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The new Mercedes-Benz Marco Polo Horizon debuts as the sleekest, most versatile member of the Marco Polo camper van family. It carries sleeping and dining amenities for four people wherever it goes, but without any permanent space-devouring camper van equipment. It's classy enough to feel comfortable pulling up to valet parking but still ready to transform into a cozy two-floor lodge at a moment's...

Using data from twin studies conducted over many years, researchers have found a link between levels of depression and the amount of fruit and vegetables people eat each day.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Depression, Diet, Fruit, Vegetables, Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA)

Ultraviolette’s forthcoming electric superbike, the F99 has achieved a new Indian quarter-mile record of 10.712 seconds. It sets the stage for the brand’s global ambitions as Ultraviolette begins retail sales in Europe – and a US release might not be too far off either.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric, Electric Motorcycles, eSuperbike, India, Superbike, Record

Daily personal-trainer-guided workouts are a luxury that most of us can't afford. For a single-payment price of a little under $2,000, however, the Aeke K1 system guides users through a variety of workouts that are assigned and monitored by an AI coach.Continue ReadingCategory: Fitness & Exercise, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Kickstarter, Home Gym, Artificial Intelligence, Exercise, Fitness

A UK-based company is on a mission to make goods haulage easier and cleaner for producers in developing nations. Now thanks to a multi-million-dollar deal, its electric-truck-as-a-service model is about to expand in Rwanda and neighboring regions.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric truck, Off-road, Rugged, Africa, Cargo

Part camper and part tiny house, this neat little retreat was created from the shell of an old cargo trailer. Named the Ramblenook Camper, it packs a seating and sleeping area, plus some cooking facilities, into a length of just 8 ft (2.4 m).Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Micro-House, Trailer, Tiny Footprint, Camping

A new kind of cancer gene therapy can be remotely activated at a specific part of the body. The team developed a version of CRISPR that responds to ultrasound, and demonstrated how it can be used to clear cancer in mice.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, The Immune System, Immunotherapy, CRISPR, gene therapy, Genetic engineering, University of Southern California, Ultrasound

If you've ever used a nutrition app or kept a food diary to track things like protein intake or calories, you'll know how cumbersome the process can be. That's where the first automated food-logging wearable comes in, gathering all the nutritional data without requiring any effort from you.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Kickstarter, Diet, Nutrition, Weight Loss,...

Frostbite is not something to be taken lightly. Left untreated, it can lead to the amputation of fingers and toes. That's where a new Canadian system comes in, which will allow frostbite to be treated quickly, effectively and on location … utilizing culinary-inspired technology.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: University of Alberta, Winter, Treatment

Two patients with spinal injuries have seen improvements in their ability to walk again, thanks to deep brain stimulation (DBS). Intriguingly, the therapy targets a region of the brain that normally isn’t associated with motor skills.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Paralysis, Walk, Deep Brain Stimulation, Brain, neurons, Neuroscience, Implant, EPFL

Inflated balloons that trick the stomach into feeling full have long been used for weight loss. The problem is that they become less effective the longer they stay inflated. Now, MIT engineers have devised a balloon that inflates and deflates on demand – and it reduced food intake by 60%.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Obesity, Weight Loss, Gastric balloon, MIT

Any sort of list or ranking is fraught with subjectivity, and perhaps none more so than ranking the 100 greatest human technological achievements that have landed us where we are today. But this week, the hosts of the excellent tech podcast Hard Fork, Casey Newton and Kevin Roos, did just that. And, let's just say, it's a wild ride.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: New York Times,...

An innovative combination of readily available natural products has shaped up to be an alternative to drugs like Ozempic to tackle obesity, type 2 diabetes, liver function and gut inflammation – without the invasiveness, cost or negative side effects that are associated with GLP-1 receptor agonists.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: University of South Australia, Gastrointestinal, Obesity, Ozempic,...

Believe it or not, love it or hate it, it's that time of year again. The End, a time to look back and take note of the year's triumphs, failures and overlooked moments before swinging around in about-face and moving ahead into 2025.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Knife, Tools, best-of-2024, Outdoors and Camping, Multi-functional, Modular

There's nothing quite like motorcycles. The idea of being on two wheels, on a saddle that sits upon enough fuel to set you on fire, a combustion engine that’s made out of a thousand moving parts ... the road, the ability to be one with the elements ... it’s almost like the rest of the world ceases to move when you twist your wrist...

This light-filled tiny house, by New Zealand's Cocoon Tiny Homes, features a remarkably spacious and flexible interior layout. Suitable for a small family, it includes two bedrooms and even has room for a home office or a gym.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, Building and Construction, Home, House

We got a glimpse at what a new cross between a helicopter and a jet aircraft might look like after Bell released a new image. It's of a model used in wind tunnel tests of its entry in DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technology (SPRINT) program.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bell Helicopter, DARPA, Tiltrotor, VTOL

Dark chocolate has been extensively studied for its cardiometabolic health benefits, but findings have been inconsistent, spurring heated debates over whether this treat has pros that outweigh the cons. Now, new research puts dark chocolate back on the table, quantifying its impact on type 2 diabetes risk and weight gain in a study of nearly 200,000 US adults.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness &...

VR manufacturing giant FuninVR already has VR machines operating in more than 6,000 gaming arcades and public environments worldwide, but that number might take a quantum leap with the release of the company’s 2025 catalogue.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: VR, Virtual Reality, Games

What was once a concept that appeared to have no chance whatsoever of making it to production is now officially a factory camper van family. We speak of Nissan's MyRoom, which moved from concept to full-on production reality earlier this year and is now spawning a smaller version, the NV200 MyRoom. The new, little camper vanette rolls all the homey, stress-melting tranquility of the...

In a potentially game-changing move for the EV industry, Stellantis and Zeta Energy Corp have teamed up to develop the next-generation EV battery with more range, more power, 50% faster charging, and at less than half the cost.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-ion, Batteries, EV Charging, stellantis

While scientists really do seem to love getting rats loaded on cocaine, a new study of rodents getting high on the lab's supply reveals intriguing new insights into how individuals respond differently when the reward is preceded by an unpleasant experience, or an averse cue.Continue ReadingCategory: Addiction, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: University of Texas El Paso, Cocaine, Addiction, Brain, Animal science, Behavior, Neuroscience,...

Filter-feeding mollusks respond to water pollution in a very detectable and measurable manner. With that fact in mind, scientists have created a commercial water-quality-monitoring system that uses electronically augmented live mollusks as its sensors.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Pollution, Water, Ocean, CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux

New York's Priority Bicycles has announced a new e-commuter that's been designed with input from customers. The Current Plus features a mid-drive motor and Gates belt combination, an Enviolo or Shimano rear hub, and a 75-mile battery.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, City