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Oct 22, 2018
If you're short on space, an All-in-One computer setup makes a lot of sense - which squeezes a desktop computer and monitor into one package. The latest such workstation from Asus features a 4K screen and a base where you can place your smartphone down for a quick wireless top-up.
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Continue Reading Asus All-in-One computer rocks wireless charging in its base
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Oct 22, 2018
A lot of people rely on coffee to make it through the day, but this is the first time we've seen a tiny house that needs its own supply of java. Luxury tiny house builder New Frontier Tiny Homes has teamed up with Dunkin' Donuts, actress Olivia Wilde and a sustainable biochemical company to produce the unique promotional project.
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Continue Reading Coffee-powered tiny house isn't your average cup of joe
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Oct 22, 2018
Most camera makers have added Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to their models over the last few years, allowing for wireless image transfer and smartphone-based remote operation. A new digital rangefinder from France's Pixii SAS cements that joining of technologies even more by doing away with the rear panel and gives the job of image display and storage to a paired smartphone.
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Continue Reading Pixii rangefinder uses a smartphone for image display and storage
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Oct 22, 2018
Not all wastewater is created equal - it may not be drinkable, but some of what goes down the drain is perfectly fine for watering the garden or flushing toilets. Water used for hand-washing is relatively easy to treat for reuse, and now engineers at ETH Zurich have built and tested a standalone hand-washing station for use in public places and developing countries that can do just that.
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Continue Reading Self-contained station recycles water for hand-washing
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Oct 22, 2018
There are no powered spinning propellers in nature. When evolution has found an advantage to producing thrust in a fluid, it has done it mainly by flapping things back and forth - and a new VTOL aircraft propulsion system aims to do the same with a series of flapping wings mounted in large ducts.
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Continue Reading ?Bizarre Volerian aircraft design replaces jets and props with flapping wings
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Oct 22, 2018
In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, it makes sense to look for places that have similar conditions to Earth. But the majority of stars in our Milky Way aren't Sun-like - they're the smaller and cooler red dwarfs. To determine how well these stars might be able to support life, A NASA program is using Hubble to monitor their flare activity, and the first results don't paint a positive picture.
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Continue Reading Alien life could be wiped out by outbursts from violent young stars
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Oct 21, 2018
After successfully completing low-speed taxi testing earlier this year, the giant Stratolaunch aircraft successfully hit a new milestone recently, reaching 90 mph (145 km/h) during its latest stage of runway testing. The announcement comes days after billionaire co-founder of the company Paul Allen passed away, just months before his long-dreamed creation finally hits the sky.
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Continue Reading Massive Stratolaunch aircraft hits 90 mph on road to maiden flight
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Oct 21, 2018
Italian architect Stefano Boeri's vertical forest buildings have now taken root in Milan, Switzerland, France and China. For his latest project, his firm is now returning to its homeland with plans to construct an "Urban Forest" consisting of riverside apartment blocks shrouded in plants and trees.
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Continue Reading Stefano Boeri's vertical forest takes the form of riverside apartments in Italy
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Oct 21, 2018
With more than 5,000 km (3,000 mi) of rock between us and the Earth's core, it's hard to get a clear look at what's going on down there. It's long been thought that the inner core is a solid ball of iron, but direct evidence is hard to come by. Now, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have detected a type of seismic wave passing through the core that only propagates through solid objects.
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Continue Reading Earthquake vibrations suggest Earth's inner core is solid but squishy
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Oct 21, 2018
Earlier this year iconic British electronic music group Massive Attack revealed it was storing its classic album Mezzanine in DNA molecules. Now, it has been announced the synthetic DNA will be available in a limited release of spray paint cans, with each spray can estimated to contain around one million copies of the album.
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Continue Reading Classic Massive Attack album encoded in DNA and put into spray paint
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Oct 21, 2018
A new review article published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has summarized the most recent evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis that Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) is a major causal factor for Alzheimer's disease. The article makes particular note of new population data out of Taiwan, finding that people infected with HSV1 are much more likely to develop senile dementia.
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Continue Reading New study bolsters hypothesis that herpes virus causes Alzheimer's
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Oct 21, 2018
Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin likes to show off its technical skills and does so again with Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication Phoenix - a mechanical Grand Complication wristwatch that boasts 15 functions. Sealed inside a solid 18K gold case, the one-off model is a showpiece of miniaturization and craftsmanship.
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Continue Reading Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication Phoenix watch combines 15 functions with Swiss craftsmanship
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Oct 21, 2018
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is on its way to Mercury, but instead of coasting to the smallest planet in the Solar System, it will be helped along by four state-of-the-art ion thrusters developed by an industrial consortium led by British company QinetiQ. The new solar-electric propulsion system in conjunction with a series of nine planetary flybys will allow the unmanned spacecraft to reach its destination against the pull of the Sun's gravity.
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Continue Reading BepiColombo's journey to Mercury relies on ion power
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Oct 21, 2018
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is on its way to Mercury, but instead of coasting to the smallest planet in the Solar System, it will be helped along by four state-of-the-art ion thrusters developed by an industrial consortium led by British company QinetiQ. The new solar-electric propulsion system in conjunction with a series of nine planetary flybys will allow the unmanned spacecraft to reach its destination against the pull of the Sun's gravity.
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Continue Reading BepiColumbo's journey to Mercury relies on ion power
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Oct 21, 2018
GE Avionics gives us a glimpse at the revival of civilian supersonic flight as it reveals a new family of engines designed to fly faster than the speed of sound. Called the Affinity, the new engine will be incorporated into Aerion Supersonic's Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet, which is being developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin, GE Aviation and Honeywell and could cut the time of a transatlantic flight by three hours.
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Continue Reading GE unveils new supersonic commercial jet engine
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Oct 20, 2018
Two years ago, XPrize extended its list of pioneering technology competitions with a new contest aimed at the problem of global water security. After revealing the five finalists earlier in the year, the foundation has today announced the grand prize winner, which outshone almost 100 competitors with its superior ability to harvest fresh water from thin air.
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Continue Reading Atmospheric water harvester takes out $1.5m XPrize
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Oct 20, 2018
As Canada becomes only the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana the world is closely watching for the country will offer the grandest social experiment we have ever seen in drug legalization and may help answer some questions that have been divisively debated for decades.
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Continue Reading Legal marijuana: The world watches as Canada's massive social experiment begins
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Oct 20, 2018
Painterly valleys, evocative storms, and chilly mountain vistas feature in the winning images for this year's Landscape Photographer of the Year, a unique photographic competition that is designed to showcase the British countryside.
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Continue Reading Arresting nature: The winners of the 2018 Landscape Photographer of the Year
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Oct 20, 2018
ESA's first mission to the planet Mercury lifted off today from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At 10:45 pm GFT (October 20, 01:45 GMT), the BepiColumbo spacecraft rose on a tail of fire into the night atop an Ariane 5 booster on the start of a voyage that will take seven years and a total travel distance of 9 billion km (5.6 billion mi) to cover the 240 million km (149 million mi) between Earth and the closest planet to the Sun.
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Continue Reading BepiColumbo on its way to Mercury after successful launch
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Oct 20, 2018
ESA's first mission to the planet Mercury lifted off today from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At 10:45 pm GFT (October 20, 01:45 GMT), the BepiColombo spacecraft rose on a tail of fire into the night atop an Ariane 5 booster on the start of a voyage that will take seven years and a total travel distance of 9 billion km (5.6 billion mi) to cover the 240 million km (149 million mi) between Earth and the closest planet to the Sun.
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Continue Reading BepiColombo on its way to Mercury after successful launch
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Oct 19, 2018
It would be an understatement to say that a lot of people suffer from too much stress. Unfortunately, though, it can sometimes be difficult to determine just what the causes of that stress are. VivaLNK's new Vital Scout is designed to help you find out.
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Continue Reading ECG patch is made to sniff out stress
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Oct 19, 2018
Sharks are in the ocean, piranhas are in freshwater, and that's the way it's always been … right? Well, it turns out that 150 million years ago, the sea was also home to a very piranha-like fish known as Piranhamesodon pinnatomus. The recently-classified creature is officially the earliest known flesh-eating ray-finned fish.
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Continue Reading Newly-classified fossil fish was like a saltwater piranha
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Oct 19, 2018
Given that our level of alertness varies throughout the day, it only makes sense that we should avoid performing attention-demanding tasks when we're at our drowsiest. An experimental new Android app is designed to determine when those times are, by examining users' eyes.
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Continue Reading Cornell app looks users in the eye to gauge alertness
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Oct 19, 2018
Carried by the wind, dandelion seeds can travel enormous distances of more than a kilometer (0.6 miles). Now, researchers at The University of Edinburgh have discovered that this is thanks to a remarkable form of flight never before seen in nature.
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Continue Reading Scientists unlock the secrets of flying dandelion seeds
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Oct 19, 2018
Instrument modder Frank Piesik has combined 3D printing, electronic hackery and touch sensing to create the ElektroCaster that bridges the gap between traditional guitars like a Telecaster and full-on electronic sound makers like the (no longer in production) Kitara.
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Continue Reading 3D-printed guitar responds to a light touch
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Oct 19, 2018
Mirror, mirror, show my reflection; and tell me how to fix my complexion. That's the premise behind HiMirror's HiMirror Classic: a smart-mirror with built-in camera designed to help beauty professionals hawk beauty products to credulous, self-conscious punters. But with the new HiMirror Mini Premium, the company's cutting out the go-between so now agoraphobes worried about their looks won't even need to leave the house.
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Continue Reading Orwellian "smart mirror" tells you how to fix your face
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Oct 19, 2018
Robot arms have been lending a hand on production lines for decades, but handy as they are, that kind of help usually costs an arm and a leg. To get these tools into the hands of smaller businesses, UFactory has now unveiled the xArm, an entry-level robot arm designed to be affordable enough for those who might normally be left empty-handed.
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Continue Reading Robotic xArm designed to lend a hand to smaller businesses
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Oct 19, 2018
Another day, another special edition MV F4? Not this time. This is it. The ultimate MV Agusta superbike in both senses of the word. Named for the company's late President, a giant of the motorcycle world, the F4 Claudio marks the final chapter for a gorgeous bike that has entranced riders for more than 20 years.
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Continue Reading MV Agusta kisses its iconic F4 superbike goodbye with exclusive Claudio edition
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Oct 19, 2018
Carbon fiber as we know it is one of the most impressive materials in our toolkit. Its incredible lightness and strength has seen it take hold in everything from competitive cycling, to supercar design to cutting edge aircraft. But could it also play a role in energy storage? One team of scientists has been exploring the possibilities, and say that carefully engineered forms of the material do indeed boast the necessary electrochemical properties, raising some interesting possibilities for weight-saving vehicle design.
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Continue Reading Can carbon fiber car panels double as energy storage materials?
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Oct 19, 2018
Getting people and equipment to the Moon is extremely expensive, both in terms of time and money. To make the most of it, we need to do our homework before we get there, but that's obviously tricky given how different Earthly environments are. To help prepare astronauts for a longer return trip, the European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined a new facility that will recreate the lunar surface as accurately as possible.
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Continue Reading Lunar landscape testing ground to be built in Germany
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Oct 19, 2018
At next week's Euronaval exhibition in Paris, Saab will be unveiling the latest version of its Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT). Already ordered by Sweden and Finland, the compact submarine hunter/killer weapon is designed to be launched from a variety of sea and air platforms and is tailored to both blue water conditions and the complex environment of the shallow Baltic Sea.
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Continue Reading Saab's new Lightweight Torpedo designed for deep and shallow waters
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Oct 18, 2018
Attending a classic motoring event of the magnitude of Australia's Motorclassica is a delight of serendipitous automotive discovery. Each year there are a few hundred new and interesting stories to discover in the magnificent Royal Exhibition Building, which was created for the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880 and is the first building in Australia to be granted the status of a World Heritage Site.
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Continue Reading Pictorial: The mesmerizing machines of Motorclassica 2018
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Oct 18, 2018
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of NASA, and to commemorate the event Hong Kong-based watchmaker and design studio Anicorn has partnered with the space agency to create the Anicorn × NASA Automatic Watch - Limited Edition. Restricted to a total run of 60 units, the self-winding mechanical timepiece echoes the design of the wristwatches worn by the Apollo astronauts on their missions to the Moon.
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Continue Reading Anicorn x NASA limited edition watch celebrates NASA's 60th birthday
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Oct 18, 2018
Billed as its first electric sedan for the masses, Tesla's Model 3 has attracted huge interest since it was announced in April 2016, along with hundreds of thousands of pre-orders. The company is now, for the first time, taking orders for shorter range, rear-wheel drive versions starting at US$45,000.
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Continue Reading Tesla starts offering cheaper mid-range Model 3
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Oct 18, 2018
Porsche has elbowed another two models into its lineup with the addition of 460-hp, twin turbo V8, GTS versions of the luxury four-door Panamera sedan and Panamera Sport Turismo wagon for folks who like their rides fast and comfy.
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Continue Reading Porsche's luxury sport Panamera spawns two new GTS models
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Oct 18, 2018
The finalists for this year's James Dyson Award have just been revealed offering an exciting array of clever design solutions to some of the world's major problems. Some of the extraordinary highlights include a biodegradable plastic made from potato starch and prefabricated ant nests designed to help rural communities easily harvest insects for food.
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Continue Reading Potato plastic and 3D-printed ant nests feature in the 2018 James Dyson Awards
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Oct 18, 2018
Ice shelves perform a vital function in slowing down the rate of glacier melt in Antarctica, so scientists keep an eye on them for signs of collapse. And as the continent's largest, the Ross Ice Shelf is particularly important. After monitoring seismic activity over a few years, researchers noticed that the Ross Ice Shelf is "singing" - and listening out for changes in that song could be an early warning system for potential problems.
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Continue Reading Ice shelf's eerie song could be early warning system for collapse
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Oct 18, 2018
German aviation startup Volocopter is one of the more active players in the nascent flying taxi scene, having trialed its radical 18-rotor electric aircraft on its home turf, in Dubai and, more recently, in the US. The company is continuing to spread its wings, today announcing plans to set up shop in Singapore and kick off test flights next year.
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Continue Reading Volocopter flying taxi sets down in Singapore
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Oct 18, 2018
Electronic devices typically have to be manufactured with existing rectangular or cylindrical batteries in mind - but what product designs might be possible if that weren't the case? Scientists recently created proof-of-concept 3D-printed batteries, paving the way for practical batteries that could be made in any shape.
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Continue Reading 3D-printed batteries make for some interesting possibilities
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Oct 18, 2018
Ordinarily, after they've finished flying in a grid pattern over a given area, fixed-wing mapping drones either just perform a traditional landing on the ground, or they parachute down to it. However, what if they're being used over the water? Well, that's where Aeromao's new Aeromapper Talon Amphibious drone comes in.
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Continue Reading Amphibious drone performs belly landings on the water
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Oct 18, 2018
Tubeless tires have become pretty much standard on higher-end mountain bikes, but they can be difficult to mount, and sometimes still end up leaking air. With that in mind, British bike tire manufacturer Tannus is introducing a product that is claimed to give tried-and-trusted tubed tires some of the same qualities as their tubeless counterparts.
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Continue Reading Could a piece of foam bring back mountain bike inner tubes?
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Oct 18, 2018
Samsung released its last take on the Windows tablet - the Galaxy Book - in May 2017, an answer to convertible tablets like Microsoft's Surface Pro. Now the company has revealed the Galaxy Book2, with better visuals, improved processor and cooked-in X20 LTE connectivity. And a battery that should be good for two full working days.
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Continue Reading Samsung's latest 2-in-1 tablet gives you freedom to roam for two working days
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Oct 18, 2018
At its most basic, the Modular Fiddle can be played like any other violin. But creator David Perry designed this instrument to explore the many different physical component shapes and tones made possible with 3D printing.
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Continue Reading Modular Fiddle designed to experiment with form, function and sound
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Oct 18, 2018
Quite different from other camping trailers we've covered over the years, the iCamp from Dutch company Udo Camp rides to the campground as a flat trailer with a rear-end that looks like it belongs on a sports coupe. At camp, the electric pop-top quickly sheds any resemblance to a car, rising into an 8-ft-tall (2.4-m) shelter that sleeps and feeds up to four people. Multifunctional equipment throughout creates a comfortable, versatile space for camping and travel.
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Continue Reading Remote-control pop-up camper tows like a sports car, grows into a breezy cabana
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trailers
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Oct 18, 2018
Central Park Tower, by Adrian Smith Gordon Gill, is a new supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Manhattan, New York City. Once complete, it'll be the tallest residential building in the world and rise to a height of 1,550 feet (472 m), hosting amazing luxury apartments that cost over US$100 million.
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Continue Reading World's tallest residential tower commands sky-high prices
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Oct 18, 2018
Improving on an already excellent vehicle, Mazda has added a turbocharged option to the 2018 Mazda6 to make what was already excellent even better. Can a turbo really make a car immediately better? Maybe, but Mazda also threw in a much-improved interior, which iced the cake.
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Continue Reading 2018 Mazda 6 puts a turbo on excellence
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Sedan
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Oct 18, 2018
DJI has updated its popular compact Phantom 4 drone for industrial and surveying use, with centimeter-level RTK positioning accuracy, an upgraded camera that also records extra metadata, precisely synchronized timekeeping and a purpose-built flight planning application.
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Continue Reading DJI's Phantom 4 gets a dorky haircut and a real job
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Oct 18, 2018
We're currently locked in an arms race against bacteria, and the bugs are winning as they continue to evolve resistance to our best drugs. Luckily, we have some double agents in the war - probiotics, or "good" bacteria that help keep bad bugs at bay. And now, MIT researchers have found a way to combine probiotics and antibiotic drugs into an uneasy alliance that seems to work better than either treatment alone.
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Continue Reading Probiotics and antibiotics team up against deadly superbugs
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Oct 18, 2018
Five grand isn't a ton of money in the scheme of things - you can easily spend more on watches, wine or a night out in Vegas. Or you could spend it becoming one of a very short list of people who have flown an honest-to-god jetpack.
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Continue Reading US$4,950 now gets you a chance to fly a jetpack
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Oct 18, 2018
Five grand isn't a ton of money in the scheme of things - you can easily spend more on watches, wine or a night out in Vegas. Or you could spend it becoming one of a very short list of people who have flown an honest-to-god jetpack.
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Continue Reading US$4,995 now gets you a chance to fly a jetpack
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Oct 18, 2018
Designers Justin Rice and Kagan Taylor from Los Angeles-based build and design studio Knowhow Shop have recently completed an eye-catching micro-office. Dubbed Lighthouse, the 154-sq ft (14.3-sqm) unit is designed as a backyard office on wheels, and also resembles the studio's Lunar Cat Lander shelter, designed for homeless cats back in 2016.
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Continue Reading Geometric micro-office on wheels works the angles
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Oct 18, 2018
The rise of drug-resistant bacteria is a growing concern in the world of medical science and beyond. These bugs are evolving to outfox even our very best medicines, presenting a real and emerging danger to humans in every corner of the globe. A new study has explored how they develop in newborns in particular, and how a mother's breastmilk might help fend them off.
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Continue Reading Study suggests breastfeeding can stifle drug-resistant bacteria in babies
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University of Helsinki
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Oct 18, 2018
There's no shortage of portable lights for camping, from pocket-sized lamps to larger ones that double as security systems, to grid setups that daisy-chain lights together to light a larger area. Practical as they are though, most aren't much to look at by themselves. Solight Design is trying to change that with the Qwnn, an origami-inspired lantern that folds flat, charges via solar power and can also act as a power bank.
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Continue Reading Origami-inspired portable lamp harnesses the power of the Sun
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Camping
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Indiegogo
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lights
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Oct 18, 2018
All around the world, authorities are exploring the potential of Hyperloop transport systems through feasibility studies, with the US state of Missouri among them. Billed as the first such study in the US, the results are now in and outline some of the potential benefits stemming from a proposed route along the existing I-70 highway.
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Continue Reading Study bolsters Virgin Hyperloop One's plans for a route cutting through Missouri
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Oct 17, 2018
Bonhams' Stafford Motorcycle auctions are held each spring and autumn at the Staffordshire County Showgrounds in the United Kingdom, and these auctions invariably throw up some fascinating motorcycles.
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Continue Reading The 33 most interesting motorcycles at Bonhams' 2018 Autumn Stafford Sale
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Brough Superior
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Oct 17, 2018
In a move that will make demolition teams breathe a bit easier, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are studying the structure of high explosives to find out how to make them safer. Based on microscopic examination and computer modeling, they have found that by engineering the porous microstructure of explosives, their sensitivity to detonation can be controlled.
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Continue Reading Safer explosives? It's in the pores
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Oct 17, 2018
In its 54th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is the world's longest running nature photography competition. This year's winning image, an extraordinary picture of two golden snub-nosed monkeys in central China, affirms this competition's place as one of the most spectacular annual celebrations of nature.
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Continue Reading Thrilling natural wonders in the 54th Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards
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Oct 17, 2018
Rocks seem like pretty unchanging time capsules, but not even stone is set in stone. A few years ago researchers studying stromatolites in Greenland dated them to 3.7 billion years old, making them the oldest evidence of life on Earth. However, a new study has now taken another look at the rocks and found that they probably weren't biological in origin.
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Continue Reading New study finds oldest evidence of life may just be boring old rocks after all
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Australia
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Greenland
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Oct 17, 2018
Self-driving cars can't make eye contact to signal their intentions, so Volkswagen is testing several systems that turn a car into an interactive information display to project information onto the road for drivers and display interactive information to other road users.
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Continue Reading Volkswagen re-thinks external car lighting in the transition to autonomy
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Oct 17, 2018
A team of Brown University scientists has developed a new catalyst that could make hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles more economical. Based on nanoparticles made of an alloy of platinum and cobalt, the new catalyst is not only cheaper than pure platinum, but is also more efficient and longer lasting.
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Continue Reading Alloy nanoparticles cut cost of platinum and increase life of hydrogen fuel cells
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Oct 17, 2018
It has been a long journey for the Ocean Cleanup Project, but after years of development and a 1,300-plus-mile trip through the open water, its first system is now installed at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. While this is a huge milestone for the team, the real work is just beginning for this ambitious mission to tackle the massive problem of marine pollution, which starts with the single biggest accumulation of ocean plastics in the world.
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Continue Reading Ocean Cleanup system installed and ready for work at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Oct 17, 2018
New research has revealed a promising new candidate to help smokers kick their damaging addiction. An enzyme has been engineered that can gobble up nicotine in the bloodstream before it reaches the brain, with the compound proving to be incredibly successful in early animal tests.
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Continue Reading Enzyme to help smokers quit by eliminating nicotine in the blood before it reaches the brain
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Bloodstream
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Scripps Research Institute
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Oct 17, 2018
Free-standing candles have a tendency to dribble melted wax all over the place, while candles contained within glass jars can be difficult to light once they've burned down. The Lumos offers an alternative, in that it's a jar candle which you light simply by pressing a button.
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Continue Reading Lumos Candle auto-ignites on demand
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Oct 17, 2018
At some time, we've probably all seen a photo of some great-looking place and thought "If I knew where that was, I'd go there." Well, the new Look&Book iOS/Android app can reportedly figure out where such photos were taken (within Europe, at least), and it proceeds to plan your flights.
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Continue Reading Image-recognition travel app books trips based on photos
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Recognition
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Oct 17, 2018
So-called "ghost" fishing nets are awful things. Lost or forgotten during commercial fishing operations, they can drift in the ocean for years, indiscriminately catching marine life as they do. A newly-invented tag, however, may help keep that from happening.
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Continue Reading Electronic tags could keep fishing nets from becoming ghosts
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Conservation
Fishing
Identification
Ocean
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Sonar
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Oct 17, 2018
Not so long ago, making music magic would likely involve taking weeks or months out and bedding down in a dedicated recording studio until everyone in the band was happy with the result. Now, a quiet room in a house can serve a similar purpose thanks to music production software running on a laptop and hardware interfaces for instruments, MIDI gear and microphones. Pipes from the Synesthesia Corporation essentially merges computer hardware and production software for an all-in-one music creation machine that's said to start a whole new music creation product category.
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Continue Reading Pipes brings music production hardware and software together
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Instrument
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Oct 17, 2018
Astronomers have discovered and mapped an enormous structure in the early universe with a mass the equivalent to one million billion times that of the Sun. The proto-supercluster, which has been dramatically named Hyperion after the Titan of Greek mythology, is estimated to have formed only 2.3 billion years after the creation of the cosmos in the Big Bang.
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Continue Reading Astronomers discover celestial titan from the early universe
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ESO
Galaxy
VLT
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Oct 17, 2018
Ever since we first checked out the Pössl Campster, one of our favorite camper vans of 2017, we've been on the lookout for an equally compact, versatile motorhome-cum-everyday passenger van. A year and a half later, we think we've found one in the 2019 Dreamer Cap Coast Select, a Ford Transit Custom-based mini-camper that measures in at just under 16.4 ft (5 m) and uses floor rails and individual seats to change roles from six-passenger people-mover, to four-berth camper van, to capacious gear-hauler.
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Continue Reading Dreamer's modular "recreational MPV" is a four-berth camper van and six-seat passenger van
Automotive
Campervan
Camping
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2018
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Moto
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Oct 17, 2018
We've been following the work of Italian 3D-printing firm WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) for some time and have previously reported on its Big Delta and clay and straw shelter projects. Its latest creation is its most fascinating to date though, and consists of a 3D-printed hut that's built using a mud mixture and was produced for just €900 (roughly US$1,000).
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Continue Reading Prototype low-cost house is 3D-printed using mud
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House
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Oct 17, 2018
Smartphone cameras are getting better all the time, so surely there's no longer a need to carry a separate pocket compact around with you, right? Sony believes there is, and has announced the Cyber-shot HX99 Travel Zoom to prove it - which is billed as the world's smallest travel high-zoom snapper.
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Continue Reading Sony wants you to pack its new 28x optical zoom in your suitcase
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Photography
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Travel
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Oct 17, 2018
It's said that time heals all wounds, and apparently that even applies to wounds on the Earth itself. Woodleigh Crater in Western Australia could be one of the largest impact craters on the planet, but getting an exact measure is hard when there's hundreds of millions of years of dirt and rock swept over the top of it. But now, researchers from Curtin University have discovered new evidence that the crater could be bigger than previously thought - thanks to the presence of one of the rarest minerals ever found.
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Continue Reading Ultra-rare mineral points to huge impact crater in Australia
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Australia
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Oct 17, 2018
Launching in 2019, BMW's brand new X7 sets new standards of colossal bigness for the Bavarian brand, starting with a beaver face comprising the "largest kidney grille in BMW history." It also promises plenty of high-tech goodies, intelligent, adaptive luxury trim and an "agile and versatile" drive … for its size.
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Continue Reading ?BMW debuts gigantic new X7 SUV, a study in intelligent, adaptive luxury
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BMW
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Oct 17, 2018
Rocket Lab is a private space company with some lofty ambitions, aiming to one day roll one of its Electron boosters off the production line and into space each and every week. It has now moved a little closer to this reality, this week adding the finishing touches to a giant new factory designed to produce the rocket swiftly, and on a mass scale.
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Continue Reading A booster a week? Rocket Lab moves towards mass production with "huge" new facility
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Oct 17, 2018
A large clinical trial is moving ahead at more than 40 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand exploring the efficacy of an exciting new blood test designed to help doctors determine whether a patient needs to undergo chemotherapy following surgery to remove cancerous tumors.
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Continue Reading Cancer blood test trial hoping to help patients avoid unnecessary chemotherapy
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Ovarian Cancer
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Oct 17, 2018
Phosphorus comes in a few different forms (or allotropes), including white, red, violet, and black. For a few years scientists have predicted a fifth allotrope should be possible, but it had yet to be confirmed. Now, researchers in Germany have managed to show that this new allotrope, known as blue phosphorus, does exist, and mapped out its different properties.
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Continue Reading Newly-discovered blue phosphorus could be the next 2D wonder material
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Blue
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new material
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Oct 16, 2018
If you like the water, don't mind cramped spaces, and have a spare US$48 million laying around, then Triton Submarines has a submersible that can take you and a passenger to the bottom of the deepest ocean. With its support ship thrown in for the sticker price, the Triton 36000/2 Hadal Exploration System is designed to make repeated visits to the nadir of the seabed for science, exploration, or the ultimate joyride.
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Continue Reading $48-million Triton 36000/2 submersible takes you to the bottom of the deepest oceans
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Oct 16, 2018
While many of us wish we could regrow hair lost as we age, there are other hairs we might forget about - namely, the tiny ones in our ears that help us hear. Once we lose the sensory hair cells in the cochlea, they're gone for good, but now researchers have found a way to regrow them in mice, potentially paving the way for more effective hearing loss treatments in humans.
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Continue Reading Regrowing hair cells to reverse hearing loss sounds good to us
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ear
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University of Rochester
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Oct 16, 2018
With its reusable bottles and countertop carbonation devices, SodaStream has made quite an impact in the world of refreshments and in effect saved vast amounts of plastic waste from making its way into the ocean. The Israeli company is now looking to play an active role in tackling this mounting problem, starting with a pilot project testing a new device to collect marine plastics from waters off the coast of Roatán, Honduras.
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Continue Reading SodaStream embarks on marine waste cleanup mission in Honduras
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Oct 16, 2018
A cheap new diagnostic test developed by researchers at UC Berkeley promises to effectively identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria in just minutes from a urine sample. The test is currently being commercialized with a view on rolling it out into hospital and clinical settings as soon as possible.
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Continue Reading Innovative new test detects antibiotic-resistant bacteria in minutes
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Oct 16, 2018
A Brooklyn-based electric motorcycle startup has just announced itself, with a focus on mixing old-school craftsmanship with a simple electric powertrain and an interesting AI-enhanced spin on rider assistance.
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Continue Reading Tarform opens up pre-orders on its handcrafted electric motorcycles
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Oct 16, 2018
Amazon has rolled out yet another version of its popular Kindle e-reader, introducing a thinner and lighter Paperwhite with double the storage. The new version brings some premium trimmings to Amazon's mid-level e-reader, most notably in the form of high-level waterproofing for relaxing reading in the tub or by the pool.
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Continue Reading Amazon's IPX8-rated Kindle Paperwhite can be dunked underwater for 60 minutes
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Oct 16, 2018
In an aerospace industry first, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified BAE Systems' Active Stick technology for use in civilian aircraft. Standard equipment on the new Gulfstream G500 business jet, the new technology provides tactile feedback to fly-by-wire systems, allowing the pilot to feel how the aircraft is handling instead of only relying on instruments.
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Continue Reading BAE Systems' Active Stick brings tactile feedback to civilian jets
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Oct 16, 2018
Boston Dynamics is having a busy week, hot on the heels of its video reveals showing Atlas mastering parkour, and its four-legged Spot wandering construction sites, the company has released yet another video. This one unveils a lighter, more playful side to its robots, with Spot dropping some impressive dance moves to a cover of Uptown Funk.
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Continue Reading Boston Dynamics' Spot can now dance, twerk, and do the running man
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Oct 16, 2018
While there are already fitness trackers and smartwatches that are specifically designed to track the wearer's sleep patterns, an international team of scientists believe that with the right software, regular smartwatches are more than up to the job. To that end, they've created an app known as SleepGuard.
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Continue Reading App turns garden-variety smartwatches into highly-capable sleep trackers
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Lancaster University
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Oct 16, 2018
Although 3D printers are able to produce some amazing objects, they can also crank out counterfeit goods, illegal firearms, and other not-so-nice creations. Soon, if someone is suspected of making such items, it could be possible to match the objects to that person's printer.
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Continue Reading PrinTracker tech could match sketchy objects to 3D printers that made them
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University at Buffalo
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Oct 16, 2018
When you build boutique open-air three-wheelers, you can afford to leave behind many of the features common in more traditional passenger cars. In fact, buyers probably demand it. But eventually you might find it necessary to sprinkle in a few of those little luxuries ... like doors. Utah's Vanderhall Motor Works adds a pair of doors on its all-new Carmel, a three-wheeled roadster that also includes a lighter, more powerful engine, 19-in wheels and high-performance brakes.
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Continue Reading Vanderhall drops power and doors into its latest three-wheeled street bullet
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Oct 16, 2018
Four years ago, New York/Detroit-based startup Astrohaus released the Freewrite, a "smart" electronic typewriter designed for distraction-free writing. Now, the company is crowdfunding the 50-percent smaller and lighter Traveler laptop - and its big selling point is what it can't do.
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Continue Reading Freewrite Traveler is made for distraction-free writing on the go
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Oct 16, 2018
Supersense out of Vienna, Austria, has revived and refined an art project by media artist Gebhard Sengmüller and the company's Martin Diamant which sees users put a vinyl record on a turntable that results in sound and video appearing on a TV. Inbetween the two sits a VinylVideo Converter that converts what's picked up in the grooves into a digital video signal.
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Continue Reading Supersense brings video on vinyl to life on any regular TV
Home Entertainment
Analog
Conversion
Digital
Records
Turntables
TV
Video
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Oct 16, 2018
An impressive motorhome by any measure, the Ford Transit-based Flash 634 from France's Chausson gets the absolute most livability out of its small footprint using smart, space-optimizing design. Chausson packs in Swiss Army knife-like multifunction with three beds that lift clean to the ceiling to open up two dining areas, a full-length lounge chair and plenty of storage. At night, the power beds drop down and the Flash 634 sleeps up to five people. With room for bicycles and other large gear in its rear garage, the Flash 634 is a highly versatile motorhome for families that love to travel and play outside.
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Continue Reading Power-lift beds make Ford Flash motorhome the Swiss Army knife of camping
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Camping
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2018
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Oct 16, 2018
Huawei's latest bid to take on the might of Apple, Samsung and Google has arrived in the form of the Huawei Mate 20 and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro: two powerhouse phones packing premium specs, some new AI and photography smarts, and a triple-lens camera setup on the back.
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Continue Reading Huawei throws everything at its Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro flagship phones
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Oct 16, 2018
The aptly-named House behind the Roof is defined by its sizable green roof, which provides it with privacy from passing traffic and neighbors. The home was also designed with a focus on energy-efficiency, and reduces its grid-based electricity use with solar panels.
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Continue Reading Green-roofed house keeps prying eyes at bay
Architecture
Building and Construction
Green Roofs
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Oct 16, 2018
Mighty Vibe is a tiny, water- and shock-resistant music player that clips to your clothing while you exercise. Think of it as an iPod Shuffle for Spotify users - you fill it up with your playlists, then it streams to your wired or Bluetooth headphones for over five hours.
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Continue Reading ?Mighty upgrades its tiny portable Spotify player
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Music Player
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Spotify
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Oct 16, 2018
Where most smart padlocks steer clear of numbered combination codes, the new Igloohome Smart Padlock puts its number keypad at the forefront. Though it shares many features with other Bluetooth padlocks like the Noke, Quicklock and Master Lock, Igloohome's alternative is designed with sharing in mind, and includes some smart features for Airbnb owners in particular.
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Continue Reading New Smart Padlock for Airbnb owners plays the numbers game
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Oct 16, 2018
Virtual reality motion controllers work pretty well at syncing up the movements of digital digits with your real ones, but they aren't all that good at recreating the sense of touch. Scientists from EPFL and ETH Zurich have developed new haptic gloves that could help users get in touch with virtual objects.
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Continue Reading Light, thin VR gloves put wearers in touch with virtual objects
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EPFL
ETH Zurich
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Oct 16, 2018
Ever since its founding in 2007, the company behind the Bloodhound Supersonic Car has made no secret of its plans to smash the world's land speed record and cross the 1,000-mph (1,600-km/h) threshold. Those plans have hit a significant speed bump, with the team today revealing it has run out of cash.
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Continue Reading Bloodhound Supersonic Car project runs out of cash
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Oct 16, 2018
Levitation is often thought of as the realm of magicians or The Jetsons, but it is technically possible. That said, the tech seems to be moving pretty slowly. Now, researchers at the University of Sussex have developed SoundBender, a technology that bends sound waves around obstacles to acoustically levitate objects above them.
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Continue Reading SoundBender levitates objects by curving sound waves around obstacles
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Acoustics
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Levitation
Metamaterial
Metamaterials
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University of Sussex
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Oct 16, 2018
The spectacular photography of Reuben Wu blends a myriad of influences, from science fiction to 19th century romantic painting. Using a drone mounted with an LED, he literally paints the landscape with light to create eerie, otherworldly images.
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Continue Reading Reuben Wu uses drones to paint surreal sci-fi landscapes with light
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Oct 15, 2018
The dangers of the shipping industry is maybe not something you hear a whole lot about, but in the eyes of Rolls-Royce there is room for improvement when it comes to maritime safety. The company has announced that it is teaming up with Intel to accelerate the development of autonomous shipping systems to make operations safer and more efficient.
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Continue Reading Rolls-Royce welcomes Intel aboard its pursuit of self-navigating ships
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Oct 15, 2018
Hydrogen-powered vehicles are here, but we're still a long way from having widespread infrastructure to support them. In anticipation of the hydrogen economy of the future, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is working on software models that will help hydrogen refueling stations switch from hydrogen gas to liquid hydrogen while implementing new, easier to follow safety standards.
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Continue Reading Sandia Labs looks to the liquid hydrogen filling stations of the future
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Hydrogen
Sandia Labs
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Oct 15, 2018
Wau's eponymous e-bike is simple and tidy and packs in some impressive features for its price point, including batteries up to a kilowatt-hour, motors up to 500 W, integrated alarm and GPS tracking, and brake/indicator/headlight kits - with a ton of option-ups available.
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Continue Reading Feature-heavy Wau e-bike starts at an impressive US$749
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