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Nov 14, 2024
A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible - light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another light source, it's possible to create this bizarre optical effect.
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Physics, Science
Light, Lighting,
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Nov 13, 2024
After receiving the world's first type certification a year ago and delivering dozens of aircraft for low-altitude tourism initiatives, China's EHang has become a de facto leader in the burgeoning eVTOL industry. This month, it used that leadership role toward advancing the use of solid-state battery technology in the air, completing what it calls the world's first solid-state battery test in a pilotless passenger-carrying eVTOL. With nearly 500 Wh/kg of energy density, the solid-state battery contributes to a serious boost in endurance, previewing a promising future of improved autonomy and utility among eVTOLs.
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Nov 13, 2024
A compact tagalong designed to explode into a fully equipped hunting camp, the new Built For Xtreme (BFX) is a fundamental building block of outdoor preparedness.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Trailer,
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Nov 13, 2024
When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may form. An experimental new bio-inspired coating could keep that from happening, without the use of blood-thinning drugs.
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Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
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Nov 13, 2024
While many EVs use solar panels to extend their range, those panels often don't look like they'd make much of a difference. Such is certainly not the case with the Lightfoot scooter, however, the sides of which are covered with panels that reportedly provide up to 18 miles of extra range per day.
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Urban Transport, Transport
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Nov 13, 2024
China's DEEP Robotics is about to add a new quadruped to its kennel called the Lynx. But rather than go for walkies on pads, the mid-sized pup rolls on four wheels and is built for all-terrain shenanigans - as you can see in the pre-launch promo.
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Robotics, Technology
Quad
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Nov 13, 2024
China's DEEP Robotics is about to add a new quadruped to its kennel called the Lynx. But rather than go for walkies on pads, the mid-sized pup rolls on four wheels and is built for all-terrain shenanigans - as you can see in the pre-launch promo.
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Robotics, Technology
Quad
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Nov 13, 2024
South Korean startup Kosmos has made its Indiegogo debut with a tech-packed ebike named the Nova7. The PAS commuter features a mid-mount internal gearbox, rear-hub motor with responsive torque sensing, and a low-maintenance belt drive.
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Bicycles, Transport
Indiegogo, ebikes, Pedal-assisted
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Nov 13, 2024
South Korean startup Kosmos has made its Indiegogo debut with a tech-packed ebike named the Nova7. The PAS commuter features a mid-mount internal gearbox, rear-hub motor with responsive torque sensing, and a low-maintenance belt drive.
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Bicycles, Transport
Indiegogo, ebikes,
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Nov 13, 2024
Researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a single genomic test that can quickly detect virtually any kind of pathogen in a patient. This allows for much quicker diagnoses, enables targeted treatment to begin sooner, and could lower healthcare costs.
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Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
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Nov 13, 2024
Another example of how the bleeding edge aerospace sector is going through a massive shakeup has surfaced as civilian supersonic startup Exosonic has announced that it is going out of business after being unable to raise needed funding.
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Aircraft, Transport
Aircraft, Supersonic
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Nov 12, 2024
Researchers have developed a non-addictive painkiller that remains inactive until it reaches sites of chronic pain. Instead of dulling the nerves that send the pain signals like other analgesics, this new pain pill directly addresses the underlying cause. Its makers are currently working towards testing the compound in human trials.
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Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body
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Nov 12, 2024
When a raging forest fire is approaching a community, a good rainfall greatly reduces the chances of the flames actually reaching the buildings. But if rain isn't in the forecast … well, that's where the RainStream tower is designed to come in.
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Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Firefig
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Nov 12, 2024
UK-based R&D shop White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) punched a gaping hole in a Zero SR/S electric motorcycle to reduce aerodynamic drag by 10%. The prototype now goes faster, and can deliver extended range at highway speeds - proving this method can ser
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Nov 12, 2024
UK-based R&D shop White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) punched a gaping hole in a Zero SR/S electric motorcycle to reduce aerodynamic drag by 10%. The prototype now goes faster, and can deliver extended range at highway speeds - proving this method can serve as an effective way to increase EV efficiency.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Nov 12, 2024
For the first time, there's scientific evidence that a smaller, lesser known component of the cannabis plant - cannabinol - delivers better quality and longer sleep. It paves the way for finally having an effective sleep aid sourced from medical cannabis that's comparable to existing medications.
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Sleep
Cannabis, University of Sydney,
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Nov 12, 2024
As work continues on Saudi Arabia's futuristic mirrored megacity, the Line, new details have now been revealed. Government authorities have given an update on the progress so far and named the architects in charge of making this desert dream a reality.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
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Nov 12, 2024
It takes years of intense study and a steady hand for humans to perform surgery, but robots might have an easier time picking it up with today's AI technology.
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Robotics, Technology
Artificial Intelligence, Surgery,
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Nov 12, 2024
Harley-Davidson's all-electric LiveWire division is collaborating with Taiwanese scooter giant KYMCO on high-performance electric maxi-scooters. Anticipated to hit the market in 2026, these scooters will make use of LiveWire's S2 Arrow powertrain.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Nov 12, 2024
Phoenix-based ebike maker Lectric reckons that last year's XPedition model went on to become the best-selling cargo ebike in the US. Now the company has launched its second generation - sporting "premium features typically found in $3,000 models" but at a fraction of that kind of price tag.
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Bicycles, Transport
cargo bike,
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Nov 11, 2024
Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and accessible to anyone with a camera on their phone. What's more, this new model features polarization, allowing you to see (and photograph) incredible detail in the structures of materials such as crystals and minerals - all for less than 1% of the cost of the equipment normally required to view these structures.
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Nov 11, 2024
Scientists have devised a clever new method of allowing people to feel sensations that are transmitted to their skin. Beyond its applications in fields such as gaming and telepresence, the technology could also be used to guide the blind.
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Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Northwestern University,
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Nov 11, 2024
Although hot tubs may get all the glory, cold-plunge tubs are the ones that really help reduce muscle inflammation and soreness after exercise. The Snowcap tub makes that process more doable than ever, by chilling water without using any ice or refrigerants.
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Fitness & Exercise
Indiegogo, Cooling, Thermoelectricity,
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Nov 11, 2024
The S'Mouse City Model offers a modern tiny house take on the traditional shepherd's hut. Featuring a very compact but comfortable interior layout, the towable dwelling also comes with optional off-the-grid upgrades.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tiny Footprint, Building and Construction,
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Nov 11, 2024
Honda's presence in the electric two-wheeler space has long been limited to one-off scooters and bikes. But all that is set to change with the Japanese maker unveiling a performance electric motorcycle called the EV Fun Concept at this year's EICMA motorcycle trade show.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Honda,
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Nov 11, 2024
Ever been caught in the crossfire of a wet dog firing droplets of water away from their fur with a mad shake? Well, they can't help it. Scientists have discovered the underlying mechanism that drives dogs - and many other hairy mammals - to vigorously shake water out of their fur, in a fascinating look at the genetics that trigger this involuntary behavior.
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Biology, Science
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Nov 11, 2024
We're kicking off this week with a treat for your peepers. Unlike their usual settings, Harvard University staff photographer Niles Singer pointed a camera and a strobe flash at some of the school's athletes and performers as they ran, jumped, and danced in the dark.
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Nov 10, 2024
CFMoto's engineers have had their hands full. Its booth at EICMA had quite a few new releases on display, but the star of the show was a brand new, state-of-the-art 1,000cc V4 and a 'Master of Speed' superbike concept signalling the company's WSBK intentions.
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Motorcycles, Transport
CF
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Nov 10, 2024
Traction device specialist Kahtoola is preparing to launch its most portable Microspike wearable to date, one so light it calls it the Ghost. The new design builds on the company's popular lineup but replaces stiff chains with a collapsible TPU frame that disappears away in your pack until it's needed for a slick, sketchy traverse. Within seconds, basic hiking boots gain toothy, ice-biting steel spikes to keep you secure, stable and confident on otherwise treacherous terrain.
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Nov 10, 2024
In good news for those averse to injections, GLP-1 agonist medication is a step closer to being offered in oral pill form, with AstraZeneca revealing "encouraging data" out of its Phase I study of its obesity and diabetes drug AZD5004.
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Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
AstraZeneca,
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Nov 10, 2024
Ice wreaks havoc on surfaces, but we might have a new way to prevent it building up. Scientists at Northwestern University have shown that textured surfaces with thin layers of graphene oxide can stay completely frost-free for long periods.
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Materials, Science
Ice, new mater
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Nov 10, 2024
While growing evidence suggests that there's a link between blood iron levels and the development of Alzheimer's disease, new research investigating the effects of an available iron-reducing drug has raised concerns about its use as a treatment for the condition.
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Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health,
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Nov 10, 2024
California's Aventon hauled itself into the utility bike world last year with the Abound cargo ebike. Now the company has added a short-tail version, which comes with an all-new smart system for peace-of-mind security as well as enhanced connectivity.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes,
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Nov 10, 2024
UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW demonstrator is scheduled to go online by 2030.
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Energy, Technology
Solar Power, Iceland
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Nov 10, 2024
Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.
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Biology, Science
Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience, Brain,
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Nov 10, 2024
Researchers at the University of Mississippi have come up with a faster, more efficient method for detecting landmines - millions of which pose a lethal threat to people in war-ravaged countries all over the world. This breakthrough, which uses lasers and acoustic vibration, has the potential to save thousands of lives a year.
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Nov 10, 2024
We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately links you to a particular location using a sample of the bugs you've collected on your travels - like a bacterial satellite navigation system.
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AI in Health, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
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Nov 09, 2024
The guys over at Thermal Master sent us its new NV300 thermal imaging unit for your car to give it a thorough test and a review. Here are my thoughts: A thermal imaging dash cam is pretty darn tootin' cool ... The NV300 just misses the mark though.
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Automotive, Transport
Dashboard Devices,
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Nov 09, 2024
To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Batman franchise, Warner Bros. is making 10 drivable replicas of the Caped Crusader's iconic Tumbler armored vehicle available for a cool US$3 million apiece.
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Nov 09, 2024
Sharp Imaging has added a new family member to its pro-level X Series projectors. The dual-laser XP-X171Q should provide, ahem, sharp 4K visuals even in brightly lit rooms.
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Technology
Projectors, 4K UHD, Laser, Sharp,
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Nov 09, 2024
Alabama's Timbercraft Tiny Homes has carved out a niche in the small living movement with its luxurious cottage-like models, such as the Teton. The Big Sky follows a similar rustic aesthetic and features a spacious interior that sleeps up to four people.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint,
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Nov 09, 2024
New research has linked higher plasma levels of the healthy fats omega-3 and omega-6 to a reduced risk of developing particular types of cancer. The study adds to the on-again/off-again relationship that exists between scientists and the common supplements.
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Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
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Nov 09, 2024
Back in July, the Japanese government outlined an intriguing idea to connect major cities with what sounded like a giant "conveyor belt" for cargo. Now we have a clearer picture of what that "Auto Flow Road" will look like.
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Transport
Cargo, Japan,
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Nov 09, 2024
Aerospace startup Natilus is taking on the biggest players in civil aviation, unveiling its plans to build its Horizon Blended Wing Body (BWB) passenger/cargo liner that can carry 200 passengers from New York to London with 50% lower emissions.
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Aircraft, Transport
blended wing, Airlines
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Nov 09, 2024
An RNA-editing gene therapy has been developed that switches off the key driver of common eye conditions affecting diabetics and the elderly. The researchers behind the innovative treatment say that it's an alternative to the current treatment: regular injections of medication directly into the eye.
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Body & Mind
gene therapy,
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Nov 08, 2024
Using social media platforms for long periods has little to no association with mental health indicators like depression, anxiety and stress, according to new research. However, another recently published study found that men risk developing unhealthy obsessions with physique if they place too much importance on likes and comments.
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Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
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Nov 08, 2024
Riding a motorcycle is already risky enough without adding obscured vision to the equation. That's where the Bikerguard is designed to come in. It's a visor wiper that can be attached to just about any motorcycle helmet to swipe away the rain.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Helmets, Motorcycle Gear,
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Nov 08, 2024
How do you keep a glass of beer cold the longest? By using science, of course. At least that's what one researcher has turned to, finding the optimal shape of vessel that will keep a poured beer chilled for as long as possible while you drink it.
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Science
Beer, Physics,
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Nov 08, 2024
Although we've seen a number of packable camp kitchens recently, most of them are large enough that they have to be transported in a vehicle. The iKSPLOR Adventure BBQ is different, in that it fits into its own custom backpack.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Barbecue
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Nov 08, 2024
In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse of an aerospike rocket in flight.
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Aircraft, Transport
Rocket
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Nov 08, 2024
In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse of an aerospike rocket in flight.
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Aircraft, Transport
Rocket
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Nov 08, 2024
In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse of an aerospike rocket in flight.
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Aircraft, Transport
Rocket
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Nov 08, 2024
At this year's Euronaval show outside of Paris, MBDA is showing off the latest version of its venerable Exocet anti-ship missile. The new submarine-launched SM40 boasts greatly increased range and targeting capabilities.
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Military, Technology
Missile Defense
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Nov 08, 2024
Noisy environments pose a challenge to deaf people, particularly when they're trying to discern what a specific person within such a setting is saying. AirCaps glasses are designed to help, by providing real-time captioning to the wearer.
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Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Deaf, Hearing,
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Nov 08, 2024
Sure, maybe it's blasphemy to say that any new Volkswagen California camper van is better than the icons that came before it. But Volkswagen has worked quite hard to optimize the freshly launched California eHybrid 4Motion for smart, affordable, carefree road trips. Not only does the new camper bus pack standard all-wheel drive to master the slick conditions inevitable in van life, it boasts a virtually silent, zero-emissions electric range over 80 km (50 miles) per charge. And given it adds only a 6.5% premium over the 2.0-liter turbo-diesel California, why wouldn't a buyer go for the 4Motion PHEV?
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Nov 08, 2024
Sure, maybe it's blasphemy to say that any new Volkswagen California camper van is better than the icons that came before it. But Volkswagen has worked quite hard to optimize the freshly launched California eHybrid 4Motion for smart, affordable, carefree road trips. Not only does the new camper bus pack standard all-wheel drive to master the slick conditions inevitable in van life, it boasts a virtually silent, zero-emissions electric range over 80 km (50 miles) per charge. And given it adds only a 6.5% premium over the 2.0-liter turbo-diesel California, why wouldn't a buyer go for the 4Motion PHEV?
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Nov 08, 2024
For almost all sports, training involves some combination of speed, strength, balance, coordination and/or force. That's where the CatchPad comes in, as it's designed to help athletes hone those skills wherever they want, without a human coach.
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Sports, Lifestyle
Kickstarter, Training,
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Nov 08, 2024
For almost all sports, training involves some combination of speed, strength, balance, coordination and/or force. That's where the CatchPad comes in, as it's designed to help athletes hone those skills wherever they want, without a human coach.
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Sports, Lifestyle
Kickstarter, Training,
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Nov 08, 2024
This year's winner of the prestigious World Building of the Year award has been announced during the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Australia's Darlington Public School, by fjcstudio, got the nod for its sensitive and inclusive approach to early learning.
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Nov 08, 2024
This year's winner of the prestigious World Building of the Year award has been announced during the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Australia's Darlington Public School, by fjcstudio, got the nod for its sensitive and inclusive approach to early learning.
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Nov 08, 2024
Electric bikes come in all shapes and sizes, but few will turn heads quite like the Mod Easy SideCar Sahara. This limited-edition ebike has been inspired by the WWII-era BMW R75 motorcycle, and comes complete with sand-beige desert camouflage.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes, Pedal-assisted
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Nov 08, 2024
In a bid to draw in more riders and make e-motos more accessible, Zero Motorcycles has unveiled a new 'All Access' plan. At its core are six newly developed motorcycles, all priced under US$10,000. The first two electric motorcycles from this pack were unveiled at EICMA 2024.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Zero Motorcycles,
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Nov 08, 2024
Following a number of industry partnerships, imaging titan Leica announced its own smart projector in 2022. Now the company has followed that ultra-short-throw Laser TV with a compact audiovisual treat designed for "maximum flexibility and cinema feeling in Leica premium image quality."
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Home Entertainment,
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Nov 08, 2024
From washing urinals to tidying up the beach, we can already see a future where our robot servants help keep our world a little cleaner. Now, a robotic arm has mastered the surprisingly complex task of sink washing, showing off its ability to learn.
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Robotics, Technology
Robot, Automation,
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Nov 08, 2024
Scientists have demonstrated a creative new way to kill cancer cells effectively, with few side effects. Gluing two particular proteins together tricks the tumors into destroying themselves.
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Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Cancer,
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Nov 08, 2024
Whether you're an avid birder or just a casual observer of the native feathered friends that visit your neck of the woods, you can now set up the ultimate high-tech feeding and water station that's also incredibly low-maintenance. However, you might end up with even more visitors once word gets out.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Kickstarter, Birds,
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Nov 08, 2024
Under the right circumstances, electrons can actually "freeze" into a bizarre solid form. Now, physicists at Berkeley Lab have created and taken the first ever direct images of this structure.
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Physics, Science
Electron Microscopes, Electrons,
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Nov 08, 2024
Flight 6 of SpaceX's giant Starship is scheduled to fly no earlier than Monday, November 18, 2024. If there are no delays, the world's largest rocket ever to fly will lift off at 4:00 pm CST from the company's Texas Starbase. Here's how to watch.
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Space, Science
SpaceX, Starship, Launch
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Nov 07, 2024
The ‘Ozempic drug,' semaglutide, has been found to reduce moderately severe pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and improve physical functioning following weight loss, according to the results of a recent clinical trial by Novo Nordisk, the drug's manufacturer.
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Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
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Nov 07, 2024
When we last heard from Lumos, the bike helmet company had announced a model which was simply equipped with a "smart" tail light. The firm is getting fancy again, however, with its turn-indicating, 360-degree-illuminating, crash-detecting Nyxel.
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Bicycles, Transport
bike lights,
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Nov 07, 2024
A new super small knife made from M390 steel promises to offer strong slashing at your fingertips in a package that's about the size of a house key. The compact cutter also comes with two other surprises including a handy bottle opener.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Knife, Multitools,
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Nov 07, 2024
A new super small knife made from M390 steel promises to offer strong slashing at your fingertips in a package that's about the size of a house key. The compact cutter also comes with two other surprises including a handy bottle opener.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Knife, Multitools,
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Nov 07, 2024
Researchers have developed a nanoscale sensor that detects lung cancer simply by analyzing the levels of a chemical called isoprene in your breath. The team believes its breakthrough could unlock a non-invasive, low-cost method to catch the disease early, and potentially save a lot of lives.
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Nov 07, 2024
We've seen 3D printers used for everything from tiny houses to US marine barracks and now we can add teardrop trailer to the list too, courtesy of Lemki Robotix and iScale3D.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Trailer, teardrop trailers, 3D Printing,
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Nov 07, 2024
We've seen 3D printers used for everything from tiny houses to US marine barracks and now we can add teardrop trailer to the list too, courtesy of Lemki Robotix and iScale3D.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Trailer, teardrop trailers, 3D Printing, Camp
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Nov 07, 2024
Siekon Motor showed an electric "Cruise Prince" touring motorcycle at the Canton Fair last week, and I stumbled upon it while walking the halls. It was all somewhat disarming really, because I've been writing about motorcycles for 50 years ... and I'd never heard of Siekon Motor.
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Motorcycles, Transport
China, Electric Motorcycles,
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Nov 06, 2024
Finding time to exercise each day is a challenge for many people, but a new study of nearly 15,000 men and women found that adding as little as five minutes of activity to get your heart rate up is enough to lower blood pressure.
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Fitness & Exercise
University of Sydney, University College
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Nov 06, 2024
Finding time to exercise each day is a challenge for many people, but a new study of nearly 15,000 men and women found that adding as little as five minutes of activity to get your heart rate up is enough to lower blood pressure.
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Fitness & Exercise
University of Sydney, University College
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Nov 06, 2024
Who would have thought less than two weeks after taking a late look at the 2023 Toyota Kayoibako electric mini-camper van concept, Kia would release an adorable mini-camper of its own? But here she is, the Kia PV5 WKNDR. And dare are we say, this "Swiss Army knife on wheels" is even cuter than Toyota's concept, and more modular to boot. The adventurous tiny RV is also built on an actual production-bound electric transporter, so it could even come to fruition.
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Nov 06, 2024
If you want to place a camera on a branch, signpost, railing or whatnot, there are already mini tripods with bendy legs that you can use. The Mambapod takes a different and in some ways better approach, as it sports a clamp which is integrated into one of its legs.
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Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
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Nov 06, 2024
A robot that can track your position on the court, serve you a range of shots, and simulate actual tennis matches has raised over $1.7 million on Kickstarter. With weeks still left in the campaign, there's plenty of time to get in on the action.
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Consumer Tech, Technology
Tennis, Robot,
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Nov 06, 2024
The entry-level adventure bike (ADV) class is heavily populated by the likes of KTM, Royal Enfield, and CFMoto's hugely capable offerings. These 400-500cc bikes are fun, lightweight, and most importantly, affordable. Now, BMW is set to take on them all.
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Motorcycles, Transport
BMW Motorrad,
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Nov 06, 2024
Premium bike maker Flyer has launched a pair of Bosch-assisted enduro bikes with "incredibly agile handling and generous travel." The "Alpine-tested" trail-rippers promise an exhilarating ride for experienced mountain-bikers, while also offering comfort and safety to newbies.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes,
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Nov 06, 2024
From the Lego House to CopenHill, the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has been responsible for some of the most extraordinary buildings of recent years, so it's fascinating to see what kind of headquarters this high-profile architecture firm chooses to design for itself.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
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Nov 06, 2024
If electrics aren't yet ready to take over in the motorcycling world, maybe forced induction could rule the next era. Honda has just dropped a revolutionary large-capacity V3 combustion engine at EICMA, with an electric supercharger.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Honda, Honda Motorcycles,
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Nov 06, 2024
If electrics aren't yet ready to take over in the motorcycling world, maybe forced induction could rule the next era. Honda has just dropped a revolutionary large-capacity V3 combustion engine at EICMA, with an electric supercharger.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Honda, H
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Nov 06, 2024
Since 2018, Chinese motorcycle outfit Benda has made a name for itself with its strikingly modern takes on cruisers. Interestingly, its smallest capacity bike is perhaps the most aggressive little 250cc machine on the EICMA exhibition floor this year.
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Nov 06, 2024
In what feels like news straight out of 2016, a Hyperloop testing facility in Europe has completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey. The milestone could bring this oft-forgotten promise of high-speed transport one step closer to reality.
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Transport
Hyperloop, EPFL,
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Nov 05, 2024
Austrian aerial stuntman and all-around maniac Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a whole 'nother level in strapping on an electric propulsion system to turn himself into what might be the closest thing we've ever seen to a human aircraft. Now he's back breaking boundaries once again, this time swapping out propulsion in favor of a dramatic new foil system designed to increase lift and overall flight time, pushing man that much closer to the gravity-flaunting freedom of bird-kind.
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Outdoors,
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Nov 05, 2024
Austrian aerial stuntman and all-around maniac Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a whole 'nother level in strapping on an electric propulsion system to turn himself into what might be the closest thing we've ever seen to a human aircraft. Now he's back breaking boundaries once again, this time swapping out propulsion in favor of a dramatic new foil system designed to increase lift and overall flight time, pushing man that much closer to the gravity-flaunting freedom of bird-kind.
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Outdoors,
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Nov 05, 2024
Variable neutral density (ND) filters are handy tools for photographers, in that their opacity can be adjusted simply by rotating them. So, why not use them for adjustable-tint sunglasses? Well, that's exactly what eyewear company Lombell has done.
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Wearables, Consumer Tech,
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Nov 05, 2024
Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber acoustic/smart guitars. Now the company has taken a bit of a left turn for its first Kickstarter, with a string-free touch-enabled digital oddity called the Genie.
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Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Digital music,
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Nov 05, 2024
Royal Enfield's famed 650 twin platform has been a big hit ever since the Interceptor and Continental GT came out. With the Shotgun 650 launching at the turn of the year, rumors were rife of upcoming models on this platform. Lo and behold, the Classic 650 and the Bear 650 are here.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Nov 05, 2024
Royal Enfield's famed 650 twin platform has been a big hit ever since the Interceptor and Continental GT came out. With the Shotgun 650 launching at the turn of the year, rumors were rife of upcoming models on this platform. Lo and behold, the Classic 650 and the Bear 650 are here.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Nov 05, 2024
Renault's fun-loving Twizy compact EV was spun out into a new sub-brand in 2022. Now, following a world premiere at the Paris Motor Show last month, the Mobilize Duo electric micro-car and Bento e-van have driven onto the show floor at EICMA in Milan.
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Urban Transport, Transport
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Nov 05, 2024
Austrian aviation company CycloTech has revealed it's building a demonstrator version of an eVTOL to showcase its propulsion system for electric flight. The firm is hoping to take the wraps off its BlackBird flying car by the end of this year, and commence test flights in early 2025.
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Nov 05, 2024
Whitelock's eye-popping 48-cylinder "Tinker Toy" was built to put a full stop on an escalating arms race in the UK custom motorcycle scene - and it certainly did, becoming one of the world's most outrageous and iconic motorcycles in the process.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Kawasaki, Guinness, World Rec
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Nov 04, 2024
Combining virtual reality and non-invasive deep-brain electrical stimulation, researchers have improved healthy individuals' spatial memory - the kind that helps you remember where you left the car keys. The approach has great potential for treating cognitive decline due to disease or injury without drugs or surgery.
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Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body & Mind
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Nov 04, 2024
The Harmonic Drive is a key part of countless robotic applications. Incredibly simple yet quite odd to watch, this gear system is extremely precise with an impressive torque-to-weight ratio, even if it does wobble. So how does it work?
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Robotics, Technology
Transmission,
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Nov 04, 2024
Utah's Zion Off-Road hit the trailer market with one of the most modular off-road camping trailers out there, a multi-stage squaredrop that allows customers to spec it from empty to fully loaded. Now it's sliding the modularity over to a simpler skeletal utility trailer/camper. The new Z2 starts out as a basic bed box, allowing buyers to build it into a precisely specced gear-stacking tool for at home and afield. Carry lumber and supplies one weekend, dirt bikes and kayaks the next. Top it with a rooftop tent and you have a breezy micro-camping trailer for open-ended adventures with return date TBD.
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