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Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the greenhouse gas to produce bricks to build new structures.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: University of Tokyo, Cement, Concrete, Building and Construction, Recycling, Carbon Dioxide

An upcoming community center in Tanzania will be defined by its cutting-edge 3D-printed design. However, rather than being built from layered concrete as you'd usually expect with 3D-printed projects, its walls will be created using locally sourced soil.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, 3D Printing, sustainable design, Africa

Henry Ford did not invent the motor car. The key to his success was his introduction of the moving assembly line and the affordable cars it could produce.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Xpeng Unicorn, AeroHT, Xpeng, Ehang, GAC, eVTOL, SUV, Electric Vehicles

Updating an ancient form of health diagnosis with modern machine learning, researchers have developed a remarkable system that can reveal a range of medical conditions just by looking at your tongue. Testing showed off its near perfect accuracy.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Medical Imaging, Tongue, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, University of South Australia, Diabetes

The Guinness World Record for the greatest distance covered on a motorcycle in 24 hours is now credited to Spaniard Iván Cervantes, who smashed the old record by over 600 km (370 miles) while averaging a speed of 167.79 km/h (104.26 mph) on July 9, 2024.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: World Records, Endurance Racing, Triumph

The world's largest single-capacity floating wind platform has set to sea and the builder released images of the operation. Mingyang’s OceanX is set to travel 191 nm (220 miles, 354 km) over the next three days to its final offshore destination.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wind Power, Wind turbine, World's Largest, Renewable Energy

It's ironic that in places where drinking water needs to be checked for microbes the most, labs that can perform the analysis are least likely to be present. A new "lensless" device could help, as it uses light to instantly detect harmful microorganisms.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Water, Bacteria, Detection, Ultraviolet, Optical, Light

The last time UK tentmaker Cinch and Chinese global gear manufacturer Wild Land teamed up, they brought the world a push-button inflatable rooftop tent with serious starry night views. A year later and they're back, this time with a product that can perfectly complement that tent in creating a more complete base camp.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Camping, Cooking, Stoves, Kitchen, Kickstarter, Off-grid

Stormwater culverts can be dangerous places, due to hazards such as crumbling concrete ceilings, submerged obstacles, and toxic gas accumulations. The PIPE-i robot was designed with that fact in mind, as it takes the place of a human when inspecting such structures.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Tunnel, Remote Control

Hong Kong startup Viwoods has cooked AI smarts into its 10-inch e-note tablet to help users get the most from ePaper productivity on the go. Voice interaction is available, the AI can summarize blocks of text or take meeting minutes, and can even correct grammar.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, TechnologyTags: E-Ink, Tablet, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, Kickstarter

Using heaps of data, Google trained a table-tennis-playing robot to take on human competitors and get better as it did so. The results were impressive and represent a leap forward in robotic speed and dexterity. It also looks really fun.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Google DeepMind, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Sports

Scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to new treatment options for celiac patients. The team identified how and where the gluten response begins, with certain cells playing a bigger role than thought.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: celiac, Autoimmune, The Immune System, McMaster University, Bacteria, Cells

Researchers have identified an enzyme that's key to updating existing memories with new information, a process that declines naturally with age. Blocking the enzyme improved memory impairment, opening the door to developing treatments for age-related memory problems.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Memory, Neuroscience, Enzyme, Pennsylvania State University

A new kind of 3D display could take the form of an acrylic cube with an image inside, which can be erased and rewritten to easily. The new technique can be used to make 2D, 3D and even animated images.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Image, Images, Medical Imaging, Display, 3D, NVIDIA 3D Vision, Dartmouth College, Light, Erasable, Display

Aerospace startup Dawn Aerospace has made a major advance in its push to create a highly reusable spaceplane. The latest test flight reached transonic speeds of Mach 0.92 and an altitude of 50,000 ft (15,000 m), or 3 times and 5 times, respectively, better than before.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Hypersonic, Supersonic, Aircraft

In 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) announced audacious plans to build an extraordinarily ambitious 10,200-square-mile (26,500-sq-km) urban area called Neom at the northern tip of the Red Sea with a US$1.5-trillion budget.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Neom, Saudi Arabia, Clean Energy

In an automotive era where safety, sanity, sustainability, and responsible eco-friendliness have taken center stage, enter Nilu27, stage far-right. America's newest V12 hypercar is designed explicitly to have no frills, no digital, no driver aids, and a lot of heavy metal in mind.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Hypercar, Supercars, Crazy

Standing in the pickup zone at the Austin airport, I felt the immense humidity of that part of Texas. As a man of the High Plains, much further north on the map, I felt the powerful heat that holds that rain-soaked part of the Lone Star State during the summer. Then the giddiness of low altitude was surpassed by the sight of a baby...

We like Nissan cars, SUVs and trucks well enough, but we're starting to think the company is wasting its talents and should focus all attention on camper vans. It has designed several of our favorite camper van concepts in recent memory and even sells a few versatile mini-campers at dealerships around the world. Its Caravan MyRoom is the latest to hit the market, debuting...

Seattle's Rad Power Bikes is hoping to tempt new riders to its ebike stable with the launch of the RadKick step-through – a Class 2 cargo-ready commuter with chain drive for $1,200 or clean and quiet belt drive for just 200 bucks more.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, urban transport, Mobility

Volocopter's plans to trial passenger flights in its striking electric air taxi from a floating platform on the River Seine during the Olympics have been thwarted by bureaucracy. However, the company has managed to kick off the eVTOL operational validation phase at a vertiport a few miles away.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Volocopter, Air Taxis, Electric Aircraft, eVTOL

A remarkably ambitious proposal in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, looks set to take timber to new heights. Assuming all goes to plan, the project will become the world's tallest timber skyscraper once complete.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Timber, cross-laminated timber, World's Tallest

Geologists have drilled deeper than ever into material from the Earth’s mantle – more than three quarters of a mile (1.2 km). The sample gives a glimpse into the geology and even life in a deep world normally beyond our reach.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Geology, Earth, Ocean, Minerals, University of Queensland

Drinking in a social setting triggers the release of dopamine, causing a euphoria that isn’t seen when drinking alone, according to a new study. By identifying the region of the brain stimulated by social drinking, the researchers hope it will lead to a greater understanding of problem drinking.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Alcohol, Drinking, University of Texas El Paso