Frequent travelers know the feeling of opening a suitcase in a hotel room only to find that their shirts, trousers, and dresses look like they've already been worn. A steamer or hotel iron (if there is one at all) can solve this problem, but if you're tired or in a rush, it’s probably the last thing you want to spend time on. Aironox is aiming to address this issue with its new product that's designed specifically for travelers and is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.

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Category: Good Thinking, Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, Clothing, Travel

The United States military is plunging into the robotic future of aerial warfare with both feet as awards are issued to General Atomics and Anduril for not just the development, but the mass production of hundreds of autonomous combat aircraft.

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Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Anduril, US Air Force, Fighter

The newly-revamped Sentra is boring, sensible, comfortable, and easy to live with. Today’s market is full of splash headlines and flashy LEDs. The Sentra is just a sedan. That’s it. And that’s weird.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Nissan, Sedan, Reviews

“Less is more.” How often have we heard that? CFMoto’s latest motorcycle embodies that philosophy, especially in a class that has not just been growing in popularity, but also in the size of the motorcycles themselves. This one’s simple and straightforward … and I like that.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: CFMoto, Enduro, Off-road, Dirt Bikes, Honda Motorcycles, Kawasaki

This week’s technology agreement announced between Stellantis, Wayve and Uber is another big step forward in the race to provide – and profit from – driverless taxis.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: stellantis, Uber, Taxis, Self-Driving, Autonomy, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence

Sold under brand names like Wegovy and Ozempic, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have become a popular way to curb appetite and lose weight.

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Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: GLP-1 receptor agonists, Crime, Weight Loss, Pharmaceuticals

It's one thing having a large, complex base tent to set up. I mean, we don't really like that either, but sometimes you have to deal with it. But the last thing you want to do after setting up your primary tent is spend another small lifetime setting up a bathroom tent. Gazelle provides the latest solution, slimming its tried-and-true hub-frame formula into a tall, sturdy Privacy Tent that sets up in a minute and a half, letting you get to what really counts: collapsing into a camp chair and enjoying the view.

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Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Tent, Toilet, Bathroom, Camping, Outdoors and Camping

Nvidia is fundamentally rethinking the portable PC, treating its new RTX Spark platform not as a traditional gaming silicon upgrade, but as a blueprint for a high-end, on-device AI powerhouse.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: NVIDIA, Chips, Artificial Intelligence, Platform, Gaming, Laptop, PC, Graphics

A lot of people would commute by bicycle, but don't do so because they're afraid of traffic. Well, those folks might like Canyon's prototype Predict bike, which is laden with tech to keep its rider safe from cars and other road hazards.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Cycling, concept, Road Safety, Canyon Bicycles, Artificial Intelligence

A new 3D camera inspired by jumping spiders' eyes may well be found in the next generation of battery-operated wearable tech, assistive devices, robots and drones. The technology utilizes “less energy than a nightlight.”

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Category: Technology

Tags: Northwestern University, 3D Cameras, Biomimicry, Spiders

David Michaels, George Washington University & Robert Harrison, University of California, San Francisco/The Conversation

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Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Lung disease, Kitchen, Public health, George Washington University, Chronic, Lung, Respiratory health

History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny. Goliath and a pebble, Achilles and his heel, the ultra-fast 6G network and … walls. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have now invented a cheap, 3D-printed solution that could help future wireless signals bend around the barriers that currently stop them in their tracks.

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Category: Telecommunications, Technology

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless, Aalto University, 6G, Metamaterials, 3D Printing

Picture a tiny house in your mind and it probably looks a little like a cottage on wheels. However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Back in February, when the first Tesla Cybercab rolled off the line at Tesla Gigafactory Texas, there was plenty of talk in media circles about what was to come. Now, Tesla’s certification documents submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveal all that was previously under wraps.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Tesla Motors, Tesla, Taxis, Autonomous Vehicles, urban transport, Self-Driving, Cabs, Tesla Model 3, Electric Vehicles

We may be on the cusp of understanding whether we can turn back time for our cells to stave off age-related disease, with the first human receiving experimental gene therapy as part of a landmark trial.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Harvard, Age-Related, Aging, anti-aging, Glaucoma, clinical trials, gene therapy, molecular biology

In a historic first, Northrop Grumman is set to launch a rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope from plunging into the Earth's atmosphere using a service robot to capture the stricken craft and boost it into a new, safer orbit.

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Category: Space Systems, Engineering

Tags: Northrop Grumman, NASA, Rescue

A common laxative may do more than aid digestion: it could sharpen memory and attention in people with a history of depression.

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Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: laxative, brain-fog, Depression, Memory, University of Birmingham, University of Oxford

Often attributed to Albert Einstein, the quote by science-fiction writer Ray Cummings still serves as the most succinct explanation for one of the most fundamental features of our universe.

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Category: Physics, Science

Tags: Time, Big Bang Theory, Quantum Mechanics, Bose-Einstein condensate, Albert Einstein, Newton, University of Birmingham

“Man overboard!” The dreaded call that starts a race against time and the often treacherous sea. Sadly, the sea often wins, mainly due to reaction times. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are now developing an onboard drone that aids rescues without human intervention.

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Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Rescue, Technical University of Denmark, Ocean, Accidents

Running is often promoted as one of the simplest sports to pick up – put on a pair of running shoes and head out. In reality, running also comes with a list of safety considerations. As a woman, every time I go for a run alone, I make sure to stick to busy streets, carry pepper spray and my phone, and let my partner know which route I’m taking. Running after dark brings safety concerns to another level for runners of any gender: wearing reflective clothes, watching for traffic, and staying on well-lit streets become essential.

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Category: Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Running, Safety, Protection, Crime, Radar, GPS