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Following the launch of a lights-on 4K laser projector at ISE 2025 earlier this month, Optoma has unveiled the first member of its "groundbreaking Photon series." The Photon Go ultra-short-throw projector brings triple-laser tech to budget home cinema.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Optoma, Projectors, HD, Portable, Google TV

A decade after it was first revealed, London's "super sewer" is now finally complete. The £5 billion (US$6.3 billion) project is expected to revolutionize the handling of human waste in the British capital.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Infrastructure, London, Pollution, Sewage, Tunnel

Stellantis, which counts Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler among its portfolio of automobile brands, says its Level 3 automated driving tech is ready to take over the wheel and let you take your eyes off the road safely.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicles, stellantis, Jeep, Chrysler, Adaptive Cruise Control

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an intriguing case study might demonstrate a simple new treatment, with a child showing no signs at all two and a half years after birth.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Muscle, Muscular Dystrophy, Genetics, Drug, Drugs, St. Jude Medical, Pregnancy, Spinal, neurons

UK-based Core Power has announced that it plans to mass produce a fleet of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) using advanced reactor design and modular shipbuilding to be anchored off the US coast in about 10 years.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Nuclear, Ships

Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study. The findings strengthen the claim that walnuts are a brain-enhancing food.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Brain activity, Memory, Diet, University of Reading

Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the lab, known as “plastic ice VII.” This strange version could exist naturally on other planets and moons in our solar system.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Ice, Water, Molecules, Matter, Liquid, Atoms

A new study has shown how individual components of our diet – the protein, carbohydrates, fiber and fats we eat – can improve or worsen sleep quality. The findings suggest that dietary interventions could be used to enhance sleep health.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Sleep, Diet, Macronutrients, University of Tsukuba

Last month, Honda expanded the outboard family built around the first-ever production V8 in its storied history of engine building. Now, the company is sliding some of the shinier new technology from those V8 outboard models down the line to V6 and inline-four motors. With outputs ranging between 100 and 250 hp, the updated 2025 outboard lineup now boasts handy new drive-by-wire technologies, new...

Located in the town of Thandarai, India, Vaazh House (designed by Vy Architecture Studio) merges cultural heritage with contemporary design to create a space that is both functional and deeply connected to its surroundings. The 1,500-square-foot (139-sq-m) residence incorporates a perforated curved wall that acts as a dynamic climatic buffer. Positioned to protect the house from the western sun, this wall allows for a...

California's Clone Robotics has just posted a video of its full-body Protoclone humanoid robot, and well … it's a wee bit creepy. The prototype's less disturbing Clone descendants, however, could one day be vacuuming our carpets.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Android, Humanoid

Measuring just 6.6 m (21.7 ft) long, this tiny house offers a well-designed and open interior layout that sleeps two, plus guests, in comfort. It could also be a good fit for budding explorers as it can be outfitted with full off-the-grid functionality.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

If you're thinking of getting an injection for back pain, you might want to think again. A panel of experts has examined the practice, found serious issues with its use – including financial gain – and issued strong recommendations to avoid it.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Chronic pain, Back Pain, Spinal, Pain, Nerves

Microsoft says it's made a major breakthrough in quantum computing capabilities with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip, and the first of its kind to be powered by what are called topological qubits.Continue ReadingCategory: Quantum Computing, ScienceTags: Microsoft, Fermions, Qubit, Quantum

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for an asteroid of hazardous size. Thankfully, new observations have now halved that probability.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astronomy, Asteroid, Asteroid Redirect Mission, NASA, ESA

Canada is set to begin work on a high-speed inter-city rail network – the largest infrastructure project in the country's history. Spanning 621 miles (1,000 km), its lines will help commuters travel between Toronto and Montréal – the two biggest cities in Canada – within three hours, or half the time it would usually take. The trains will go from Toronto to Quebec City,...

People who sit on the low or high side of normal vitamin B12 levels are still at risk of cognitive impairment, according to a new study. The researchers behind the study say we need to rethink the ‘healthy’ range for the vitamin that plays a key role in brain and nerve health.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Cognitive functioning, Brain,...

"A space that can turn into a trailer, instead of a trailer that can turn into a space." It may sound like a negligible difference upon first read, but the Touchdown trailer from Expandable proves that it's actually a significant one. The new towable living space serves as a panoramic designer mobile home that drops to ground level with a retractable chassis and grows...

When you're backcountry camping, you'll likely be carrying a tent while using a trekking pole. The Trek-Tent combines both of those things in one device, which can reportedly be converted into a tent in just one minute.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Tent, Trekking, Pole, Camping, Kickstarter, Transformable

In 2020 an incredible video went viral. It featured a former ballet dancer named Marta Cinta González Saldaña, suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease in her senior years. In the video, Saldaña listens to a piece of music from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and suddenly flashes awake beginning to move to a dance routine she presumably rehearsed over and over in her younger days.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's...

Aspartame has long been marketed as a guilt-free alternative to sugar in popular food products, ranging from zero-calorie Diet Coke to sugar-free Jell-O. It's also had a pretty bad rap, and the artificial sweetener has now been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke in mice. But not everyone's convinced this is as bad as it sounds for humans.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness...

Mobile tech company Oukitel made a splash at CES last month with what's claimed to be the first 33,000-mAh rugged smartphone with a built-in projector. Now the WP100 Titan adventure toolkit has launched on Kickstarter.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: smartphones, Rugged, Light, Projectors, Kickstarter

Estrogens are best known as hormones that regulate sexual development in women, although men produce them as well. Now, a new study finds that a particular kind of estrogen might have an additional role to play in suppressing appetite.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: estrogen, Diet, Hunger, Food, Hormone, Weight Loss

For years, Gerber has been fine-tuning base camp with various tools and kits. The Stakeout has served as its camping-specific multitool since 2022, adding a handy tent stake-puller to the usual knife/saw/bottle opener party. Now Gerber grows the Stakeout into a small family with the all-new Stakeout Spark. True to its name, this base-camp-to-backcountry handheld brings fire-starting capabilities and adds a new form factor...