For those who aren’t old enough to know what a Rubik’s Cube is, it’s a 3D puzzle that became a craze in the early ’80s. The puzzle is solved when each of the cube’s six faces is a solid color. In the early 2000s, Rubik’s Cubes enjoyed a resurgence in popularity and ‘speedcubing’ … | Continue reading
Entries to the annual members-only competition were divided into seven categories: birds, mammals, other animals, plants and fungi, landscapes, nature’s studio, and a special category titled ‘All things flow – Germany’s river landscapes.’ Judged by a jury of nature photographers, … | Continue reading
Living Vehicle makes some of the most self-sustaining RVs on planet earth, so much so that it strived to carve out a new category - the LV, a fully equipped cabin in the woods that's ready to tow from private to public land and back again. Now the company turns its attention to T … | Continue reading
Scientists have created a four-legged bio-inspired robot that climbs like no other. It clings to rough vertical surfaces utilizing a unique mechanism that is highly effective, yet at the same time relatively simple. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology Tags: Carnegie M … | Continue reading
A new modular mobile flyover bridge allows vehicles to drive right overtop of stretches of highway roadwork, instead of waiting to go around them. Known as the ASTRA Bridge, it's intended to make life easier for motorists and safer for roadway workers. Continue Reading Category: … | Continue reading
The Scottish company behind a novel heavy-lift utility UAV that uses an internal combustion engine and hydraulic motors has now frozen design plans and is preparing for production following successful flight tests in Denmark. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transport Tags: U … | Continue reading
We don't usually want our furniture to be highly flammable, but the Briket, by Renaud Defrancesco, actually encourages it. Made from potatoes and sawdust, the stool is designed to be thrown in a fireplace for warmth once it reaches the end of its usefulness. Continue Reading Cate … | Continue reading
Among a newly refreshed lineup, Austin-based MOD Bikes has introduced the latest version of its full-suspension adventure ebike. The Black model boasts full squish, Kenda fat tires, 28-mph pedal-assist and up to 100 miles of dual-battery range. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles … | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of galaxies being born at the cosmic dawn. This is the first time this has ever been witnessed by astronomers, confirming models for galaxy formation. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tags: James Webb Space Telesc … | Continue reading
What does a 450-million-year old land plant have to do with waking you up for work in the morning? Unless you're sleeping on a forest floor, we'd say not a whole lot. Moss Echo is out to change all that, bringing ancient nature into the modern home in a rather clever little gadge … | Continue reading
Diamonds are famously formed under high pressure and temperature, which is partly why they’re so valuable. But now, scientists have created diamonds in a lab under regular pressure in just 15 minutes. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Science Tags: Diamonds, Synthesis, Instit … | Continue reading
A non-hormonal, reversible and non-toxic male birth control could be a step closer, with scientists successfully targeting a protein that's crucial in making fertile sperm. Knocking this protein out for a period of time would give men control over their protection window, much li … | Continue reading
It’s difficult to hear what one person is saying in a crowded, noisy space where lots of other people are speaking. This is especially true for people who are hard of hearing. While modern hearing aids use noise-cancelling technology, they can’t eliminate background noise complet … | Continue reading
The Q1 desktop microcomputer, the world's first microcomputer that was uncovered in storage boxes by accident by cleaners at Kingston University in London, is going on the auction block at Heritage Auctions, along with a later version and a printer. Continue Reading Category: Com … | Continue reading
Indoor cycling could soon be getting a lot more appealing. The HoloBike system combines a stationary bike with an immersive, interactive 3D holographic display … and it doesn't require riders to wear cumbersome VR helmets or glasses. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transport … | Continue reading
A wearable ultrasound patch could soon be saving lives, by monitoring the blood flow in hospital patients' brains. The device is only about the size of a postage stamp plus it works continuously, unlike traditional methods. Continue Reading Category: Medical, Science Tags: UC San … | Continue reading
Switch Maritime has revealed that the US Coast Guard has given the green light for the first hydrogen passenger ferry in the US to enter commercial service. The Sea Change is expected to start full operations later this year. Continue Reading Category: Marine, Transport Tags: Hyd … | Continue reading
Sikorsky has advanced to the next phase of a DARPA project to develop an unmanned VTOL aircraft capable of flying all-weather missions from ships or land. The rotor blown wing VTOL tail-sitter is currently undergoing flight testing. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transport … | Continue reading
The Urban Park Max, by TruForm Tiny, pushes the very definition of a tiny house with its length of 38 ft (11.5 m). While likely a handful to tow, its substantial size does offer the benefit of a spacious and apartment-like living experience on wheels. Continue Reading Category: T … | Continue reading
Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only purifies iron but produces “reactivated cement” as a byproduct. If done using ren … | Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program aimed at producing a high-speed VTOL aircraft for Special Forces missions. Continue Reading Category: Mili … | Continue reading
Melanoma is not generally thought of as being caused by ‘cancer genes’ like, say, breast or prostate cancer. Previous studies have estimated that only 2% to 2.5% of melanoma cases are genetic, so public health messaging in relation to the cancer has focused on limiting sun exposu … | Continue reading
If you’re a bit bored by the regular chocolate varieties in your grocery store, Swiss scientists have invented a brand new kind of chocolate made of “cocoa fruit jelly.” The new concoction uses more of the cocoa fruit, making it healthier and more sustainable. Continue Reading Ca … | Continue reading
Therapies that deliver electrical stimulation to the brain to treat neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s have been found to be effective. To deliver this deep brain stimulation (DBS), electrodes are implanted in areas of the brain through small holes drille … | Continue reading
In what sounds more like the opening scene from a B-grade sci-fi/horror flick, head transplant operations performed entirely by robotic surgeons could be coming to a hospital near you within a decade, if startup BrainBridge is to be believed. Continue Reading Category: Medical, S … | Continue reading
MAMA BEAR – which stands for Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Architectures Bayesian Experimental Autonomous Researcher – 3D prints small structures before gently placing them into a hydraulic press and crushes them. It measures the energy absorption of each little creation i … | Continue reading
Although snapshots of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber in flight have been taken previously by the public in the vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base in California, these weren't with permission. Now the United States Air Force has released the first official images of the aircraft i … | Continue reading
Boeing's ill-fated Starliner spacecraft has suffered another major setback as NASA announced today that its first crewed launch has been postponed indefinitely. This comes after four launch dates were scrubbed in less than three weeks due to technical issues. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
Human-machine interfaces such as smartphone screens would be a lot cleaner and longer-lasting if we didn't have to actually touch the darn things. Scientists have now created a proximity-sensing film which makes such a scenario more possible and practical than ever before. Contin … | Continue reading
"Imagine a swing that, once pushed, keeps swinging for almost 100 years because it loses almost no energy through the ropes." So says a Delft University of Technology researcher who has helped his team accomplish a parallel feat at the nanoscale. Continue Reading Category: Materi … | Continue reading
A lot of multitools boast a ton of features, but such products often just end up being cluttered and confusing. The no-nonsense titanium Xbar sticks to the essentials, with a pry bar, bottle opener, hex wrenches and a fold-out cutting blade. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, L … | Continue reading
To help combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers have been experimenting for years with drug-free methods to blast disease-causing bugs. A new type of stainless steel does exactly that, in a convenient and affordable way. Continue Reading Category: Materials, … | Continue reading
Back in March, not only did Gravity Technologies open the fastest EV charging station in the US, but the company also unveiled a super-quick curbside charger. Now a new on-street system has been revealed that will see "DEAP Trees" raising the charging game. Continue Reading Categ … | Continue reading
Most modern cities are full of unused plots of land that are typically considered too small to build housing on, but a skinny apartment building by ISA (Interface Studio Architects) shows that with a little ingenuity, shrewd designers can make use of even the most awkward piece o … | Continue reading
After years of bubbling online rumors, Sonos has finally revealed its first attempt to break into the overcrowded headphone market with the Ace wireless over-ears – which are clearly looking to dethrone the likes of Sony, Bose and Apple. Continue Reading Category: Wearables, Tech … | Continue reading
Shipping is an extremely efficient way to move bulk goods around the planet, but it's responsible for around 3% of global man-made carbon emissions, and the unique energy requirements of long-haul cargo ships make them extremely difficult to decarbonize. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading
Let's face it, eating a reheated pre-made meal out of small tubs with wooden or plastic cutlery while crammed in a coach seat is hardly ever going to be a fine-dining experience. But airlines are now looking to new technology in an effort to give us more of what we want, and less … | Continue reading
Germany's Unicat has been building some of Earth's largest, most capable, most meticulously equipped expedition vehicles for decades. For its latest rig, it's cozying up to the American market, turning the Ram 5500 into the sharply angled B63X all-terrain motorhome. The wealthy, … | Continue reading
The second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability globally, stroke is a common and debilitating condition. While much is known about risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, alcohol consumption and high cholesterol, relatively little is known abo … | Continue reading
A round trip to Mars – with our current technology – would take about two years: nine months to get there, three months of hangin' out, waiting for the relative positions of Mars and Earth to line up closely again, then another nine months back. Howe Industries, funded by NASA, i … | Continue reading
Imagine a world in which we never got the flu, had no need for regular vaccines and could even knock the virus out of our system if an infection had already taken hold. That's what researchers are working towards, with the discovery of a super-effective molecule that could inhibi … | Continue reading
Utah startup Boundry wants you to think inside the box when it comes to hauling bikes with your pickup. Instead of draping them over the tailgate, standing them off the hitch or mounting them to the side of the bed on an above-bed rack or camping topper, its modular rack system s … | Continue reading
A big problem with text-to-image generators is their ability to replicate the original works used to train them, thereby infringing an artist’s copyright. Under US law, if you create an original work and ‘fix’ it in a tangible form, you own its copyright – literally, the right to … | Continue reading
Scientists have replicated the ingenious seed-delivery system used by wild oats, resulting in a seed-carrying bio-hybrid "robot." Scores of the tiny devices could one day be utilized for much easier, more effective aerial seeding of crops or even new forests. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
By combining brain scans and nutritional intake data, a new study has found a nutrient profile that puts the brakes on brain aging. What's more, that profile matches an easy-to-follow popular eating plan that's been proven to convey multiple benefits. Continue Reading Category: M … | Continue reading
Shenzhen-based smart projector maker JMGO has announced an update to last year's N1 series triple-laser models. The N1S Ultra and N1S sport a handy gimbal-like stand for positioning ease and both gain Google TV with native Netflix. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, T … | Continue reading
Not long after revealing its all-wood Pego tiny house, Portugal's Madeiguincho once again leans into its timber expertise for its latest model, the Brava. The compact getaway features a space-saving layout that squeezes two people into a home measuring just 12 sq m (almost 130 sq … | Continue reading
As we discovered in 2022, traditional bikes can be given a new lease of life with an ebike conversion kit. But the price can be steep. The London-based makers of the kit we tried has now launched a budget-friendly option called the Swytch Go. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, … | Continue reading