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Jun 19, 2018
As part of Facebook's ongoing quest to be first to capitalize on The Next Big Thing in Technology (whatever it turns out to be), the social media juggernaut has written a check for some Purdue College research into haptic technology that can not only alert you to new messages through your skin, but read them too.
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Continue Reading Facebook wants you to read your messages by touch
Wearables
Facebook
Haptics
Purdue University
Facebook tools target revenge porn
Mental typing? Hearing through your skin? Facebook is working on it
Finally! Employees can be on Facebook all day and call it work
Facebook's internet-broadcasting drone takes to the skies for the first time
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Jun 19, 2018
Cancer has a few tricks up its sleeve to defend itself from the body's immune system, but a new therapy designed by researchers at Penn State has now turned one of those tactics against it. The team camouflaged a cancer-killing drug using cells from the tumor itself, allowing them to sneak medicine past the tumor's defenses like a nanoscale Trojan horse and deliver a killing blow from the inside.
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Continue Reading Cancer-killing nanoparticles sneak through defenses camouflaged in tumor cells
Medical
Bloodstream
Cancer
Drug delivery
Nanoparticles
Pennsylvania State University
The Immune System
Tumors
World's first ciliary microrobots could change the way we take medicine
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Jun 19, 2018
Suzuki has released the first images of its upcoming new Jimny 4x4… And it looks like an adorably baby-faced take on a mini G-Wagen. Bug-eyed, tiny and boxy, all it needs is the roof off, four ridiculously goodlooking male models and some orange mocha frappuccinos.
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Continue Reading New Suzuki Jimny is on the way, and we just wanna pinch its cheeks
Automotive
4WD
Suzuki
Suzuki shows GSX-250R mini-sportsbike at China's CIMA motorcycle expo
Suzuki GSX-250R review: Humble commuter rocks Superbike style
Suzuki's infotainment suite nails the basics
Suzuki Ignis review: Cheap, meet cheerful
Three new Japanese café racers on the way for 2018
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Jun 19, 2018
Black holes seem to fall into two main categories: relatively small and supermassive. That leaves a huge empty middle ground, and astronomers have long proposed that there must be intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) somewhere in between. Now, scientists from the University of New Hampshire have captured the best evidence so far of the existence of these mysterious middleweights, as one emerges from the dark to snack on an unsuspecting star.
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Continue Reading Mysterious breed of black hole shows itself as it devours a star
Space
Black hole
ESA
NASA
Stars
Swift Satellite
University of New Hampshire
X-ray
Star-destroying black hole sets record for longest lunch
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Jun 19, 2018
Taiwan-based Tern Bicycles has revamped its Vektron folding e-bike range, making these convenient commuters lighter, stronger, quieter, more comfortable and more practical than ever, with a modest price drop to boot.
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Continue Reading Tern revamps its Vektron folding ebike range for Q3 2018
Bicycles
Electric Bicycle
Foldable bike
Tern
Brompton folding bike goes electric
Tern jolts the Vektron folding e-bike to life
World's lightest folding bike pedals to production
Electric fat folder hauls cargo on and off road
Oru upgrades folding kayak for faster unfurling
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Jun 19, 2018
With the first UK and US human trials using the potentially revolutionary CRISPR gene editing technique about to commence, several questions still hover over the ultimate safety of this system. A team of Chinese scientists has now conducted the first full assessment of the effects of CRISPR-Cas9 on non-human primates to ascertain whether it results in off-target mutations.
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Continue Reading Chinese scientists test CRISPR on monkeys and find no off-target mutations
Medical
CRISPR
Genome
Monkeys
Breakthrough research produces healthy monkey clones
Monkeys in captivity start to resemble humans - in their guts
Yellow fever decimating howler monkeys in Brazil
Caloric restriction increase
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Jun 18, 2018
Concrete production is one of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions in the world, after transportation and energy. To make the ubiquitous building material more environmentally friendly, the industry has been adding by-products from coal-fired power plants, but doing so had its own problems. Now, researchers at Rice University have developed a new composite binder that can almost completely replace cement, and reduce waste from power plants at the same time.
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Continue Reading Coal plant waste helps build environmentally-friendly, cementless concrete
Materials
Building and Construction
Carbon Dioxide
Cement
Concrete
Construction
Environmentally-friendly
Materials
Rice University
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Jun 18, 2018
Last year, the Cauldryn Fyre made its way to campsites, taking portable cooking to new heights. Not only can this bottle-like camp cooker heat water and cook meals, it can also boil liquids, allowing you to purify unclean water without a fire or gas burner. The Fyre was advance in preparedness, and Cauldryn takes another step forward with the Fyre V2, which packs an array of modular accessories, including a blender, bug zapper and percolator.
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Continue Reading Cauldryn's modular camping mug now brews coffee and blends margaritas
Outdoors
Camping
Coffee
Cooking
Outdoor
Survival
The best camping gadgets, gifts and gear innovations of 2017
Ready Fuel gel fire starter burns at 1,200°F
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Jun 18, 2018
Arc-fault detectors can be invaluable protectors against electrical fires, but they can also be a nuisance if they start switching off devices and appliances when there's no safety risk. To cut down on the false alarms, an MIT team of engineers is working on new "smart outlets" that use neural networks to not only determine if a detected arc is dangerous, but also what type of devices are plugged into the outlet.
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Continue Reading MIT's "smart power outlets" use machine learning to prevent circuits tripping unnecessarily
Electronics
Artificial Intelligence
Electrical
MIT
MIT's AI deduces ingredients and recipes from food photos
Google's AI beats world's top-ranking Go player
NVIDIA's credit card-sized machine learning module ups to IQ of prototype drone
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Jun 18, 2018
Panasonic has done an admirable job packing high-end marquee features into the tiny compact GX9 street shooter - in particular, a sensor, wireless comms and dual image stabilisation to equal the flagship G9. But what has been sacrificed in the name of portability?
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Continue Reading Review: Panasonic GX9 makes a compelling case for the compact camera
Digital Cameras
Micro Four Thirds
Mirrorless Cameras
Panasonic
Panasonic's compact GX9 gets high-end sensor, dual stabilization
Panasonic Lumix GX850 review: Software boosted selfie shooter
Olympus twists the knife with updated DSLR-killer
Panasonic announces the novice- and selfie-friendly GF7
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Jun 18, 2018
Days after the first shots were fired in a looming UK legal battle questioning law enforcement uses of facial recognition technology, Amazon has been bombarded with a massive petition and several letters demanding it stop providing a similar technology to governments and law enforcement.
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Continue Reading Amazon under pressure to stop selling facial recognition tech to police
Computers
Amazon
Facial Recognition
Governments
Law Enforcement
US government sued over warrantless phone and laptop border searches
What is Net Neutrality and is it important?
How will the White House hand over the President's
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Jun 18, 2018
Researchers from Nvidia have revealed an impressive new system that uses a deep-learning neural network to effectively create smooth high-quality slow motion videos from footage shot at a regular, low frame rate.
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Continue Reading Nvidia AI-based system transforms any video into fluid super slow motion
Computers
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Network
NVIDIA
Super slow motion
Video
Robot see, robot do: Nvidia system lets robots learn by watching humans
New face-aging technique could help locate missing persons
Artificial synapses fill the gaps for brainier computer chips
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Jun 18, 2018
Earlier this year, Toyota revealed the Gazoo Racing Super Sport Concept, a virile race car-for-the road with a combination of V6 and electric motor propulsion. It showed the car again at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this month, signaling its intentions of building a production version. With technology ripped straight out of the TS050 Hybrid LMP1 car, this "next-generation racehorse" will debut as a barely tamed race car with 986 hp worth of hybrid racing technology.
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Continue Reading Toyota throws its hat back in the supercar ring with 1,000-hp GR Super Sport
Automotive
Gazoo Racing
Motorsport
Supercars
Toyota
HFK launches $300 motorcycle DVR with real-time social media sharing
Polini targets future motocross champions with XP minicross additions
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Jun 18, 2018
While there are already speech-to-text apps that allow deaf users to read what other people are saying, they're often thwarted by background noise or multiple people speaking at once. SpeakSee, however, is a new multi-mic system that reportedly works much better.
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Continue Reading SpeakSee uses mics and app to get deaf people in on the conversation
Good Thinking
Communications
Deaf
Indiegogo
Speech
US Navy tests signal lamp-based ship-to-ship texting
KFC's Colonel embraces a communications cone of silence
Ford updates Sync in-car comms system
LynQ is made to keep you linked outdoors
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Jun 18, 2018
It was just back in March that German electrical automation company Festo unveiled two of its latest robots inspired by animals - a crawling/rolling spider and a flying fox bat. Now, it's taken the wraps off BionicFinWave, which moves like a cuttlefish.
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Continue Reading Robotic cuttlefish autonomously scuttles through pipes
Robotics
Autonomous
Biomimicry
Festo
Fish
Underwater
Omnidirectional underwater robot inspired by the cuttlefish
MITO underwater drone wants to go steady with you
$200 Scorkl offers 10 minutes of underwater breathing
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Jun 18, 2018
There are various places - such as airports, prisons and military bases - where people aren't allowed to fly consumer drones. If someone does so anyway, it's always possible to shoot the thing down or remotely disable it. Another option, however, is to net it in mid-air, using the new-and-improved DroneCatcher.
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Continue Reading DroneCatcher drone-netting drone gets an upgrade
Drones
Drone security
Tethered drones
Tethered drone reins in the complexity
US Army welcomes tethered drones into its unmanned aerial fleet
Fathom One lets adventurers explore underwater without getting wet
DroneSentry jamming system open for orders
Dronesta
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Jun 18, 2018
E3 delivered relatively little in the way of genuine surprises - the bulk of what was shown was much as we expected. But with plenty of new footage on display there's still plenty to look forward to in the next year or two. Putting aside sequels and familiar intellectual property, here are five that particularly stood out.
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Continue Reading Punks, pirates, samurai and sharks: The most interesting games of E3 2018
Games
Games
PC
Playstation
Xbox
Gran Turismo Sport will (almost) give you an FIA license for the real world
Mega Drive Mini spearheads Sega's retro-revival efforts
Analysis points to no show for PlayStation 5 before Q4 2019
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Jun 18, 2018
Back in 2016, Line 6 claimed its Relay G10 was the easiest wireless guitar system to use. A year later, Boss joined in with its own plug and play system for a new portable Katana amplifier called the Air. Now the Roland-owned music gear maker has launched a new line of wireless systems called the WL Series, which includes an intriguing pedalboard unit.
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Continue Reading Boss promises lag free, stable wireless connectivity from WL Series
Music
BOSS
Guitar
Instrument
Roland
Wireless
Pleasing the crowd: Music makers that hit the right note
IK crashes synth hardware party with impressive UNO Synth
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Jun 18, 2018
BMW has introduced the 2019 BMW 8 Series Coupe, making its return to the US after 20 years of absence. The BMW 8 Series is the new flagship for the automaker, as a sports car heading the lineup. The 8 also denotes design language for the BMW brand going forward.
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Continue Reading All-new 2019 BMW 8 Series Coupe introduced
Automotive
BMW
Coupe
Sports Cars
Subaru BRZ gets a power bump, new chassis setup
McLaren 570S Coupé: A "classic sports car" for the McLaren Sports Series
Renault relaunches Alpine with ice-cool Vision
TVR premieres its 200 mph Griffith at Goodwood
Ferrari adds 40 hp and rear-wheel steering to F12 special edition
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Jun 18, 2018
Tiny Innovations recently revealed its newest tiny house, the Ibiza. The compact dwelling measures just 20 ft (6 m)-long, but can squeeze a maximum of six people inside. It can also, optionally, run fully off-the-grid with a solar panel setup.
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Continue Reading Compact tiny house sleeps six, at a pinch
Tiny Houses
Home
House
Micro-House
Tiny Footprint
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Luxury tiny house sleeps up to four people off-the-grid
Flexible tiny house sleeps up to 7 people
Tiny house keeps warm in cooler climes
Texas tiny house makes entertaining guests
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Jun 18, 2018
Cars that park themselves can not only make parking mishaps a thing of the past, but they could also make maximum use of lot space. But the auto space isn't the only area where autonomous technology has potential, as recently seen in Nissan's self-parking slippers. Now Volvo has demonstrated a yacht that can dock itself.
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Continue Reading Volvo floats self-docking yacht technology
Marine
Autonomous Vehicles
Volvo
Yachts
Volvo testing technology to prevent meeting of car and kangaroo
Volvo's self-driving trucks are going underground
First self-driving vehicle produced for Volvo's public trial
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Jun 18, 2018
In our relatively short time at the top of the food chain, humans have left an impression that will literally last until the Sun swallows the Earth a few billion years from now. But how does our relentless activity impact the creatures we currently share the planet with? A new study has found that mammals across the globe are increasingly turning nocturnal, in a bid to avoid contact with us pesky humans.
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Continue Reading Nature turning nocturnal in response to human activity
Environment
Activity
Animals
Data
Human
Night
UC Berkeley
Doomed Phobos will become a ring around Mars
Watch this nimble robot make quick work of odd shapes
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Jun 18, 2018
In a similar way to the binary code of ones and zeroes that tell a computer program what to do, living cells follow instructions encoded in DNA to construct organisms. It's long been thought that any given DNA sequence would always create the same protein every time a sequence is read out by the cell, but now researchers have found the first exception to this "universal rule," in a species of yeast that chooses between two different translations each time.
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Continue Reading Meet the microbe that breaks the "universal rule" of DNA
Biology
Amino Acids
DNA
Max Planck Institute
Micro-organisms
Protein
University of Bath
Yeast
Wizard-hat amoeba gets named after Gandalf
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Jun 18, 2018
A compelling new study from researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center has shed more light on the mysterious connection between our diet, gut bacteria and mood. The study found that mice given a high-fat diet displayed greater depressive behaviors until microbiome-altering antibiotics returned their behavior back to normal.
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Continue Reading Exciting insight into role gut bacteria play in obesity-related depression and anxiety
Medical
Anxiety
Bacteria
Brain
Depression
Diabetes
Microbiome
Obesity
The bacteria that could lead to a probiotic-based immunization for stress, anxiety and depression
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Jun 18, 2018
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is set to overturn a controversial recent court decision that proposed all coffee shops and makers in the state brand their product with a cancer warning label. The new government regulation is another chapter in the long-running battle over whether a cup of coffee is a legitimate cancer risk.
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Continue Reading The war over coffee: Should cups carry cancer warnings?
Health & Wellbeing
Cancer
Carcinogens
Coffee
Demron lightweight, lead-free radiation-proof suit
Scented laundry products found to emit harmful chemicals from dryers
Nasty bacteria get gagged with plastic
Jet lag shown to cau
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Jun 17, 2018
Antibiotics have saved countless lives for the better part of a century, but these medical marvels may be approaching the end of their usefulness. Thanks to overuse, bacteria are rapidly evolving resistance to our best drugs, prompting scientists to try to develop new ones. Now, a team at Purdue University has found that a compound called F6 is effective at killing bacteria that have already evolved resistance to existing antibiotics. In tests, the new drug also seems less susceptible to bacterial resistance down the track.
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Continue Reading New antibiotic shows long-lasting promise as superbug killer
Medical
Antibiotic
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Bacteria
Drug
Medication
Purdue University
Large study finds
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Jun 17, 2018
Indian has decided to go into production with a street-legal flat-tracker "inspired by" the gorgeous FTR1200 Custom concept in these photos. We hope the 2019 FTR1200 is as close to the concept as possible, but we're prepared for disappointment.
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Continue Reading Indian to produce a street-legal FTR1200 flat tracker for 2019
Motorcycles
Indian Motorcycles
Retro
Katja and Miracle Mike (the Nitrous-breathing Indian Scout named after a headless chicken)
Indian intros special edition Chieftans
Review: Indian Springfield - a fast, rumbling, quick-change artist
Indian turns the Dark Horse into a bagger
Indian Springfield goes from cruiser to bagger in minutes
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Jun 17, 2018
An international team of researchers has successfully regenerated spinal tissue in rat models using a new gene therapy designed to break down scar tissue and allow new nerve cells to grow. The therapy, which used a common antibiotic as the on/off switch to activate the treatment for two months, resulted in rats with spinal injuries relearning complex hand movements.
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Continue Reading Promising gene therapy repairs spinal cord injury in rats
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gene therapy
Injuries
Kings College
Paralysis
Spinal
Spinal zaps return hand movement to paralyzed subjects
Brain implants put paralyzed man back in touch with himself
Mind-controlled device aids in brain ret
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Jun 17, 2018
After eight years of banging subatomic particles together, CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is getting a major upgrade. In a ceremony on Friday, the high-energy physics laboratory broke ground on the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project that, when it goes online in 2026, will increase the collision rates of the LHC by up to a factor of seven and allow around 10 times more data to be collected.
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Continue Reading CERN's Large Hadron Collider getting major luminosity upgrade
Physics
CERN
Large Hadron Collider
LHC
CERN sets new high-energy collision record
LEGO version of Large Hadron Collider picks up speed
China to build a particle collider? twice the size of the Large Hadron Collider
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Jun 17, 2018
Jaguar Vector Racing has given electric propulsion on the water a big boost by breaking the British and world electric speed records for a battery-powered boat. On June 15, the Jaguar Vector Racing V20E piloted by Jaguar Vector co-founder and technical director Peter Dredge made an average speed of 88.61 mph (142.6 km/h) over two legs of the 1-km (0.62-mi) course on Coniston Water in northern England, smashing the previous record of 76.8 mph (123.6 km/h) set in 2008.
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Continue Reading New maritime electric speed world record set by Jaguar Vector Racing
Marine
Electric Boats
Jaguar
Speedboats
World Records
World's Fastest
JimBoat relaunches 6.5-ft electric powerboat for children
Aston Martin's AM37 powerboat debuts in Monaco
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Jun 16, 2018
World champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr has teamed up with Ford to bring a special one-off edition Ford Mustang GT to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Eagle Squadron Mustang GT is a tribute to the pilots of the Royal Air Force during World War II and will be auctioned off to raise money for charity.
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Continue Reading Gittin to fly in one-off Ford Mustang GT Eagle Squadron for Goodwood
Automotive
Ford
Ford Mustang
Goodwood
Mustang
Ford's not horsing around with its "Ole Yeller" Mustang
2019 Ford Shelby GT350 is tailored to the track
Bojix F-150 headlines a fleet of spiffed-up Fords for SEMA
Review: Ford's Mustang GT is a V8-pow
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Jun 16, 2018
The Volkswagen badge may have dominated among the grilles of camper vans and truck campers at Abenteuer & Allrad 2018, but not every camper there was a "people's car." From expanding Sprinters, to pop-top Land Cruisers, there were plenty of camper vans - and 4x4s with neatly integrated, color-matched camper cabins - that wore badges from the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Fiat. And this group included some of the most impressive small motorhomes of the show.
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Continue Reading Gallery: Rugged campervans (and campervan-like 4x4s) of Germany's Abenteuer & Allrad show
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Abenteuer und Allrad
Adventure and Allwheel
Campervan
Camping
MAN
Mercedes
Motorhome
Motorhomes
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Jun 15, 2018
If you travel a lot, it's possible that you may get tired of dragging your suitcase around. Wouldn't things be easier if it could just follow along beside you? Well, according to Beijing-based startup ForwardX Robotics, that's just what its motorized Ovis suitcase is able to do.
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Continue Reading Motorized AI-packin' suitcase keeps its eyes on its owner
Good Thinking
Artificial Intelligence
Indiegogo
Luggage
Tracking
Airline app lets passengers view luggage location on maps
Floatti offers smooth-riding smart luggage
Multitasking e-scooter transforms into a seat, travels as a suitcase
Smartoo provides a perch for travellers' laptops
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Jun 15, 2018
Tom Piszkin used to coach triathletes at the University of California San Diego, plus he sold bikes to students at a local store. The latter, he tells us, showed him "the mobility challenges faced by students on campus." This prompted him to invent the JackRabbit electric "scooter," which is now the subject of a Kickstarter campaign.
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Continue Reading Whatever it is, electric JackRabbit is made to move you
Urban Transport
Electric Vehicles
Kickstarter
Mobility
Scooter
Segway's mini transporter rolls for 14 miles on a single charge
Modular eGroov AWD scooter rolls through beach, forest and city
Off-road mobility scooter gets beastly
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Jun 15, 2018
It was just back in April that we heard about how scientists had made concrete stronger and more eco-friendly by adding graphene to it. Now, researchers at Britain's Lancaster University are reporting that they've achieved even better results using less-expensive "nano platelets" derived from root vegetable fibers.
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Continue Reading Carrots n' beets used to strengthen concrete
Materials
Cement
Concrete
Construction
Environmentally-friendly
Lancaster University
Vegetables
Genetically engineered probiotics to turn vegetables into cancer-killing agents
3D-printable AstroGro system to foster astronauts' green thumbs
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Jun 15, 2018
Though efforts are underway to try and tackle the plastic waste problem - from cleaning up floating plastic for reuse to cutting back on single use packaging in stores - the growing number of heart-wrenching images of vast islands of floating waste plastic available online show that there is still much to be done. Yet many of us carry around slim slabs of plastic in our wallets and purses, and when a credit card expires it can end up adding to the waste mountains. American Express has announced a collaboration with Parley to create the first credit card made mostly from ocean plastic.
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Continue Reading American Express to take plastic out of the ocean to put plastic in your pocket
Environment
Credit Cards
Plastic waste
Upcycling
Plastic Whale makes office furniture from plastic waste
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Jun 15, 2018
You could be forgiven for thinking that an alien race had made its home in Macau, China, but this extraordinary structure is actually the latest major building by Zaha Hadid Architects. Serving as a flagship hotel for the City of Dreams resort, its perforated form is wrapped in an exoskeleton that provides structural support.
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Continue Reading Zaha Hadid wraps hotel in striking exoskeleton
Architecture
Building and Construction
China
Hotel
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid Architects to transform Russia's largest port
All aboard! Zaha Hadid-designed train station opens for business
Luxury apartment complex will keep residents' feet off the ground
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Jun 15, 2018
Samsung has announced the second version of its premium Chromebook Plus convertible laptop/tablet. The V2 retains the same 360 degree hinge for tablet and laptop modes, packs a stylus for note-taking or drawing on the touchscreen and offers onboard storage expansion via microSD. The Plus sees the ARM processor of old swapped out for an Intel CPU, and it gains a second camera.
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Continue Reading Intel processor and rear-facing camera for second generation Samsung Chromebook Plus
Laptops
Chromebook
Chrome OS
Samsung
The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 marks the start of the Chrome OS tablet era
Five of the best budget laptops for 2015
Toshiba updates its Chromebook 2 with a Core i3 chip and backlit keyboard
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Jun 15, 2018
Samsung has announced the second version of its premium Chromebook Plus convertible laptop/tablet. The V2 retains the same 360 degree hinge for tablet and laptop modes, packs a stylus for note-taking or drawing on the touchscreen and offers onboard storage expansion via microSD. The Plus sees the ARM processor of old swapped out for an Intel CPU, and it gains a second camera.
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Continue Reading Intel processor and rear-facing camera for second-generation Samsung Chromebook Plus
Laptops
Chromebook
Chrome OS
Samsung
The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 marks the start of the Chrome OS tablet era
Five of the best budget laptops for 2015
Toshiba updates its Chromebook 2 with a Core i3 chip and backlit keyboard
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Jun 15, 2018
Strong and light, spider silk is one of the most impressive materials in the natural world. Both the real thing and synthetic versions have been used to improve everything from clothing to car seats, cooling electronics to preserving produce, making sweet music or helping people hear it, and even patching up severed nerves. Now, scientists in Germany and Switzerland have found a new use for spider silk - wrapping up cancer drugs to protect them until they can reach their tumorous targets.
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Continue Reading How wrapping drugs in spider silk helps craft a better cancer vaccine
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Cancer
Drug delivery
Immunotherapy
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Jun 15, 2018
Like fireworks that linger for millennia, nebulae are some of the most photogenic objects in the universe. These vast clouds of dust and gas represent both the birth and death of stars, and their swirling forms lend themselves well to creative names based on whatever shapes observers happen to see in them. New Atlas has collected some of the most breathtaking nebula images ever taken.
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Continue Reading Stellar fireworks: Mesmerizing nebulae from our galaxy and beyond
Space
ESA
ESO
Gallery
Hubble
Infrared
NASA
Nebula
Spitzer
Stars
X-ray
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Jun 15, 2018
We enjoyed this pair of retro customs BMW decided to air out at this year's Wheels and Waves festival in Biarritz, France. One's a modern desert scrambler built from an R NineT, the other … Would be totally unique if not for its sister bike.
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Continue Reading BMW showcases two sweet customs at France's Wheels and Waves festival
Motorcycles
BMW
Concept Bikes
Customs
The Typhoon: An obsessively built steampunk board-track superbike
Yamaha and Auto Fabrica release limited edition Type 11 retro-futurist cafe racer
Project Rhodium Omega celebrates the weird wonders of the Yamaha GTS1000
Project XG-848X: Custom Ducati with hydraulic-lift tank boggles our minds
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Jun 15, 2018
Neuroscientists at Switzerland's EPFL have for the first time homed in directly on the specific cluster of neurons in the brain responsible for reprogramming long-term memories of traumatic experiences. The research brings neuroscience closer to answering the long-held question of whether therapy simply works to suppress fear-based memories or whether it actually helps rewrite those memories.
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Continue Reading How therapy can reprogram the neurons that recall traumatic memories
Biology
Brain
Fear
Memory
Neuroscience
PTSD
Divisive new study suggests adult human brains do not produce new neurons
Study shows short- and long-term memories form simultaneously
New study rekindl
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Jun 15, 2018
We've seen hammocks on truck hitches, hammocks on car roofs, and even hammocks inside of pickup beds. But what if it's pouring rain and you still want to hammock? Well, you can either get soaked outside or string your hammock up inside your car with the Car Hammock. Forget the mosquito net and tarp and protect yourself in a climate controlled cocoon of solid sheet metal.
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Continue Reading Car Hammock turns your automobile into a suspended camping lounge
Outdoors
Camping
Hammocks
DayLite Hammock might just be the world's lightest
TrailNest elevates hammocks to the car roof top
Swayy's all-in-one hammock creates a hanging insulation bubble for your backside
Three-in-one hamm
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Jun 14, 2018
Facial recognition technology is not coming … it's already here. 2018 is fast becoming the year that facial recognition technology finally hits the mainstream with a constant torrent of stories revealing the growing use of these systems by law enforcement agencies around the world. A resident of Cardiff in the UK is now questioning whether the technology violates privacy rights by suggesting that if the country's police forces do not cease using these systems he, and others, will commence high court legal actions.
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Continue Reading First UK legal challenge to question police use of facial recognition technology
Computers
Facial Recognition
Human Rights
Law
Law Enforcement
Police
Privacy
AVG's magic glasses make you invisible to facial recognition software
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Jun 14, 2018
It looks as if the days of the venerable explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) are numbered as researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland develop a new explosive that has the power of TNT, yet is safer and more environmentally friendly.
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Continue Reading New explosive could render toxic TNT obsolete
Science
Explosives
Los Alamos National Laboratory
US Army Research Laboratory
CubeSats could soon be zooming around space under their own power
NASA's plan to bat away Earth-bound asteroids
US Army developing a "Third Arm" for soldiers
Remotely monitoring suspect nuclear reactors using antineutrinos
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Jun 14, 2018
Korean company KeyWe has launched what it's calling the "smartest lock ever" on Kickstarter. And with WiFi, NFC, Bluetooth, a touchpad and an old-fashioned backup key, it's certainly swinging for the fences.
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Continue Reading KeyWe smart lock is how all locks should work from now on
Around The Home
Kickstarter
Lock
Bisecu automatic bike lock hits Kickstarter
Bowley is back, with an "almost unpickable" padlock
Bowley Lock promises high security at a low price
Wall-mounted bike lock caters to those who are hung up on security
The smart alarm clock ... on steroids
Latest smart lock goes Deeper with bike-tracking feature
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Jun 14, 2018
Korean company KeyWe has launched what it's calling the "smartest lock ever" on Kickstarter. And with WiFi, NFC, Bluetooth, a touchpad and an old-fashioned backup key, it's certainly swinging for the fences.
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Continue Reading US$139 KeyWe smart lock is how all locks should work from now on
Around The Home
Kickstarter
Lock
Bisecu automatic bike lock hits Kickstarter
Bowley is back, with an "almost unpickable" padlock
Bowley Lock promises high security at a low price
Wall-mounted bike lock caters to those who are hung up on security
The smart alarm clock ... on steroids
Latest smart lock goes Deeper with bike-tracking feature
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Jun 14, 2018
A team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine has discovered a blood-based genetic biomarker that could predict how likely a person is to become ill when exposed to the flu virus.
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Continue Reading Blood-based biomarker may predict whether you'll get the flu
Science
Biomarkers
Blood
Genetics
Influenza
Stanford University
The Immune System
Potential blood and urine test for autism greeted with skepticism
Could a blood test accurately diagnose autism?
Sweat-sensing wristband monitors the state of your health
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Jun 14, 2018
When it comes to treatments for constipation, the options aren't plentiful, nor are they always particularly effective. Help may be on the way, however, in the form of genetically-engineered bacteria.
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Continue Reading Bacteria engineered to treat constipation
Medical
Bacteria
Genetic engineering
Mayo Clinic
Microbiome
Treatment
Largest ever microbiome study offers novel insights into gut bacteria and human health
New research reveals how gut bacteria can control our genes
Are non-toxic food preservatives having an adverse effect on our gut bacteria?
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Jun 14, 2018
Some day, it may be possible for tiny squishy biomedical robots to make their way through people's bodies, without being tethered to an external power supply or control unit. We've recently gotten a step closer to that being a reality, thanks to 3D-printing tech that produces magnetically-responsive devices.
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Continue Reading Morphing 3D-printed objects move by magnetism
3D Printing
Magnetic
MIT
Soft Robotics
3D printers can even make magnets now
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) - a breakthrough in brain science
Iron particles and magnetism get soft-bodied robots moving
Brain stimulation pinpoints precise memory boost
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Jun 14, 2018
Of all the pieces of pop culture "spy gear" that have been dreamed up over the years, one of the most iconic is the 2-way wristwatch radio used by comic-strip detective Dick Tracy. Well, if a just-launched Indiegogo campaign is successful, you'll soon be able to get one that actually makes calls.
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Continue Reading Fully-functioning Dick Tracy wristwatch radio is on the way
Wearables
Indiegogo
Retro
Wristwatch
HM6 Alien Nation watch dumps the case for crystal
Clever clip keeps time on luxury watches
A steampunk wristwatch fit for an 18th century philospher
$396K cobalt chrome wristwatch takes extravagance to new heights
HYT H1 Ghost watch c
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Jun 14, 2018
Back in 2013, single board computer project Udoo launched on Kickstarter with a new mini computer that promised four times the power of a Raspberry Pi and all the functionality of an Arduino. Now the team is back with a powerful maker board called the Bolt that's pitched as "ideal for AI, Computer Vision, AR, VR and IoT."
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Continue Reading Udoo ramps up maker power with the Bolt super mini computer
Computers
Arduino
Artificial Intelligence
Augmented Reality
Internet of Things
Kickstarter
Mini-PC
Virtual Reality
Intel's Project Alloy: An all-in-one AR/VR headset that skips the controllers
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Jun 14, 2018
Rush hour gridlock in downtown Chicago could be set to ease thanks to an underground express transportation system that will ferry passengers to the city's O'Hare Airport. The City of Chicago has just selected Elon Musk's Boring Company to design, build, pay for, operate and maintain the Express Loop, which will see electric pods carry up to 16 people to or from the airport in as little as 12 minutes.
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Continue Reading Chicago picks The Boring Company for high-speed link to airport
Urban Transport
Electric Vehicles
Public Transport
The Boring Company
Transport
Moving walkway networks would be an efficient transport option for car-free cities
Hyperloop One shows off magnetic drive in dramatic demonstration
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Jun 14, 2018
We didn't see as many Volkswagen campers as expected in the parking lot, but the other side of the Abenteuer & Allrad (Adventure & Allwheel) gate was a very different story. There was an entire tent dedicated to Volkswagen campers and other upfitted vehicles, and there were plenty of other VWs scattered about the show. And we're not just talking the ubiquitous Transporter camper vans and buses, but also larger Crafter campers, Amarok pickup campers and chassis-based Class C motorhomes.
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Continue Reading 11 awesome Volkswagen campers from the Adventure & Allwheel show
Automotive
Campervan
Camping
Motorhome
Motorhomes
Off-grid
Off-road
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Pickup
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Jun 14, 2018
An international team of scientists from over 40 organizations around the world has completed the most comprehensive assessment of how Antarctica's ice mass is changing - and as expected, the results are worrying. The Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE) shows that the rate of ice loss - and the resulting sea level rise - has tripled since 2012, compared to a more steady rate over the last 25 years.
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Continue Reading Antarctic ice loss and sea level rise rates have tripled since 2012
Environment
Antarctic
Climate Change
ESA
glacier
Ice
JPL
Undiscovered plants and animals may reside in warm caves under Antarctic glaciers
Million-year old water explains Blood Falls mystery
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Jun 14, 2018
Hong Kong startup Jabees has now launched its first Kickstarter campaign, taking orders for its new wireless earbuds called Firefly which pack fast charging, Bluetooth 5.0, and intuitive tap controls into a budget price.
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Continue Reading Firefly wireless earbuds offer fast charging and Bluetooth 5.0 at a budget price
Music
Bluetooth
Earbuds
Wireless
Review: Hearing augmentation IQbuds turn background noise down and conversations up
Review: Sol Republic Relays Wireless Sport Bluetooth headphones not the right fit
Plugfones updates its Bluetooth earplug/earbud hybrid
Audiologist-grade IQBuds Boost: Intelligent hearing aid tech in Bluetooth earbuds
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Jun 14, 2018
New Atlas' Loz Blain has been making babies again, and the good folk at Baby Jogger have been good enough to provide him with a means to carry them about. The City Go/City Mini GT combination travel system is a modular kit that lets you go from home to car to stroller with ease.
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Continue Reading Review: Baby Jogger's classy City Go/Mini GT travel system
Children
Baby
Pram
Stroller
Elliptical Stroller is exactly what its name implies
Stroller attachment lets you roll with your kids
Longboardstroller lets you skateboard with your kid, literally
Skoda makes the baby stroller more manly
Transforming tricycle hauls kids or cargo i
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Jun 14, 2018
New Atlas' Loz Blain has been making babies again, and the good folk at Baby Jogger have been good enough to provide him with a means to carry them about. The City Go/City Mini GT combination travel system is a modular kit that lets you go from home to car to stroller with ease.
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Continue Reading Review: Into the fray with Baby Jogger's classy City Go/Mini GT travel system
Children
Baby
Pram
Stroller
Elliptical Stroller is exactly what its name implies
Stroller attachment lets you roll with your kids
Longboardstroller lets you skateboard with your kid, literally
Skoda makes the baby stroller more manly
Trans
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Jun 14, 2018
With more sensitive data than ever being shared - and stolen - online, more secure connections are desperately needed. The answer could be a quantum internet, where information is passed almost instantaneously between nodes that have been quantum entangled, and are physically unhackable since any unauthorized observation of the data will scramble it. Researchers at Delft University of Technology have now overcome a major hurdle to that technology, by generating quantum links faster than they deteriorate.
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Continue Reading Entanglement "on demand" sets the stage for quantum internet
Physics
Data
Delft University of Technology
Entanglement
Network
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Quantum Physics
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Jun 13, 2018
French artist Benedetto Bufalino has been transforming ordinary cars into surreal art installations for several years now. His latest work adventurously reclaims an old camping trailer and miraculously turns it into a functional, mobile swimming pool.
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Continue Reading The mischievous French artist who turned an old caravan into a swimming pool
Good Thinking
Art
Car
Caravan
Trailer
Sleek, compact camper pod grows to 3 times its size at the push of a button
Scandinavian-inspired teardrop trailer blurs the lines between indoors and out
Taxa stretches its forelegs with the Mantis camping trailer
Airstream sheds its aluminum shell with the Nest fiberglass glamper
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Jun 13, 2018
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in association with LCW Supercritical Technologies has made a potentially important breakthrough for the nuclear industry by extracting five grams of powdered uranium, called yellowcake, from ordinary seawater. The new process uses inexpensive, reusable acrylic fibers and could one day make nuclear energy effectively unlimited.
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Continue Reading Cost-effective method of extracting uranium from seawater promises limitless nuclear power
Energy
Nuclear
Ocean
PNNL
Uranium
Turning up the heat on titanium alloy leads to increase in strength
Scientists accidentally create nanorods that harvest water from the air
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Jun 13, 2018
The connection between food and memory is one of those fundamentally human experiences we can all relate to. A compelling new study from the University of Southern California has revealed an intriguing explanation behind this prominent phenomenon, and it illustrates how strongly the "second brain" in our gut communicates with our brain.
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Continue Reading Researchers reveal how disrupting gut-brain communication may affect learning and memory
Science
Brain
Evolution
Food
Nerves
Neuroscience
The evolution experiment that has been watching bacteria mutate for 30 years
How "Snowball Earth" led to the evolution of complex life
Newly
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Jun 13, 2018
Unmanned aircraft took an historic step forward on Tuesday as NASA conducted the first flight of a large, remote-piloted drone through public airspace without the usual safety chase plane. Using advanced communication and collision avoidance technology, the Ikhana aircraft took off the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California and flew to Fresno and back while sharing the air with commercial and private pilots.
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Continue Reading NASA drone ditches chase plane in milestone flight
Aircraft
drones
NASA
NASA puts nationwide traffic control system for drones to the test
Chinese retail giant building one-ton delivery drones
Zipline announces faster-than-ever drone delivery service
LA Drone Film Festival w
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Jun 13, 2018
As a giant dust storm roars across a quarter of the face of Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover is facing possible extinction. In a teleconference, NASA engineers announced today that mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California has lost contact with the unmanned probe, as the storm prevents the craft's solar panels from charging its batteries.
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Continue Reading Opportunity rover may be dying as Martian storm intensifies
Space
Mars
NASA
Opportunity
Opportunity fights for life amidst a giant Martian dust storm
Opportunity rover notches up 5,000 days on Mars and counting
Opportunity has close encounter with Martian dust devil
NASA solves Martian rock mystery
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Jun 13, 2018
Bicycle locks can be a hassle to cart around, which is why we've seen ones that double as part of the bike, such as its handlebars, seatpost, pedal and saddle. One of the latest, the Nexibi, is a folding lock that also serves as a rear rack.
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Continue Reading The Nexibi - it's both a bike lock and a rear rack
Bicycles
Bike Racks
Folding
Kickstarter
Lock
Security
Theft
Foldylock takes a new approach to the folding bike lock
Locking up your bike with a zip-tie?
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Jun 13, 2018
Four years and eight phones down the line, the OnePlus mission remains the same: to offer flagship-quality phones at the cheapest possible price. We've spent the last week testing out the latest phone to aim for that goal, the brand new OnePlus 6, and here are our thoughts.
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Continue Reading OnePlus 6 review: the best flagship killer OnePlus has put out yet
Mobile Technology
OnePlus
Reviews
Smartphones
OnePlus 3 review: OnePlus finds its "flagship killer" at last
OnePlus 3T vs. OnePlus 3
OnePlus 3 vs. OnePlus 2
OnePlus 2 vs. OnePlus One
LG G6 vs. OnePlus 3 and 3T
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Jun 13, 2018
We've already seen a robotic device that's capable of inserting intravenous needles in people's arms. Now, researchers from New Jersey's Rutgers University have designed an automated system for drawing and analyzing blood samples, which could potentially increase efficiency and reduce the human error factor in medical settings.
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Continue Reading Robotic device is made to draw blood
Robotics
Automation
Blood
Diagnostic devices
Lab on a Chip
Microfluidic
Rutgers University
Scientists put "five-second rule" to the test
Squishy motor powers robots that can take a beating
Biometric tech IDs you by
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Jun 13, 2018
Hyundai stunned the 2018 Geneva Motor Show when it previewed its new "Sensuous Sportiness" design language in the form of the impossibly sleek HDC-1 Le Fil Rouge design study. Now it's providing a second peek into the future with the HDC-2 Grandmaster. This concept SUV isn't quite as effortlessly stylish as its predecessor, but is indeed a dramatic departure from contemporary Hyundais. The future at Hyundai will be nothing if not interesting.
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Continue Reading Hyundai Grandmaster flashes a glimpse at the future of sensuously sporty SUV styling
Automotive
Concept Cars
Hyundai
SUV
Hyundai heats up its i30 hatch with N performance trim
Hyundai promises 580-km range for new hydrogen-powered SUV
Genesis gives the NY Auto Show an electric shock with Essentia Concept
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Jun 13, 2018
If wines such as cabernet sauvignon contain high amounts of chemical compounds known as alkylmethoxypyrazines (MPs), their fruity/floral bouquet can be overwhelmed, resulting in an off-putting flavor and aroma. Now, scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles to remove MPs from wine like never before.
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Continue Reading Magnetic nanoparticles could salvage yucky wine
Science
American Chemical Society
Magnetic
Nanoparticles
University of Adelaide
Wine
Winemaking waste could be raw material for biofuel
Embedded nanoparticles clear the way for smart glass devices
USB connections can "leak" private data to adjacent ports
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Jun 13, 2018
Byton, a self-described "intelligent electric vehicle maker" based in California, has unveiled the K-Byte. This self-driving sedan will be shown at the upcoming CES Asia as a premium sedan concept built on the Byton EV platform. Its main feature is integrated, retractable sensors.
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Continue Reading Byton unveils second prototype self-driving electric car
Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Self-Driving
Honda sets its sights on level 4 autonomy by 2025
Continental takes CUbE to Frankfurt for self-driving trials
Nuro unveils its autonomous delivery vehicle
Anatomy of autonomy: A look at how self-driving cars think
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Jun 13, 2018
Although there already are methods of determining if someone has an infection, those methods have their limitations. Scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have developed what they believe is a better technique, which incorporates electrochemistry.
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Continue Reading New tech promises fast and precise detection of infections
Medical
Diagnostic devices
Infections
University of Texas
US Navy "smart" prosthetics monitor for signs of infection
How to quickly identify sepsis-causing bacteria - melt it down
LG's handrail sterilizer promises to keep escalators germ-free
Antibiotic-free method to protect animals from common infections
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Jun 13, 2018
Concrete is a ubiquitous, often unremarkable, building material but in the right hands, it can be sculpted into truly special architectural works. Join us as we celebrate some of the best recent uses of concrete we've seen.
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Continue Reading Gallery: Modern architecture that highlights the rugged beauty of concrete
Architecture
Building and Construction
Concrete
Home
House
Huge concrete beams frame ocean views from a "levitating" coastal home in Chile
Chilean cliffside house is one for the concrete connoisseurs
Work underway on EU's first 3D-printed concrete house
Recycled wood waste makes concrete
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Jun 13, 2018
Zaha Hadid Architects has an impressive back catalog of work and is responsible for some of the world's most ambitious architecture of recent years. However, the firm's latest project is, on the face of it at least, a bit of a head-scratcher.
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Continue Reading Zaha Hadid Architects' latest work is a ... hat?
Architecture
Clothing
Zaha Hadid
Zip-away heated shorts keep the frost off your nethers
Saint single-layer motorcycle denim weaves safety into fashion
It's alive! Robotic jacket mimics plants to regulate body temperature
App-controlled wardrobe steams so you don't have to fold
Bull-it Jeans' armored hoodie packs protection comparable to a set of leathers
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Jun 13, 2018
Let's face it, the ukulele is a pretty travel-friendly instrument. Even the biggest of the bunch is only 30 inches long. And once you've got your strum action nailed, it's quite easy to pick up and play. Clearly Candace Chen thinks that a 20/21-inch soprano is too lengthy for travel, and has created the 16 inch long headless Ava.
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Continue Reading Ava makes travel-friendly ukulele even more portable
Music
Kickstarter
Travel
Ukulele
Astro ukulele folds down to pocket-friendly dimensions
Ukelation adds electric color to sea, sand, surf and song
Review: Follow-me LED learning with the Populele smart uke
Follow-me learning ukulele is promised to get you playing in minutes
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Jun 13, 2018
GMC has completely revamped its Terrain for 2018 and the new generation of the crossover is improved in almost every way. It's a bit smaller and lighter, easier to drive, more comfortable, and more efficient. There are drawbacks to the new 2018 Terrain, but not enough to hurt its family-friendly appeal.
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Continue Reading Review: 2018 GMC Terrain is pretty ... and pretty great, too
Automotive
Crossover
GMC
SUV
Terrain
Review: 2017 Mazda CX-9 cuts an impressive crossover figure
Review: 2018 Buick Enclave takes the family to the premium level
Review: 2019 Jeep Cherokee stays the course
Review: 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe may not bling it, but does bring it
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Jun 13, 2018
The Ethec electric motorcycle - designed and built by Swiss university students - is a strange jumble of ideas that are individually very nice. With a massive 15-kWh battery box, it offers a range around 250 miles. And it's got a second hub motor in the front wheel to improve its regenerative braking.
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Continue Reading Ethec's awkward 2WD electric motorcycle packs a monster 250-mile range
Motorcycles
2WD
Electric Motorcycles
ETH Zurich
Zero Motorcycles' 2018 models boast faster charging, more range
Confederate partners with Zero Motorcycles and goes electric
Italian electric cruiser breaks cover at AIMExpo 2017
Indian startup develops an electric sportbike with 500-km range
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Jun 13, 2018
Although there are trillions of liters of water floating around in the air, it's not easily accessible for those who need it. Now engineers at UC Berkeley have developed a device powered only by the Sun that can pluck practical quantities of drinkable water out of thin air, and they've successfully field-tested it in the Arizona desert.
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Continue Reading Solar-powered harvester sucks drinkable water out of thin air
Environment
Arizona
Atmosphere
Metals
Molecules
UC Berkeley
Water
"Two-faced" droplets roll over to highlight bacteria in food
Molecular nanosubmarines can target and kill specific cancer cells
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Jun 13, 2018
Ford Performance has released information on the upgraded 2019 Shelby GT350 Mustang, which benefits from experience gained from the Mustang road course racing programs. The changes include aerodynamic improvements, vehicle balance and precision, and new tires from Michelin.
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Continue Reading 2019 Ford Shelby GT350 is tailored to the track
Automotive
Ford
Ford Mustang
Mustang
Shelby
Sports Cars
Shelby lets loose a pair of supercharged Super Snakes
Limited-run Super Snake celebrates Shelby's half-century
Track-only club racing Mustang joins the paddock
Original Shelby engineers give 1965 GT35
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Jun 13, 2018
A breakthrough study from researchers at the University of Melbourne has uncovered a vital genetic mechanism that sheds light on how a vital cancer-suppressing gene prevents tumors from developing. This research will not only help identify certain patients who are at a higher risk of developing specific cancers, but also directs researchers on a new path toward targeted and safer treatments.
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Continue Reading Breakthrough research answers mysteries behind vital cancer-suppressing gene
Medical
Cancer
gene therapy
Protein
Tumors
University of Melbourne
Implantable device translates thought into action for people with spinal injuries
Genome sequence expands on the story of the extinct Tasmanian tiger
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Jun 13, 2018
To small children, button batteries can look like tempting candy treat. But swallowing these batteries can result in serious injuries and even death, with their ability to burn through a child's esophagus in a matter of hours. Acting quickly is key, and researchers have now found the best approach to take before the battery can be removed at a hospital is regular servings of honey.
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Continue Reading Honey can reduce damage from swallowing button batteries
Health & Wellbeing
Batteries
Safety
Additives keep lithium-ion batteries from catching fire
Samsung explains Galaxy Note 7 battery fault, outlines new safety checks
Coating makes swallowing batteries safer for curious kids
Printable solid-state PRISS battery to change the shape of battery technolog
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Jun 13, 2018
70 years ago, Porsche propelled itself out of WW2 with a sports car concept that paved the way for the performance car company we know today. Now, Porsche is celebrating the legacy of the 356 Model 1 with a stripped-back, lightly retro 911 Speedster Concept that might see production in 2019.
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Continue Reading Porsche celebrates its 70th in style with 911 Speedster Concept
Automotive
Concept Cars
Porsche
Porsche Mission E provides all-electric glimpse at the future of supercars
Porsche supports adventures on and off road with electric wagon concept
Porsche looks to the past for faster, lighter 911 Carrera T
4 ways to get old-school Porsche 911 thrills in a modern package
Porsche
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Jun 12, 2018
Here on Earth, 80 years of advertising has told us that diamonds are special, but our shiny stones have nothing on the weird and wonderful forms seen out in space. Diamonds in meteorites tell the tale of long-lost worlds, it might actually rain diamonds on planets like Uranus and Neptune, and there's even the chance of huge, planet-sized diamonds floating around out there. Now, astronomers have found that mysterious microwave signals around stars could be caused by swirling clouds of diamond dust.
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Continue Reading Diamond dust found to be cause of strange space signals
Space
Astronomy
Diamonds
microwave
Nanoparticles
Stars
Telescope
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Jun 12, 2018
A fascinating new study from researchers at Temple University has successfully reversed cognitive impairments in mice with dementia. The research utilized a 20-year-old asthma drug to treat the animals and the hope is to fast track clinical trials to verify the results in human subjects.
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Continue Reading Dementia-related brain damage reversed in mice using 20-year-old asthma drug
Medical
Alzheimer's Disease
Asthma
Dementia
Neuroscience
One night of sleep deprivation leads to increase in Alzheimer's protein
Family history found to impact onset age of Alzheimer's disease
Scientists identify protein central to cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease
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Jun 12, 2018
Psychedelic Medicine 101 is a series investigating the past, present and future medical uses of some formerly taboo substances. This episode examines the curious story of ketamine, initially developed to be an anesthetic before researchers and psychonauts discovered its unique and unusual effects on the brain.
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Continue Reading Psychedelic Medicine 101: The curious case of ketamine
Science
Drugs
Psychedelic Medicine
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Psychedelic Medicine 101: Psilocybin and the magic of mushrooms
Is Woebot, a mental health chatbot, the future of therapy?
Intellectual Freedom versus the feudal lords of medicine
Ketamine found to rapidly reduce suicidal thoughts and depression
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Jun 12, 2018
In 2013, an MIT team found a way to see through walls using WiFi radio signals and in 2015 they could see well enough to identify individuals. Now, led by Dina Katabi from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), they've hooked the latest version, called RF-Pose, to an artificial intelligence (AI) neural network as a way to teach the system to deduce a person's postures and movements even when completely hidden.
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Continue Reading MIT trains AI to track people's movements through walls
Science
Artificial Intelligence
MIT
Radio Waves
Tracking
Beerbots demonstrate robotic collaboration by serving drinks in a makeshift bar
52 genes associated with intelligence discovered
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Jun 12, 2018
Mild to moderate asthma can be difficult to diagnose, as its symptoms change over time and are often affected by other respiratory conditions. A new test, however, is able to definitively determine whether or not a patient has asthma - via just a swabbing of the nose.
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Continue Reading Scientists diagnose asthma via simple nose swab
Medical
Asthma
Diagnosis
Machine Learning
Mount Sinai Hospital
RNA
Newly identified biomarkers flag potential for better asthma diagnosis and treatment
Simpler test for asthma scans saliva for telltale signs
Could a blood test accurately diagnose autism?
To diagnose autism, watch the e
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Jun 12, 2018
Back when GoPro was first making its name in the actioncam game, one of its main competitors was Britain's Drift Innovation. Now, the company is set to release its latest offering, the budget-friendly and long-running Ghost X.
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Continue Reading Ghost X actioncam is big on battery life, small on price
Digital Cameras
Actioncam
Video Cameras
LG's LTE-enabled Action CAM can livestream to YouTube and keep a watchful eye on your home
Graava actioncam promises videos that are all killer, no filler
Review: Polaroid Cube
Drift Innovation announces its smallest actioncam yet, the Stealth 2
TomTom wants you to "shake to edit" wit
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Jun 12, 2018
Just when we thought tapeless tape measures would be the year's pinnacle of innovation in measuring devices, along comes a breakthrough that more or less gets rid of the measure to boot. The Arrim One purports to be the world's first "professional" Augmented Reality measuring device - a small laser emitter which connects to a smartphone to size up straight lines, circles and angles, and shows those measurements in your AR view of the world. A Kickstarter to fund the project is hurtling towards its US$20,000 target.
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Continue Reading Augmented Reality smartphone dongle bids the tape measure farewell
Mobile Technology
Augmented Reality
Kickstarter
Laser
Bose's AR platform starts by focusing on sound, not visuals
DigiLens partners with Sena to produce augmented reality motorcycle helmets
Ghost AR headset uses your phone to genera
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Jun 12, 2018
After a heart attack occurs, non-beating scar tissue forms on the part of the organ that was affected - and this can lead to heart failure. There could be new hope, however, in the form of an implanted device that delivers medication directly to that tissue.
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Continue Reading Implant brings heart medication right to the target
Medical
Harvard
Heart attack
Heart Failure
Implant
MIT
Blood test promises rapid and portable diagnoses of heart attacks
Toyota investigates heart-monitoring vehicles to prevent accidents
Injectable hydrogel shores up damaged hearts
Soft robotic hea
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Jun 12, 2018
Over the span of three decades, Japan's Kengo Kuma has risen to prominence through a thoughtful approach to traditionally-infused contemporary architecture. It's a career that was first inspired by an iconic Olympic stadium and has now come full circle in a way, with Kuma designing a new National Stadium for the forthcoming 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. Here we take a look over the famed architect's most magnificent creations, and put a few questions to the man himself about his influences over the journey.
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Continue Reading Gallery: The proud and playful architecture of Japan's Kengo Kuma
Architecture
Gallery
Japan
Timber
Gallery: The glitz and glamor of the hospitality world's best new architecture
10 of the most beautiful airplanes from the history of aviation
Treehouse gallery in Mexico gives art a warm wel
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Jun 12, 2018
Last year we had a brief look at some of the wonderful handcrafted arcade tributes of Sweden's Love Hultén, including a portable two-player console he called the Cary42. The retro-modern designer says his latest build, dubbed OriginX, is a design nod to a Pong arcade cabinet, the insanely popular table tennis game from Atari that helped kickstart video gaming.
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Continue Reading Love Hultén pays homage to the dawn of video gaming with OriginX
Games
Art
Gaming
Handbuilt
Retro
Hand-crafted beauty pays tribute to the dawn of home computing
Ruby-studded handmade bike is fit for a King
Synths of the 70s provide inspirational flavoring for hand-made music workstation
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Jun 12, 2018
New York City's new 3 World Trade Center, designed by London-based firm Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners, has been declared open for business in an official ribbon cutting ceremony. Standing on the same Manhattan plot as the original building destroyed in the September 11 attacks, the supertall skyscraper rises to a height of 1,079 ft (328 m).
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Continue Reading 3 World Trade Center officially opens in NYC
Architecture
Building and Construction
LEED
New York
Office
Skyscrapers
Accordion-style unfolding tower takes out eVolo's 2018 Skyscraper Competition
How long should a skyscraper live for?
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Jun 12, 2018
If you work in the city but live on its outskirts, traveling to the office by train or bus can be much less stressful than taking the car. But the distance from the train station or bus depot to your desk might still be quite a trek by foot, leading many commuters to invest in portable transport solutions - ranging from rollerskates to Solowheels and pedal assist e-bikes to kickscooters. After being well received in Asia, Pim Bicycles is adding another option for that last North American mile ... the Mylo folding e-scooter.
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Continue Reading Mylo e-scooter folds in under a second
Urban Transport
Electric Vehicles
Scooter
Tilting-Vehicle
Tricycle
Trike
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Jun 12, 2018
A tent, a hammock, a rain tarp, and a lean-to are all variations on one theme, but they don't normally stand in well for each other. Rather than packing a whole bunch of different kinds of tarps on your travels, Church Outdoor Gear has now unwrapped the Walden Hammock, with a unique shape that lets it transform into several types of shelter as quick as the weather changes.
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Continue Reading Multifunctional hammock moonlights as a tent or awning
Outdoors
Camping
Hammocks
Hiking
Kickstarter
Outdoor
Shelter
Tent
Chammock offers a simple way of hanging around in trees
DayLite Hammock might just be the world's lightest
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Jun 12, 2018
This pair of neo-retro e-bikes from the San Francisco-based Onyx Motorbikes convert from (allegedly) bike lane-legal getabouts to 60-mph, high-powered trail shredders at the touch of a button. The RCR makes a whopping 5,400 watts at full throttle, while the CTY is more commuting focused but still packs a punch.
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Continue Reading Retro Onyx electric mopeds blur the line between e-bikes and motorcycles
Motorcycles
Electric Bicycle
Electric Motorcycles
Moped
Moke utility e-bike's seat goes to great lengths
Bultaco Albero cruises city center and hops cafes
Bolt M-1 finds a home between electric motorcycle, moped and bicycle
Greyp trades power for range with street-legal G12H e-bike
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Jun 12, 2018
Silicon has long been the go-to material for solar cell technology, and for good reason: It's inexpensive, it's stable and it's efficient. Unfortunately in that last regard silicon is fast approaching its theoretical limit, but pairing it up with other materials could help break through that ceiling. Now, researchers at EPFL and CSEM have developed a new technique for combining silicon and perovskite solar cells, and reported an efficiency of 25.2 percent - a record for that combination.
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Continue Reading Silicon-perovskite solar cell cracks new efficiency record
Energy
Efficiency
Energy
EPFL
Perovskite
Silicon
Solar Cell
Quantum dots and perovskite combined to create new hyper-efficient light-emitting crystal
Cheap
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Jun 12, 2018
Austrian inflatable tent specialist GentleTent is slowly adapting its air-filled tent technology from ground camping to vehicular camping. It showed an inflatable roof-top tent at last year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon and put the focus on the all-new B-Turtle bike camper at this month's Abenteuer & Allrad. This innovative pop-up bike camper hauls gear behind your bicycle, then inflates within minutes to create a cozy two-person shelter.
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Continue Reading B-Turtle inflatable bicycle camper makes long two-wheel journeys more comfortable
Outdoors
Bicycle
Camping
Caravan
Electric Bicycle
Inflatable
Tent
Trailer
trailers
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Jun 11, 2018
MV Agusta has released a new special edition of its Turismo Veloce Lusso sports tourer, featuring a wacky centrifugal automatic clutch arrangement that might sound familiar to dirt bike riders. Crucially, though, the clutch lever remains, so you can choose when you feel like clutching or auto-ing.
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Continue Reading MV Agusta debuts fully visible centrifugal clutch on Turismo Veloce Lusso SCS
Motorcycles
MV Agusta
MV Agusta refines the rare and collectible Dragster 800 RC
Making an MV Agusta even more exclusive - the RVS #1
Lewis Hamilton and MV Agusta create eclectic F4 superbike
First ride: 2015 MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster, Dragster RR and Turismo Veloce
2017 MV Agusta Turismo V
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Jun 11, 2018
Bacteria evolve fast - and that could be bad news for those of us who don't want to see easily-treatable diseases make a roaring comeback. Resistance to antibiotics is a growing concern, but if scientists can see how the microbes evolve, they might be able to intervene. Now researchers at Indiana University have peeked into that tiny world, producing the first direct images of bacteria extending "harpoons" to snare and absorb bits of DNA.
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Continue Reading First vision of bacteria "harpooning" DNA to accelerate evolution
Biology
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Bacteria
Cells
DNA
Fluorescent
Indiana University
Unnatural selection: The "evolution machine" that drives bacteria to produce new
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