Long before the brain undergoes a level of degeneration that destroys precious memories, the body could be crying for help.
Category: Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Dementia, Blood, Diagnostic tools, Alzheimer's disease, Test, Aging
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration made history by releasing the first-ever image of a black hole – an object that, until then, had never been directly observed by humanity.
Tags: NASA, Space exploration, Jets, Astronomy, X-ray
When packing for camping trips, it's always best if you can consolidate your gear as much as possible. The FieldSpork was designed with that fact in mind, as it combines six camp kitchen gadgets in one multi-functional device.
Category: Outdoor Cooking, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Camping, Titanium
A major battle is brewing in the world of ebikes: DJI subsidiary Avinox and components manufacturer Gobao are racing to bring powerful motors with integrated automatic gearboxes to the market – and we can't wait.
Tags: DJI Innovations, ebikes, Mountain Bikes, Pedal-assisted, urban transport, Motor, Transmission, Automation
Some tiny houses seem to prioritize portability over comfort, but the Apex takes the opposite approach. It trades mobility for a spacious single-floor layout that's closer to an apartment than a traditional tiny house.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House
Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has completed a green-roof residential development in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, bringing 237 new homes into the city’s historic Bergen district. Dubbed Nieuw Bergen, the project combines new construction with the repurposing of two existing buildings, adding housing while respecting the area’s established scale.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Urban Redevelopment, Urban Planning, Urban Gardening, Green Roofs, Building and Construction, Home
Modern cars are equipped with an increasing number of safety features: blind-spot monitoring, collision warning systems, and automatic emergency braking. At the same time, bicycles seem to be left outside of this safety ecosystem. We see this tendency in real-world statistics: over the past decade, the number of drivers killed in crashes has generally declined, while the number of cyclists killed has increased. Safety has become the number one reason why people choose cars over bikes in some countries, and Canyon aims to change that.
Tags: ebikes, Canyon Bicycles, V2X
Japan's famed kei cars were born out of the country's post-war need for affordable, practical transportation. Strict limits on dimensions and engine size translated into generous tax breaks, making car ownership attainable for millions.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Honda, Kei Cars, Hot hatch, Electric Vehicles
A novel three-in-one medication known as a "polypill" has been put to the test in a trial of more than 200 heart failure patients, in an effort to find a new way to effectively treat the condition with fewer drugs and better health outcomes. The findings were just what the scientists had hoped for.
Category: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: UT Southwestern, Heart attack, Heart, Heart Failure, Heart health, Personalized medicine, clinical trials, Experimental, Age-Related
Naked motorcycles are probably the most fun road-going motorcycles money can buy. And when you’re talking about nakeds, KTM’s Dukes are up there with some of the best in the world. Of that entire Duke lineup, it’s the 790 that has fascinated me the most, offering the sweet spot of just enough power to be a serious everyday motorcycle, while remaining incredibly nimble.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: KTM, Naked bike
The tides can often change very quickly in the automotive world. That’s exactly what has happened with Polestar, which has just been banned from selling its cars in the US market by the country’s Commerce Department.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Microplastics are everywhere, visible as small specks in water samples, tissue biopsies, and post-mortem examinations.
Category: Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Tags: Microplastic, Imaging, Pollution, Medical Imaging
US design firm Renée del Gaudio Architecture has completed a 2,100-sq-ft (195-sq-m) retreat in Allenspark, Colorado. Dubbed Camp Meeker Cabin, the project strips mountain living back to its quieter essentials, while still embracing contemporary environmental design.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Cabins, Tiny Footprint, nature, Home, sustainable design
Md Redyan Ahmed, University of Sydney/The Conversation
Tags: University of Sydney, Space exploration, Space telescope, Stars, Planet, Brown dwarf, Jupiter
There are a lot of titanium devices on Kickstarter, and honestly … many of those gadgets just use the strong yet lightweight metal as a marketing gimmick. The Voyageur, however, is a suitcase that takes full advantage of titanium's special features.
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Titanium, Travel, Waterproof
As an expected 150 million Americans dig into a hot dog this 4th of July weekend, physicians highlight how little we know about the health risks of this kind of processed meat. In fact, close to 90% of US adults surveyed were unsure of or completely unaware of any issues.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Red meat, Health, Carcinogens, Cancer, Chronic illness, Diet, World Health Organization, CDC
India's burgeoning eVTOL industry has seen major advancements, investment, and partnerships taking place over the last few years. The country has just seen an indigenously produced 1,540-lb (700-kg) half-scale demonstrator wrap up its integrated flight testing, inching it closer to the era of air taxis.
Tags: eVTOL, India, Air Taxis, Flight Tests, Wisk, Lilium, Joby Aviation, Volocopter, Beta Technologies
Architecture firm Meister Varma has completed a house in Kotagiri, a hill town in India's Nilgiri Mountains, that's held up by the stones of the collapsed colonial-era cottage that once occupied the same plot. It’s called Shilaya, which is from the Sanskrit word for stone. It’s a clear nod to the structure that stood there before it. Shilaya looks south over a garden earmarked for future cottages, with staff quarters to the west.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Building and Construction, House, Home, India, Reuse
Adam Taylor & Michelle Swainson, Lancaster University/The Conversation
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: peptide, anti-aging, Women, Women's health
Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft. And once a group of students in Pisa set out to make the world’s largest one, the classroom craft turned into a very real engineering problem, tackling stability, weight, stiffness and aerodynamics with an almost surgical attention to every millimeter.
Tags: Engineering, Paper, Plane, Guinness, Record
