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Even on busy rail networks, the gap between lines can spend much of its time doing little but face skyward, so why not put that space to good use? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is looking to do just that by installing solar panels in between railway tracks.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Railways, Solar Power, Removable, Modular, Clean Energy, Photovoltaic

The dynamic way different-shaped snowflakes perform distinct 'dances' within clouds has been found to hugely influence how much precipitation forms and is likely to fall to Earth. The discovery of this unique cloud choreography has the potential to guide more accurate forecasting of weather events, especially rainfall and snow.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: University of Reading, Climate, Rain, Weather, nature

Imagine being horribly maimed and the only way to survive was to merge your damaged flesh with another injured human. Scientists have discovered this startling ability in comb jellies, which can fuse together to share a nervous and digestive system.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Animal science, Animals, jellyfish, Marine Biology, Cells, Regenerative

Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive, human-like robotic ‘finger’ capable of safely performing routine physical examinations like a medical doctor would. They say the ‘robodoctor’ could be seen in medical clinics soon.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Soft Robotics, medical-robotics, University of Science and Technology of China

Nintendo has finally announced its latest piece of hardware – but it’s not the highly anticipated Switch 2. Instead, the relentlessly playful company has unveiled the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that not only wakes you up with classic game sounds but uses motion sensors to track your sleep.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Nintendo, Clock, Alarm Clock, mario bros., The...

It's been 10 long years since Yamaha debuted the MT-09 (FZ-09), a super-accessible, affordable hooligan bike with an 847-cc triple motor full of concentrated fun exactly where street riders need it. Now, there's finally a fully-faired R9 sportsbike.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Yamaha, Motorcycle, Sportsbikes

Motorized carts like the e-Wagon can definitely help you haul heavy loads, but what if the cart itself is a bit heftier than you'd like? Well, you can always just buy a lighter and less costly model … such as the e-Wagon Air.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Kickstarter, Camping, Cart

It's always best if farmers can detect drought stress before crop plants become wilted, weakened and lower-yielding. An experimental new portable device could help in that regard, as it uses ultrasound to spot such stress in its earliest stages.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Agriculture, Plants, Crops, Kaunas University of Technology, Ultrasound, Water

Though its recently completed Cercaux tiny house only has a length of 20 ft (6 m), Modern Tiny Living has ensured it punches above its weight thanks to a storage-packed interior containing a flexible "Swiss Army Knife" living room.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Though many head into the wild to recharge their batteries with the sights and sounds of nature, there are those who need to be entertained. Smart projector maker JMGO has launched a portable HD projector that can be slipped into the bottle pouch of your backpack to take movie nights to camp.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Portable, Projectors, Streaming, HD, Pico projector

Surgical stitches are good for helping wounds heal, but they can pop open with too much movement. Scientists in China have now turned that weakness into a strength, developing stitches that generate an electric charge when stretched and heal wounds faster.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Smart bandage, Wound, wound-healing, Skin, China, Electrical, Electric, Infections

An underreported regulation being proposed in the United States could have a sweeping impact on car drivers in the country, and possibly other parts of the West. But the people feeling its immediate sting will be American motorcyclists.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: BYD, China, Self driving cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Governments, Law, Manufacturing, Electronic, Security, Cybersecurity

On the road, the Duo X adventure trailer from South Africa's Invader looks like the latest ridiculously rugged squaredrop trailer to roll out of the Southern Hemisphere. And that's not entirely wrong, as it is a small, lightweight two-person towable meant to shadow a lifted ute over the most unwelcoming heights and depths of Earth's flesh. But instead of sleeping those two weary adventurers...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has demonstrated its fan-in-wing vertical lift system.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: aurora, Boeing, DARPA, VTOL, Sprint

A new study has found that, whether you do it at 35 or 75, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life. The findings go to prove that you’re never too old to reap the benefits of stopping smoking.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Smoking, quit-smoking, life-expectancy, University of Michigan

Infuse spirits and cocktails like a professional mixologist with this handy little device, a first-of-its kind gadget that makes adding complex flavors to drinks – and food – far simpler than existing methods. And a damn sight cheaper, too – at US$49 as a special launch price.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Gadgets, Entertainment, Whiskey, Smoke, Kickstarter

Taking a pill is the easiest, least invasive way to take medicine, but unfortunately, not all drugs work that way. Now, Stanford scientists have found “an embarrassingly simple solution” that could make almost any drug molecule effective in oral pill form, testing it in mice with chemotherapy drugs that are normally administered through IV infusion.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Drug,...

Hoarding disorder is debilitating, and current treatments aren’t that effective. A new study found that modifying distressing mental images into more positive ones was an effective way of motivating people with the condition to discard their unneeded objects.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: psychiatry, mental health, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, University of New South Wales

Data from NASA's Curiosity rover collected on Mars is shedding new light on how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past due to a changing climate that caused the surface water to evaporate or be locked away as ice.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Curiosity Rover, NASA, Mars

Here's an early look at one of the future's cheapest electric vehicles. Renault officially kicks off the Twingo's next generation with an all-electric prototype debuting at next week's 2024 Paris Motor Show. The endearing little hatchback features a revamped design that smashes together the past and present into an optimistic mini-hatch with a digital twist (and swing and tango, too).Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Renault,...

Tiny homes don't often have a full suite of smart gadgets, but Massimo Modular rings in all the bells and whistles with the futuristic, nearly completely see-through, tiny E9 smart home.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Smart Home, Off-grid, Tiny Footprint, Eco-Friendly

While battery-electric ferry boats may be more eco-friendly and require less maintenance than their diesel-burning counterparts, they're still not perfect. That's why scientists are now looking into powering small ferries using nothing but compressed air.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Compressed Air, Electric Boats

Ebikes designed for commuting are often rather heavy, dumpy-looking things with no real sense of "fun." Specialized is apparently out to change that, with its just-announced line of carbon-fiber-framed Turbo Vado SL 2 Carbon city bikes.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Specialized Bikes, Cycling, Carbon Fiber

Learning to play piano is a hard slog, and many people – myself included – tend to start well, and then lose momentum before giving up entirely. Roli is hoping to keeping students engaged with a gesture-tracking AI teacher called the Airwave.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: ROLI, Learning, Tracking, MIDI, Keyboard, Piano, Artificial Intelligence, Digital music, Gestures