For the first time ever, a wild male orangutan in Sumatra has been spotted tending to a wound on his face in an ingenious way. The technique worked, adding even more cred to the intelligence of this striking and endangered species of great ape. Continue Reading Category: Biology, … | Continue reading
One of the challenges of downsizing is that it's very awkward to have friends over. However, despite its compact size, Baluchon's latest model, the Mirasol, ensures its owner's social life won't suffer thanks to a guest sleeping area and a kitchen that opens onto an outdoor bar. … | Continue reading
Over the years, we've seen a number of suggested replacements for gasoline to fuel motorcycles – including steam, hydrogen, water and batteries. Now a moto maker is getting ready to launch what's billed as the world's first CNG motorcycle. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, … | Continue reading
Personal flight is currently undergoing a renaissance thanks to the rapid advancement of so many requisite industrial technologies. The next phase of personal flight is poised to begin and the production version of this aircraft could well mark the occasion in history. Continue R … | Continue reading
Photobiomodulation (PBM) is a non-invasive technique that uses low-intensity light from lasers or LEDs to produce a therapeutic effect. It’s been used to treat medical conditions as varied as heart disease and wounds. Transcranial PBM, using light on the head, has also shown prom … | Continue reading
The first land plants burst forth from ancient algae onto the Earth about 550 million years ago. This one-off evolutionary event, known as plant terrestrialization, fundamentally changed the planet’s surface and atmosphere and made possible the development of all other terrestria … | Continue reading
Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officia … | Continue reading
Space launches have become so common in recent years that even crewed missions don't get a lot of coverage, unless it's some sort of 'first.' But with Monday's Starliner mission, there's good reason for a heightened level of interest. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tag … | Continue reading
If you're an avid camper who drives a Tesla Model Y or a Rivian R1S, chances are you'll love Fruble's new Camper Kits for those EVs. Both kits feature pullout drawers for meal preparation and gear storage, along with optional in-vehicle sleeping platforms. Continue Reading Catego … | Continue reading
Leeches may be creepy, but many people find hypodermic needles even creepier. That's one of the reasons why scientists have developed a new leech-inspired blood collection device, which draws blood samples without the need for a big jab. Continue Reading Category: Medical, Scienc … | Continue reading
Preparing for the rise of 8K movies in the home cinema, JVC Kenwood has announced new additions to its high-end D-ILA laser projector family, with the new models able to input and display 8K/60p visuals with boosted brightness and contrast. Continue Reading Category: Home Enterta … | Continue reading
Dubai already boasts the world's tallest skyscraper, with the world's tallest residential tower on the way too. Now local firm Urb envisions transforming its shores with the world's largest coastal regeneration project. The ambitious development would involve planting over 100 mi … | Continue reading
The "tough mutt" phenomenon is well known among dog owners. The thinking goes that a dog with one or more breeds mixed into its genetic recipe is going to be healthier and more able to fight off a range of health woes than purebred dogs, which sometimes have a more precious reput … | Continue reading
Shift Robotics began as a Carnegie Mellon spin-off, its first product was funded by Kickstarter so do not dismiss them as just another set of strap-on electric roller skates. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, Transport Tags: Moonwalker, Carnegie Mellon, Mobility, Walk, … | Continue reading
You can stop skulking around labs trying to get bitten by radioactive spiders – a new breakthrough could make it easier than ever to get Spider-Man’s wall-crawling powers. Scientists in Singapore have created a strong and reusable adhesive out of a shape-memory polymer, sticking … | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a promising new drug that could prevent and even reverse the onset of type 1 diabetes. The experimental monoclonal antibody drug acts like a shield to protect insulin-producing cells from damage, even extending lifespan in some cases. Continue Reading Ca … | Continue reading
DARPA has finally unveiled more of its mysterious Manta Ray robotic sub, with impressive new images of the prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) undergoing its first sea trials off the coast of Southern California. Continue Reading Category: Military, Technology Tags: DARPA … | Continue reading
RheEnergise's HD Hydro 500 kW demonstrator will soon begin construction at mining company Sibelco's facility in Cornwood outside Plymouth in Devon, UK. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Science Tags: Hydroelectric, Renewable Energy, Grid-Level Energy Storage | Continue reading
What do you get when you cross the eco-friendliness and fitness value of an ebike with the stability and weather protection of a small car? Well, you get an e-quadracycle, such as the funky new Orion and Ilos from Greek startup Gloubos. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, … | Continue reading
Clipless bicycle shoes are great for cycling, but not a whole lot else. German company ClipClap looks to offer everyday cyclists a way of getting those clipless cleats off ASAP, a welcome alternative from hobbling around town in uncomfortable bike shoes. Its wearable adapters cli … | Continue reading
If you're looking for a hands-free wearable electric boost while snorkeling or scuba diving, the Jetdive Pro should definitely fit the bill. It's not the first product of its kind, but it is claimed to be the best in several key ways. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, Lifestyl … | Continue reading
Budget-friendly e-mobility company Engwe has rolled out a fat-tire folding adventure ebike with full suspension that can be hauled to the foot of the hills in the SUV's trunk, before unfolding and tapping into the Engine Pro 2.0's 1,200 watts of peak motor grunt. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Luxury high-rises are the hottest thing in automotive design right now, with Aston Martin, Bugatti and Mercedes-Benz all racing to turn their enviable brand recognition into real estate big bucks. One of the most anticipated of these projects, an extraordinary sail-shaped skyscra … | Continue reading
Even brief periods of anger caused by triggering memories can negatively impact our blood vessels' ability to relax. That's the finding of a new study that could have implications on how we look at heart attack and stroke risk. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifes … | Continue reading
We were less than charitable when the 850-hp, V10 Engler Superquad was first introduced in 2019. When the 2023 version was introduced with an extra 250 hp, we seriously considered where it might rank among a murderer's row of the most terrifying vehicles ever built. Now there’s a … | Continue reading
Screening callers of crisis or suicide helplines for their current level of suicide risk is crucial to detecting and preventing suicide. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Voice, Concordia University | Continue reading
What would you ask if you found yourself sitting across the screen from an interactive, digital version of... Well, yourself? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: GPT, Artificial Intelligence, LLM (Large Language Model), Video | Continue reading
A striking new study led by researchers from the University of Nebraska has found unusually high levels of lead and uranium in urine samples from teenagers who frequently use e-cigarettes. But several scientists, while careful to say not vaping is still the safest option, have so … | Continue reading
Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, hopefully reducing the revenue stream for poachers. Continue Reading | Continue reading
A simple product built to completely reorganize your truck camping experience, the Pack Rack will debut as a multifunctional piece of indoor/outdoor camping furniture. It rides in a pickup truck bed as an adjustable-height shelf for holding gear and cargo, turning what might othe … | Continue reading
What makes a compact titanium multitool stand out from the kazillion others that are on Kickstarter at any given moment? Well, an adjustable wrench is a definitely a rare feature, and that's just one of the things you'll find on the Ti EDC Wrench. Continue Reading Category: Good … | Continue reading
Chinese automotive giant Chery spawned the Exeed luxury sports brand in 2017 and the Exeed E08 "concept MPV" shown at Auto China last week, has done just that. The Exeed 08 has used automation at six key points to vastly increase the usability of the vehicle and the optimisation … | Continue reading
Scientists have demonstrated a creative solution to plastic pollution, one of our most pressing environmental problems. Plastic was embedded with spores of plastic-eating bacteria that are activated when dumped in landfill, biodegrading 90% of the material in five months. Weirder … | Continue reading
Dragon Tiny Homes' Element and Element 20 are very inexpensive options for downsizing, but aren't practical for more than one or two people. The firm's recent Avalon, however, has an increased but still relatively affordable price tag and squeezes an impressive three bedrooms int … | Continue reading
Carbon-framed ebikes can cost a pretty penny, but the latest lightweight city model from Fiido currently comes in at well under $2k, has the stealthy look of a regular bike and boasts a low-maintenance Gates carbon belt drive. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transport Tags: … | Continue reading
It's almost time for the 2024 Summer Olympics to begin. 100 years after it last hosted the games, Paris is once again home to the iconic sporting event and just one large-scale permanent building has been created for the occasion: an aquatic sports center that's defined by an stu … | Continue reading
Sanctuary AI is one of the world's leading humanoid robotics companies. Its Phoenix robot, now in its seventh generation, has dropped our jaws several times in the last few months alone, demonstrating a remarkable pace of learning and a fluidity and confidence of autonomous motio … | Continue reading
While we don't like to talk ill of the dead, new physiological analysis has found that the king of the dinosaurs was not so smart after all. It upends previous research that last year likened the brain and neuronal composition of the Tyrannosaurus rex to that of a primate. Contin … | Continue reading
AF, or AFib, and its close medical cousin, atrial flutter, are associated with complications such as stroke, heart failure, and heart attack. While there’s an understandable focus on treating these conditions to prevent acute complications, less research has looked at what’s happ … | Continue reading
After more than a decade of delays and development, Boeing's Starliner crewed spacecraft is scheduled to launch. Given the history of the craft and the company's recent scandals, it's a nail-biter – so let's recap CST-100 Starliner. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tags: … | Continue reading
There’s a global shortage of blood supplies needed for life-saving transfusions due to factors that include an aging population with a higher demand for it and a lack of volunteer donors. However, even if there was an ample blood supply, it’s not as simple as just giving blood wh … | Continue reading
A new type of printed circuit board (PCB) could drastically reduce the amount of electronic waste that ends up in landfills. Although most PCBs are difficult to recycle, such is not the case with this one, which partially turns into a reusable jelly when necessary. Continue Readi … | Continue reading
Could you throw a lifebuoy all the way out to a distressed swimmer located one kilometer away? Nope, you couldn't … but your could fly one out to them, in the form of the TY-3R Flying Lifebuoy drone. Continue Reading Category: Drones, Technology Tags: Lifeguards, Swimming, Rescue | Continue reading
On the road to delivering 100 miles of EV range in five minutes by the end of 2024, tech firm StoreDot has installed its extreme fast charging cells in a Polestar 5 prototype, and zapped the 77-kWh pack to 80% capacity in 10 minutes. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transpo … | Continue reading
Dubai already hosts the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and it has now been revealed that it will soon boast bragging rights for the world's tallest residential skyscraper too. Currently under construction in the city's Marina district, the supertall will feature 122 … | Continue reading
We've seen some impressive nature-inspired flying bots from the creative minds at Festo's Bionic Learning Network over the years, but the autonomous BionicBee is not only the smallest so far but also the first capable of swarming. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology T … | Continue reading
The "Study Pavilion" has now been built at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany, and the holistic modular design and construction of the reconfigurable building offers a fascinating glimpse into a potential future for scalable, reconfigurable buildings not just in pla … | Continue reading
The six-foot-tall raptors in the Jurassic Park movies were terrifying enough, but now scientists have described a giant new raptor species whose legs alone were that tall. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science Tags: Dinosaurs, University of Queensland, Fossils, Animals, Ani … | Continue reading