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Back before Blade Runner captured our imaginations, sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury envisioned small personal helicopters that people would use to commute around the cities of the future. Well, the Janus-1 is just such a beast, and it may someday be yours … emphasis on "may be."
Tags: Helicopters, urban transport, Folding
Toyota's just expanded its iconic Land Cruiser SUV lineup with the Land Cruiser FJ, a boxy little thing that's meant to get more people off-roading in an accessible form factor. It's coming mid-2026, and it might have a fun little surprise to boot.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Smart projection outfit XGIMI has launched a new sub-brand aimed at making the first-time experience a positive one. The appropriately named first product – the One – is an inexpensive lantern projector "that transforms any space into a cinema, social hub, or creative zone."
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
A novel treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is on the horizon, with the discovery that two specific gut microbes produce serotonin that protects against inflammation and damage.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Gothenburg, Microbiome, Gut Bacteria, Irritable bowel syndrome, Gastrointestinal, Bacteria, Microbes, Gut-brain axis, Gut health
Scientists that won an infamous 2024 IgNobel Prize for "discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus" may indeed have the last laugh. They've now completed a successful human trial testing the safety and tolerability of enteral ventilation, a technique that gets oxygen into the body via an unconventional route.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Kyoto University, Lung, Oxygen, Respiratory health, Treatment, clinical trials, Ig Nobel Prize
In the shadow of a service outage that affected millions of users, outside of Richland, Washington, internet commerce giant Amazon is building the first of a series of modular nuclear power stations to protect its data services from outages.
Category: Energy, Technology
Harsh, eco-unfriendly synthetic herbicides are definitely one of those things that you shouldn't be using if you don't have to. Japanese researchers are thus now developing a green alternative, derived from the leaves of a humble walnut tree.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Kyushu University, Agriculture, Crops, Plants
In the heart of Mandalay, Burma, a small cluster of bamboo houses has become a symbol of resilience. When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them split and buildings nearby collapsed. Yet 26 of these homes, designed and built by architectural studio Blue Temple, remained completely intact.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Earthquake, Emergency Housing, Bamboo, DIY
No matter how much gear you stuff into your pocket or backpack for recording on the go, chances are high that you'll forget something. The AirStudio S1 is designed to ease the burden, serving as an EDC multi-tool musicians, podcasters or sonic creatives.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Microphone, Earphones, Studio, recording, Portable
This recently completed tiny house combines off-grid functionality with a well-designed and surprisingly luxurious interior that lets its owners live and work wherever they want.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
This one's for guitarists who enjoy messing with tones, but spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound. Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it into a compact pedal at your feet – no knob twiddling necessary.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Guitar, Guitar Effects, Kickstarter
A new drug combination to treat advanced recurring prostate cancer has shown remarkable results in a long-term trial, lowering the risk of death after eight years by 40.3%. What's more, the drug treatments are already approved for use on their own.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Cedars-Sinai, Prostate cancer, Cancer, clinical trials, Hormone, Radiation, Surgery
The age of the GLP-1 drug has reached yet another milestone, with the US Food and Drug Administration green-lighting Novo Nordisk's once-daily oral semaglutide pill to treat people at high risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke.
Category: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Novo Nordisk, Heart Disease, Cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, Semaglutide, GLP-1 receptor agonists
Bone conduction headphones promise the freedom to listen to music, an audiobook or a podcast while staying aware of your surroundings, and the Jabees 7Seven unit takes that concept underwater. And, with 32 GB of built-in storage, you can leave your phone at home for uninterrupted workouts.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Water Sports, Exercise, Bone Conduction, Portable Audio, Audio, Swimming, Waterproof
Michigan-based Modern Buggy has been on a serious expansion warpath. After being purchased by Earl Williams in 2022, a few years after its founding, the company has launched its first family of truck campers, introduced several new trailer sub-brands, and grown out its namesake teardrop trailer family. The new Ultimate Hauler 18 (UH18) is part of that latter expansion ... kind of. This particular trailer blends together a proper teardrop camper pod, toy-hauling flatbed and dual axle in a way we haven't seen before.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: teardrop trailers, Toy haulers, Caravan, trailers, Trailer, RV, Camping, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping
Imagine if three times as much grain could be obtained from the same amount of wheat plants as is currently possible, using the same amount of land, water and fertilizer. Well, that could soon be possible, thanks to a new genetic discovery.
Category: Science
Tags: University of Maryland, Agriculture, Crops, Plants, Wheat, Food
Many tiny houses nowadays are actually more like apartments on wheels, with expansive – and expensive – interiors. The BTH Single recalls the small living movement's minimalist roots with a compact and simple layout that measures just 18 sq m (193 sq ft).
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Home, Tiny Footprint, House, Micro-House
Scientists based in Australia and China have identified a pair of pesky enzymes responsible for prolonging prostate cancer – which means we can potentially target them for quicker and more effective treatment of a condition that affects 1.5 million men around the world annually.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Prostate cancer, Enzyme, Flinders University
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is blurring the line between helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft with its new Nomad family of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) that combine the versatility of a helicopter with the speed and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, DARPA, Aircraft, drones, VTOL
They're not serving sushi on the Moon – yet – but if or when they do, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and DASSAI want sake on the table. To attain this quaffable goal, the companies are sending a rice fermentation experiment to the International Space Station (ISS).
Tags: Drink, Japan, JAXA, Mitsubishi, International Space Station