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What you're looking at is a one-off, mid-engine, hand-built wedge car with an exterior fashioned almost entirely of mirror-polished aluminum. Its exposed-metal design puts a certain Tesla Cybertruck to shame.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Maserati, Supercar, Tesla Motors, Cybertruck, Custom, McLaren
It was on a purpose-built R 80 G/S that Hubert Auriol won the second-ever Paris-Dakar rally in 1981, which happened to be BMW's inaugural attempt. And now, inspired by that very model, BMW has unveiled its new dirt-focused boxer.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: BMW, BMW Motorrad, Dakar Rally, Retro, Off-road, Enduro, Triumph
One of the longstanding trailblazers in the American overland scene, Arizona-based AT Overland is back with one of its most promising truck camping solutions yet. The Goldilocks of its Aterra series, the all-new Aterra Slide-In turns any Toyota Tundra or Ford F-150 into an ultra-capable overland explorer with its own hard-sided standing-height shelter. Buy it as a shell and outfit it yourself or pick and choose from AT Overland's long list of options to create a versatile, adaptable floor plan.
Tags: Camping, Truck, Pickup, RV, Off-grid, Outdoors and Camping, at-overland
I admit, I held off from covering this peculiar electric motorcycle for fear that people might not take me seriously in the wake of April Fools' Day. But this wind/solar motorcycle is as real as it can get, and is even available for purchase!
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Renewable Energy, Wind-powered, Solar Powered, Electric Motorcycles, China
If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and accurately as possible. An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the starfish.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: University of Missouri, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart attack, Heart
Though it only had a length of 7.2 m (almost 24 ft) to work with in the Jordy tiny house, Konpak Tiny Homes has employed a clever space-saving layout that includes a novel folding staircase to offer a relatively spacious living area and lots of storage.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, House, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, Home
While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), international cooperation, and scientific advancements in developing reliable alternatives. 3D-printed 'imitation skin' could be the ticket.
Category: Science
Tags: cosmetics, Skin, 3D Printing, TU Graz, Hydrogels, Testing
Step aside, golden beaches – now we have stretches of sand glimmering with real pieces of gold. Scientists have captured the first highly detailed photos of the golden precious metal found among the sand along the coastline of New Zealand's South Island.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: University of Otago, Gold, New Zealand, Geology, Minerals, History
Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times smaller than the average pacemaker user.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Heart Disease, Baby, Pacemaker, Wearable, Northwestern University
It's starting to get a little warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, which means you might be looking to the yard for after-dark movie nights. Many portable projectors still need to be plugged in, but Dangbei's Freedo caters for cable-free watching for up to 2.5 hours.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: HD, Projectors, LED, Portable, Google TV, Battery, Compact, Reviews
In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding could change the way we treat chronic pain.
Category: Body & Mind
Tags: T-cells, The Immune System, Hormone, estrogen, Opioids, Chronic pain, Painkillers, University of California San Francisco
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but engineers have used this curious mix to create a new biomimicry-inspired tile, featuring bumps and crevices like elephant skin, designed to keep walls cool and withstand the elements.
Tags: Nanyang Technological University, Cooling, Construction, Biomimicry, Mushrooms, Bamboo, Tiles
You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, thousands turned out to get close to the flower of the world's stinkiest plant in January in Australia. It proved such a drawcard that Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens kept the gates open until late at night to accommodate the eager fans.
Tags: Northwestern University, Garden, Species, diversity, Evolution, Genetics, Plants, Endangered
Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.
Tags: Amazon, Internet, Starlink, United Launch Alliance
At the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, Epic Aircraft has unveiled its high-performance personal and business aircraft, the E1000 AX, which can land itself at the touch of a button in an emergency. In fact, you don't even need the button.
Tags: Aircraft, Turbine, Autonomous flight
A first-of-its-kind study has found that almost half, 45.6%, of Australian teenagers are living with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes or asthma, or a developmental condition like ADHD. The study has linked these diseases and conditions to factors such as an unhealthy diet and poor mental health.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Adolescents, Chronic illness, Developmental conditions, University of Sydney
One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype. Cyclotech's Blackbird airframe becomes the world's first aircraft to fly with six barrel-shaped "Cyclorotors" for propulsion.
Tags: eVTOL, Electric Aircraft, Cyclorotors, Personal eVTOLs
A landmark clinical trial testing the effect of microdosing LSD on symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) recently delivered its first data readout and the results have been surprising, to say the least, raising questions over the efficacy of this popular trend.
Category: Psychedelics, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: ADHD, Psychedelic Medicine
Hyundai isn't exactly the first name you'd think of when it comes to racecars. But it's exactly that perception that the South Korean manufacturer has sought to change with its Insteroid concept.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Racing, Gaming
Consumer drones are all just slight variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller "bicopter" which is claimed to be nimbler, quieter, and more energy-efficient than its four-prop counterparts.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Indiegogo, Camera drone