While Chinese manufacturers have burst out in front of the pack with semi-solid-state battery achievements, other manufacturers around the world are working hard to get their own cells developed and validated. Based in Massachusetts, Factorial Energy has been working on its lithi … | Continue reading
Earth’s weather changes based on where it is in its annual cycle around the Sun – but is it possible the climate can also be affected by the solar system’s position in its orbit around the center of the Milky Way? A new study suggests an ice age period about two million years ago … | Continue reading
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "These ol' human faces just aren't expressive enough?" Perhaps what you need is the Qudi Mask 2, a gadget that lets you wear all your emotions on your robot-screen head while, if you wish, hiding your identity behind it. Continue Re … | Continue reading
For years, Land Ark RV has been creating towable shelters that blur the line between tiny home and camping trailer. With the all-new Travel Trailer, it makes a purposeful step over to the latter side, designing a one-of-a-kind geometric space that encourages rootless travelers to … | Continue reading
Nature is known for developing lightweight yet tough materials using limited, modest materials arranged into ingenious architecture. Take nacre, for example. More commonly known as mother of pearl, the shiny inner lining of some mollusks' shells is an organic-inorganic composite … | Continue reading
Bill Gates has helped break ground to mark the construction of the first next-generation nuclear reactor in the United States. The joint project by TerraPower and the Department of Energy plans to build a sodium test reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming by 2030. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading
Flossing your teeth on a daily basis can be a time-consuming, fiddly task. The Flaus electric flosser is designed to change that, as it reportedly allows users to perform a thorough and easy flossing in less than one minute. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyl … | Continue reading
There are times when you wanna go paddleboarding, and times when you wanna go boating. The Supraman allows you to do either, as it's a modular kit that combines both types of watercraft. Continue Reading Category: Marine, Transport Tags: paddleboarding, Catamaran, Boats, Modular, … | Continue reading
Electric micro-cars make a lot of sense for quietly and cleanly navigating packed inner-city environs. As do ebikes or velomobiles. A French startup has combined all three for the Karbikes pedal-assist quadricycle. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, Transport Tags: Car, … | Continue reading
The Nest House is a striking example of how contemporary architecture can blend seamlessly with traditional elements to create an inspiring living space. Situated on a modest 4.5 x 16-m (14.7 x 52.5-ft) urban lot in Vietnam, this 150-sq-m (1,615-sq-ft) home encapsulates the dream … | Continue reading
X-rays are known to penetrate the body’s deep tissues, which is why they’re used to deliver cancer radiotherapy. Whereas radiotherapy uses X-ray beams to damage tumor cells’ DNA, killing them, photodynamic therapy uses a different method to achieve the same result. The photons in … | Continue reading
Regardless of what you may think of insects – if you even think about them at all – they make up around 90% of animal species on the planet and without them we'd see the collapse of ocean and land ecosystems that could ultimately lead to the end of all life on Earth. And most of … | Continue reading
Something seems to be missing from the universe, and the favored model of physics calls it “dark matter” – but despite a century of searching, it remains a no-show. A new paper proposes an alternative hypothesis, showing how gravity could exist without mass and produce many of th … | Continue reading
The fertilizer that supports around half of the food we consume has become one of the leading driver of human-influenced greenhouse gas emissions, with China, India, the US, Brazil and Russia the biggest culprits, according to the new Global Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Budget report. Con … | Continue reading
As some entities identify new (or at least overlooked) sources to meet the growing demand for rare earth materials, others are looking toward new tools. UK deep-tech company Materials Nexus announced on Tuesday that it has designed a new rare-earth-free permanent magnet with the … | Continue reading
If your doggo wants to join the armed forces, law enforcement, rescue services, or just look badass while guarding the front lawn, Dark Systems has Fido's back with its DarkFighter K9 helmet (hel-mutt?) GEN4 that combines protection and serious attitude. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading
Sexual extortion, or ‘sextortion,’ is a form of online blackmail where a perpetrator coerces or tricks someone into sending sexual photos or videos of themselves and then threatens to share the images unless their demands for money, sexual favors, or more graphic images are met. … | Continue reading
Following successful crowdfunding campaigns for the U4 and U5 laser projectors, Philips Projection has returned to Indiegogo for the launch of its first portable UST triple-laser projector – the Screeneo UL5 Smart. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, Technology Tags: P … | Continue reading
Since revealing a concept for an energy generating wall back in 2021, designer Joe Doucet has been working on bringing the idea to life. That time is here with the launch of Airiva, a modular rotary wind turbine wall destined for installation on city buildings and infrastructure. … | Continue reading
Work is nearing completion on an extraordinary new project in Abu Dhabi by prestigious British firm Foster + Partners. Named the Zayed National Museum, the building is defined by five sculpted "wings" designed for more than just their looks – they are cleverly engineered to help … | Continue reading
Based on fractal patterns in neurons, researchers believe our brains exist at or near a state called criticality where they're extremely close to shifting from one state of matter to another. They also admit they don't know what either state is. Continue Reading Category: Biology … | Continue reading
Humans are fairly unique as a species because we refer to one another by name. This process, using vocal labels to identify another individual, is learned; people aren’t born knowing the personal names of all their familial and social contacts. Whereas dolphins and parrots ‘broad … | Continue reading
Included in Superman’s suite of superpowers is X-ray vision, which allows him to see through solid objects. Using Superman as their inspiration, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the Seoul National University (SNU) have brought the ability to see into p … | Continue reading
ARX Robotics has just received €9 million (US$9.7M) from the NATO Innovation Fund to develop a series of robust unmanned ground vehicles. The modular design of the bots makes them capable of filling a variety of roles in the alliance's attack and defense systems. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Sometimes the impossible turns out to be not so impossible. From satellite data, an international team of scientists has discovered frost forming on top of the tallest volcanic mountains in the solar system on Mars. The snag is that it shouldn't be there at all. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Electric vehicles and the infrastructure around them is still very new. And for consumers, the idea of an EV might sound great, but it’s a lifestyle change that may require some added work outside of the vehicle purchase itself. I’ve been going through that learning curve myself. … | Continue reading
Built to explore near-impenetrable earthly spaces and complete otherwise-impossible missions, the trail-breaking Praetorian from Czech builder Torsus is one of the world's most capable large off-roaders. A search-and-rescue homing machine, a personnel transporter for beyond-backc … | Continue reading
Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses' Beatle is a charming model that's defined by an eye-catching curving roofline and porthole-style windows. Its interior features a space-saving layout that's carefully designed to meet its owners needs and is ready to hit the road and travel throughout … | Continue reading
It's no surprise that regular exercise can improve a variety of health metrics. But a new study shows that when you work out is as important as exercise itself, especially when it comes to controlling your blood sugar levels. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifesty … | Continue reading
Clear Robotics is expanding its fleet of autonomous marine trash collectors. Its Class 3 vessel boasts more onboard storage capacity plus towed barge potential for extended cleanup operations, and has also been designed to tackle invasive weeds. Continue Reading Category: Environ … | Continue reading
The all-new Zen from Ant Design aims to be the "ultimate" in customizable modular multitools. It takes on a simpler Swiss-Army-knife-inspired folder form than modular multi-folders like the Roxon or Goat, ensuring fast, simple tool swapping and deployment. Optimize your own singu … | Continue reading
For low-birth-weight (LBW) babies, skin-to-skin contact with their mother can literally be a lifesaver. A new high-tech necklace ensures that they get enough of that snuggling, while also providing essential data on their vital signs. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing … | Continue reading
The 55 poison centers around the US operate 24/7 to deliver a vital service to callers. Specially trained nurses, pharmacists, and doctors provide free and confidential help to treat and prevent poisoning emergencies. When a member of the public or medical professional calls a po … | Continue reading
Michael Arsenaeu designed the Avadi engine 20 years ago in the hopes of creating an entirely new engine design to be efficient as well as reduce emissions. In 2015, Avadi began the build and development. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: concept engine, ces 2022, Engine … | Continue reading
A month after Natron Energy began its first-of-kind sodium-ion battery mass production, Swedish sodium-ion developer Altris has identified a means of making the lithium-free batteries even more sustainable. Together with partner Stora Enso, it's adapting tree pulp-sourced carbon … | Continue reading
If you’re planning to get out and see the aurora next time the Sun fires a blast our way, you might want to keep an eye out for a brand new type of sky glow that’s just been discovered. This short-lived phenomenon only appears after midnight and seems to be the inverse of somethi … | Continue reading
With construction kicking off back in February, the addition of Starfactory will give Starbase an extra 100,000 square feet (9,290 sq m) of factory floor dedicated to helping Elon Musk's SpaceX reach its extremely ambitious goal of producing one Starship every day. Continue Readi … | Continue reading
A couple of months ago, a team of researchers released a paper saying they'd been able to use GPT-4 to autonomously hack one-day (or N-day) vulnerabilities – these are security flaws that are already known, but for which a fix hasn't yet been released. If given the Common Vulnera … | Continue reading
If you don't want a part of your body to get sore, then that part shouldn't be pushing against something that doesn't move along with it. That's the thinking behind the vabsRider bicycle saddle, the two sides of which pivot in time with your pedaling. Continue Reading Category: B … | Continue reading
Thursday, as you know, saw the fourth Starship launch, and the first in which both the Starship and the Super Heavy booster both made it all the way to a successful splashdown. I've never actually seen a launch of any sort before – I tried once at Kennedy Space Center, but it was … | Continue reading
Around this time last year, tech startup Sightful invited a thousand productivity pioneers to be the first to experience the Spacetop system, a laptop that uses AR glasses for a display. Now the updated and refined Gen 1 product has gone up for sale. Continue Reading Category: La … | Continue reading
Pickup camping solutions continue getting lighter and lighter. While the lightest full-bodied pickup camper we've covered scales in right around an even 600 lb (272 kg), half-bodied toppers that incorporate the stock bed into their interiors nearly halve that with base weights in … | Continue reading
Multirotor drones may get all the glory, but fully rotating "monocopters" are actually much more energy-efficient. A new one distinguishes itself even further, as it can squeeze through narrow spaces or drop like a falcon by reducing its wingspan while in flight. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Californian ebike maker Hi-Power Cycles has not only launched a new 80-mph beast, but has also established a brand new Defense Division to get the Revolution W into the hands of military, law enforcement and local government personnel. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transpo … | Continue reading
If your tap water is less-than-drinkable, you can use filtration systems, special pitchers, or bottled water to clean it up. Or, you could take a chance on a new air-to-water converter now blasting its way through an Indiegogo campaign. Continue Reading Category: Around The Home, … | Continue reading
Water can hold a huge amount of thermal energy, and a new system to tap into this resource is being trialed in Scotland. A startup called SeaWarm uses heat stored in bodies of water for buildings, pulling four times more heat out than electricity used. Continue Reading Category: … | Continue reading
This impressive recently completed project proves that 3D-printed homes can be suitable for extreme weather and even seismic areas. Printed in just five days, it was also created significantly cheaper than a typical brick-and-mortar home. Continue Reading Category: Architecture, … | Continue reading
Freud was famously obsessed with penises. So much so, that in his Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, he expanded his theories of dream interpretation to say that weapons, particularly guns, were a phallic symbol. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle Tags … | Continue reading