~new-atlas-new-techn | Bookmarks (1063)

The quest to resurrect the woolly mammoth on Earth has taken another, well, small step with the creation of the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab-engineered rodents have seven genes that have been tweaked by scientists, giving them "core traits" of the grand extinct beasts.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Wooly mammoth, Genetics, Genetic engineering, Animals, Conservation, Extinction, Environment, CRISPR

Leading 3D-printing firm Icon has revealed plans to build a dozen new residences in Austin, Texas. The homes will feature an eye-catching mix of cutting-edge 3D printing and traditional building techniques, and will have two levels.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, 3D Printing, House, Home

Italy has produced many of the fastest race car drivers on the planet, and now also the fastest car-driving AI. Self-driving software engineered by a team at the country's largest science and tech university has set a new record for the quickest speed achieved in an autonomous car – a blistering 197.7 mph (318 km/h).Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Land+Speed+Records, Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving, Maserati, World's...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special imaging technique to record the historic event.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Aircraft, Supersonic, Imaging

Auction prices for original Apple iPhones have been surging since 2022 and the next big auction prize fight is set for 20 March, 2025 where we expect the US$190,000 record iPhone price to be challenged yet again. Here's whyContinue ReadingCategory: Collectibles, LifestyleTags: iPhone, Apple, Apple-1 Computer, RR Auction

Airstream's Basecamp series already represents its best trailers for getting far off the beaten path, through the woods, over rivers and up mountain peaks. The all-new Basecamp Xe gives the series an extra leg up when escaping any sign of human-made earthen alteration, bringing on a high-powered all-electric camping architecture that powers all the primal necessities and modern conveniences with an upsized solar-charged battery...

"Smart" is everywhere. From smart cars to smart refrigerators, new technology vows to make human life easier. And while motorcycle helmets have long been all about protection, Sena has just made its new range of helmets smart.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Helmets, Sena, Harman Kardon, Smart Helmet, Artificial Intelligence

Although it technically is possible to recycle Plexiglass, it's a complex and inefficient process, so it generally just isn't done. A simple new technique, however, is claimed to break the plastic down into all of its building blocks for near-complete recycling.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: ETH Zurich, Plastics, Recycling, Polymer

New Jersey's Velotric has unleashed the second generation of its fat-tire adventure ebike to "power through challenging landscapes and city streets with equal ease." The Nomad 2 can also take more than 500 pounds along for the ride.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Off-road

A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a new, plant-based oral drug to treat type 2 diabetes has produced some promising results. The drug significantly improved blood glucose control and boosted heart and liver health. Larger clinical studies are pending.Continue ReadingCategory: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Type 2 diabetes, blood-glucose, Traditional medicine, clinical trials

The whole mobile world is heading to Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress 2025, and of the raft of Xiaomi gadgets on display is a magnetic attachment aimed at giving its smartphones a photographic boost.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Xiaomi, smartphones, Cameras, Modular, Lens, Mobile World Congress 2025

For years now, Alphabet's Taara division has been delivering internet connectivity in far-flung areas with traffic-light-sized transmitters that communicate over long distances using beams of light. The team behind it has now reduced that tech down to a chip the size of a fingernail.Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: Taara, Broadband, Fiber optics, Alphabet

In an era in which tiny houses are becoming increasingly luxurious – and expensive – Dragon Tiny Homes recalls the small living movement's roots with the Genesis. The compact model provides a small and simple towable home for just US$39,500.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

VR is incredibly immersive for sight and sound, developers are making headway into touch, and even smell is starting to appear, for better or worse. That just leaves one last sense – and whether or not anyone actually wants to taste virtual worlds, a new device is now tackling that final frontier.Continue ReadingCategory: Electronics, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Virtual Reality, VR, Taste, Ohio State University,...

The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology. The CL1, from Australian company Cortical Labs, offers a whole new kind of computing intelligence – one that's more dynamic, sustainable and energy efficient than any AI that currently exists – and we will...

The MWC trade show for mobile tech is upon us, and Lenovo's slapped a solar panel on a laptop to bring to its booth. The Yoga Solar PC can run off the power of the sun, packs decent specs, and appears well built. Too bad it's only a concept at this point.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Laptop, Lenovo, Lenovo Yoga, Solar Power, Outdoors and...

Astrophysicists have done a bit of crime scene investigation on what’s almost a reverse murder mystery. They’ve traced radioactive elements on the seafloor back to the cosmic explosions they might have come from – and potentially linked the event to evolutionary changes in viruses in a lake in Africa.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Supernova, Astronomy, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Radiation, Evolution, Iron

Singapore's project to operate the world's largest automated port is coming along nicely. The Tuas mega port has successfully handled 10 million containers since it kicked off operations in September 2022, and is expected to increase that to a massive 65 million shipping containers per year in the 2040s, when its four-phase development is complete.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Shipping, Cargo, Singapore, Electric, Artificial Intelligence,...

California startup Alef Aeronautics has released "the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered)," as CEO Jim Dukhovny wrote in a social media post.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Flying Cars, eVTOL, Aircraft, Personal Flight

With a market flooded with options, it can be daunting finding an electric bike that meets modest demands – like commuting to work or getting out and about on the weekend – that also comes with an equally modest price tag. But this superb number ticks both boxes, and then some.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Bikes, sustainable design, urban transport, Reviews, Pedal-assisted

I'm really rooting for the Stanford University researchers working on this carbon removal method. They've found a way to activate materials commonly found in rocks to capture carbon dioxide out of the air at room temperature. It's not exactly the fastest way to hoover up CO2, but the team believes it could be a relatively inexpensive affair, and can easily scale to help sort...

It’s no secret that solid-state batteries have the potential to be the next big thing in the electric vehicle industry, but their mass-market adoption has been dragged down by reliability concerns. That hasn’t stopped carmakers from carrying out more research on the technology, though.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Mercedes-Benz, Battery Technology, Solid-state, Electric Vehicles

Using ultrasonic waves and a salt bath, a research team has altered the surface of glass. The brand-new method may lead to glass made without the use of harsh chemicals for self-cleaning windshields, germ-busting surfaces, or maybe even better beer.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Glass, Curtin University, Biofuel, Filters, Fermentation, Ultrasound

Meta (formerly Facebook) plans to build the world's longest undersea cable that will be longer than the Earth is round. The high-capacity, fiber-optic cable that will link five continents will span a fantastic 31,000 miles (50,000 km) – for reference, the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles (40,075 km).Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: Meta, Data