The French-designed Pi-Pop ebike doesn't look like a hotbed of innovation at first glance. In fact, it looks more like a very basic urban ebike-sharing platform. Those looks are deceiving, however, as the step-through e-wheeler houses a unique electric-assist system that trades o … | Continue reading
We all know that stress can rob you of a good night’s sleep, but it’s more than just racing thoughts behind it. For the first time, scientists have identified how stress fires up brain cells at the wrong time during sleep stages, causing interrupted slumber and poor quality of re … | Continue reading
A four-legged robotic dog called HOUND has demonstrated an unprecedented level of agility and speed, clocking the fastest 100-meter dash ever achieved by a quadruped robot and setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: R … | Continue reading
Australian researchers are putting together a supercomputer designed to emulate the world's most efficient learning machine – a neuromorphic monster capable of the same estimated 228 trillion synaptic operations per second that human brains handle.Continue ReadingCategory: Comput … | Continue reading
NASA engineers are working to correct a new fault in one of the computers aboard the Voyager 1 deep space probe that is preventing the 76-year-old spacecraft from transmitting any scientific or engineering data back to Mission Control on Earth.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sci … | Continue reading
Range Rover's first all-electric utility vehicle is currently deep in testing, undergoing the vehicular torture that any good Landy must survive before it can throw on a coat of glossy paint and look pretty in the showroom. Land Rover officially opened up the preorder waiting lis … | Continue reading
China claims to have brought the world's first Generation IV commercial nuclear reactor online. The Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant HTR-PM high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed reactor in Shidao Bay, Shandong Province, reportedly went into service this month.Continue Readi … | Continue reading
Just because you're a strong and experienced open-water swimmer doesn't mean you'll never get into situations where there's a real risk of drowning. That's where the SwimVest comes in, as it's a low-profile wearable airbag system designed specifically for serious swimmers.Continu … | Continue reading
As a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery, cardiac surgeons are increasingly accessing the heart from within using central venous catheters. An experimental new catheter could soon make such procedures quicker and easier than ever before.Continue ReadingCategory: Medic … | Continue reading
The true wireless earphone market has become pretty saturated since the first pair made their Kickstarter debut in 2014, but Huawei seems to have found a way to stand out from the crowd with the fashion-focused FreeClip open-ears.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, TechnologyTag … | Continue reading
In a move that mirrors an Anglo American and Williams Advanced Engineering project from 2020, General Motors has partnered with Japan's Komatsu to develop a fuel-cell power module for the latter's 930E electric-drive mining truck.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTag … | Continue reading
Scientists fed fruit flies a diet to make them extra plump. In their old age, the researchers put them on a diet and found remarkable results. If the findings transfer to humans, it might mean we can improve our health at any age by cutting calories.Continue ReadingCategory: Heal … | Continue reading
Taking the form of an oversized sea creature on a beach in the Maldives, the recently completed Overwater Restaurant, by Atelier Nomadic, certainly cuts a distinctive figure. The project offers a superb example of the efficacy of bamboo as a building material and features an intr … | Continue reading
Hybrids could have almost as much potential in the air as they do on the ground. Ampaire says the clever first-gen hybrid powertrain in its Electric Eel demonstrator cuts fuel consumption by 50-70%, and it's just logged a world record for endurance.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircr … | Continue reading
Cyrusher has been going a bit bonkers this year, releasing one electric power toy after another to collectively explore virtually every imaginable patch of Earth's surface. With winter fast-approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, it's turned its attention to snow, launching what … | Continue reading
When it comes to Australian animals, the first that come to mind are generally kangaroos, koalas and maybe a platypus or a killer crocodile. However, there’s a tiny, iridescent group of beetles that turn up every Christmas and hold a special place in the hearts of people Down Und … | Continue reading
Tesla has completely overhauled its humanoid robot. The Optimus Gen 2 is 10 kg (22 lb) lighter, 30% faster, a lot smoother and more capable, and it looks much more human in the way it moves. It's also got new hands and feet, and some of Elon's style.Continue ReadingCategory: Robo … | Continue reading
If movies are anything to go by, meeting aliens rarely goes well for humanity. To stop us making a faux pas of cosmic proportions, scientists have been practicing by trying to chat to whales in their own language – and judging by the early results, we should probably beef up secu … | Continue reading
The all-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has become an American overland and van life icon, but it isn't by any means Mercedes' most off-road-capable vehicle. The new Tecrawl from Terracamper takes advantage of one those superior Mercedes off-roaders, the G-Class, in offering b … | Continue reading
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed a major test (FTG-12) of a stage-selectable Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile system that destroyed an air-launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target vehicle.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags … | Continue reading
There's a new global news network launching in 2024 which completely ditches humans for AI-generated newsreaders – and they're showing off some superhuman capabilities that make it very clear: the days of the human news presenter are numbered.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entert … | Continue reading
Electric scooters have become a pretty common sight on city streets, as they transport people from place to place … but what if they could do more? The cargo-hauling Scootility "utility scooter" was designed with that very question in mind.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transpor … | Continue reading
There may be new hope for stroke victims and other "locked-in" people who are unable to communicate by conventional means. It comes in the form of the experimental new BrainGPT system, which is able to read users' thoughts and convert them into readable text.Continue ReadingCateg … | Continue reading
Back in October, Onyx International announced a pair of 10-inch color ePaper tablets called the Boox Tab Ultra C Pro and the Note Air3 C. Recognizing that not everyone wants color E Ink, the company has now launched the monochrome Note Air3.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Techno … | Continue reading
San Diego-based Ride1Up covers most of the ebike bases – from moto-inspired to tourers and fat-tire adventure bikes to folders – and now the company has added its first performance model in the shape of the CF Racer1.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Peda … | Continue reading
Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta has collaborated with engineer Tor Helge Dokka for a residential project located in Kongsberg, Norway. Dubbed House Dokka, the 190-sq-m (2,045-sq-ft) dwelling is an off-grid three-bedroom family home that's inspired by treehouse architecture … | Continue reading
China's Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group recently took its new XCA3000 wheeled crane to a wind farm in the Liaoning Province to lift a 25-ton blade some 107 meters above the ground, before it was installed in the turbine hub.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Constructi … | Continue reading
As 3D-printed architecture continues to grow in popularity, architects and designers are finding more and more creative uses for the cutting-edge tech. A new project by Studio RAP is the latest example of this and uses a 3D printing system to transform a retail store with a decor … | Continue reading
The solar wind is a constant feature of the solar system – except on Christmas Day 2022 when it suddenly vanished completely. The odd event was detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars, which found that the Red Planet’s magnetosphere tripled in size in response.Continue Readin … | Continue reading
Scientists have grown a tiny brain-like organoid out of human stem cells, hooked it up to a computer, and demonstrated its potential as a kind of organic machine learning chip, showing it can quickly pick up speech recognition and math predictions.Continue ReadingCategory: Comput … | Continue reading
There may be currently 3,782 emojis in the beloved Unicode library, yet a team of biologists has found its representation of the tree of life is significantly substandard.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Biodiversity, Animals, Animal science, Digital, Computers, La … | Continue reading
Researchers have used a high-resolution, non-invasive technique to obtain images of the tiny blood vessels under the skin of diabetics and used an AI algorithm to formulate a ‘score’ that can be used to determine disease severity. Once it’s made portable, the technique could be u … | Continue reading
Researchers have found that ingesting low-dose caffeine had both positive and negative effects on the performance of young, experienced soccer players. While there are a lot of factors at play, the findings might be useful for coaches and players to consider.Continue ReadingCateg … | Continue reading
A DARPA program is claiming a major breakthrough in quantum computing. The Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program has created the world's first quantum circuit with logical quantum bits (qubits).Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Quantum … | Continue reading
Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s new commission for media regulation, has invited public feedback on the country’s first Online Safety Code for video-sharing platform services. The draft Code includes a recommendation, amongst many others, that platforms consider incorporating a feat … | Continue reading
A comprehensive meta-analysis of 17 studies across 11 countries over 44 years has resoundingly supported the growing evidence that sharing your childhood home with a cat is connected to a significant increase in risk of developing schizophrenia.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, … | Continue reading
Yamaha Motor has already pushed to the front of the pack in developing hydrogen engines for automobiles and off-highway off-roaders, and now it's looking to launch its hydrogen-combustion program into the water. A potentially critical piece of its greater carbon neutrality progra … | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism for how type 2 diabetes takes hold, and demonstrated in mice that blocking a particular enzyme could open a new avenue of treatment for the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Insulin, Enzyme, Card … | Continue reading
Observing a whole pen full of salmon at a fish farm will only tell you so much about their well-being. That's why Norwegian scientists have developed an implant that measures and records the vital signs of individual fish, who will serve as "sentinels."Continue ReadingCategory: S … | Continue reading
Electrically conductive "smart fabrics" have many potential applications, but their specialized fibers typically aren't as soft and flexible as those made of regular materials. An experimental new two-faced fiber, however, is both flexible and conductive.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
Despite the meteoric rise of digital music streaming, many older listeners may still have CD collections taking up living space. Yamaha has released a new player that can hold five discs at once, and users can even change CDs while one is playing.Continue ReadingCategory: Home En … | Continue reading
Although drones are a good substitute for piloted aircraft in hazardous weather conditions, it's obviously still best for their users if the things don't crash. The Czech-designed ThunderFly TF-G1 autogyro drone was created with that fact in mind.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, … | Continue reading
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed work on its Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre. Featuring an eye-catching design that the studio says is inspired by the distinctive chevron patterns of migratory birds, the building is topped by four steel roof canopies that provide shading in the … | Continue reading
German bike maker Bulls has launched a new trekking ebike called the Vuca Evo Speed FSX 1 that features a combined motor and gearbox by Pinion, Gates belt drive, full suspension and a 25-kg rear luggage rack for hauling gear around town and beyond.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl … | Continue reading
Effective targeted treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and even the repair of damaged nerves caused by the disease could soon be within grasp, thanks to yet another breakthrough in the field of small molecule drug research.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Universi … | Continue reading
Austrian company Turbulence Solutions claims it's already flight-testing a system that can detect and neutralize air turbulence, reducing the forces felt by passengers by up to 80% – and reducing fuel burn by up to 10%. It's set to launch in 2024.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraf … | Continue reading
Looking at all the stars in the night sky, you’d never notice that one of them wasn’t from around here. Astronomers have now found that a star right near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way likely originated in a smaller galaxy that ours devoured.Continue R … | Continue reading
For the first time, the FDA has approved two cell-based gene therapies for treating the rare but potentially fatal sickle cell disease. One is also the first approved therapy to utilize the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, signifying innovative advancement in the fields of ge … | Continue reading