Nobody likes getting needles, but unfortunately there are some medications that can only be administered via injection. That could be about to change, however, thanks to the invention of a suction cup that you stick in your mouth.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: ET … | Continue reading
Fezzari Bicycles has offered a first look at an upcoming carbon fat-tire ebike called the Explorer Peak that's designed to provide motor assist when attacking everything "from bustling urban streets to sandy beaches and even snow-covered trails."Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles … | Continue reading
We first got our hands on Lava Music's oddball carbon-fiber Me 2 smart guitar back in 2021, which was followed by a new model later that year. Now the company has announced the fourth generation, adding a spruce option plus a more affordable Play flavor.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has revealed plans for a new cultural district in China. The project will be arranged around a large cultural center that showcases the firm's trademark style and will be defined by an eye-catching series of curving layered roofs that reference the loc … | Continue reading
As technology continues to offer new capabilities, the old adage that “there is always a better way” is becoming increasingly true, and sometimes it just requires a multi-disciplinary approach to a problem to transform the effectiveness of the solution. Humanitaria’s first invent … | Continue reading
Earlier this month, Dasung launched a desktop monitor sporting color E Ink technology for reduced eye strain while working. Now Bigme has gone one better by combining monitor and computer for the B251 all-in-one Windows PC.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, TechnologyTags: E-In … | Continue reading
Researchers have called for a review of current recommendations for treatment of hand osteoarthritis, after a broad study revealed that injections were shown to be as effective as a placebo in relieving pain. Looking at 72 studies involving 7,609 participants, with 60 (5,246 part … | Continue reading
Electric vehicle retromodder Everrati has chosen to take a perfectly good, ready-for-anything Land Rover and retrofit it into a glorified golf cart for shuttling fraction-percenters around the marina and beyond. The "Shore Tender" is a fully electrified Defender designed to ride … | Continue reading
Earlier this year we heard about the ear-EEG, a special earbud that reads electrical activity in the brain. Well, scientists have now developed add-on sensors that allow regular earbuds to do so, and to analyze sweat to boot.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle … | Continue reading
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a US$705 million contract to develop an upgradable next-generation air-to-ground missile called the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). The missile is designed to take on fast-moving targets behind enemy lines.Continue ReadingCategory: Mil … | Continue reading
When it comes to air travel, wheelchair users definitely face some challenges. That's where the Revolve Air wheelchair comes in, as it can be folded up – wheels and all – to qualify as carry-on baggage.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Wheelchairs, Revolve F … | Continue reading
There are numerous situations in which a robot doesn't need to move quickly, but it does need to cover long distances without having to recharge its batteries. The minuscule energy-harvesting MilliMobile robot was designed for just such scenarios.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotic … | Continue reading
Seattle-based outdoor retailer REI has revealed the first in-house electric mountain bike under its Co-op Cycles brand. Essentially a motor-packing version of its DRT 3.1 mountain bike, the eMTB taps into Bosch power, comes with full squish and is available in five frame sizes.Co … | Continue reading
Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in collaboration with Prometheus Materials, showcases an alte … | Continue reading
The latest project from music education company Loog Guitars isn't a three-stringed Gibson classic to go with its pint-sized Fender Strat or Tele electrics, but a 37-key portable piano for kids of all ages.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Piano, Learn … | Continue reading
If you've ever wanted to stay in a hovel that's home to an antisocial green ogre – and, let's face it, who hasn't? – now might finally be your chance. Airbnb has recreated the swampy home from the Shrek movies in the Scottish Highlands.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, Life … | Continue reading
The last generation of the popular fruity board for tinkerers landed in 2021, though its creators did double the system memory the following year. Now the Raspberry Pi 5 has launched rocking in-house silicon for much-improved performance.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, Techn … | Continue reading
Zero-emissions long-distance aviation is absolutely possible... Provided you're not in a hurry. Solar Airship One will take 20 days to fly all the way around the equator, some 40,000 km (~25,000 miles), in a single zero-emissions hop.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportT … | Continue reading
A new study has found that during exercise, the vagus nerve, essential to the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, has a more important role in heart function than we thought. The findings could be useful for treating diseases like heart failure, which can cause exercise intoleranc … | Continue reading
Some 465 million years since this marine scavenger was caught unawares by an approaching deadly mud current that would bury it alive, it had spent its last hours enjoying a large, varied seafood menu that has, until now, not been pictured in such detail in preserved fossils of it … | Continue reading
For the first time, researchers have identified the genetic mechanism underlying the protective role zinc has for type 2 diabetes and the fatty liver disease associated with the condition. The findings advance our understanding of metabolism and open the door to developing a nove … | Continue reading
Play is an important part of animal behavior, helping diverse species form social structures and bonds, develop cognitive function and enhance physical abilities. Yet human understanding of how other animals play is not well understood. Now, scientists have found that a baleen wh … | Continue reading
Callboats has become the first company in the world to offer autonomous water taxi rides between the Finnish city of Helsinki and a nearby archipelago. These solar-charged electric boats aim to drastically cut prices and address a captain shortage.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine … | Continue reading
Antimatter has intrigued and confounded physicists for almost a century, and the effect of gravity on antimatter has been a point of disagreement. New research may have settled the debate by finding that antihydrogen atoms, the antimatter counterpart of hydrogen, are affected by … | Continue reading
At this week's German National Aviation Conference in Hamburg, Airbus Helicopters took the wraps off its PioneerLab flying helicopter laboratory based on the company's twin-engine H145 platform.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Airbus, Helicopters | Continue reading
When you're out on the sea, the more ocean-top views, the better. That appears to be the thinking behind the all-new "This Is It" yacht from Tecnomar. The boatbuilder that has previously found itself interspersing glass and Lamborghini-inspired bodywork has now gone to the extrem … | Continue reading
The titanium multi-tools continue to run thick and fast on Kickstarter, with the latest offering being a little something called the Prytium. It packs in over a dozen tools, including a glow-in-the-dark light that for once is not radioactive.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, Li … | Continue reading
The spotted-wing drosophila is a type of fruit fly that can destroy berry crops if not killed by the liberal use of insecticides. According to a new study, the smell of a crop-damaging fungus could provide an eco-friendly alternative to such toxic chemicals.Continue ReadingCatego … | Continue reading
While there are now a ton of high-tech bike headlights on the market, most of them are pretty similar to one another. The Guard X stands out, however, with features like an anti-theft alarm, changeable light colors, and a maximum output of 4,000 lumens.Continue ReadingCategory: B … | Continue reading
After attracting more than 15,000 growers across 10 countries since its 2021 launch, the Auk indoor garden is now on its way to the US for the promise of year-round herbs, greens and tomatoes direct from the kitchen countertop.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleT … | Continue reading
Vincent Callebaut Architectures (VCA) has revealed plans for a new "eco district" in Switzerland. As we've come to expect from the visionary Belgian architect, the project is defined by an ambitious approach to sustainable design, including a remarkable amount of greenery.Continu … | Continue reading
If you enjoy watching movies and shows on a big screen, but don't want your living room dominated by a huge television, so-called Laser TVs can be a good alternative. The latest 4K model from Ultimea boasts high brightness, Dolby Vision and a built-in sound system.Continue Readin … | Continue reading
Though a lot of 3D-printed architecture we see nowadays involves the creation of relatively high-end housing, this recently completed post office in India offers a reminder of the technology's potential to produce low-cost buildings within a short time frame.Continue ReadingCateg … | Continue reading
Specialized has announced a powerful update to its 4-year-old Creo gravel ebike, which has been "designed to provide a confident and nimble ride on smooth pavement, broken roads, and even rough gravel."Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Specialized Bikes, ebikes, … | Continue reading
The best places in our solar system to search for life beyond Earth aren’t planets like Mars – they’re icy moons like Europa. The case for life on this watery world just got stronger, as the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a fresh carbon source there.Continue ReadingCateg … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed an AI model that can predict in real-time whether a surgeon has removed all cancerous tissue during breast cancer surgery by examining a mammogram of the removed tissue. The model performed as well as, or better than, human doctors.Continue ReadingCateg … | Continue reading
Delivering electric shocks to 1mm-long roundworms may sound rather meanspirited, but scientists at Nagoya City University have used this particular stimuli to uncover some curious behaviors of Caenorhabditis elegans that could further our understanding of human emotional mechanis … | Continue reading
It’s well known that good food is the foundation of good health. In the US, poor nutrition and food insecurity are major contributors to poor health outcomes and excess healthcare spending. A new report suggests that implementing medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions … | Continue reading
Technology never sits still, so while 5G communications feels pretty new and flashy, the industry is already making preparations for the next generation. LG Electronics and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute have now conducted a test that set a new distance record for data t … | Continue reading
As Tesla's Optimus robot shows off new capabilities in pick 'n' place sorting and one-legged yoga balancing, Singaporean company Fourier Intelligence has released new video showing the production process for its super-strong GR-1 humanoid.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Techn … | Continue reading
Two of the more impressive names in the boutique camper van industry have come together to officially launch the most capable electric camper van available to buy in the US. Rather than simply installing a camper van interior into an under-ranged factory electric van, California' … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a quick and easy way to turn the wood-based bioproduct lignin into nanoparticles that can create a transparent coating with anti-fog properties or a colorful antireflective surface. The discovery transforms this abundant waste product into a useful mate … | Continue reading
Scientists at Stanford Medicine have tested a new potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The therapy involves transplanting blood stem cells from healthy mice into those with the disease, which helps replace defective neural cells.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, … | Continue reading
Laser weapons have begun to spread throughout NATO, as the German Navy has completed a year-long trial under realistic sea conditions of a 20-kW MBDA Deutschland/Rheinmetall Laser Weapon Demonstrator. It was installed aboard the 5,800-tonne (6,393-ton) frigate Sachsen.Continue Re … | Continue reading
Although an increasing number of devices are being developed for use on or in our bodies, such devices tend not to be very … "body-like." A new 3D printing resin could change that, by allowing for variable stiffness throughout single objects.Continue ReadingCategory: 3D Printing, … | Continue reading
Streamlight is well known for flashlights and other portable lighting solutions, but the Pennsylvania manufacturer is now throwing some weight into the everyday carry case segment, a seemingly rapidly growing chunk of market. Its all-new SpeedLocker keeps essentials like watches, … | Continue reading
Ordinarily, headlamp users have to manually switch the angle of their device, depending on what they're doing. The Adaptev Headlamp isn't like that, in that it automatically switches beam angles based on its wearer's head movements.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTag … | Continue reading
Canadian e-mobility startup Teleport has revealed a sleek new "high performance" commuter ebike called the Ride that has the stealthy look of a traditional bike yet features a downtube battery that's good for 100 miles of pedal-assist.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, Transport … | Continue reading