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Xreal has announced what's described as the "biggest leap forward for the consumer AR industry." The One Series cinematic AR glasses boast in-house spatial computing, audio from Bose, are certified eye-friendly, and can be cabled to "virtually any device."Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: AR, Augmented Reality, Glasses

A self-propagating series of explosions, contained between the blades of a high-speed rotor, promises a leap in power and efficiency during hypersonic flight – provided this radical new engine can be built strong enough to withstand its own power.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Supersonic, Hypersonic, Rotating Detonation Engines, Flight

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz has spawned plenty of camper vans, but after discarding the non-sleeper pop-top and cute, little top hat, we have yet to cover one with a proper pop-up sleeper roof. That is, until today. Dutch builder Tonke is not only preparing an actual sleep-in pop-top with bed, it's putting a unique spin on the concept. Its roof mashes together a rare...

Filamon Limited, an Australian biotech company focused on developing next-gen anti-inflammatory drugs, has announced its breakthrough dementia treatment. ALPHA-003 is designed to preserve the integrity of vital brain cell structures and protect them against destruction caused by brain inflammation.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Dementia, Tauopathy, Drug, Drug development

Love racing, but not a fan of the sport's carbon footprint? Idemitsu is hoping to bring that down a notch with its new Plantech Racing engine oil, which uses plant-based raw materials for more than 80% of its base oil. The company says this formulation's carbon footprint its 82% lower than that of mineral oil.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Endurance Racing, Racing, Oil, Environmentally-friendly

Even though most of today's aircraft rely heavily on GPS for navigation, the technology is far from infallible. That's why an alternative system is in the works, which may soon allow planes to navigate by "reading the fingerprint" of the terrain they're flying over.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: GPS, Navigation

What felt like a taste of the future for laptop design in 2016 was abandoned by Apple last year as a failed concept. But engineers from Hong Kong think the idea holds much promise, so they've created something similar that works with Mac and Windows.Continue ReadingCategory: Laptops, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Touchscreen, Peripherals, Productivity

We typically associate MVRDV with high-profile projects like the Valley and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, but its Klabu sees the firm experimenting with shipping container-based architecture and producing an easily transportable and solar-powered sports club for refugees.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, shipping containers, Sports

We've come to expect the occasional bicycle camping trailer launch, and even the somewhat rarer integrated ebike motorhome. But Michigan startup Grounded has released something we weren't expecting at all. Its all-new T1 micro-camper is a live-in e-trike-powered tractor-trailer complete with standing height interior, 360-degree window array, and bed, dining and kitchen space for two people. Grounded claims it as a world first, and...

Here's a neat gadget for a touch of functional, neon-minimalist home decor: a palm-sized smart canister device that fixes onto a wall and uses slim, moving LED beams to create giant, glowing, multicolor clocks and/or temperature gauges.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Clock, Kickstarter, LED, Home decor, Time

Disposable plastic utensils aren't just eco-unfriendly, they're also flimsy and easy to lose inside gear-filled bags. The Kopak Utensil Set is designed to be a greener and more practical alternative, with a nesting, magnetic-coupling, machined-aluminum design.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Modular, Magnetic, Cutlery, Camping, Kickstarter

We've already seen cycling computers that sport headlights, cameras and even giant batteries, but Wahoo Fitness may now have them all beat. The company's new "first-in-its-class" Elemnt Ace cyclometer packs an integrated wind speed sensor.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Cycling, Wind

Jaguar raised eyebrows the world over with its brand refresh earlier this month. It was seen as totally out of character for the 89-year-old British luxury marque, thanks to minimalist typography in its new logotype, and vibrant imagery featuring contemporary choreography and avant garde fashion. The company's now unveiled a fresh concept car to usher in its new design direction, and now it's all...

Last year, EV startup Telo launched a compact truck that has the same footprint as a Mini Cooper but boasts a cargo bed that challenges the big boys. At that time, the Telo Truck was listed at a buck under $50k, but the company has now revealed a much lower starting price.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Electric truck, Compact, Truck

A remarkable proof-of-concept project has successfully manufactured nanoscale diodes and transistors using a fast, cheap new production technique in which liquid metal is directed to self-assemble into precise 3D structures.Continue ReadingCategory: Manufacturing, TechnologyTags: North Carolina State University, Manufacturing Technologies, Electronic, Transistor

Engineers at the University of South Australia have taken a page from the days of wooden sailing ships and developed a way for drones to navigate by the stars at night using simple, lightweight equipment for areas where GPS signals aren't available.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: University of South Australia, Navigation, drones

Scotland's Campervan Co has been building some of the world's most efficient electrified camper vans for nearly a decade, but it's really outdone itself with its latest build. Designed to deliver highly efficient driving and camping, the all-new Eco Escape packages a five-seat/four-sleeper interior in a Toyota Estima MPV with Hybrid Synergy Drive and electrified AWD. Campervan Co squeezes in a sleek, covert kitchen...

Whether you're Lego-curious or a devotee of the church of the colored brick, you can now turn your real world into model versions without any bone of creativity, thanks to this clever tech.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Lego, Kickstarter, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Art, Engineering, Creative

German defense technology company, Helsing, has just unveiled its first AI-powered, munitions-deploying strike drone, the HX-2, though its core components are already battle-hardened.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: drones, Warfare, Artificial Intelligence

While there are already AI systems that generate sound effects to match silent images of city streets (and other places), an experimental new technology does just the opposite. It generates images that match audio recordings of streets, with uncanny accuracy.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags: University of Texas, Audio, Sound, City

Since Saudi Arabia is aiming to transform its country into a futuristic tourist paradise with projects like the Line and Mukaab, it's going to need to seriously upgrade its transportation network. As part of this endeavor, authorities have inaugurated a huge new driverless metro system which is hailed as the longest in the world.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Zaha Hadid, Saudi Arabia,...

Ola Electric could be a familiar name in the global two-wheeler ecosystem, as the Indian manufacturer continues to be in the news for varied reasons. This time, though, it’s in the limelight for the launch of its radically cheap electric scooter range that comes with interchangeable battery tech.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: urban transport, Electric Motorcycles, Scooter, India, Honda, Zero Motorcycles

There’s plenty of evidence that ancient hominin species crossed paths on many occasions – but it’s never been quite as literal as a new discovery in Kenya. Paleontologists have discovered the first known example of fossil footprints left by two different species of ancient hominins on the same day.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Human, Evolution, Fossils, Rutgers University, Species, Kenya

Imagine a glow-in-the-dark designer desk, or wooden fence posts that guide you home with their eerie light. Scientists in Switzerland have developed a way to make glowing wood, with the help of a fungus.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Wood, Empa, Light, Luminescent, Bioluminescence, Fungus