Northrop Grumman has unveiled its Raid Hunter chain gun system, adding a new layer to anti-drone swarm defenses by combining cutting-edge AI sensors, precision-guided ammunition, and a motor-driven chain gun feed firing up to 200 rounds per minute.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: Northrop Grumman, Missile Defense, drones
We want faster and faster computers, and light is the fastest thing in the universe. Therefore, light-based computers should be awesome. Right? Not quite. Computing isn't always about data arriving fast. Sometimes it's about arriving on cue. We have learned how to force light to calm down, but today’s hardware matches a specific design to a specific speed. But how do we command light to arrive faster or slower, using the same hardware?
Category: Computing, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Seoul National University, Light, Optical Computing, Photonics
Ever been stuck in traffic and wished you could simply fly above it all, straight to your destination? Well, that dream is one step closer to reality, as the world's first airport for flying taxis has just received the regulatory green light.
Tags: eVTOL, urban transport, Electric Aircraft
Psychedelics are inherently chaotic drugs, dissolving the boundary between self and surrounds by sowing discord in the brain.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Psychedelic Medicine, psilocybin, mental health, Brain, Pharmaceuticals, Monash University, neurons
Modern laptops are the thinnest they’ve ever been. But this sleek form factor has a cost: optical drives are a thing of the past, full-size USB ports are becoming less common, and card readers are often an optional extra. BluHub is aiming to restore a lot of this lost connectivity via a single box.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Blu-ray, DVD, CD Player, USB 3.0, Connectivity
A highly anticipated drug trial is in its final stages as its 350 participants receive their single dose to treat chronic low back pain. If successful, the experimental medication could be a breakthrough therapeutic for people with the common but debilitating condition.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Cells, Back Pain, Low back pain, clinical trials, Regenerative Medicine, Chronic pain, Age-Related
Unveiled amid the high-octane glamour and pristine lawns of the Monterey Car Week in California, the Lucid Gravity GT-S is a direct assault on the most lucrative auto segment in North America.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Lucid Motors, SUV, Electric Vehicles, Luxury, Monterey Car Week 2026
Los Angeles-based The Minimal Company specializes in stripped-down phones that put just a handful of essential tools in your pocket and leave out the distracting stuff. Its latest model marks a major departure, while aiming to stay true to the vision of reducing your screen time.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Smartphones, Android, Minimalist, Kickstarter
The white cross with red surround has long been a sacred badge in the world of knives, indicating the timeless dependability and versatility of the Swiss Army knife. The latest multifunctional pocket knife to float onto our computer screen isn't a white cross-badged Swiss Army knife, but it wears an equally proud badge of origin and heritage. The newly released Böker Treebrand Camp Knife is a purely German design, its roots winding back hundreds of years to the 17th century.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Multitools, EDC, Everyday Carry, Knife, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Backpacking
As a fan of old-school '90s rock and grunge, I can’t say I’m much of a Swifty. Still, it’s hard to ignore the fact that Taylor Swift’s albums are immensely popular, even before the Eras Tour swept the globe.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Smartphones, Music Streaming, Spotify, Traffic, Accidents, Crash
As a fan of old-school '90s rock and grunge, I can’t say I’m much of a Swifty. Still, it’s hard to ignore the fact that Taylor Swift’s albums are immensely popular, even before the Eras Tour swept the globe.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Smartphones, Music Streaming, Spotify, Traffic, Accidents, Crash
With its length of 38 ft (11.6 m) and increased width of 10 ft (3 m), the Retirement Retreat isn't the smallest tiny house on the market, but all that space is cleverly used to provide an interior that's more like a small apartment than a typical towable home.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
The narwhal's defining feature – its continuously growing tusk – is the only straight structure of its kind seen in nature. Now, scientists have cracked the code on how these elusive Arctic whales grow such an impressive and unique tool.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Marine Biology, Whale, Marine Innovations, Tools, Biomechanics, Sensory, Teeth, Arctic
Designed in Copenhagen, the Habity bedside clock swaps your phone screen's glow for an eye-friendly e-paper display, gentle wake-up tones, and a local library of sleep sounds, all running fully offline with no app, account, or subscription.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
I'm always happy to discover outdoor gear that's designed to take up less room and allow you to pack light. This trekking pole falls squarely in that category, and does a lot more than you'd expect at first glance.
Tags: Hiking, Camping, Tools, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Modular
Seamlessly bringing together the worlds of teardrop-size off-road trailers and molded egg campers, Oregon's Motsmann Engineering presents an equally compelling alternative that feels both vintage and brand new. It's the all-new Outranger camping trailer, and it relies on a molded composite construction shaped into a squarer form. It comes fully armed for off-roading, ready to camp in the most serene, scenic dispersed campsites you have the balls to chase down in your pickup, 4x4 or crossover.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: teardrop trailers, Caravan, RV, Trailer, trailers, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road
Fifteen years after owners switched off the rides for the last time, an eerie and rusted amusement park happily in decay in Seoul's outskirts has become one of the city's coolest attractions.
Category: Holiday Destinations, Outdoors
Tags: korea, South Korea, History, Photography, Theme Parks, Amusement Park, Travel, Time Travel, Cats
Some time around February 2025, after experiencing a handful of tremors at home in my Taipei apartment (tremors, mind you, that locals wouldn't blink an eye at), I began feeling quakes that weren't there – especially when still, in bed, at night.
Category: Environment, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Earthquake, Signal Processing, Neuroscience, nature, Geology, Brain, neurons
An extensive gallery of ancient rock art paintings in Southern China has long intrigued archaeologists by somehow surviving the brutal tropical elements for around 2,000 years.
Category: Archaeology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: China, Archeology, ancient, Blood, Art, tribes, History
The US Navy scored a first as it carried out a submerged undersea launch of its new low-cost, long-endurance unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) called HADALUS at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where the vessel performed a series of sea trials.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: Raytheon, US Navy, Submarine, Autonomous Vehicles
