Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and accessible to anyone with a camera on their phone. What's more, this new model features polarization, allowing you to see (and photograph) incredible detail in the structures of materials such as crystals and minerals – all for less than 1% of the cost of the equipment normally required to view these structures.

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Category: Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, smartphones, Microscopes, Gadgets

Scientists have devised a clever new method of allowing people to feel sensations that are transmitted to their skin. Beyond its applications in fields such as gaming and telepresence, the technology could also be used to guide the blind.

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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Northwestern University, Haptics, Touch, Virtual Reality

Although hot tubs may get all the glory, cold-plunge tubs are the ones that really help reduce muscle inflammation and soreness after exercise. The Snowcap tub makes that process more doable than ever, by chilling water without using any ice or refrigerants.

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Category: Fitness & Exercise

Tags: Indiegogo, Cooling, Thermoelectricity, Water

The S'Mouse City Model offers a modern tiny house take on the traditional shepherd's hut. Featuring a very compact but comfortable interior layout, the towable dwelling also comes with optional off-the-grid upgrades.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

Tags: Tiny Footprint, Building and Construction, House, Home, Micro-House

Honda’s presence in the electric two-wheeler space has long been limited to one-off scooters and bikes. But all that is set to change with the Japanese maker unveiling a performance electric motorcycle called the EV Fun Concept at this year’s EICMA motorcycle trade show.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Electric Motorcycles, Concept Motorcycles, EICMA 2024, Scooter

Ever been caught in the crossfire of a wet dog firing droplets of water away from their fur with a mad shake? Well, they can't help it. Scientists have discovered the underlying mechanism that drives dogs – and many other hairy mammals – to vigorously shake water out of their fur, in a fascinating look at the genetics that trigger this involuntary behavior.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Harvard, Neural Network, Neuroscience, Genetics, Evolution, Dogs, Animal science

We're kicking off this week with a treat for your peepers. Unlike their usual settings, Harvard University staff photographer Niles Singer pointed a camera and a strobe flash at some of the school's athletes and performers as they ran, jumped, and danced in the dark.

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Photo, Gallery

CFMoto's engineers have had their hands full. Its booth at EICMA had quite a few new releases on display, but the star of the show was a brand new, state-of-the-art 1,000cc V4 and a 'Master of Speed' superbike concept signalling the company's WSBK intentions.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: CFMoto, V4, Concept Motorcycles, Superbike, EICMA 2024, WSBK

Traction device specialist Kahtoola is preparing to launch its most portable Microspike wearable to date, one so light it calls it the Ghost. The new design builds on the company's popular lineup but replaces stiff chains with a collapsible TPU frame that disappears away in your pack until it's needed for a slick, sketchy traverse. Within seconds, basic hiking boots gain toothy, ice-biting steel spikes to keep you secure, stable and confident on otherwise treacherous terrain.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Traction, Hiking, Winter, Snow, Backpacking, Running, Footwear

In good news for those averse to injections, GLP-1 agonist medication is a step closer to being offered in oral pill form, with AstraZeneca revealing "encouraging data" out of its Phase I study of its obesity and diabetes drug AZD5004.

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Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: AstraZeneca, Ozempic, Obesity, Weight Loss, Diabetes, GLP1, Drugs, clinical trials

Ice wreaks havoc on surfaces, but we might have a new way to prevent it building up. Scientists at Northwestern University have shown that textured surfaces with thin layers of graphene oxide can stay completely frost-free for long periods.

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Category: Materials, Science

Tags: Ice, new material, Surfaces, Northwestern University, Snow, Biomimicry

While growing evidence suggests that there’s a link between blood iron levels and the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research investigating the effects of an available iron-reducing drug has raised concerns about its use as a treatment for the condition.

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Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind

Tags: Iron, clinical trials, Alzheimer's disease

California's Aventon hauled itself into the utility bike world last year with the Abound cargo ebike. Now the company has added a short-tail version, which comes with an all-new smart system for peace-of-mind security as well as enhanced connectivity.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, cargo bike, Security

UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW demonstrator is scheduled to go online by 2030.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Solar Power, Iceland

Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience, Brain, Memory, Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, Neural Network, neurons

Researchers at the University of Mississippi have come up with a faster, more efficient method for detecting landmines – millions of which pose a lethal threat to people in war-ravaged countries all over the world. This breakthrough, which uses lasers and acoustic vibration, has the potential to save thousands of lives a year.

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Category: Technology

Tags: Landmine Detection, Land Mines, Laser, University of Mississippi

We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately links you to a particular location using a sample of the bugs you’ve collected on your travels – like a bacterial satellite navigation system.

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Category: AI in Health, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Microbiome, Bacteria, Location, Satellite Navigation, Lund University

The guys over at Thermal Master sent us its new NV300 thermal imaging unit for your car to give it a thorough test and a review. Here are my thoughts: A thermal imaging dash cam is pretty darn tootin' cool ... The NV300 just misses the mark though.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Dashboard Devices, Thermal Imaging, Camera

To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Batman franchise, Warner Bros. is making 10 drivable replicas of the Caped Crusader's iconic Tumbler armored vehicle available for a cool US$3 million apiece.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: batman, Batmobile, Memorabilia, Car

Sharp Imaging has added a new family member to its pro-level X Series projectors. The dual-laser XP-X171Q should provide, ahem, sharp 4K visuals even in brightly lit rooms.

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Category: Technology

Tags: Projectors, 4K UHD, Laser, Sharp, bRight