Hypersonic vehicles aren't much use if you don't know where they're going, so Northrop Grumman is developing new navigation systems for autonomous craft that can stand up to the rigors of flying at speeds of over Mach 5.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Aircraft, Hypersonic, Navigation, Northrop Grumman
Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard blueprint of growth and adaptation. For the first time, scientists have unlocked when, and how, ancient bears broke the rules and hacked nature out of need.
Tags: Fossils, Teeth, Evolution, Climate Crisis, History, Animal science
Commercial spaceflight is booming and looks to go into full-on kaboom stage in the near future, sparking the need for an ever-increasing supply of solar panels. To fill this need, Dcubed is developing its ARAQYS system to directly manufacture arrays in orbit.
Tags: 3D Printing, Solar Power
While one staple North American fiberglass 'egg' camper builder was preparing its first-ever off-road-specific trailer, another was putting the finishing touches on its smallest, lightest trailer to date. The all-new E13 shrinks down Escape Trailer's rock-solid insulated fiberglass construction to two-sleeper+ size, creating a tiny habitat that tows and stows with ease. And Escape offers a full baker's dozen of color options that range from explosively retro to three shades of gray.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: trailers, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, RV, Caravan
As any snowboarder knows, the board does not just float dreamily across soft, puffy snow. It bangs and it shakes and it chatters against the hard-packed slopes, which is exactly where the shock-absorbing ShredLORD is designed to come in.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Snowboarding, Kickstarter, Suspension
Who doesn’t love beautifully hued clothing? Well, how about Mother Nature? But can you blame her? Industrial dyes are absolute poison.
Category: Environment, Science
All tiny houses require compromises – it's unavoidable when your home is small enough to tow. However, the Thicket has fewer drawbacks than you'd expect given its relatively compact size, and it looks like it could be a good fit for first-time downsizers.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Building and Construction
In a major breakthrough in human tissue replication, for the first time ever a 3D-printed cornea has been transplanted onto a legally blind patient's eye, successfully restoring their sight.
Category: Body and Mind
Tags: Eye surgery, Sight, Vision, 3D Printing, Transplant
Japanese company Science is commercially producing its Mirai Ningen Sentakuki – Human Washing Machine of the Future – after an overwhelming response at the Osaka-Kansai Expo this year. Only 50 models will be made, with a price tag of US$385,000.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Japan Display, Future, Day Spas, Expo, Well-being, Life Technologies, Artificial Intelligence
With all the technology in our lives today, it can feel overwhelming trying to keep track of the apps we need to control the world around us. Chinese tech company UltraBar has spent the past few years searching for a way to reduce this digital clutter, and it's come up with an interesting solution – a modular system of smart blocks that lets you control everything at once.
Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Smart Home, Programming
They’re gorgeous, dazzling, passionately pursued, and worth billions.
Category: Science
Tags: UC Berkeley, Virus, Metals
This recently completed tiny house, by Vagabond Haven, packs a lot of comfort into a compact footprint. Designed to sleep two people, it's fully equipped for off-grid living and is envisioned as a vacation home or rental.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House, Off-grid
Thermal imaging has become wildly accessible, thanks to technological advancements that have made it more affordable than ever. Thermal Master's Thor 002 sits squarely in that sweet spot. And it's about a third of the price of its main competitors.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Thermal Imaging, Cameras, Diagnostic devices, Diagnostic tools, Reviews
The World Health Organization (WHO) has finally made its recommendations on using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapeutics for weight loss, though it remains to be seen whether it changes their status for prescribing or their price.
Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: World Health Organization, Obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists, Semaglutide, Weight Loss, Metabolic syndrome, Heart Disease
Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection. In fact, higher temperatures actually help the viruses replicate.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, avian-influenza, Influenza, Birds, Virus, pandemic, The Immune System, Infections
Russia has suffered a major setback after the launch of its Soyuz MS-28 mission ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) caused severe damage to the country's only pad capable of handling crewed boosters.
Tags: Roscosmos, NASA, Soyuz, International Space Station
So many rooftop tents on the market weigh well over 100 lb (45 kg), with the heaviest pushing 300 lb (135 kg). The all-new Weekend from Danish camping goods company Groenberg shatters that mold and weighs in at a fraction of those figures. And for a limited time, it also prices in at a fraction of the competition, running closer to traditional ground tent pricing. Could this be the attainable, easy-to-use rooftop tent the market has been begging for?
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: roof-top tent, Tent, Inflatable, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Lightweight, Kickstarter
Air taxis might be the next big thing but they can't get very big if there's no place for them to land. AutoFlight Aviation Technology is developing a vertiport that's essentially a solar-powered barge that can go where it's needed – water permitting.
Tags: eVTOL, Autoflight, Air Taxis, Aviation
Perovskites may sound like perogies or piroshkis, but no high-carb-cheese-and-potato-flavor-pocket can do what they do. They’re minerals that can do the same party trick as many of your favorite childhood toys and models (such as the classic AMT Interplanetary UFO Mystery Ship; oh, how I miss you) and teenage trinkets such as glowsticks and “neon” rave necklaces: that is, they absorb and emit light.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Laser, Perovskite, University of Cambridge, Solar Cell
Britain's DragonFire laser weapon upped the ante on November 20 at the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range in Scotland when the high-powered, solid-state laser for the Royal Navy shot down drones flying at 351 knots (404 mph, 650 km/h).
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Royal Navy, Laser weapon
