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With its modest length of 18 ft (5.5 m), you're not going to be throwing any dinner parties in the Urban Park Studio. However, thanks to its clever space-saving layout, this compact tiny house offers a home for one or two people with fewer compromises than you might assume.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Micro-House, Home
In another triumph for AI in healthcare, researchers have developed a model that can spot bits of brain tumors that surgeons may miss while removing them from patients. It can detect these remaining tissues in as little as 10 seconds, and help prevent a host of long- and short-term post-procedure complications.
Category: Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Tumors, University of Michigan, University of California San Francisco
We've been following Electra's ultra-short takeoff and landing electric hybrid prototype for some time and now the company has unveiled its EL9 Ultra Short production model that is designed to carry nine passengers at 175 knots (201 mph, 324 km/h).
A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another light source, it’s possible to create this bizarre optical effect.
Tags: Light, Lighting, Laser, Optical, Optics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
After receiving the world's first type certification a year ago and delivering dozens of aircraft for low-altitude tourism initiatives, China's EHang has become a de facto leader in the burgeoning eVTOL industry. This month, it used that leadership role toward advancing the use of solid-state battery technology in the air, completing what it calls the world's first solid-state battery test in a pilotless passenger-carrying eVTOL. With nearly 500 Wh/kg of energy density, the solid-state battery contributes to a serious boost in endurance, previewing a promising future of improved autonomy and utility among eVTOLs.
Tags: Ehang, eVTOL, Solid-state, Battery Technology, Electric Aircraft, Unmanned, Air Taxis
When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may form. An experimental new bio-inspired coating could keep that from happening, without the use of blood-thinning drugs.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
While many EVs use solar panels to extend their range, those panels often don't look like they'd make much of a difference. Such is certainly not the case with the Lightfoot scooter, however, the sides of which are covered with panels that reportedly provide up to 18 miles of extra range per day.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Solar Powered, Scooter
China's DEEP Robotics is about to add a new quadruped to its kennel called the Lynx. But rather than go for walkies on pads, the mid-sized pup rolls on four wheels and is built for all-terrain shenanigans – as you can see in the pre-launch promo.
Category: Robotics, Technology
South Korean startup Kosmos has made its Indiegogo debut with a tech-packed ebike named the Nova7. The PAS commuter features a mid-mount internal gearbox, rear-hub motor with responsive torque sensing, and a low-maintenance belt drive.
Tags: Indiegogo, ebikes, Pedal-assisted
Researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a single genomic test that can quickly detect virtually any kind of pathogen in a patient. This allows for much quicker diagnoses, enables targeted treatment to begin sooner, and could lower healthcare costs.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Health care, Disease, Genome, DNA, University of California San Francisco
Another example of how the bleeding edge aerospace sector is going through a massive shakeup has surfaced as civilian supersonic startup Exosonic has announced that it is going out of business after being unable to raise needed funding.
Tags: Aircraft, Supersonic
Researchers have developed a non-addictive painkiller that remains inactive until it reaches sites of chronic pain. Instead of dulling the nerves that send the pain signals like other analgesics, this new pain pill directly addresses the underlying cause. Its makers are currently working towards testing the compound in human trials.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Pain, Prodrug, Chemistry, University of Adelaide
When a raging forest fire is approaching a community, a good rainfall greatly reduces the chances of the flames actually reaching the buildings. But if rain isn't in the forecast … well, that's where the RainStream tower is designed to come in.
Category: Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Tags: Firefighting, Forest
UK-based R&D shop White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) punched a gaping hole in a Zero SR/S electric motorcycle to reduce aerodynamic drag by 10%. The prototype now goes faster, and can deliver extended range at highway speeds – proving this method can serve as an effective way to increase EV efficiency.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Zero Motorcycles, WMC (White Motorcycle Concepts), Electric Motorcycles, Aerodynamics
For the first time, there's scientific evidence that a smaller, lesser known component of the cannabis plant – cannabinol – delivers better quality and longer sleep. It paves the way for finally having an effective sleep aid sourced from medical cannabis that's comparable to existing medications.
Category: Sleep
Tags: Cannabis, University of Sydney, Marijuana, Medication, Sleep, Insomnia, clinical trials
As work continues on Saudi Arabia's futuristic mirrored megacity, the Line, new details have now been revealed. Government authorities have given an update on the progress so far and named the architects in charge of making this desert dream a reality.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
It takes years of intense study and a steady hand for humans to perform surgery, but robots might have an easier time picking it up with today's AI technology.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Harley-Davidson's all-electric LiveWire division is collaborating with Taiwanese scooter giant KYMCO on high-performance electric maxi-scooters. Anticipated to hit the market in 2026, these scooters will make use of LiveWire’s S2 Arrow powertrain.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Scooter, Harley Davidson, Kymco, Concept Motorcycles, urban transport, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles
Phoenix-based ebike maker Lectric reckons that last year's XPedition model went on to become the best-selling cargo ebike in the US. Now the company has launched its second generation – sporting "premium features typically found in $3,000+ models" but at a fraction of that kind of price tag.
Tags: cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted