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How do you relocate an entire 8,270-ton, 43,380-sq-ft (4,030 sq m), 100-year-old Shikumen brick building complex so you can build a multi-level subterranean shopping center, parking lot and subway connections under it? With robots, of course.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Robotic construction, China, Artificial Intelligence, Construction
Honey produced by some species of Australian stingless bees possesses impressive bacteria- and fungi-killing properties, according to new research. With problems of antimicrobial resistance, the golden syrup has the potential to be used alongside or in place of existing antibiotics.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Honey, Bees, Antimicrobial, University of Sydney
Electric-hybrid aircraft have taken another step from the exotic to the practical with VoltAero unveiling the production model of its Cassio 330 five-seat regional passenger aircraft that combines quiet efficiency with the most spacious cabin in its class.
As construction continues on Bentley's car-elevating skyscraper in Miami, Florida, the British luxury automaker has taken the wraps off its penthouse suite and put it up for sale. The plush residence goes big on comfort and amenities – though has a price tag to match.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Bentley, Miami, Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Luxury
Here's a rather novel way to keep trash out of landfills: engineering biologists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a way to turn the common plastic used for disposable bottles into the popular painkiller paracetamol. All it takes is a bit of bacteria and time to ferment the treated waste.
The first robot I remember is Rosie from The Jetsons, soon followed by the urbane C-3PO and his faithful sidekick R2-D2 in The Empire Strikes Back. But my first disembodied AI was Joshua, the computer in WarGames who tried to start a nuclear war – until it learned about mutually assured destruction and chose to play chess instead.
Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology
Tags: LLM (Large Language Model), Robots, Soft Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence, Human Enhancement, Future Robot, Features
Dutch e-mobility outfit Urban Arrow has announced the US launch of its latest front-loader cargo ebike, one that the company says is a viable alternative to the family's second car for the school run or weekly shop.
Tags: cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Bosch
The evolutionary ladder is meant to be climbed one rung at a time with an organism shedding some traits and gaining others on the way up. However, in a very surprising twist, some tomatoes on the Galapagos islands are inching back down the ladder.
Tags: Plants, Evolution, UC Riverside, Genetics
An electric motorcycle bearing a Honda badge is bound to attract serious attention – and lately, the rumor mill has been buzzing. Has Honda finally launched its first fully functional electric motorcycle? You might’ve seen headlines suggesting as much, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, China, Electric Motorcycles, cafe racer
Nope, we're not talking about a Tesla Robotaxi we’re talking about. This is the self-driving ID. Buzz, a fully autonomous van created and engineered by Volkswagen’s mobility-focused sub-brand, MOIA. Unlike retrofitted cars, the ID. Buzz has been built from the ground up specifically for mobility services.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Volkswagen, Van, Electric Vehicles, Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving, Taxi, Tesla, Waymo
After years of watching highway-touring RVs and off-road expedition vehicles get more and more expensive to the point of rivaling a lifetime's worth of luxury resort vacations, the past few years have seen a concerted effort to roll back pricing and unnecessary features. Joining some of the barebones teardrop-size trailers that have led the trend, the new M1 Lite camping topper maintains some of the best attributes of Tune Outdoors' popular M1 topper while shaving off unnecessary bulk and expense to create a smart, fast and light Toyota Tacoma-ready truck camping solution with eyes on the backcountry.
Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Camping, Off-road, RV, Outdoors and Camping, Pickup, Truck, Overland Expo
InMotion sent me its flagship long-distance scooter made for big-n-tall folk – such as myself – for a review, and I have to say, after my first ride, I'm actually kind of shocked. While I haven't ridden a whole slew of makes and models, I do have well over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of scooting about in recent times.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Segway, Scooter, Electric Vehicles, Electric
In what seems like HAL 9000 come to malevolent life, a recent study appeared to demonstrate that AI is perfectly willing to indulge in blackmail, or worse, as much as 89% of the time if it doesn't get its way or thinks it's being switched off. Or does it?
Category: Computers, Consumer Tech, Technology
After more than two decades of planning and building, the world's largest digital camera at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile has snapped its first imagery – from test observations spanning a 10-hour window.
Tags: Telescope, Observatory, SLAC, Cameras, Astrophotography, Astronomy, Imaging
The Fairphone Gen 6 is here, and in addition to being repairable at home, it packs a neat little trick. A bright lime green physical slider instantly activates a dumbphone mode so you can focus on more important things than doomscrolling.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Phone, Fairphone, smartphones, Repair, Modular, sustainable design
United Kingdom-based Enola Gaye has nearly 30 years of experience selling a multi-colored array of smoke and paint grenades for use in sports like paintball and airsoft, as well as for celebrations and special effects. The company has spun off a survival branch that applies smoke grenade-inspired design to products like the Ultimate Match, a powerful, weather-resistant firestarter that shoots out a mini inferno to spark flammable material into a warming fire. Simply pull the pin and get 'er burning.
Tags: Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Survival, Emergency, Backpacking
As our personal devices get smaller and are expected to do more stuff – whether that's your phone, a smartwatch, or a wearable AI assistant – they also tend to get hotter on the inside. That means it can be hard for them to deliver consistently fast performance, fit more components inside, or avoid getting too warm to handle.
Category: Technology
Tags: Cooling, MEMS, Solid-state, Silicon
In an effort to supercharge the development of military drones, DARPA will this year fast track flight testing of five advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) prototypes as part of the agency's Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration (EVADE) project.
Category: Military, Technology
Canister-shaped lifestyle projectors are great for quick and easy wall-filling viewing in a small space without the room being dominated by a huge TV. Yaber's T1 Pro also serves up mood lighting, and rocks the house with TurboSonic sound.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Projectors, HD, Portable, LED, Pico projector, Lighting