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While a number of groups are developing thought-controlled prosthetic hands, most of the devices require electrodes or other relatively fiddly electronics to be implanted in the amputee's body. Such is not the case with a new system, however, which works with tiny inert implanted magnets.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Prosthesis, Thought-control, Hand

It's always difficult for designers to work with the limited room available in a tiny house, but French firms have it even tougher due to the country's strict towing laws requiring very small and light homes. With its recent Cosmos model, Plume approached this challenge with a space-saving interior layout that adds a useful netted upstairs area.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction,...

Marlboro & Kane from London has a thing for shrinking tools down to the smallest size possible while still making them functional. The company's latest mini marvel lets you have a pen – and a bit more functionality – always at hand.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Multitools, Writing, Everyday Carry, Crowdsource, Kickstarter

Implanting a pouch of stem-cell-derived pancreas cells under the skin of type 1 diabetics has enabled them to live without insulin injections for years and maintain non-diabetic blood sugar levels, according to the results of a clinical trial. It’s a big step towards a functional cure for the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Transplant, Stem Cells

This unique blended-wing airliner promises not only to reduce fuel burn and emissions by an enormous 50% - but thanks to a new partnership, it could also be the best chance we've seen to deliver proper long-range, zero emissions air travel.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: easyJet, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Aviation, Hydrogen-powered

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might even mean there’s no Planet Nine after all.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astronomy, Stars, Planet, Planet 9, Neptune, Solar System, Moon, Leiden University

It's a competitive field when it comes to robot mowers, but this one may be a cut above most, with a pleasing price point, supreme weather detection, lawn mapping and a host of other features that mean you won't have to keep watch over it as it goes about its work.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Kickstarter, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Mower, Smart Home

MIT scientists have coaxed atoms into an exotic “edge state” for the first time, allowing them to flow completely friction-free. The breakthrough could lead to better superconductor materials.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Particle physics, Electron Microscopes, Electrons, Atoms, MIT, superconductor

Having completed its first day in orbit, the Polaris Dawn mission is preparing to make the first private spacewalk in history. Two astronauts are scheduled to exit the Dragon spacecraft Resilience at 2:23 am EDT and here's how to watch.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: SpaceX, Space Tourism, Dragon

If you live on an acreage, there's a constant risk that your home may be consumed by a brush fire. That's where the Blaze Barrier comes in, as it forms a flame-activated fire-retardant boundary line around the user's house.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Fire Extinguishers, Kickstarter, Wildfires

Operating a tandem pedal boat with a friend can be a lot of fun, although it can also be a lot of work. That's where the Otter Bike boat comes in, as it uses two 500-watt motors and a pedal-by-wire system to make things a whole lot quicker and easier.Continue Reading

Your smartphone may shoot great photos and videos, but it's still much more awkward to use than an actual camera. The Snappy is one of the latest gadgets to address that problem, as it brings camera-like functionality (including a shot-stabilizing gimbal) to your phone.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, TechnologyTags: smartphones, Kickstarter

The first statistically significant results are in: not only can Large Language Model (LLM) AIs generate new expert-level scientific research ideas, but their ideas are more original and exciting than the best of ours – as judged by human experts.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: LLM (Large Language Model), Artificial Intelligence, Research, Future, GPT, Anthropic, Open AI

Though the flexibility of a tiny house appeals to a lot of people, not everyone is cut out for extreme downsizing. However, this latest model by Mint Tiny House Company offers life on wheels with a surprisingly spacious apartment-like layout that sleeps up to six people.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Chinese manufacturer CFMoto thinks motoryclists should buckle up. The company has recently applied for a patent for a seat belt setup that holds riders in their seat under hard braking, or in a frontal crash.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: CFMoto, Motorcycle, Road Safety, Safety, Braking

Researchers say they've built and tested a 'structural battery' that packs a device or EV's chassis with energy, saving a ton of weight. It could unlock smartphones as thin as credit cards, laptops at half the weight and a 70% boost to EV range.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Carbon Fiber, Carbon+Fibre, Battery, Battery+Electric+Vehicle, Battery Technology

Piasecki Aircraft's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Tiltrotor, drones, Aircraft, Flight, Flight Tests

Clinical trials of a new, once-a-week insulin have shown that it controls blood sugar as well as daily injections of an existing long-acting insulin in type 1 and type 2 diabetics. This means that some diabetics may soon not need to inject themselves as often.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Insulin

In the first study of its kind, excess abdominal fat has been associated with chronic pain, but the good news is that losing weight that can reduce waistlines could help relieve widespread musculoskeletal conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Monash University, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia, Obesity, Chronic, Pain, Fat cells

Some of the most important landmarks in world history sold at Christie's New York auction of the Paul G Allen Collection today, many of them smashing auction records, while some lots inexplicably sold well below existing market value.Continue ReadingCategory: Collectibles, LifestyleTags: Memorabilia, History, Auction

It’s that time of the console generation again, when the big players start refreshing their hardware for graphics boosts of arguable importance. Right on time, Sony has unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro, with better buzzwords than last time at an absolutely eye-watering price.Continue ReadingCategory: Games, TechnologyTags: Sony, Playstation 5, Playstation, Games, Game, Gaming, Console

Suppose you want to change the color of your rental apartment's walls, but you don't want to bother repainting them back to their original color before you move out. That's where Unpaint comes in, as it's an interior paint that can simply be peeled off as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Paint, Home

Described as probably the smallest apartment in the world, the Cabanon is indeed extraordinarily tiny, measuring just 6.89 sq m (74 sq ft). However, thanks to its clever layout and folding furniture, it's more fully featured than you might expect and even squeezes in a bath and spa area.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, Micro apartment

A common childhood epilepsy drug has the potential to change the lives of millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea, as a human trial has delivered surprising results in reducing symptoms and improving daytime alertness.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: University of Gothenburg, Sleeping, Sleep monitors, Snoring, Sleep, Epilepsy