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Scientists have finally pinned down a protein that’s largely responsible for Parkinson’s disease. Known as PINK1, the protein has been linked to the disease for decades but its structure and how to switch it back on have remained elusive – until now.
Category: Body & Mind
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Neuroscience, Protein, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Cells, Brain
We've seen water bottles that remind you to drink at timed intervals, but now there's a full-fledged hydration pack that does the same thing. It's called the FluidLogic GPR50, and it goes so far as to squirt the water right into your mouth.
Following a successful Kickstarter for its soda-can-sized portable projector last year, China's ETOE has now launched a tubular smart model called the Starfish. The Freestyle-like Netflix-approved bedroom projector can also pull double duty as a night light.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Projectors, Lighting, Android TV
MIT spinout Boston Metal has powered up its electricity driven steel production reactor and made over a ton of metal in a crucial step toward commercializing its process. With clean electricity, the process could make steel with zero CO2 emissions.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Green Steel, Steel, MIT, Boston Metal, Carbon Zero, Carbon Dioxide
The recently completed Wanda is arranged on one level and sleeps up to four people at a squeeze. It features a hardy exterior that's designed to last and also gets its power from a rooftop-based solar panel array.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House
Cybertrucks – and Tesla vehicles as a whole – have had a rough trot lately, but we're not entirely sure this is going to help matters. In fact, we'd suspect the Germany-based customizing company Mansory of trolling, if it wasn't for the fact that its known for some absurd makeovers.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Cybertruck, Elon Musk, Tesla, Mansory, Designers, Luxury, Truck
Stepping things up from the typical backcountry crash pad, Colorado's Rossmönster uses its tried-and-true camper ingenuity in creating the all-new Skye Van. The long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper manages to pack both luxurious comfort and backcountry grit, looking good all the while. Enjoy elevated features like an off-grid lithium electrical system, hydronic in-floor heating, deluxe kitchen and multi-positional flex furnishings, all without losing the ability to explore wild spaces less traveled ... and bring the best toys and tools for full enjoyment.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Campervan, RV, rossmonster, Off-road, Off-grid, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Overland Expo
The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of non-invasively tearing the objects apart, using what are known as "acoustic vortex beams."
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Ultrasound, Treatment, kidney
It’s a case of "Whatever you can do, I can do better," as Honda comes for the Tesla Model Y with its own electric SUV, the S7. Honda claims that the S7, its first-ever premium electric SUV, will break new ground thanks to exceptional comfort, a sophisticated modern look, and, most importantly, more than 400 miles (650 km) of driving range.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Honda, Electric Vehicles, SUV, China
You may not think of fish as being noisy, but they can actually be a pretty vocal bunch. A new AI system is able to quickly identify specific fish calls within general reef noise, allowing scientists to better track local populations.
Tags: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Fish, Acoustics, Sound, Identification, Coral
In news that will probably be greeted with "well, duh," Saudi Arabia's incredibly ambitious plan to transform its country with the Neom gigaproject is costing more than expected. It's the scale that's shocking, however, with a new report from the Wall Street Journal detailing how the money being spent is spiraling to an astronomical amount.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Canadian startup General Fusion has been working on its unique approach to producing clean energy through nuclear fusion for two decades, and it's now got something major to show for it. The company announced yesterday that it had created plasma inside its prototype reactor – a major milestone in proving its technology.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Nuclear, Nuclear Fusion, Clean Energy, Canada
Aventon entered the growing cargo ebike market with a capable-looking "multipurpose freighter" called the Abound a couple of years ago, and has since added to the family with the SR. Now the original gets an update with the launch of the Long Rack.
Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, cargo bike
Toyota's just unveiled a quadricycle concept that I really hope it gets around to building. The compact FT-Me seats two, takes up just half a parking space, and is designed to offer plenty of flexibility in a small package.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Concept Vehicle, Quadricycle, Toyota, Electric Vehicles, Solar Power
If you're lucky enough to work away from the home and office, you'll be aware of the extra challenges it entails – like finding reliable Wi-Fi and adequate screen space. This impressive high-definition display unit solves one of these problems, offering high-resolution displays with plug-and-play functionality at – right now – an excellent price.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Laptop, Digital, digital nomad, Consumer Electronics, Computers
Love it or hate it, Jaguar's done a great job of getting people talking about the brand while it reinvents itself. The latest effort in that direction is getting its polarizing Type 00 EV concept onto Parisian streets for the first time – with actor Barry Keoghan in tow.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Jaguar, Concept Cars
New research by Yale has found an association between exposure to chemicals commonly used in firefighting and incidence of a brain tumor called a glioma in firefights, suggesting that the cancer may have an environmental cause.
Category: Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Brain cancer, Environmental, Risk factors, Yale School of Public Health
When it announced its official US debut earlier this year, German rooftop tent innovator Roof Space mentioned it would soon add a four-person model to the lineup. It didn't drag its feet in fulfilling that promise, introducing the Roof Space 4 just a few weeks later. The new rooftop tent features the same 30-second quick-pitching hardshell design as the two-man, but upsizes the build around a four-person super-king mattress and two open-air cabanas. So no matter where the best views are, you can pop the tent open and soak them in.
Tags: roof-top tent, Tent, Off-road, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
Rise Robotics is setting its sights on getting its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's strongest non-hydraulic robotic arm – a record that has remained uncontested for nearly a decade after the Fanuc M-2000iA/2300 bench-pressed 5,070 lb (2,300 kg). How? With good old-fashioned belts and pulleys.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Robotics, Robotic construction, Drones in construction
Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark, and that it could have reached over 24 m (80 ft) in length.