Tackling hilly commutes with motor assistance is great, but having to regularly park up to recharge the battery can be a pain. Mihogo Bike out of Hong Kong is about to launch a folding ebike rocking dual batteries for almost 170 miles of riding.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, … | Continue reading
German optics titan Zeiss is heading to CES next week to show off its Multifunctional Smart Glass technology, which can float "holographic" and augmented-reality content on a transparent surface for such things as head-up displays in cars, 3D control elements in smart homes, and … | Continue reading
MAD Architects has revealed plans for a new mixed-use development in Foshan, Guangdong province, China. The project, named Nanhai Arts Center, will feature an eye-catching design that's informed by its lakeside location and is envisioned as a large rippling wave of water.Continue … | Continue reading
The market's thirst for multi-function everyday carry gear doesn't seem to be dying down. The latest evidence is the success of a Kickstarter campaign for a titanium pen with enough tricks onboard to make any James Bond wannabe happy.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Multi … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a ‘smart tweezer’ that is able to pluck a particular bacterial strain from a microbiome of trillions and sequence its genome in a more cost- and resource-effective way than current methods allow. The versatile tool could enable precision microbiome rese … | Continue reading
One of the most outlandish Kickstarter projects of 2023 is about to spawn a product series meant to create a new breed of superhuman outdoor adventurer. The Hypershell Omega motored onto Kickstarter last March as a real wild card, a wearable set of AI-driven robo legs promising t … | Continue reading
By fitting microparticle 'backpacks' to important inflammatory cells called macrophages, researchers significantly reduced lesion size and inflammation caused by traumatic brain injury. Working with biology rather than against it, this novel approach has the potential to be an ef … | Continue reading
SpaceX has launched a new Starlink constellation of satellites for T-Mobile with Direct to Cell capabilities. These will allow subscribers with most ordinary mobile phones to call, text, and browse directly from satellites even in dead zones.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTa … | Continue reading
DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC) actuators that use jets of air for control.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, … | Continue reading
Having both front and rear suspension helps mountain bikers maintain traction, stay in control, and make (relatively) soft landings from big drops. So, why aren't there full-suspension BMX bikes? Well, now there is one, in the form of the Swamp Master.Continue ReadingCategory: Bi … | Continue reading
What stands 178 cm tall (5 ft, 10 in), weighs 85 kg (187 lb) and has five-fingered hands with 12 degrees of freedom? That's right, it's the Kepler Forerunner humanoid robot, and it's set to debut next week at CES.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Humanoid, biped … | Continue reading
LG's experimental marketing platform is teasing a retro-modern reworking of the jukebox ahead of CES 2024 in Las Vegas. Dubbed the DukeBox by LG Labs, the concept fronts a stylish speaker unit driven by old-school tube amp technology with a thoroughly modern transparent OLED pane … | Continue reading
Closely related, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and GLC-Class are based on the same platform. The C sedan is a solid entry option for the luxury brand while the GLC is similarly designed but in an SUV format. We drove them both.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Merc … | Continue reading
Shift Robotics aimed to get folks walking faster back in 2022, with a Kickstarter project for strap-on powered wheels called Moonwalkers. Now the Carnegie Mellon spinoff is launching a business-specific variant called the Moonwalkers X.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: rol … | Continue reading
Back in September 2023, e-mobility startup Tozz Bike – the outfit responsible for 2021's Pipegun kickbike – partnered with Joyce Technology to co-develop electric vehicles, and the eye-catching Joyce'90 e-moto is the first fruit of that collaboration.Continue ReadingCategory: Mot … | Continue reading
The ravages of smoking cigarettes on human health have long been established. Now a new study says that contact with cigarette smoke, even if it's on your clothes after coming from a smoky environment, can damage your dog's health as well.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Do … | Continue reading
The hottest trend in automotive design is... architecture, apparently. Following high-profile projects by Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz is the latest vehicle company to get serious about residential construction. The firm is planning a new superta … | Continue reading
A person’s susceptibility to hypnosis has long been considered a pretty static trait. You may be highly hypnotizable, or you may be part of the nearly 25% of people who can’t really be hypnotized at all. A 25-year-long study found hypnotic susceptibility to be a remarkably stable … | Continue reading
Scientists have uncovered fossils detailing a new huge predatory worm species thought to have hunted in the Earth’s water column more than 518 million years ago.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: University of Bristol, Oxford University, Evolution, Marine, Predator | Continue reading
Researchers have shown, for the first time, that a person’s beliefs about nicotine influences brain activity, producing a dose-dependent effect that was only thought to occur with pharmaceutical agents. In addition to providing an explanation for why individuals respond different … | Continue reading
A study has found that older adults newly diagnosed with migraines are more than three times as likely to crash their motor vehicle in the first year after diagnosis than those who’ve never had a migraine. The findings have potential implications for the safety of older patients … | Continue reading
For the first time, scientists have been able to establish that our perception of the passing of time can independently influence how a wound will heal. While preliminary, this novel study opens the door to a better understanding of the mind-body connection and its role in healin … | Continue reading
Researchers have taken a big step forward in the quest to regenerate the pancreatic beta-cells damaged by type 1 diabetes. Using FDA-approved drugs usually given to patients with rare cancers, they reprogrammed pancreatic cells to produce and secrete insulin in response to glucos … | Continue reading
Every pedal-assist ebike is technically a hybrid, combining battery-driven motor power with good old-fashioned leg power. With that in mind, the new Anod Hybrid bike is technically more of a 'tri-brid,' adding supercapacitors to the equation to provide quick-charging electrical p … | Continue reading
In order to survive long trips to other planets, astronauts are going to have to eat more than just easily-stored TV dinners and ramen noodles. With that fact in mind, scientists recently created what they determined could be the ideal fresh-food meal for space travelers.Continue … | Continue reading
With rapidly advancing techniques to assess fossil finds, we've never been in a better position to accurately piece together Earth's early days. While there are still plenty of mysteries dating back millions of years, in 2023 we managed to solve a few, while discovering even more … | Continue reading
On December 30, 2023, NASA's Juno deep space probe made the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io in over two decades. The robotic spacecraft passed within 930 miles (1,500 km) of the volcanic satellite, returning closeup images of the south pole.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sci … | Continue reading
While blind people are able to enter text into computers via braille keyboards, their options are more limited when it comes to using smartphones while on the go. The Fintin V1 is designed to help, by compressing a full QWERTY keyboard into just six keys.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
Porsche has taken a performance prototype of a pre-series Taycan electric sports sedan to the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany, where it shaved a monstrous 26 seconds off the lap time of a previous visitor, a Taycan Turbo S Sport.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTag … | Continue reading
Back in the 1970s and 80s, millions of wooden buildings (both new and old) were treated with preservatives that were later found to be neurotoxic and carcinogenic. A special process is now able to neutralize those chemicals in existing buildings, saving the structures from being … | Continue reading
Every December, Sweden's Icehotel hosts chilly hotel rooms that are decorated with wonderfully creative ice sculptures. This year's selection of frozen art is as stunning as always and ranges from intricate nature scenes to abstract forms depicting the birth of a star.Continue Re … | Continue reading
Though we're still waiting for full-throttle robot servants to help around the home, we can at least employ automated vacuum cleaners to keep floors looking fresh. Samsung is steaming into CES 2024 to offer a first look at a brand new robovac and mop.Continue ReadingCategory: Aro … | Continue reading
Look at the development of Earth-bound tech and you'll find fire at the heart of it, says a duo of researchers. And what does fire need to burn? Oxygen, whose chemical signature could provide clues to technological societies on worlds beyond our own.Continue ReadingCategory: Spac … | Continue reading
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from the air more efficiently than in nature, and shown how to implement it into living bacteria. The technique could help make biofuels and other products in a sustainable way.Continue … | Continue reading
Researchers have identified an efficient and cost-effective two-step screening strategy that, compared to the current one-step approach, more accurately identifies which type 2 diabetics need treatment to prevent life-threatening heart failure, even those considered low-risk foll … | Continue reading
The intensely hot interior of planets isn’t somewhere you’d expect to find snow, but scientists do suspect that “iron snow” falls on the Earth’s core. Now, a new study has modeled the dynamics in the lab and found that iron snow could make magnetic fields switch on and off in som … | Continue reading
Researchers have identified the specific neurons responsible for controlling how growth hormone affects anxiety and the creation of fear memories, a hallmark of post-traumatic stress disorder. The discovery could lead to a new class of anti-anxiety drugs.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
The debate rages on about whether fossils of small tyrannosaurs were a distinct species or just juvenile T. rexes. A new study claims to have found evidence that a mini tyrannosaur species stomped around alongside its famous, giant cousin – but other scientists aren’t convinced.C … | Continue reading
Researchers have made a breakthrough in cancer treatment by harnessing the disease-destroying abilities of the body’s natural killer cells. Their novel nanodrones selectively target a tumor, enabling the killer cells to do what they do best: Suppress cancer growth. The discovery … | Continue reading
While cycling jackets provide much-needed warmth at the start of cool-weather rides, they can be difficult to store once you warm up and take them off. That's where Stash System jackets come in, as they can be packed down and mounted right on your bike.Continue ReadingCategory: B … | Continue reading
Just like dry-land athletes, swimmers can benefit from monitoring their performance and vital signs while training. The iSwimWeaR device is designed to let them do so – plus it may even help keep them from drowning.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, LifestyleTags: Wearable, Swimmi … | Continue reading
It has been known for some time now that chemicals produced by certain ants have antibiotic properties. For the first time ever, however, one species of ant has recently been observed actually using those chemicals to treat infected battle wounds on others of its kind.Continue Re … | Continue reading
China's Xiaomi is probably best known as one of the world's top smartphone makers, but the company has a diverse product catalog that includes such things as a robodog and an ebike. Now it's rolling into the automotive space with the SU7 electric sedan.Continue ReadingCategory: A … | Continue reading
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for a massive new development in Bhutan. Named Gelephu Mindfulness City, it will be centered around eye-catching bridges that function as both crossings and important buildings.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: … | Continue reading
Back in January 2022, Samsung broke the portable projector mold with the swiveling Freestyle. LG followed suit with a similar CineBeam model last year, but bumped the resolution from HD to 4K. For CES 2024, the company has again embraced the box but is very much putting the focus … | Continue reading
Moderna has announced the results of a Phase 2b trial investigating its mRNA treatment for skin cancer, and it continues a streak of promising news. When paired with an immunotherapy, the treatment significantly reduced the risks of recurrence, metastasis and death compared to ex … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory from the active ingredient in a medicinal plant used throughout Southeast Asia. The novel compound doesn’t suppress the innate immune system like currently used corticosteroids do, opening the door to alternative … | Continue reading