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Color E Ink has been in the wild for a few years now, and we've featured a number of reading and note-taking devices that use it. But Amazon's popular Kindle range has so far stuck with shades of gray. That's changed overnight with the launch of the Kindle Colorsoft.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: E-Ink, Amazon, Kindle, Color

If a medical professional has ever had a hard time getting a needle into your veins, you'll welcome this new gizmo from Adison Technology. By effectively turning your skin transparent, it makes needle sticks more accurate and therefore less painful.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Blood, Emergency, Medical Imaging, Taiwan Innotech Expo 2024

As the Line gigaproject continues to grow in the Saudi desert, some new construction details have been announced that highlight the mind-boggling challenge of turning a huge tract of rugged landscape into a futuristic megacity, including its reported use of one fifth of the entire world's currently available steel.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Neom, Saudi Arabia, Building and Construction

An insulin that switches itself on and off in response to blood glucose levels has proven successful in lowering the risk of dangerously low glucose levels, or hypos, in animals. According to researchers, the drug holds great promise for the tens of millions of insulin-requiring diabetics worldwide.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Diabetes, Insulin, hypoglycemia, blood-glucose

Slow Wi-Fi is a modern bugbear for many people, but thankfully we might soon be cranking those speeds up. Scientists at University College London (UCL) have set a new world record in wireless data transmission speeds, sending a blistering 938 Gigabits per second (Gbps) over the air through a combo of radio and light technology.Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: Wireless, Data, Transmission, University College London,...

The Toyota Research Institute has been doing some incredible work teaching robots to rapidly learn and perform tasks autonomously – now, it's bringing its Large Behavior Model tech to the extraordinary Atlas humanoid in partnership with Boston Dynamics.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags: Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Boston Dynamics, Toyota Research Institute, LLM (Large Language Model)

A tiny chip with a unique surface can accurately detect the blood biomarkers of a heart attack within minutes, a fraction of the time taken by current methods, even if they’re at very low concentrations. The researchers behind the device see it being used as an at-home diagnostic tool.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Biomarkers, Heart attack, Chip, metasurface, Johns Hopkins University

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Aircraft, Lockheed Martin, US Air Force, Autonomous flight

Following a concept world premiere in 2022 and a track demo at Le Mans a couple months ago, the Alpine Alpenglow is back, this time serving as a spectacular highlight of the 2024 Paris Motor Show. Alpine has equipped the latest Alpenglow with an all-new "Hy6" twin-turbo V6 engine developed from the ground up to run on hydrogen. The Hy6 doubles the power of...

My family spent a week with the Taxa Outdoors Woolly Bear Overland camp trailer, and we loved it. Camp trailers like this are an off-road-ready camping option with a lot of storage, organization, and other useful features.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Camping, overland expo west 2024, Taxa, trailers, Reviews

Vibration-absorbing, sound-damping materials such as sheets of rubber and expanded foam tend to be thick, bulky and soft. A new material is a big exception to that tendency, however, as it absorbs vibrations while staying stiff and thin.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: ETH Zurich, Sound, vibration, Glass

The last time we checked in at Serve Robotics, the Uber-backed company had partnered with Alphabet's Wing for a robot-to-drone delivery service in Dallas. That was with Serve's Gen2 bot, but a faster, smarter and more robust model has just launched.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Delivery robots, Robots, Cargo

In what it calls "the world's first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors," Google has taken another step toward its goal of achieving net-zero emissions from its operational chain by 2030.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Nuclear, Power, Reactors, US Department of Energy, Data Center, Google

MAD Architects has completed work on an amazing new residential building. Located in Colorado, it draws inspiration from the surrounding landscape and is defined by a facade that's cracked open to reveal a "Canyon" area that lets residents take a stroll along a mountain trail.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: MAD Architects, Building and Construction, Building Facades, High-rise, Residential towers

Battery tech firm ProLogium has taken the wraps off its 100% silicon composite anode battery. Highlighting its potential for use in EVs at the ongoing Paris Motor Show, the Taiwanese company claimed a major leap in energy density and charging efficiency, promising 186 miles (300 km) of range from a five-minute charge.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Battery, Battery+Electric+Vehicle, Battery Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology

Though streaming accounts for much of our music consumption these days, vinyl records have been rising in popularity over the last few years. If you want your latest purchase to stand out while playing, then why not have it stand up on the Fuse Audio GLD vertical turntable?Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Turntables, Vinyl, Records

In a much-needed update to 2003 data on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has found that an estimated 15.5 million US adults are living with the condition – and many are being let down by poor access to treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: CDC, ADHD, mental health, Medication, FDA, Drug

The prospect of virtually unlimited clean geothermal power is now substantially brighter. EPFL’s Laboratory of Experimental Rock Mechanics (LEMR) has shown that the semi-plastic, gooey rock at supercritical depths can still be fractured to let water through.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: EPFL, Geothermal, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy

By obtaining high-resolution images of Alzheimer’s disease-affected brain cells as the condition progresses, researchers have identified the specific neurons that are damaged. The information the ‘cell atlas’ provides highlights potential new treatment targets.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Alzheimer's disease, neurons, Treatment, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Two great minds in permanent-magnet-free motor design are fusing their know-how to create an even more capable inductive electric motor. Mahle and Valeo have teamed up to introduce what they call the Inner Brushless Electrical Excitation (iBEE) system, a form of e-machine that eliminates the need for sensitive rare earths, promises powerful performance and sends lifecycle carbon emissions right off a tall, steep cliff.Continue...

A new review has highlighted how skin tone can affect the safety and effectiveness of some medications and why the current way we run clinical drug trials needs to change to include more historically underrepresented populations.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Skin, diversity, clinical trials, UC Riverside

Once you've ridden a bicycle with a bell, shouting out warnings to pedestrians seems very loudmouthed and ineffective. Well, the Runbell 3.0 gives runners a finger-worn bell, so they don't have to yell at people either.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Running, Warning, Kickstarter

Nothing about the Tesla Cybertruck (or the pickup campers built for it) has made it look like a particularly inviting camping vehicle. After famously awful first impressions, Elon's tent debacle didn't help. It seems like we'll have to wait for trailer builders to step outside the pickup box (prism) for a better Cyber-camping experience. Living Vehicle's Cybertrailer, for example, looks like a downright pleasant...

Although best known for its bikes, Yamaha is working on a rather gorgeous-looking electric sports coupe with Caterham EVo. The concept debuted last year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and promises 268 horses for its impressively low curb weight.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Yamaha, Caterham, Concept Vehicle, Sports Cars, Automotive