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It's that time of the year again. We've got our hands on the shortlisted pictures from the 2024 Close-up Photographer of the Year competition, so you can feast your eyes on a whole new collection of natural wonders from around the world.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Gallery, nature, Macro, Photography
Rapid weight loss can cause a greater loss of muscle mass than losing weight slowly. The popularity of newer weight-loss drugs that shed pounds quickly has raised concerns among researchers about how this will affect the health of our muscles, which do more than just give us strength.
Category: Body & Mind
Tags: Weight Loss, GLP1, Muscle, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Meet the EV equivalent of a full jerry can – a 141 kilowatt-hour battery charger on wheels, that can autonomously drive itself to wherever it's needed, flexibly extending charging networks and getting much-needed juice to stranded drivers.
Category: Transport
Tags: Battery Charger, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous, Battery Technology, China
More than 30 years since Cosmo Kramer spruiked his coffee table book of coffee tables on an episode of Seinfeld, a new companion tome has surfaced, and it's become quite a hit. It's a coffee table book about coffee. (Sadly, however, it doesn't also turn into a coffee table.)
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Kickstarter, Coffee, Art, Books
The future of cancer treatment just got a whole lot brighter. Researchers have created digital twins of patients and used them as virtual guinea pigs, testing out different drugs to predict which one would be most effective against the type of cancer they have.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Digital twin, Cancer, Treatment, Predictions
Tired of running out of mousing room on your meagre li'l mousepad? If so, you might like the Padrone Primera mouse. It's worn like a ring, and is claimed to turn the entire top of your desk into a giant touchpad.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Mouse, Fingers, Input Device
Back in 2019, we reported on the incredible US$5.5 million Arkup floating home, which features a hydraulic system that raises it above the waves. The firm has now revealed the Arkup 50, which is similar, but comes with some notable changes and starts at a much lower price.
Tags: Houseboats, Luxury, Solar Powered, Home, Floating
Exoskeletons have been helping paraplegic patients to walk for years, but the latest development from KAIST is a little different. The WalkON Suit F1 can amble over to a patient seated in a wheelchair, wrap itself around the legs and body, and get the user up and walking.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Exoskeleton, KAIST, Assistive Technologies
Honey from stingless bees contains large amounts of a unique sugar that’s not a major component of any other food, according to researchers. It has a range of health benefits, from preventing tooth decay and helping with weight loss to managing type 2 diabetes.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Bees, Honey, Health, University of Queensland
The 'down the rabbit hole' online-search behaviors of nearly 500,000 people from 50 countries has shed new light on how mood, education level, gender, background and culture influence how we sate our curiosity and seek out new knowledge. So we ask: Are you a hunter, busybody or a newly identified 'dancer'?
Category: Science
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Wikipedia, Education, Search Technology
As the world watched slack-jawed while SpaceX's Super Heavy booster made the world's first tower capture landing after boosting the Starship 5 mission into orbit, few knew that the event came within one second of disaster.
The US Navy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography's unique FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) has been saved at the last minute from the breaker's yard. Scheduled to be scrapped in Mexico, it was purchased by undersea design company DEEP.
Tags: Ships, Scripps Research Institute, US Navy
Bicycles not only take up a lot of space in garages, they also tend to get buried behind all the other stuff that's crammed in there. The Kradl is designed to help, by hoisting bikes up to the ceiling. And what's more, it doesn't use any electricity.
How good does a bike have to look in order to make up for the fact it's functionally compromised? From futuristic customs to retro throwbacks, these five motorcycles make hefty practical sacrifices at the altar of vanity.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Custom Bikes, Custom, Scooter, Honda, Harley Davidson, Automotive, Dodge
Global healthcare company Grifols has partnered with BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, to develop the first immune therapy eye drops to prevent the long-term effects of exposure to sulfur mustard, commonly called ‘mustard gas.’
Category: Body & Mind
Tags: Chemical agents, Chemical Weapons, Eye injury, Immunotherapy
China's Kepler took its Forerunner humanoid robot to CES 2024 back in January, taking aim at Tesla's Optimus in the process. The company has since been in talks with target customers and has now announced a follow-up that's "tailored for commercial applications."
Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Robots, Artificial Intelligence, biped
Is there any vehicle more adorable than a sub-4-m (13.1-ft) Japanese micro-camper van? Maybe a next-gen micro-camper built into an ultra-versatile van platform that also works as a commercial goods-hauler, micro shuttle and mobile pop-up shop? And since we're looking ahead to the future, why not make it a clean-running EV? That's the Toyota Kayoibako, a concept van that paints a truly endearing picture of the future of affordable tiny van living and transport.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Toyota, mini-campervan, Campervan, Concept Cars, Concept Vehicle, Japan Mobility Show 2023, RV, Modular, Van, Kei Cars, Minivan
In what shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, electric-assist baby strollers are now a thing. And if you're wishing that your old-school manual stroller had a motor … well, the Easy-Way kit is designed to give it one.
Category: Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Tags: Stroller, Baby, Conversion, Electric, Kickstarter
How would you like to visit your local nuclear power facility and maybe go for a swim in its indoor pool? Or hang out and look at art ... Maybe even just sit with friends and enjoy a cup of coffee in the warm glow of nuclear power?
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: microreactor, Open AI, Nuclear, Power Stations, Eco-Friendly, Recycling
Laser projectors can be great replacements for a room-dominating big-screen TV, but kids, cats and even fellow housemates can cause you to lose sight of the action if they move in front of the light. Ultra-short-throw models can nip such shadowplay in the bud, like the new PL2 from Hisense.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Hisense, 4K UHD, Laser TV, Cinema, home theater, Projectors