You can already work and game on a virtual screen using the current crop of augmented reality glasses – but what if you're a demanding gamer who lives for high-fidelity graphics and buttery smooth animation?
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Games, Asus, Glasses, 3D Glasses
This one’s a biggie. Honda has just posted its first annual loss since becoming a publicly traded company back in 1957. And it’s not a small number either – Honda reported a staggering net loss of US$2.7 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Financial, Tesla Motors, BYD, Electric Vehicles
It’s fairly easy for people to learn from other people – we’ve been doing it for around 300,000 years – because we can observe, copy, and modify what they’re doing. It’s less easy for us to learn from other animals that way, because the less our cognition and bodies are alike, the harder it is to copy and modify what they do. Learning about plants, fungi, protozoa, and bacteria is easy enough, but learning from them? Forget it.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Sally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University/ The Conversation
Tags: Human, Genetics, Neanderthal, Fossils, denisovan
Advances in understanding of neuron activity and adaptation during squirrel hibernation could help inform stroke treatment and recovery.
Tags: Stroke, Neurological, Animals, Nerves, Brain
Flossing regularly is great for your teeth, but the single-use plastic picks add to the ever-growing problem of household waste. A Swedish design team has a better solution, in the form of a sleek flosser that's made to last a lifetime.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Product alternatives, sustainable design, Dental, Teeth, Kickstarter
Turkey-based upstart Shark Instruments is taking the fight to higher-end guitar makers with advanced manufacturing capabilities. Its latest industry-first feature: adjustable frets.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
What better place to pull the covers off of your latest and greatest pocket camera than the Cannes Film Festival? "By unveiling the Osmo Pocket 4P at one of the most prestigious stages in global filmmaking, DJI signals a bold evolution of the Pocket series from a creator tool into a cinematic imaging device capable of professional-grade storytelling," says the company.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, Camera, Pocket, Actioncam, Gimbals
Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport in New York has unveiled Bridget, a life-sized, hyper-realistic AI hologram that can hold a real conversation – answering questions about gates, baggage claims, and VIP lounges. The technology is a signal that the way we navigate airports is changing from static signs and apps to conversational digital guides, and several major hubs are already competing to define it.
Category: Technology
Tags: Airports, Navigation, Interactive, Holographic, Artificial Intelligence
Despite measuring just 30 ft (9.1 m) long, the Ruby tiny house is surprisingly capable as a full-time home for a small family. It packs in a large and open living area, plus two bedrooms, each with its own staircase.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Micro-House, Home
This new tool you'll want on your belt looks like a Vernier caliper, but it's actually designed to beat the traditional monkey wrench at its own game – and then some.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Wrench, Kickstarter, EDC, DIY
Rice is one of the most widely grown staple crops, providing around 20% of the daily calorie intake for more than half of the world’s population.
Tags: Crops, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Genetic engineering, Agriculture
Far removed from its days as a synonym for "huge Class A motorhome," Winnebago is now known for a diverse lineup of on- and off-road RVs of all sizes. Building out its "Backcountry Series," the company adds its most ruggedly luxurious offering yet: the Arka truck camper. This off-grid expedition behemoth is prepared to spend up to 2 full weeks at a time in the deep, dusty backcountry. It's sure to have the Earthroamers and Krugs of the world peering back over their shoulders. Just don't expect a spa bathroom.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Winnebago, Truck, RAM, expedition vehicles, Overland Expo, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, RV
Ian A. Wright, Amy-Marie Gilpin, & Katherine Warwick, Western Sydney University / The Conversation
Category: Environment, Science
CycloKinetics, a US propellant company, has unveiled a new family of superfuels for aircraft, missiles, and rockets that increase fuel performance by 32%. Aimed at the defense market, the fuels could allow vehicles to fly farther while carrying heavier payloads.
The Byron Bay tiny house is a spacious model that's centered around an open kitchen and living area. The towable home also has multiple upgrades available, including an off-grid setup, and would be a good fit for small families.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Fraimic wants to turn AI art into something you can put on your wall, rather than forgotten images somewhere in your phone's gallery. And honestly? That's a pretty neat idea.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: E Ink, E-Ink, AI Art and Music, Creative AI, Home decor, Reviews
The US Army has selected three vendors to boost the service's night vision system into the 21st century by replacing the legacy system from over 20 years ago with the next-generation Binocular Night Observation Device (BiNOD).
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: elbit, Night Vision, US Army
Rugged phones are not for everyone. They're generally huge and heavy, though most come with a long-life battery and all can withstand a beating. A relatively new name in the space has gone mini for a tough cookie that's also an actioncam.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Rugged, smartphones, Actioncam, Compact
Just when modern EVs are starting to feel like interchangeable tech pods on wheels, Renault has decided to bring a little romance back into the equation. The newly revealed open-top version of the Renault 4 E-Tech takes the retro-inspired electric hatch and gives it something the EV world desperately lacks these days – personality.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Renault, Convertible, Electric Vehicles, MINI, Fiat, Citroen
