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If there’s one thing wars are good at, it’s turning buildings into rubble. But this mobile manufacturing machine does the reverse, turning rubble from destroyed buildings into bricks – bricks which can be stacked and joined together Lego-style to form mortarless structures. After years of development, the first mobile brick factory is on its way to Ukraine to help rebuild housing and infrastructure.Continue ReadingCategory:...

This extraordinary active pillow is designed to detect snoring and actually do something about it – repositioning your head until you breathe easier, without waking you up. Yes, we've officially entered the age of the AI pillow.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Kickstarter, Sleep monitors, Sleep, Snoring, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Home

Elon Musk's ambitious eye implants that "ultimately may exceed normal human vision" are unlikely to reach this lofty benchmark, according to scientists who have used 'virtual patients' to expose the limitations of this innovative technology. Because even the greatest engineering is no match for human neurophysiology in restoring sight.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: University of Washington, Elon Musk, Neuralink, Artificial Intelligence, Vision, Sight

The US Army is pushing for full deployment of its first hypersonic missiles, with its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery taking part in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada along with forces from the Five Eyes alliance.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Army, Hypersonic, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman

Travellers could be making all-electric airline flights as soon as 2028. That's when Heart Aerospace's well-funded hybrid-drive ES-30 is planned to enter service, with a projected battery range of 200 km (124 miles) – or much farther in hybrid mode.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Electric Aircraft, Environmentally-friendly, Travel, Hybrid

ViewSonic is aiming for your home cinema or games room with what's billed as the "world's first ceiling-mounted home projector with RGB laser technology." The LX700-4K RGB can output 5,200 RGB laser lumens and throw color-rich visuals up to 300 inches.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags: Viewsonic, 4K UHD, Projectors, Laser TV, Gaming, home theater

MAN Truck & Bus has demonstrated a megawatt charging prototype developed by the Technical University of Munich that pushed out more than 1,000 kilowatts. The 40-tonne eTruck received enough charge in 30 minutes for almost 250 miles of hauling.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: MAN, Technical University Munich, Electric truck, EV Charging

"We can feed black soldier flies straight, dirty trash," says a team that's working to turn insects into landfill-clearing biomanufacturing machines that turn regular, dangerous or contaminated garbage into a range of high-value products.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Macquarie University, Insect, Genetic engineering, Climate Solutions: Landfills, Waste

Scientists in Japan have developed a new method for breaking down toxic “forever chemicals” quickly and at room temperature. The technique broke down 100% of certain types of these pollutants overnight, recovering some useful components for reuse.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Pollution, Chemicals, Chemistry, Health, toxic, Japan, Nanocrystals

A type 1 diabetic dad is 1.8 times more likely to pass the condition on to his kids than a type 1 diabetic mom, who, research suggests, confers long-term protection against it. The findings open the door to developing new ways of preventing type 1 diabetes.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Diabetes, Parenting, Cardiff University, University of Exeter

We know diet and lifestyle play a huge role in the onset of diseases and the management of many medical conditions, but for a lot of us, making long-term changes is easier said than done. But researchers have now demonstrated that eating a plant-based diet for just two months has a significant, meaningful impact on our biological age, which is one of the key...

Star Catcher Industries has secured US$12.25 million in seed funding for its ambitious plan to build the world’s first “space-based energy grid.” A network of satellites would gather energy from the Sun and beam it at higher concentrations to other satellites in orbit.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Satellite, Solar Power, Solar Powered, Concentrating Solar Power, Concentrated Solar Power, Orbit, Astronomy

A single injection of a new, off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis significantly improved pain and function for up to 12 months in 75% of participants involved in a clinical trial. The treatment also has the potential to halt the disease’s progression.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Osteoarthritis, Stem Cells, Arthritis

A new set of 'powered pants' can boost your leg strength as much as 40%, or make you feel around 30 lb (14 kg) lighter, according to Google X Labs spinout Skip. This 'mountain goat' exoskeleton aims to eliminate physical barriers to outdoor hiking.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Mobility, Fashion, Alphabet, wearable electronics, Exoskeleton

Sometimes a bicycle commuter needs a big, old basket for carrying groceries or other everyday sundries. Sometimes a big, old basket is the last thing he or she needs. Sure, you'll find plenty of bikes with modular basket solutions, but what if you don't realize you need one until you're wobbling around with shopping bags hanging off each handlebar end? The new Allpacka One...

This year marks the 15th year of the Urban Photo Awards, a worldwide competition that celebrates the world around us and encourages us to look at the built environment and its inhabitants in a new way. With professional and amateur snappers vying for the main prize, judged in October, we have a look at some of the outstanding finalists that have been chosen from...

Few Class A motorhomes make us want to live indefinitely on the road, but Niesmann+Bischoff has mastered the art of making several of those select few. It doesn't build the largest or most expensive motorhomes out there, but we'd argue it makes some of the nicest. The all-new Arto is the latest, debuting with smart, multipurpose spaces and furnishings, upmarket, yacht-like fittings and trims,...

While it's great to get a full gym workout, most people don't have the space or the money to put all that equipment in their home. The GymPad Bench is the latest product to offer a solution to that problem, by packing multiple exercise machines into one compact package.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Home Gym, Exercise, Fitness, Rowing, Kickstarter

A remarkable semi-submersible ecotourism concept that takes passengers above and below the water has just received a zero-emission boost thanks to a new partnership between Platypus Craft and electric outboard manufacturer Evoy.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Platypus, Underwater, Electric Boats, Boat, Trimaran, Tourism, Eco-Friendly

Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses recently completed a new model named the Bandelier. Though it only has a modest length of just 28 ft (8.5 m), the tiny home is cleverly designed to offer a comfortable interior for two – plus guests – that has a well-proportioned living area, and even a bathtub.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House

For the first time, the fully mechanical heart made by BiVACOR, which uses the same technology as high-speed rail lines, has been implanted inside a human being. The feat marks a major step in keeping people alive as they wait for heart transplants.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Artificial organs, Organ donation, Transplant, Surgery, Titanium, Texas Heart Institute, Heart, Heart Disease

The official definition of a “planet” could be set to change again soon. Last time that happened, Pluto was kicked out of the club, but the new proposed definition is designed to be more inclusive.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Planet, Dwarf planet, Pluto, Astronomy, Exoplanet, Solar System

Ocean Energy has deployed its 826-tonne wave energy converter buoy OE-35 at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site off the coast of the island of Oahu ahead of it being hooked up to Hawaii's electricity grid.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wave Power, US Marines, US Navy

The recognition of same-sex marriage across the European Union has had a negative impact on the US economy, causing the number of highly skilled foreign workers seeking visas to drop by about 21%, according to a new study.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Washington State University