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Jan 30, 2025
E Ink and Cream Guitars have introduced the first-ever guitar that can dynamically change colors, allowing any player to uniquely customize their instrument to suit their music and mood. It's a bold and exciting move by the electronic-ink pioneers better known for their more low-key readers and displays.
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Technology
E-Ink, Guitar, NAMM
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Jan 30, 2025
A brand new candidate for weight-loss treatment is on the table, with scientists uncovering for the first time how a hormone produced by the hypothalamus during sleep has a direct impact on appetite regulation and metabolism. This opens the door to developing a novel class of medication that could tackle obesity like GLP-1 agonists.
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Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
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Jan 30, 2025
A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap.
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ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Autism spectrum disorder,
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Jan 29, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will roll out a fleet of autonomous vehicles that will operate as taxis with no driver behind the wheel in Austin, Texas, in June. Hmmm, where have we heard that before?
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Automotive, Transport
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Jan 29, 2025
A compelling new study is building on a growing body of evidence showing a common exercise supplement used to build muscle may also confer beneficial mental health outcomes. The small trial demonstrated how adding creatine to a course of cognitive behavioural therapy can lead to greater reductions in depressive symptoms after eight weeks compared to patients receiving psychotherapy alone.
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Wellness & Healthy Living,
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Jan 29, 2025
Building on its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Grand Canyon S camper van, Hymer has introduced a special edition that better supports the needs of work-from-anywhere roamers. The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
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Jan 29, 2025
Building on its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Grand Canyon S camper van, Hymer has introduced a special edition that better supports the needs of work-from-anywhere roamers. The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
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Jan 29, 2025
Building on its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Grand Canyon S camper van, Hymer has introduced a special edition that better supports the needs of work-from-anywhere roamers. The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
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Jan 29, 2025
GoPros are great, but their square form factor makes them a little gawky in some situations. The VN-09 is much sleeker and more aerodynamic, plus it boasts 5K video, voice control, and an onboard spotlight.
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Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Actioncam, Video Cameras, Kickstarter
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Jan 29, 2025
Whether you're running one of the first commercial foiling e-ferry services or not, it's important for your vessels to be on time. And right on schedule, Vessev's VS-9 has now officially joined the largest ferry operator in New Zealand.
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Marine, Transport
Hydrofoil
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Jan 29, 2025
The Mo.2 675 Highline takes a carefully considered approach to downsizing. Though it only has a modest length of 6.75 m (22 ft), the single-story tiny house maximizes floorspace with a flexible layout that includes stowing the bed within a wall.
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Tiny Houses,
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Jan 29, 2025
Washington-based fusion energy company Helion just raised US$425 million in fresh funding for its bid to be the first to produce usable electricity through nuclear fusion. The firm's latest Series F round brings the total investment into Helion over the $1 b
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Jan 29, 2025
A test for pee-based markers of prostate cancer has previously relied on an uncomfortable first step. A new study has revealed that the now-available test remains just as accurate without it, paving the way from an easy in-home testing option.
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Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Prostate cancer, Cancer,
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Jan 29, 2025
The largest study yet into the effects of cannabis on the brains of 18- to 36-year-olds has found that the drug can reduce brain function during cognitive tests. The findings will help people to make an informed decision about the pros and cons of using cannabis.
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Brain Health, Body & Mind
Cannabis, Cognitive functioning,
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Jan 28, 2025
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg at the controls, it reached a speed of Mach 1.122.
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Aircraft, Transport
Boom, Aircraft, Supersonic
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Jan 28, 2025
As we looked at last year, French startup BlueNav has developed a rather particular kind of hubless marine e-drive with a propeller inspired by whale flippers. But while the company specializes in electric-powered hardware, it's ultimately interested in supporting the development of hybrid boats. Toward that end, it's applied its whale fin drives to the all-new Smart Hybrid Boating Solution, an add-on marine propulsion system that uses electric rim drive power at slow speeds before retracting it out of the water at higher gas-engine speeds.
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Jan 28, 2025
As we looked at last year, French startup BlueNav has developed a rather particular kind of hubless marine e-drive with a propeller inspired by whale flippers. But while the company specializes in electric-powered hardware, it's ultimately interested in supporting the development of hybrid boats. Toward that end, it's applied its whale fin drives to the all-new Smart Hybrid Boating Solution, an add-on marine propulsion system that uses electric rim drive power at slow speeds before retracting it out of the water at higher gas-engine speeds.
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Jan 28, 2025
In what may not come as much of a shock to many, the Doomsday Clock has inched closer to midnight and is now 89 seconds away from the ominous hour. It's the closest the two hands have ever been to the symbolic 12 on the clock face in its 80 years.
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Science
Doomsday Clock, Climate Crisis, Global Warming,
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Jan 28, 2025
Rezvani has made headlines in the past for the ... rampantly unsubtle vehicles it produces, like the Hercules 6x6 - Herculean in both size and in price. Among Rezvani's lineup for 2025 is the bespoke luxury and apocalypse-proof Vengeance.
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Automotive, Transport
Rezvani,
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Jan 28, 2025
Rezvani has made headlines in the past for the ... rampantly unsubtle vehicles it produces, like the Hercules 6x6 - Herculean in both size and in price. Among Rezvani's lineup for 2025 is the bespoke luxury and apocalypse-proof Vengeance.
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Automotive, Transport
Rezvani, Armored Cars, A
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Jan 28, 2025
Rezvani has made headlines in the past for the ... rampantly unsubtle vehicles it produces, like the Hercules 6x6 - Herculean in both size and in price. Among Rezvani's lineup for 2025 is the bespoke luxury and apocalypse-proof Vengeance.
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Automotive, Transport
Rezvani, Armored Cars, A
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Jan 28, 2025
Rezvani has made headlines in the past for the ... rampantly unsubtle vehicles it produces, like the Hercules 6x6 - Herculean in both size and in price. Among Rezvani's lineup for 2025 is the bespoke luxury and apocalypse-proof Vengeance.
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Automotive, Transport
Rezvani, Armored Cars, A
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Jan 28, 2025
If you wanna do some wrenching, cutting, measuring and screw-driving, you might want to check out the Ti EDC Wrench 2.0. It combines all of those functions and more in one CNC-machined titanium device.
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Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Multitools, Wre
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Jan 28, 2025
The Indian Thunderstroke V2, with its 49-degree cylinder angle, side bumpers, and rounded cooling fins, is widely considered one of the most iconic motorcycle engines ever made. But as is the case with most things, it's in with the new, and out with the old.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Indian Motorcycles, V-Twin, Twin-engine
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Jan 28, 2025
Budget e-mobility brand Engwe announced a new ebike series at CES 2025 earlier this month, stepping into premium build territory with the Mapfour commuter. The N1 Air and N1 Pro models have now been detailed, each built around a "high-grade carbon" frame.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes, Pedal-assisted, City
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Jan 28, 2025
Some more details on Saudi Arabia's transformative Neom gigaproject have been revealed, including its ambitious timeline and how people will actually go about living in its incredible futuristic city, the Line.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction, Neom, Saudi Arabia
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Jan 28, 2025
Eight years after Pebble wound down its beloved smartwatch business, the wearable is set to rise from the ashes and adorn your wrist in the near future.
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Wearables, Consumer Tech,
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Jan 28, 2025
Eureka's new flagship robo-cleaner goes to impressive lengths to look after itself, automating as much of its maintenance as possible so you don't need to. We've been living with this plucky robot for a few months now.
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Around The Home, Lifestyle
Reviews,
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Jan 28, 2025
The US AI giants got a wake-up call this week, when fledgling Chinese firm DeepSeek wiped a record-breaking trillion dollars off the value of heavyweights like Nvidia and OpenAI. The technology's gatekeepers are rattled - and they have good reason to be, as DeepSeek's model R1 shows how the costly existing roadmap is no longer the only way forward.
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AI & Humanoids, Technology
Monash University,
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Jan 28, 2025
It's not often you get two household names in one headline, but that's what happened at Mecum's annual collector automobile auction season kickstarter in Florida this week, with a who's who of motorsport stacking the provenance of the same car.
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Automotive, Transport
Auction, RM Auct
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Jan 28, 2025
A phase 3 clinical trial has shown that adding a targeted immunotherapy drug to chemotherapy dramatically improved - almost doubled - the cure rate for patients with the most common kind of breast cancer. The findings suggest adopting a new treatment paradigm for the disease.
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Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Breast cancer,
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Jan 27, 2025
Here's an interesting build we bet no one on this great green planet had on their 2025 automotive prediction sheet: a Land Cruiser-inspired tiny MPV turned camper that doesn't quite camp. It's the all-new CLS-Fox "Landcroomy" from Japanese tuning shop ESB, and while it's woefully ill-equipped for an all-out backcountry camping trip or overlanding expedition, it definitely exudes "road trip" vibes like few other 12-foot vehicles on road or trail.
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Automotive, Transport
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Jan 27, 2025
After 10 months of flight testing, Boom Supersonic has announced that it will make the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 prototype tomorrow at 7:45 am PST in the skies over the Mojave Desert in California. Here's how to watch.
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Aircraft, Transport
Boom, Supersonic, Flight Tests
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Jan 27, 2025
Augmented reality comes to deep-sea divers, thanks to the US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Coda Octopus's Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system. The setup turns any standard diving hard helmet into a digital information center.
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Marine, Transport
US Navy, Diving, Scuba, Underwater,
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Jan 27, 2025
We've already seen analog wristwatches that incorporate astronomical models, tell time via screws, and let you make Dick-Tracy-type phone calls. The Snake Watch still manages to stand out, however, as it comes with its own moving mechanical snake.
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Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Wristwatch,
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Jan 27, 2025
If you're in the dark about which flashlight to add to your EDC kit, the GR35 from Imalent has a lot going for it. Besides its claimed output of 2,800 lumens, this new model features a slim build that should slip easily into any pocket - and it comes with its own charging case that do
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Jan 27, 2025
Usually, whenever you spot a custom build with a sidecar, you'd expect it to be based around a Honda, BMW, Harley, or maybe even a Triumph. Revival Cycles definitely had a different plan with this crazy, neon-laden sidecarcross!
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Motorcycles, Transport
Ducati, Sidecar, Custom, Dirt Bikes,
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Jan 27, 2025
The beauty of an electric surfboard is that you don't need to be pulled behind a speedboat to have fun on the water. But learning can still be tough. Awake's RÄVIK Explore has launched "to open the thrill of electric surfing to everyone - no matter their skill level."
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Marine, Transport
Surfboard, electric surfboards, Sports
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Jan 27, 2025
In a quest to offer portability while maximizing floorspace, we've seen tiny houses that can pop out, expand upwards, and even take off their roof. However, this extraordinary towable dwelling takes the novel approach of inflating its upper floor to sleep up to six people.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tiny Footprint, Micro-House,
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Jan 27, 2025
China has achieved a major milestone in the quest for practical commercial fusion power. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei, Anhui Province has set a new record with a 1,066-second sustained fusion reaction.
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Energy, Technology
China, Nuclear Fusion, ITER
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Jan 27, 2025
We put a lot of trust in the authorities responsible for keeping our drinking water and food safe to consume, but at the end of the day, apart from setting up some kind of home testing laboratory, there's not a whole lot - beyond sight, smell and taste, or buying a water filter - we can do to help guarantee it. Well, until now.
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Consumer Tech, Technology
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Jan 27, 2025
Researchers have discovered how a particular protein affects the growth and spread of colon cancer in humans. The study not only improves our understanding of why this type of cancer can be aggressive in some people, but it also highlights a potential treatment target.
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Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Colorectal cancer,
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Jan 26, 2025
Some readers may remember Avvenire - a company that split from Canadian firm Daymak and launched its own three-wheel roadster back in 2023. Now, Avvenire is accepting pre-orders for its versatile 3-in-1 Combat ebike.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes, Snowmobiles
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Jan 26, 2025
A Singapore startup recently launched an electric mobility concept that looks like an unhappy marriage between an office chair and a mobility scooter. The Strutt ev1 sports a sensor array and smart algorithms that feed into a built-in drive-assist system.
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Urban Transport, Transport
Electric Vehicles, Prototype, Mobility,
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Jan 26, 2025
Brain-computer interfaces may allow paralyzed people to perform basic actions such as eating and typing, but … well, there's more to life than eating and typing. That's where an unprecedented new BCI comes in, as it has allowed a man to fly a virtual drone just by thinking of moving his fingers.
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Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
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Jan 26, 2025
You've probably heard that Salmonella is most commonly transmitted through food or water contaminated by the bacteria of the same name. A new study suggests that if you've got a pet dog, chances are you're susceptible to catching it from them, too.
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Jan 26, 2025
If you're into motorcycles, you've most likely heard about the likes of Nissin and Showa. They're two of the most well-known motorcycle parts manufacturers and, coincidentally, both of these companies come out of Japan. But only a select few among you would have heard of Hitachi Astemo - the parent group of both companies.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Braking, Engineeri
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Jan 25, 2025
"It's not the heat, it's the humidity." That adage applies indoors as well as out, which is where an experimental new material comes in. It absorbs humidity within rooms, reducing the need to run power-hungry ventilation systems.
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Materials, Science
ETH Zurich, Humidity,
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Jan 25, 2025
James Bruton is a serial crazy-contraption inventor, from a Lego longboard to a self-balancing mecanum-wheeled "Screw bike." Now he's done it again with might be the most bizarre, big-red-balled self-balancing electric bike with five motors to power it.
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Automotive, Transport
Self-balancing, I
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Jan 25, 2025
James Bruton is a serial crazy-contraption inventor, from a Lego longboard to a self-balancing mecanum-wheeled "Screw bike." Now he's done it again with might be the most bizarre, big-red-balled self-balancing electric bike with five motors to power it.
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Automotive, Transport
Self-balancing, I
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Jan 25, 2025
Imagine a long, dank pre-dawn to post-dusk day of crawling up an exposed mountainside, trudging through snow and slop, and battling relentless horizontal sleet and snow head-on. If you still have your wits about you by the end of the journey, all you'll want to do is replenish the thousands upon thousands of calories lost on the path behind you. But that same fierce wind and precip keep snuffing the flame on your backpacking stove. A hungry night of tossing and turning awaits.
Conti
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Jan 25, 2025
When someone has suffered a stroke, the resulting partial paralysis and/or loss of strength often leaves them with a poor sense of balance. A new rehabilitative platform could help in the recovery process, by objectively assessing what's known as their "center of pressure."
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Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
University of the Basque
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Jan 25, 2025
KTM has a new toy for people who like to play in the dirt. The 390 SMC R is built for supermoto action on asphalt and dusty trails, with a ripping compact engine and a lightweight body even novices can get rowdy with.
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Motorcycles, Transport
KTM,
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Jan 25, 2025
Despite a wave of doubters, the electric vehicle revolution is still going strong. Per the latest report by Cox Automotive, 2025 will be the strongest year for the auto industry since before the pandemic.
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Automotive, Transport
Electric Vehicles, Tesla Motors, stellantis,
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Jan 25, 2025
Indra Group has taken multitasking to the next level, signing an agreement with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS that has the company providing air traffic control for 23 Norwegian airports from one central location in Bodø, Norway.
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Aircraft, Transport
Air Traffic Control, Norway
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Jan 25, 2025
Dutch company U-Boat Worx first proposed adding a new flagship undersea explorer to its range back in 2021. The design got a speed boost the following year, and now the first production Super Sub has been revealed.
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Marine, Transport
U-Boat Worx, Submarine, Luxury,
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Jan 24, 2025
A year after turning the Ford Tourneo Custom into the "most flexible vehicle in the world," Germany's Vanexxt has done the same with the Volkswagen Caravelle. It's the very first camper package we've seen for the all-new Transporter/Caravelle, making its debut just a few months after the van's world premiere. The Vanexxt Caravelle further stands out for a pieced-out modular build that transforms it from van life chariot to seven-seat family MPV in a matter of minutes.
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Jan 24, 2025
BMW Motorrad has an impressively wide range of offerings in its stable. From the single-cylinder 310cc G 310 GS to the mammoth 1,802cc R18, there's a bike in there for every kind of buyer … and every kind of market, too.
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Motorcycles, Transport
BMW, BMW Motorrad, KTM,
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Jan 24, 2025
Online multiplayer cycling platforms can be a lot of fun, but that fun is definitely diminished if you can't keep up with the other riders. That's where the Smash Your Fitness system comes in, as it prioritizes cycling skill over muscle strength.
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Bicycles, Transport
Fitness, Cycling,
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Jan 24, 2025
Electric-bike brand Heybike has launched a competitively priced adventure ebike. The Alpha sports chunky fat tires for city riding and beyond, terrain-soaking adjustable front squish and a mid-mount motor with torque sensor.
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Bicycles, Transport
ebikes, Off-road, Pedal-assisted, CES 2025
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Jan 24, 2025
Ammonia has enormous potential as a fuel of the future, but most current production methods make it a dirty source of energy. Yet a new method from MIT that would derive the compound using the Earth's rocks and natural heat cleans it up considerably.
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Energy, Technology
Ammonia, Clean Energy, MIT,
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Jan 24, 2025
The struggle is very real for folks learning to play piano, so much so that many abandon study when faced with painfully slow progress. Music tech company Roli is offering new hope with the introduction of the Roli Piano with integrated generative AI coaching.
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Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Piano, Learning,
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Jan 24, 2025
If you're one of the 13% of American adults who has taken a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, you may know that while fat seemingly melts away, so too does muscle. And if you're not one for weights, or have other conditions preventing a new training regimen, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.
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Jan 24, 2025
A breakthrough new AI model is able to detect the presence of different lung diseases from ultrasound videos, with 96.57% accuracy, and it is even able to distinguish whether the abnormalities are due to pneumonia, COVID-19 or other conditions.
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AI in Health, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Personalized Medicine,
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Jan 24, 2025
A coughing, sneezing, 3D-printed model of the human nose and upper airway has provided researchers with a better understanding of how airborne infections are transmitted. The knowledge will aid in developing effective ways of reducing that spread.
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Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Airborne, Infections,
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Jan 24, 2025
A coughing, sneezing, 3D-printed model of the human nose and upper airway has provided researchers with a better understanding of how airborne infections are transmitted. The knowledge will aid in developing effective ways of reducing that spread.
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Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Airborne, Infections,
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Jan 23, 2025
Hobby's Beachy RV lineup has been recapturing the surfy, sun-soaked coastal vibes on which the original Volkswagen T2 camper vans built their long, storied history of global adoration. In fact, we'd say Beachy caravans and camper vans better encapsulate those vibes than anything Volkswagen has made in years. The newest Beachy 420 adds even more verve to the family, using a multifunctional floor plan with false walls to adjust interior space around the changing needs of each day.
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Jan 23, 2025
Hobby's Beachy RV lineup has been recapturing the surfy, sun-soaked coastal vibes on which the original Volkswagen T2 camper vans built their long, storied history of global adoration. In fact, we'd say Beachy caravans and camper vans better encapsulate those vibes than anything Volkswagen has made in years. The newest Beachy 420 adds even more verve to the family, using a multifunctional floor plan with false walls to adjust interior space around the changing needs of each day.
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Jan 23, 2025
Starlink isn't the only American company trying to offer direct-to-cell satellite connectivity. AST SpaceMobile has been working at it for years. In fact, AST was the very first company in the world to "phone home" from space. Now it's looking to provide 100% coverage of the US through a partnership with AT&T and Verizon before going global.
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Telecommunications, Technology
Satellite,
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Jan 23, 2025
Cafe racers are a work of art. These motorcycles originated in Britain in the early 1960s as modified sports production models. Since then, they've become a mainstay in the stable of most manufacturers … except Honda. That may soon change, however, as the Japanese giant recently filed real photographs of a prototype cafe racer.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Honda Motorcycles,
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Jan 23, 2025
Your GoPro may be all very well and good, but can it shoot in two directions at once? The Soocoo S50 can, allowing it to serve as a cycling actioncam, rearview camera, and accident-recording dashcam.
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Bicycles, Transport
Actioncam, Video Cameras, Cycling, Kickstarter
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Jan 23, 2025
The electric mobility specialists at Tomofree have launched on Kickstarter to fund production of a "sleek, dynamic marvel" called the BEE Electric Scooter. The sit/stand e-scoot can get up to 31 mph, features dual suspension and rolls for 28 miles per charge.
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Urban Transport, Transport
Scooter, Electric Vehicles, Kickstarter
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Jan 23, 2025
Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a revolutionary new version made by NASA and Goodyear. The mesh cage design can take a beating and roll right on.
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Materials, Science
NASA, Goodyear, Space exploration,
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Jan 23, 2025
The latest gadget that fuses biotechnology and wellness is about to hit the shelves, in form of a pair of US$139 brainwave-synching earbuds that uses your own body's data to shape your quality of sleep. Whether it's a peaceful night's sleep or helping you to nap when you want, where you want, they could be a game-changer for anyone who has trouble getting enough shut-eye naturally.
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Consumer Tech,
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Jan 23, 2025
New details have been revealed on what is arguably Saudi Arabia's most ambitious current architecture project: the world's new tallest skyscraper, which will rise to an incredible height of over 1 km (0.62 miles) in the Red Sea port city Jeddah.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Building and Construction
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Jan 23, 2025
In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine polar scientists after 14 months isolated at a remote station in Antarctica. The data revealed striking structural brain changes, with a number of crucial regions actually shrinking during their time spent alone at the distant outpost.
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Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
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Jan 23, 2025
If you were the sort of kid who got an expensive Christmas present and spent the whole day playing with the box it came in, the Swiss clockmaker L'Epée 1839 has your dream package - and it doesn't even have anything in it, yet costs US$12,000.
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Lifestyle
Watches, Luxury
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Jan 22, 2025
As 3D-printed architecture continues to mature from niche proposition to disruptive technology, housing developments are beginning to roll out worldwide. Following pioneering projects like Wolf Ranch and the Community First! Village in the US comes another in Ireland, which was printed in impressive time.
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Architecture, Li
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Jan 22, 2025
More than just a world-renowned manufacturer of reliable cars, Honda declares itself the world's largest engine manufacturer. Yet, despite a deep, seven-decade history of building engines for everything from small lawn tools to aircraft, the marque has long been just as well-known for a common engine it didn't build: the V8. That all changed a year ago when Honda put its
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Jan 22, 2025
More than just a world-renowned manufacturer of reliable cars, Honda declares itself the world's largest engine manufacturer. Yet, despite a deep, seven-decade history of building engines for everything from small lawn tools to aircraft, the marque has long been just as well-known for a common engine it didn't build: the V8. That all changed a year ago when Honda put its
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Jan 22, 2025
As science wrestles with the thorny job of proving, defining and understanding human consciousness, one pioneering startup aims to apply cutting-edge theories of consciousness to AI models - and create the first sentient AI. This is wild stuff.
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AI & Humanoids, Technology
Consciousness,
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Jan 22, 2025
Benda had one of the most promising stalls at last year's EICMA, with its 250cc NapoleonBob bobber hailed as one of the biggest attractions. I covered its outlandish inline-four naked LFS 700 a while back too - the company has a seriously wide range of bikes on offer.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Benda, China,
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Jan 22, 2025
Titaner's new Mix 3.0 ain't your average ruler. The clever dual-scale device boasts attributes such as an extendable measurement system, a measuring caliper, a magnetically retained pen, and a slide rule for performing calculations.
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Outdoors, Lifestyle
Multitools, Titanium, Kickstarter
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Jan 22, 2025
Abu Dhabi will soon be home to a 5.2-GW solar farm - snagging the top spo
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Jan 22, 2025
There are large tiny houses and then there's the Dogwood. This enormous residence makes a mockery of the word tiny and is easily the biggest small dwelling we've seen to date, with a floorspace of 750 sq ft (almost 70 sq m).
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
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Jan 22, 2025
There are large tiny houses and then there's the Dogwood. This enormous residence makes a mockery of the word tiny and is easily the biggest small dwelling we've seen to date, with a floorspace of 750 sq ft (almost 70 sq m).
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
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Jan 22, 2025
Though best known for its music gear, Korg scratched its way into new territory last year with a tribute to the Handy Trax portable turntable. Now the company has added more flavors to its Handytraxx family, to meet the demands of DJs, rippers and audiophiles.
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Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Korg, NAMM,
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Jan 21, 2025
Researchers have discovered that proteins found in oyster blood have bacteria-killing properties and can boost the effectiveness of some common antibiotics whose use has been negatively affected by the global rise in drug resistance.
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Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
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Jan 21, 2025
One of the most buzzworthy new automaker camper vans of 2024 is getting even better in 2025. Ford has debuted a new long-wheelbase variant of its small, efficient Nugget camper van, and this one packs a fully installed toilet ... as well as the kitchen sink. The new indoor toilet room joins existing Nugget features like a multi-room design, PHEV powertrain and all-wheel drive to make the new Nugget family better than ever before, more than capable of giving the new VW California a run for its money.
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Automotive,
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Jan 21, 2025
For a few years now, New Atlas has picked some of its favorite pictures from the grueling, multi-thousand-mile desert race called the Dakar Rally. Dozens of professional photographers from around the world compete to take the most iconic and most amazing desert images from this most amazing and most iconic desert competition.
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Jan 21, 2025
For a few years now, New Atlas has picked some of its favorite pictures from the grueling, multi-thousand-mile desert race called the Dakar Rally. Dozens of professional photographers from around the world compete to take the most iconic and most amazing desert images from this most amazing and most iconic desert competition.
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Jan 21, 2025
Beijing-based architecture firm Aedas has unveiled its design for the Yohoo Museum, which will be located on an artificial island in Hangzhou, China. Designed to embody the flow of the Yangtze River, the museum will feature an undulating facade that will appear to float above the ground, setting it apart as a cultural landmark.
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Architecture, Lifestyle
Museum,
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Jan 21, 2025
There are wireless computer mice, touchpads, TV remotes, and laser pointers … and then there's the Xring D13. It combines all of those tools in one wireless device, which could be yours for US$109.
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Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
Mouse,
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Jan 21, 2025
If you like to scribble thoughts on paper but are looking for something less wasteful and more modern, an e-note can be a great option. BOOX has just launched its 13.3-inch Note Max, an ePaper tablet featuring E Ink Carta 1300 for sharp visuals.
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Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
E-Ink,
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Jan 21, 2025
After raising more than $10 million in crowdfunded cash last year, Valerion has announced the official consumer launch of its VisionMaster Pro 2 triple-laser long-throw smart projector - with Google TV loaded in for streaming entertainment.
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Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
4K UHD, Laser,
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Jan 21, 2025
The TinyPlex is an unusually large towable dwelling. It consists of not just one but two homes, each of which measures 200 sq ft (18.6 sq m) and has an open and light-filled layout that sleeps up to two people.
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Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Building and Construction,
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Jan 21, 2025
If you want to understand the cataclysmic impact generative AI is about to have on the film industry, this one short video should make it very clear. Only one shot is 'real' - and that includes the 'behind-the-scenes footage.'
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AI & Humanoids, Technology
Creative AI, AI Art and Music,
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Jan 21, 2025
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor.
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Space, Science
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Nuclear Rocket, Fuel, Rocket
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Jan 20, 2025
Electric motorcycles have gotten wild in recent times. We've seen some whacky concepts … from a transparent electric motorcycle that looks like a Nintendo console to a folding electric motorcycle. Now, the India-based TVS motor has whipped up a rather funky cube-inspired electric scooter concept.
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Motorcycles, Transport
Scooter, TVS Motor, Electric Motorcycles,
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Jan 20, 2025
It was two years ago that we first heard about the HydroBlade, a unique electric hydrofoil (e-foil) board that sports a set of handlebars. Well, its designers are now accepting preorders for the just-revealed production model, which should ship later this year.
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Marine, Transport
eFoil, Watercraft,
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