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Sep 25, 2020
While many bicycle commuters and long-distance riders use a bar-mounted bag, there's something to be said for the easy accessibility of a good ol' basket. Route Werk's Handlebar Bag combines the best features of both, along with various extras.
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Bicycles, Transport
Bags, Cycling, Kickstarter
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Sep 25, 2020
Dublin-based startup Joyst Instruments is launching a new MIDI controller called the JV-1 next month on Kickstarter that sports a bunch of gamer-style thumb joysticks up top for creating expressive music. Prepare your DAW for battle!
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Music, Technology
MIDI, Digital music, Controller, Joystick, Prototype
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Sep 25, 2020
Envisioned as an orchid tree about to blossom, the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed 2 Murray Road is under construction in Hong Kong's Central Business District. The skyscraper will feature a distinctive overall form and sustainable design that prioritizes fresh air ventilation, as well as an AI-powered management system that enables workers to move from street to desk without touching any doors or elevator controls.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Zaha Hadid, Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Hong Kong, sustainable design
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Sep 25, 2020
Envisioned as an orchid tree about to blossom, the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed 2 Murray Road is under construction in Hong Kong's Central Business District. The skyscraper will feature a distinctive overall form and sustainable design that prioritizes fresh air ventilation, as well as an AI-powered management system that enables workers to move from street to desk without touching any doors or elevator controls.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Zaha Hadid, Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Hong Kong, sustainable design
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Sep 25, 2020
Looking like a massive mirrored mixing bowl with salad sticking out of the top, MVRDV's Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen has finally been completed in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The eye-catching project is hailed as the world's first publicly-accessible art depot by the firm and will host 151,000 art pieces.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Museum, MVRDV, Art, Rotterdam
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Sep 25, 2020
Donning a pair of quality headphones is a great way to really immerse yourself in the music, but you can feel a little closed in after a while. Open-backed cans allow in more air for a more spacious sound, and Sennheiser has just announced a new pair for audiophiles on a budget - the HD 560S.
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Wearables, Technology
Sennheiser, Headphones, Audiophile
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Sep 25, 2020
Harleys and Indians are used to competing with one another in showrooms, but a new race series is putting these giant American cruisers head to head at the famous Laguna Seca racetrack in the "King of the Baggers" invitational - the motorcycling equivalent of a tractor race.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Indian Motorcycles, Roland Sands Designs, Racing, Cruisers
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Sep 25, 2020
Amazon's Ring has announced a new home security camera that can let you virtually walk through your house when you're not home. The Ring Always Home Cam is mounted on a drone of sorts that can fly a preset path to check for intruders, open windows or left-on ovens. But of course, it might be more trouble than it's worth.
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Around The Home, Lifestyle
Home, Smart Home, Home Security, Amazon, Camera, Camera drone, Security
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Sep 25, 2020
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a kind of electronic "invisible ink" that can help alert users to any unauthorized tampering with a device. When the chip is exposed to light it will erase information printed on it, making it clear that someone's opened the box.
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Electronics, Science
Counterfeiting, Authentication, University of Michigan, Electronic, Erasable, Optics
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Sep 25, 2020
There is a primordial drive in certain motorcyclists that can only be satisfied by shoehorning the largest and most excessive engines possible into the frames of two-wheelers. The mighty V8, a staple of the muscle car world, has frequently found itself driving half the wheels it was designed for, but typically there's been one glaring problem with the resulting motorbikes: they're colossal.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Crazy, Motorcycle, Eisenberg Racing
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Sep 24, 2020
The winning entries in this year's Drone Photo Awards deliver an outstanding assortment of aerial images, from the overall winning shot, catching a school of salmon forming the shape of a heart, to a special category focusing on the profound ways COVID-19 has transformed our cities.
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Photography, Technology
Drone photography, Photography, Awards, Competition, Photographers
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Sep 24, 2020
Engineers have developed a simple way to make colloidal diamonds that self-assemble. These structures have traditionally been tricky to manufacture in bulk, but with this new method they could be used to help make better photonic devices.
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Materials, Science
Photonics, Diamonds, Electronic, New York University, CNRS, DNA
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Sep 24, 2020
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has uncovered the coldest temperature ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Based on historical readings from an automatic weather station in Greenland, on December 22, 1991, Klinck, located on the summit of the Greenland ice sheet, plunged to -69.6 °C (-93.3 °F).
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Science
British Antarctic Survey, Arctic, Climate
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Sep 24, 2020
Hyundai's Ioniq sub-brand has already defined itself as a high-tech enterprise thanks to its electrified vehicle lineup. Now Hyundai is looking to give it even more of a reputation for cutting-edge tech, experimenting with a concept car cabin of the future. The newest Ioniq-badged design includes a massive flexible OLED screen for entertainment and a series of robotic and automated equipment to keep the cabin and passengers clean and tidy.
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Automotive, Transport
Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars
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Sep 24, 2020
Air pollution involving very fine dust, such as PM2.5 particles, poses a serious threat to human health. Scientists in Austria have developed what they call the smallest particle sensor in the world, designed specifically to detect these harmful pollutants and offer a highly localized picture of air quality by being integrated into wearables and mobile devices.
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Electronics, Science
Air quality, Pollution, TU Graz, Sensor, World's Smallest
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Sep 24, 2020
In a move that could lead to new innovations in antibiotic production, the genome of a freeze-dried sample of Sir Alexander Fleming's original mold that led to his discovery of penicillin has been sequenced for the first time.
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Science
Imperial College, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Antibiotic
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Sep 24, 2020
A new proof of concept study, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has demonstrated how speech-analyzing artificial intelligence tools can effectively predict the level of loneliness in older adults.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Language, Speech, Diagnostic devices, Depression, UC San Diego
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Sep 24, 2020
"Weight is the enemy, air resistance the obstacle." Not novel ideas to anyone who's spent time around fast vehicles, but the all-new Aero 3 from Touring Superleggera was developed with a brief featuring that simple phrase quadruple-sized and bolded at the top. And it very much shows. With a massive rear fin and bodywork so smooth it could have been poured on, the 731-hp gussied-up Ferrari F12 slithers its way between air molecules on its way to a 211-mph (340 km/h) top speed.
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Automotive, Transport
Touring, superleggera, Coachbuilt, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Salon Prive, Supercar
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Sep 24, 2020
Hearing aids may indeed be commonly used and relied upon in the First World, but they're still too expensive for many people in developing nations. The experimental LoCHAid device, however, is aimed at changing that.
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Sep 24, 2020
If there's one thing that all types of first responders have in common, it's the fact that they put a premium on speed. The Recruit quadcopter was created specifically for such users, as it can reportedly fly at over 140 mph (225 km/h) and has a claimed 3-hour flight time.
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Drones, Technology
Police, Ambulance, Firefighting, Quadcopter, Emergency drone
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Sep 24, 2020
If there's one thing that all types of first responders have in common, it's the fact that they put a premium on speed. The Recruit quadcopter was created specifically for such users, as it can reportedly fly at over 140 mph (225 km/h) and has a claimed 3-hour flight time.
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Drones, Technology
Police, Ambulance, Firefighting, Quadcopter, Emergency drone
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Sep 24, 2020
Based on a Ford F-53 EPIC chassis from Motiv Power Systems, the Magic Bus is a project of Winnebago and YouthPower365. The electric bus has been outfitted as a traveling learning center for pre-kindergarten children.
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Automotive, Transport
Winnebago, Education, Electric Vehicles, Electric bus, Motorhomes, Children
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Sep 24, 2020
Although TV professionals commonly use wireless microphones when shooting on location, decent-quality units are generally too expensive for use by regular folks using smartphones. The creators of the Hooke Lav mic, however, have set out to change that.
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Electronics, Science
Kickstarter, Microphone, Bluetooth, Filmmaking
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Sep 24, 2020
Yamaha has announced the YDS-150, a first-of-its-kind digital saxophone that's said to offer an authentic acoustic instrument experience - from the sound it makes to the key layout and the sensory feedback to the musician.
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Music, Technology
Yamaha, Instrument, Digital music
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Sep 24, 2020
Regular readers may recall Heatherwick Studio's ongoing Little Island park on stilts on New York City's Hudson River. The firm has now revealed plans to create something similar but even larger and more ambitious on San Francisco's waterfront. Named The Cove, it would replace the remnants of a ruined pier and car park with an attractive public park on the waves.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Thomas Heatherwick
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Sep 24, 2020
About seven years ago, Sony officially revealed its QX series of lens-style cameras, which mounted a combined optics/camera unit on a user's smartphone. Now a London startup is developing an interchangeable lens camera unit rocking a Micro Four Thirds sensor that's controlled using a clamped-on smartphone.
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Photography, Technology
Micro Four Thirds, Camera, Artificial Intelligence, Prototype, smartphones
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Sep 24, 2020
As if the 2020 lineup of Samsung Galaxy phones wasn't crowded enough, the company has now revealed a latecomer to the party - the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE). Packing a big screen and a beefy battery, the idea seems to be to bring a few flagship features into a less expensive phone.
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Mobile Technology, Technology
Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, Phone, Mobile Phones
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Sep 24, 2020
TuSimple is an autonomous trucking startup with some big ideas, and lately we're starting to see how big those ideas really are. After revealing plans to establish a nationwide network for self-driving trucks in the US just a few months ago, TuSimple has now announced it will be taking its technology to Europe, through a new partnership with Volkswagen subsidiary Traton Group.
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Automotive, Transport
Autonomous Vehicles, Truck, Self-Driving, Volkswagen
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Sep 24, 2020
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new type of wearable electric generator, which harvests energy from the wind as you walk. The team says it's low cost and efficient enough to power small sensors and LEDs.
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Electronics, Science
Energy, Wearable, wearable electronics, Wind, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Generator
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Sep 24, 2020
Accessory maker Disc has a way of sneaking impressive functionality into multitools that take the form of everyday items, such as credit cards and house keys. Its newly announced MultiRuler continues in this vein, appearing much like a regular ruler you might keep on your desk, but with well-placed notches that afford it a much wider range of functions.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Kickstarter, Multi-Tools
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Sep 23, 2020
One of the big challenges healthcare workers are facing in this global pandemic is identifying those COVID-19 patients most at risk of severe illness and death. COVID-19 certainly is more dangerous, on average, in the elderly or those with pre-existing health problems, but that doesn't preclude a 96-year-old from presenting with no symptoms, or a healthy 21-year-old losing her life. A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have been trawling through hospital admission data to find some way to help doctors better assess those patients most at risk of suffering the worst effects of the disease.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Blood, Diagnose, Massachusetts General Hospital, Test
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Sep 23, 2020
Chromium is a common addition to alloys to make materials like tool steel or stainless steel, and it's long been thought to have been invented around the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But now, archaeologists have discovered that the ancient Persians were mixing chromium into their steel as far back as the 11th century - almost a thousand years earlier.
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Materials, Science
Steel, Stainless Steel, Metals, University College London, Archeology
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Sep 23, 2020
BMW has announced its most powerful motorcycle ever - a lightweight, juiced-up version of its outstanding S1000RR superbike that becomes the first bike to wear the storied M badge. The M1000RR is a razor-edged track bike that's also street-legal.
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Motorcycles, Transport
BMW, Superbike
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Sep 23, 2020
With cancer so often presenting as a cunning enemy, scientists are working hard to develop therapies that can slip through its array of crafty defenses. These types of "Trojan horse" approaches use all kinds of trickery to sneak drugs into cancer cells to kill them off, but a team from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is putting forward another solution, demonstrating how a new drug-free nanoparticle can do all the heavy lifting on its own.
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Medical, Science
Nanyang Technological University, Cancer, Nanoparticles
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Sep 23, 2020
New Australian research has found older diabetic patients using a drug called metformin experience slower rates of cognitive decline and dementia compared to those not using the medication. The findings build on the growing body of evidence suggesting this common drug generates compelling anti-aging effects.
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Medical, Science
Aging, Dementia, Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain, Drugs
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Sep 23, 2020
The International Space Station (ISS) made an emergency course correction to move it out of the path of a then-unidentified piece of space debris earlier this week. The Russian Progress 75 cargo ship fired its thrusters for 150 seconds in order to make the maneuver, altering the station's orbit by 5 km to allow the debris to pass at a distance of 1.39 km.
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Space, Science
NASA, International Space Station, Space Junk
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Sep 23, 2020
NASA has awarded a contract to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Astrobotic to complete development and build an autonomous Moon rover as a technology demonstrator and water prospector. Slated to launch as early as next year, the robotic explorer called MoonRanger will be sent to one of the lunar polar regions to seek out ice and caves.
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Space, Science
NASA, Carnegie Mellon, Moon, Rover
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Sep 23, 2020
Bringing electric vehicle technology closer to the tipping point at which the masses embrace it, Volkswagen today revealed the ID.4 crossover. With the small SUV packaging modern car buyers can't seem to get enough of, a bright, modern look, available all- and rear-wheel drive options, and pricing set to dip into the low $30s after tax breaks, the ID.4 promises to be a statement vehicle, both for VW and EVs at large.
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Automotive, Transport
Volkswagen, SUV, Electric Vehicles
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Sep 23, 2020
If you've ever tried controlling a drone with a traditional joystick unit, you'll know that it's difficult to get the hang of. An experimental new system, however, lets people actually write letters in the air with a drone, using a special glove.
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Drones, Technology
Machine Learning, Communications, Gesture Recognition
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Sep 23, 2020
Although we may think of 3D-printed items as being hard, they're actually often made from soft gels, as is the case with bioprinted body parts. A new system now allows such objects to be printed at a much smaller scale than ever before.
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3D Printing, Technology
NIST, 3D bioprinting
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Sep 23, 2020
Regardless of whether they ever use them or not, cyclists certainly do like their multitools. The things can be heavy and bulky, though, which is where the Swiss-designed Daysaver comes in - it combines nine tools in a single hex wrench.
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Bicycles, Transport
Multi-Tools, Cycling, Kickstarter
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Sep 23, 2020
Back in late 2017, Bose launched an Indiegogo for a new pair of earbuds designed to help folks get a good night's sleep. The Sleepbuds subsequently went on general sale in the middle of the following year and now the second generation is being readied for direct release.
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Wearables, Technology
Bose, Sleep, Audio, Sleeping, Earphones, Noise-Canceling
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Sep 23, 2020
We're used to seeing the output of telescopes as images, but what if we could translate that data into sound? A new "Sonification" project from NASA's Chandra X-ray Center has done just that, letting us hear the center of the Milky Way, the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, and the Pillars of Creation nebula.
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Space, Science
Astronomy, Sound, Supernova, Nebula, Galaxy, NASA, X-ray, Spitzer, Hubble
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Sep 23, 2020
Following the Cuprinol Shed of the Year competition a few months ago, an overall winner has now been announced. This year's top sheddie is officially Daniel Holloway, who won with his nature-inspired Bedouin Tree Shed in London, England.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Shed, Garden, Recycled, sustainable design
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Sep 23, 2020
Morfuns Bicycle started work on a lightweight folding ebike called the Éole back in December last year, which boasts a carbon fiber frame, a one-size-fits-all design, and a battery in the seatpost, a design that the company claims it was one of the first to implement back in 2016.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes, Foldable bike, Indiegogo, Carbon Fiber, Lightweight
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Sep 23, 2020
It might not have attracted the same number of headlines as the Samsung Galaxy Fold or the Huawei Mate X, but the Royole FlexPai was the first foldable phone to hit the market towards the end of 2018. Now the Chinese company is back with a sequel.
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Mobile Technology, Technology
smartphones, Foldable
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Sep 23, 2020
China's CFMoto has long held ambitions to break out of the small-capacity bikes that sell in volume in its home country and start making bikes to play with the big boys internationally. At this year's Chingqing Moto Expo, the brand announced the most powerful Chinese bike ever, due to hit showrooms in 2021.
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Motorcycles, Transport
China, CFMoto
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Sep 23, 2020
By putting a new spin on decades-old thermoelectric technology, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a tiny microscopic cooling device they describe as the "world's smallest refrigerator." It's hardly the place to keep leftovers from spoiling or your beers cold on a summer's day, but the team hopes this nanoscale device can act as a springboard for advanced systems that cool things almost instantaneously.
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Electronics, Science
UCLA, Refrigerator, Cooling, Thermoelectricity
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Sep 23, 2020
Archeologists have discovered fossilized human footprints in Saudi Arabia that help fill in the story of the early migration of our species. Dating back 120,000 years, the tracks are the oldest evidence of the presence of modern humans on the Arabian Peninsula.
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Science
Human, History, Fossils, Griffith University, Saudi Arabia
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Sep 23, 2020
Hydrogen is well and truly on the rise as the zero-emissions aviation fuel of the future, with Airbus announcing its ZeroE initiative to get hydrogen airliners into production by 2035. But that's a long way off, and innovators are pushing to get H2 aircraft operating commercially much earlier.
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Aircraft, Transport
Hydrogen Aviation, Hydrogen-powered, Aircraft, Fuel Cell
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Sep 22, 2020
A new article from a team of neuroscientists at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health is warning a future ‘silent wave' of neurodegenerative disease may be spawned by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers suggest the SARS-CoV-2 virus can increase a person's risk of developing Parkinson's disease.
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Science
Parkinson's Disease, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Virus, Neurological, Disease, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Sep 22, 2020
Like many events to take place in 2020, Tesla's Battery Day and annual shareholder meeting looked a little different to what you might expect, with attendees listening in from parked cars much like a drive-in movie theater. What was similar to Tesla events of the past, however, was the foreshadowing of big leaps in battery technology, the promise of affordable electric cars and the unveiling of a mind-bending new performance option, known as Plaid mode.
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Automotive, Transport
Tesla, Battery, Batteries, Electric Vehicles
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Sep 22, 2020
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has announced a new addition to NASA's upcoming moon-shot Artemis program. From the silent skies on the far side of the Moon, the DAPPER spacecraft will listen out for radio signals from the "Dark Ages" of the universe, before the first stars fired up.
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Space, Science
Astronomy, Radio, Radio Waves, Moon, NASA, Hydrogen, Universe
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Sep 22, 2020
Mitsubishi Estate has unveiled plans for the Tokyo Torch, a 390-metre (1,280-foot), 67-storey skyscraper that will become the tallest office building in the country, and the second-tallest structure behind the 630-metre (2,080 ft) Tokyo Skytree.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Mitsubishi, Tokyo, Skyscrapers
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Sep 22, 2020
Kia has unveiled the 2021 Sorento crossover-SUV with four distinct powertrain options and five trim levels. The new lineup includes a turbocharged hybrid and an upcoming plug-in hybrid, with all 2021 Sorento models to include advanced safety and driver assistance features.
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Automotive, Transport
Kia, SUV, Crossover
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Sep 22, 2020
The promising results of a Phase 2 trial testing a new, once-weekly insulin treatment for type 2 diabetes have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The weekly injection was found to be as safe and effective as daily insulin shots and a larger Phase 3 trial is currently being planned.
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Medical, Science
Diabetes, Diabetic, Insulin, Health
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Sep 22, 2020
For some time now, we've heard about scaffolding-like materials that are implanted into bone fractures, prompting the body's own bone cells to grow into them and heal the break. Now, however, scientists have developed a special bandage that may also do the job.
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Medical, Science
King's College London, Bones, Injuries, Stem Cells
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Sep 22, 2020
Germany's HRZ Reisemobile shows yet another way of completely transforming the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter into a boundless, gear-hauling two-person camper van. The company abandons the standard layouts in favor of a flex floor plan that slides and folds out into separate drive, eat and sleep modes. Despite its compact sub-6-m (19.7-ft) size, the Mambo comfortably carries two people and their bicycles, provides kitchen, bathroom and dining room space, and offers a longitudinal bed to stretch out on at day's end.
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Automotive, Transport
Campervan, Camping, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes, Outdoors, Motorhomes
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Sep 22, 2020
While many fighters train with a punching bag, it's not really a fair fight - after all, the bag can't punch back. Stryk's new RXT-1 training robot, however, does exactly that.
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Sports, Lifestyle
Robots, Kickstarter, Training, Boxing
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Sep 22, 2020
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, it's high noon and the pistols are out - however you want to frame it, Microsoft and Sony are both launching their next-generation consoles soon. But which one is best for you? New Atlas compares the specs, features, hardware and games of the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.
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Games, Technology
Games, Gaming, Game, Video Games, Sony, Playstation, Playstation 5, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Console, Microsoft, comparison, Product Comparison
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Sep 22, 2020
Many readers will recall the LeMond brand of high-end road bicycles, named after American champion cyclist Greg LeMond. Well, he's back with a new line of bikes bearing his name, although this time around they're carbon fiber electric-assist commuters.
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Bicycles, Transport
Electric Bicycle
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Sep 22, 2020
Scientists in Australia who have spent more than 10 years developing a first-of-a-kind bionic vision system are now eyeing human trials. The technology works by bypassing damage to the optic nerves, and following successfully trials in animals, the scientists are hopeful it could one day help restore vision in those suffering from untreatable blindness.
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Medical, Science
Bionic, Vision, Blindness, Monash University
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Sep 22, 2020
This is not a home that will appeal to everyone with its use of rough, unfinished concrete, though those willing to embrace its distinctive looks will find an interesting and unusual dwelling. Situated in a forested area in Portugal, its roof has an integrated swimming pool and it features three outdoor patio areas that ensure sunlight permeates within its interior.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, House, Home, Concrete
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Sep 22, 2020
Not everyone's hearing is the same, and the new Xellence true wireless earphones account for this by offering real-time sound profile tweaking courtesy of a mobile app. The sweat-resistant buds also feature active noise cancellation, Bluetooth 5.0 signal stability and are fine tuned by renowned DJ, songwriter and producer Kygo.
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Wearables, Technology
Wireless, Noise-Canceling, Earphones
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Sep 22, 2020
Peugeot pulled out of Le Mans endurance racing after the 2011 season, despite having a pretty tasty hybrid race car ready to roll in the 908 Hybrid 4. Financial difficulties on the back of a bad year of street car sales put a bullet in the race program, and the French company was forced to pull out of the best-known motorsport event in France.
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Automotive, Transport
Le Mans, Hypercar, Peugeot
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Sep 22, 2020
Earlier this year, paleontologists proved Jurassic Park wrong yet again by discovering that the superpredator Spinosaurus was the first water-dwelling dinosaur. Now some of the same team has found further evidence, with a huge deposit of teeth recovered from an ancient riverbed, far outnumbering land dinosaurs.
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Science
Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Fossils, Teeth, University of Portsmouth
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Sep 22, 2020
Estonia's Skeleton Technologies and Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have partnered up to complete development on what they're calling the SuperBattery for EVs - "a groundbreaking graphene battery with a 15-second charging time."
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Energy, Science
Ultracapacitors, Electric Vehicles, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Skeleton Technologies, Batteries
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Sep 21, 2020
NASA has released an updated outline of its Artemis program to return US astronauts to the Moon and set up a permanent human presence there, beginning with the landing of the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.
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Space, Science
NASA, Moon, artemis, SLS
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Sep 21, 2020
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that belongs in a brand new class - an "ultrahot Neptune." Known as LTT 9779b, the planet orbits extremely close to its star, and raises questions about how such a system came to be.
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Space, Science
Astronomy, Exoplanet, Planet, Neptune, Cambridge University, TESS, Stars
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Sep 21, 2020
A protein, previously found to be an effective blood-based biomarker of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, has for the first time been detected in the eye. The discovery lays the foundation for promising new diagnostic eye tests hoping to catch neurodegenerative diseases years before symptoms appear.
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Medical, Science
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Eye, Protein, Diagnosis, Neuroscience
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Sep 21, 2020
From next-generation body armor to new treatments for tuberculosis, marine sponges have plenty to offer the world of science, and now we're seeing how they might inspire stronger and lighter skyscrapers and bridges. Engineers at Harvard University have demonstrated a new type of load-bearing structure based on the glassy skeletons of these sea creatures, which they say is more than 20 percent stronger than current solutions.
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Materials, Science
Building and Construction, Biomimicry, Harvard
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Sep 21, 2020
A compelling new study from researchers in Finland has compared the physical and cognitive performance of a group of older people in 2017 with a similarly aged group three decades earlier. Improvements were seen in almost every test, suggesting progress has been made extending healthspan, the number of healthy years a person lives.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Health, Lifespan, Aging, Finland, Seniors, Life extension
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Sep 21, 2020
Known for expanding the boundaries of electric-powered ocean navigation, Silent Yachts is turning its outside-the-box thinking to vacation resort development. By using its solarized electric catamarans as floating vacation condos, it would create seaside (or sea-top) resorts that are light, flexible and ready to deploy quickly. Its new venture Silent Resorts aims to create fully autonomous, private-island resorts that have a fraction the footprint of typical vacation properties.
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Holiday Destinations, Lifestyle
Travel and Tourism, Yachts - 49, Silent Yachts, Solar Powered, Electric Boats
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Sep 21, 2020
If a Mars rover ever were to find signs of life on the Red Planet, chances are that it would be in the form of compounds detected in the soil. A newly designed device could better help it do so, as compared to existing technologies.
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Space, Science
Caltech, California Institute of Technology, Rover, Mars, Extraterrestrial
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Sep 21, 2020
When it comes to tracking an athlete's performance, a single wearable sensor doesn't always provide much information, yet multiple hard-wired sensors restrict movement. That's a where a new sensor suit comes in - and it's powered by a smartphone.
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Wearables, Technology
National University of Singapore, Smart Fabric, NFC
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Sep 21, 2020
If urban delivery drones ever do enter common usage, they won't just be able to fly where and whenever they want. They'll have to stick to flight corridors, such as one which is set to open west of London. It is believed to be the first one located in unrestricted airspace.
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Drones, Technology
Delivery drones, Aviation
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Sep 21, 2020
Porsche has now made it easier for drivers to take its Taycan electric supercar for a spin at special track days, by developing its own monster battery pack on wheels that can charge up to 10 cars at once.
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Automotive, Transport
Porsche, Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Recharging
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Sep 21, 2020
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed many major buildings in its time, including the world's tallest, but its latest work involves the creation of an entire waterfront neighborhood. The Jiuzhou Bay project will feature a new supertall skyscraper and will offer pedestrians pleasant shaded spaces to stroll along, while also integrating solar power and rainwater collection.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Building and Construction, China, Skyscrapers, sustainable design
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Sep 21, 2020
According to a recent international study, aviation is responsible for 3.5 percent of all human activities that drive climate change. Airbus is looking to a cleaner future for the commercial aircraft industries, where hydrogen powers the zero-emissions aircraft of tomorrow.
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Aircraft, Transport
Airbus, Hydrogen Aviation, Concept Aircraft
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Sep 21, 2020
Discarded soda bottles, cigarette butts and fishing nets are some common examples of pollution in the ocean, but our problems with plastic don't end with the pieces that you see. Laundry cycles see our clothes shed huge amounts of microplastic fibers into the wastewater and scientists have now made an effort to quantify this, estimating that millions of metric tonnes of these synthetic fibers have entered waterbodies since 1950.
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Environment, Science
Plastic, University of California, Laundry, Plastic waste
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Sep 21, 2020
One of the most persistent scientific mysteries over the past century has been exactly how some organisms seemingly have the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field. Despite several hypotheses, and a large volume of research, there is still no conclusive answer to this mystery of a magnetic sense.
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Biology, Science
Magnetic field, Magnetic, Birds, Animals, Bacteria, Hypotheses
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Sep 20, 2020
For three decades, the Ig Nobel Awards have celebrated the lighter side of science by highlighting research achievements that "first make people laugh then make them think." And there's no shortage of amusing projects amid the 2020 crop, with alligators made to bellow in helium chambers and drunken earthworms that vibrate on speakers just a couple of peculiar experiments to catch the judges' eyes.
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Science
Awards
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Sep 20, 2020
Spider venom isn't normally something you want in your body, but in some cases there might be exceptions. Australian researchers have now identified two peptides from tarantula venom that show promise in blocking organ pain, working particularly well in mouse models of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Medical, Science
Pain, Pain Relief, Spiders, Venom Evil, University of Queensland, peptide, Protein
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Sep 20, 2020
In 1930, a new pistol went on sale that would revolutionize the firearms world. Best known to the public these days as the "James Bond gun", the Walther PPK was arguably the first successful handgun made for concealed carry, and its now-classic design helped to introduce a number of technical features that quickly migrated throughout the industry as it became the most copied gun in the world.
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Technology
History, Firearms, Features
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Sep 20, 2020
New research analyzing data from dozens of sleep studies has identified a dramatic change to the nature and purpose of sleep in babies, occurring around the age of two. The discovery suggests sleep initially aides brain building and neurodevelopment before rapidly switching to a reparative role.
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Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Sleeping, Sleep, Dreams, Neuroscience, Brain, UCLA
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Sep 20, 2020
Data captured by the Cassini spacecraft has been used to create a global infrared map of the Saturnian moon Enceladus. The icy world plays host to the dramatic "Tiger Stripe" vent formation which leads down to a massive subsurface ocean that, it's long been speculated, could play host to extraterrestrial life.
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Space, Science
Enceladus, Saturn, Cassini, ESA, NASA
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Sep 20, 2020
Space robotics startup GITAI and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are teaming up to produce the world's first robotics demonstration in space by a private company. The new agreement under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) initiative aims to demonstrate the potential for robots to automate of the processing of specific tasks aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Space, Science
International Space Station, JAXA, Robotics
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Sep 18, 2020
In the past year, we've seen a few new launches capable of vying for the title of world's most impressive camper van. The Affinity camper van and the Frankia Yucon 7.0 Lounge are two that immediately pop to mind, and we'd be remiss not to throw in the Hymer Vision Venture, even though it's merely a concept. Joining that select group is the new Alphavan, a massive Mercedes Sprinter that includes a duplex bedroom layout, built-in entertainment suite, and smart home-grade control system that can be accessed all around the van's interior and exterior.
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Automotive, Transport
Campervan, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Travel, Camping, Travel, Outdoors
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Sep 18, 2020
We've seen quite a few portable, free-standing hammocks lately, but Pondell's QNUX distinguishes itself in a rather interesting way. The whole thing packs down into a tube-like carrying case, which also serves as part of the hammock.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Hammocks, Folding, Kickstarter
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Sep 18, 2020
For the 2020 model year, Toyota totally revamped the Highlander three-row crossover. As one of the make's best sellers, the vehicle enters its fourth generation with a mixture of old and new in its design. Significantly, for the hybrid option, the Highlander sheds some cylinders and gains some MPGs as a result.
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Automotive, Transport
Toyota, Crossover, SUV, Hybrid, Reviews
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Sep 18, 2020
Ultra wide-angle fisheye lenses are typically thick, bulbous contraptions, that can't easily be incorporated into devices such as smartphones. That could be about to change, though, as engineers have now created one that's completely flat.
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Science
MIT, University of Massachusetts, Metamaterials, Lens
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Sep 18, 2020
While folding electric scooters are now a common sight, most of the things still have fully rigid frames that just bang over obstacles on the road. The Splach e-scooter is different, though, in that it incorporates front and rear coil-sprung suspension.
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Urban Transport, Transport
Electric Vehicles, Scooter, Foldable, Suspension, Indiegogo
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Sep 18, 2020
The German Aerospace Center has revealed a working prototype of a multi-use urban mobility and logistics vehicle called U-Shift, which is made up of an electric U-shaped base platform that's used to ferry around various pod modules.
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Urban Transport, Transport
Electric Vehicles, DLR, Autonomous Vehicles, Cargo, Logistics, Bus, Modular
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Sep 18, 2020
Generally, the way doctors detect traumatic brain injuries is through a CT scan, but recently we've seen how a protein called GFAP could play an important role in more prompt diagnoses. A blood test that uses this biomarker to reveal the severity of brain tissue damage in a matter of hours was recently approved for clinical use, but the authors of a new study are now setting their sights on a point-of-care solution that can deliver results within 15 minutes.
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Medical, Science
Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussions, University of Pittsburgh, Blood
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Sep 18, 2020
While designing the One Vanderbilt skyscraper, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) drew inspiration from NYC's golden era of construction and iconic towers like the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building. However, it also follows a modern approach to sustainability, including rainwater capture and the use of recycled materials.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
kpf, Skyscrapers, New York
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Sep 18, 2020
Guitar effects titan Boss has unveiled a personal amp/effects modeling interface for guitar that works with a mobile app to offer powerful tone shaping while learning or jamming with YouTube videos.
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Music, Technology
BOSS, Guitar, Guitar Effects, Interface, Learning, YouTube, Portable
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