Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, a chronic disease that affects up to a million Americans.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Stanford University, Epstein-Barr Virus, lupus, Virus, Inflammatory, Inflammation, Cells, The Immune System
Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming power at a distance. Its Star Catcher Network technology beamed 1.1 kW of power at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida using off-the-shelf solar panel components.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: DARPA, Solar Power, Power
Blending ancient land-shaping traditions with cutting-edge fabrication, a new project called TreeSoil is reimagining how architecture can support vulnerable environments. Conceived through a partnership between two research groups, the Technion Institute’s Material Topology Research Lab (MTRL) and the Tree Lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, the project proposes a small but radical idea: build structures not for people, but to protect saplings struggling to survive in degraded landscapes.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Eco-Friendly, Agricultural, sustainable design, 3D Printing, Tree, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Narwal's flagship self-cleaning wet/dry robot vacuum is on sale for Black Friday. We've spent several months with the Narwal Flow, and while it doesn't offer any spectacular party tricks, it's the smartest, best-performing robovac we've seen.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Robot, Smart Home, Vacuum, Vacuum cleaner, Reviews, Black Friday
Though the world's smallest Laser TV took most of the CES 2025 spotlight, JMGO did have other models on display – including an early look at a new N series. Now it seems that the first N3 tri-laser model has soft launched.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Projectors, Gimbals, 4K UHD, Laser, Google TV
If New York is the city that never sleeps, Dubai is the city that never stops building. This latest example of its constantly changing skyline, by Zaha Hadid Architects, consists of a residential skyscraper with a striking exoskeleton design inspired by traditional local craftsmanship.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, Zaha Hadid, Dubai, Skyscrapers, Residential towers
Engineers from Northwestern University have developed a flexible device you can wear on your fingertip like a Band-Aid to feel the sensation of interacting with textured and patterned surfaces on a touchscreen. It could be a major step forward in how we interact with personal technology.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Haptics, Touch-technology, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Northwestern University, Tactile, Hand
If you're lucky enough to have a couple thousand bucks burning a hole in your pocket, you could do a whole lot worse than drop it on an Antic. This little beast draws inspiration from the mini bikes of 1970s, swaps their noisy engines for an electric motor, and lets you get into all kinds of trouble on two wheels – or one, if you're feeling rowdy.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Self-balancing, Bikes
As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health issues we face today aren’t personal failings or modern inconveniences – they’re the predictable result of forcing Stone Age physiology into a world it was never built for.
Tags: University of Zurich, anthropology, Anthropocene, Evolution, Human, nature, Urban Planning
Scamp might not be as celebrated in modern circles as Airstream, but it is a similarly iconic camping trailer brand with deep history. Its roots dig all the way back to the market's original fiberglass camper icon, and much of its modern lineup looks virtually unchanged from those classic fiberglass pods of the 1960s and 70s. This month, though, the Scamp family flashes a new look with the Scamp X, a ruggedized, all-terrain design that updates the iconic egg trailer for modern deep-wilderness adventure. The X is Scamp's first off-road-specific model in more than 50 years in business.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, Off-road, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Trailer, trailers, RV
We already know how watching other people’s lives on social media can negatively affect our self-esteem and satisfaction with our own lives. Apparently, using apps to track your own calories or fitness activities can have a similar effect. The latest research from scientists at University College London (UCL) and Loughborough University suggests that fitness apps can actually become major demotivators.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University College London, Loughborough University, Apps, Fitness
Where there's an uncomfortable athlete, there's room for a wild, high-tech solution. At least that seems to be Nike's strategy of late, resulting in such contrivances as robo-shoes and active-breathing jackets. The all-new Lava Loft Down Jacket is a little less animated, but it still uses a rather unconventional solution to solve a common problem, interspersing baffles of ultra-warm down with wide open vents to react to the massive weather shifts a trail runner can experience when logging miles. When it's time to remove the Lava Loft all together, the 10-oz jacket packs down to fit in your hand like an apple.
Tags: Clothing, Nike, Running, Outdoors and Camping, down, Jacket, Sports
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Kickstarter, Multitools, Modular, EDC
Are you one of those coffee/tea consumers who loathe washing your drink containers so much that a) you leave them piled up to get moldy, and b) in a reverse sustainability move, you purchase new ones because of the hassle of not being able to clean every stained crevice?
Category: Good Thinking, Technology
Tags: Water Bottle, Modular, Kickstarter
This charming tiny house takes design cues from traditional cabins to deliver a rustic small living experience. Named the Nature Pod, it features generous glazing and lots of options including an off-grid setup, and it starts at just €14,380 (roughly US$16,600).
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Building and Construction
Divers may soon be able to get a welcome boost to their flutter kicks thanks to an exoskeleton developed by researchers at Peking University (PU). By shouldering some of the burden of underwater swimming, the device could also make scuba tanks last longer.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Exoskeleton, Diving, Underwater, Peking University
Before you ask: no, it's not AI. What you're looking at above is a skydiver framed by the roiling chromosphere of the Sun, with its arches and loops of plasma glowing brightly. That's the result of weeks of meticulous planning, a whole lot of astrophotography know-how, plenty of math, and patience.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Astrophotography, Sun, Skydiving
Groundbreaking research has uncovered a set of just three gene variants that can increase the likelihood of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by up to 15 times. It's a remarkable finding, considering that thousands of mutations only come with a nominal elevated risk.
Category: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Aarhus University, ADHD, Genetic testing, Genetics, neurons, Brain, mental health, Diagnostic tools, Neuroscience
This week, talk of the AI industry bubble has heated up, with Google's top executive Demis Hassabis throwing some fuel on this fire while discussing the release of the company's much-anticipated Gemini 3 model.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Alphabet, Google.org, NVIDIA, Open AI, Google DeepMind, Gemini, Investment, Artificial Intelligence
Glass-filled polypropylene is already a very commonly used plastic for automotive parts, but could it be improved? Well, yes. A new substance, Gratek, is claimed to make the plastic 20% stronger yet 18% lighter, thanks to the addition of graphene.
Tags: Plastics, Graphene, Automotive, University of Toronto
