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More than a decade ago, a startup launched on Kickstarter to fund an automated guitar tuner called the Roadie. Now the company has returned to the platform with the smarter, faster, smoother and more powerful fourth generation.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Tuner, Guitar, Automation
Teenage Engineering has put its unique stamp on budget and high-end audio gear over the years, but has also ventured outside of its box on occasion. The latest example of that is an electric moped/scooter called the epa-1, developed with fellow Swedes Vässla Micromobility.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Scooter, Moped, Modular, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles
Talk about thinking small: researchers at Harvard University have devised a new way to implant flexible bioelectronic devices in the embryos of frogs, mice, and lizards, enabling them to monitor brain activity as these creatures develop.
Tags: Cyborg, Brain, Brain activity, Harvard, Bioengineering
For the first time, researchers have identified a protein that represses the activity of energy-burning brown fat. The discovery opens the door to developing treatments for the extreme weight loss, muscle wasting, and malnutrition seen in some types of cancer.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Brown fat, Brown adipose tissue, Cancer, metabolism, University of Barcelona
The company best known for churning out affordable smartphones and other consumer electronics – that may or may not be reporting back to the CCP – just made the fastest electric sedan on the planet to lap the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Xiaomi, Electric Vehicles, McMurtry Automotive, Rimac Automobili, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Nurburgring
It's not your underarm sweat that stinks, it's the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by bacteria as they break down the fatty acids in that sweat. A new device is claimed to prevent the stink without the use of deodorant, by killing those bacteria with plasma.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Indiegogo, Hanyang University, Odor, Plasma
It turns out that donkeys are exceptionally good at repelling deer ticks. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA) have harnessed that ability to create a natural bug repellent that proved as effective as DEET at fighting the pests.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Donkey, University of Massachusetts, Animals, Animal science, Tick, Parasites, Lyme disease
Mosquitoes have long been among humanity’s most formidable adversaries, plaguing us for thousands of years and causing more deaths than any other animal. With traditional control methods facing mounting resistance, researchers are seeking innovative ways to combat mosquito-borne disease.
Tags: Mosquito, Fungus, Malaria, Infections, University of Maryland, Pests
Back in 2014, French e-mobility company AEMotion set out to "combine the agility of a motorcycle with the safety profile of a four-wheeled vehicle." After much prototyping, its two-person tilting creation is up for pre-order ahead of production next year.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Quadricycle, Tilting-Vehicle, city car
Some 14 years after we first reported on it – and following multiple challenges and false starts – the ambitious plan to create a self-filtering floating public pool in a New York City river is now finally under construction.
Category: Architecture, Technology
In 2025, around 24 million Americans are estimated to suffer from sleep apnea, and around 90% of these cases are undiagnosed. Now, a groundbreaking new study warns that this is going to rapidly increase as the planet warms.
Category: Sleep, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Flinders University, Sleep, Sleep deprivation, Heart attack, Stroke, Climate Crisis, Global Warming
ChatGPT volunteered to play a 1977-vintage Atari 2600 to a game of chess and came to regret it after the eight-bit chess engine from the age of Disco Fever and the introduction of the Force did better than expected. A lot better.
Category: Computers, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Chess, Computers, Artificial Intelligence
The instant we saw the Torsus Praetorian off-road bus for the first time, we knew: That would make an absolutely killer expedition motorhome. There was a false start or two, but the big, bad beast of a bus has finally completed its destiny. And it's done it with more flair and style than we would have imagined, rivaling a few million-dollar expedition vehicles with an upscale rustic-chic interior living environment that would feel as at home parked outside the bustling marinas of Monaco as it would standing alone in Patagonia or the Gobi Desert.
Category: Expedition Trucks, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: expedition vehicles, RV, Off-road, Off-grid, Truck, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Torsus
Although there already are "smart" contact lenses that monitor the eyes for signs of glaucoma, the devices are typically only worn when the patient is awake. A new type of contact lens, however, watches over the eyes throughout the night, too.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Contact Lenses, Glaucoma, Eye, Vision, Wearable
Although AI-based restoration methods can indeed bring new life to damaged paintings, the end result is typically a digital copy of the original painting. By contrast, a new MIT technique applies reversible repairs to the physical painting itself, in the form of a removable mask.
Category: Good Thinking, Technology
Tags: MIT, Artificial Intelligence, Art, Paint, Repair
Germany's Mahle is reported to be one of the world's largest manufacturers of automotive components. But the company also makes ebike motors and has now launched into the eMTB space with a mid-drive claimed to be "one of the most powerful systems on the market."
Tags: Mahle, ebikes, Mountain Bikes, Motor
If you have an aversion to the bitter taste of grapefruit, cabbage, broccoli and even alcohol, you might be a "super-taster," and you're not alone – as many as one in four people have the genetic code that triggers this sensitivity. But scientists have now found that it's also linked to poor health outcomes, including chronic kidney disease and bipolar disorder.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: University of Queensland, Taste, Genetics, toxic, Microbiome, kidney, Bipolar Disorder, Disease, Diet
Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as creating art, jewelry, or engaging in rituals. However, growing evidence suggests Neanderthals also developed symbolic behavior independently, around the same time.
Category: Science
Tags: Archaeology, Evolution, Human, Fingerprint
Storied e-mobility brand VanMoof has risen from the ashes of bankruptcy courtesy of McLaren Applied, and launched its first new ebikes since going under in 2023. The S6 series is said to be "the culmination of 5 generations and 11 years of ebike innovation."
Tags: VANMOOF, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, McLaren
Looking forward to a future where laser beams replace power lines, DAPRA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program has set new records for transmitting more power wirelessly over longer distances.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Energy, Laser, DARPA, Wireless Power Transmission