The long-awaited small pickup truck from Hyundai, the Santa Cruz, has finally been fully detailed. With the exception of fuel economy and cost, we know everything about the car-based truck and its impressive capabilities. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai, Truck, Pickup, Crossover, SUV
The international ivory trade has been banned for over 30 years now, which means that technicians restoring ivory artifacts have to get creative in finding alternative materials. A new 3D-printable substance known as Digory appears to fit the bill nicely. Continue Reading Category: 3D Printing, Technology Tags: TU Wien, Elephant, Conservation
It was just a year ago that DJI announced its compact-but-capable Mavic Air 2 quadcopter. Now, the company has shortened the name and doubled the image sensor size, with the 5.4K/30fps-capable Air 2S. Continue Reading Category: Drones, Technology Tags: DJI Innovations, Quadcopter, Camera drone
Canada’s Biktrix, the company behind last year’s impressive Juggernaut HD Duo electric fat bike, has launched its first moped-style ebike, the Moto, which boasts a per-charge range of more than 100 miles. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transport Tags: Moped, ebikes, Off-road, City
In a breakthrough new study, scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. These chimeras pave the way for more accurate models of human biology and disease, which could open up a range of new medical benefits. But of course they also raise some complicated ethical concerns. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Genetics,
Influential French architect Jean Nouvel has been very busy lately. Following the unveiling of a hotel inserted into a desert mountain, then a greenery filled oasis, his firm now plans a mixed-use development in Paris, France, that will offer a pleasant, greenery filled place to live and work, while incorporating sustainable design such as solar
Despite their squat stature, bookshelf speakers can rather stand out among the reading material and ornaments that might inhabit your typical living-room library. Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound Emerge is different, and can take its place well among the hardbacks and paperbacks on your library shelf. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, Technology Tags: Bang Olufsen, Speakers,
Selfies are a great form of expressing self love, and a handy way of taking a picture with someone else if you want to be in it as well. The best Android smartphones now come with features that allow you to take good quality selfies even in insufficient or bad lighting conditions. However, if you
Brain cancers are notoriously challenging to treat, often involving invasive surgeries to remove tumors from sensitive tissue. But the trouble doesn’t end there, with malignant cells often sticking around and leading to recurrence of the disease down the track. Scientists at Sweden’s Linköping University have developed a new tool to tackle these risky remnants of
Concrete is the most commonly used building material in the world, but unfortunately the cement used to make it carries quite a carbon footprint. Now, scientists at the University of Tokyo have created a cement-free alternative that directly bonds sand particles together using a reaction between alcohol and a catalyst. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Science
