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The BMW R1300GS is a state-of-the-art adventure motorcycle that has the credentials to take you anywhere, but the one thing it can't do is win you any drag races. But what if it could? Aftermarket accessories maker Puig might have the answer.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: BMW Motorrad, BMW, Adventure Bikes, Crossover, EICMA 2024

White canes are fine for helping blind users make their way down streets and hallways, but they certainly can't tell those users what objects, signs or scenes are in front of them. That's exactly what the Seekr is designed to do, however, using a heapin' helping of AI.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Blind, Assistive Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

What has two heads and seven handy features? No, it's not some multi-talented sideshow oddity, it's the Y-IN multitool. It's available in CNC-machined titanium or stainless steel construction, and is currently on Kickstarter.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Titanium, Kickstarter

Panasonic has bumped up the brightness for a new series of short-throw projectors. Billed as the company's most powerful fixed, short-throw LCD laser projectors to date, one model puts out 7,000 lumens and the other manages 6,200 lumens.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Panasonic, Business, Museum, Projectors, Laser

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is gearing up for the first experimental flight of the X1 early next year, an electric demonstrator aircraft that's the same size as its upcoming 30-seater commercial plane.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Electric Aircraft, Hybrid Air, Plane, Flight Simulation, Prototype

Injecting a natural hormone directly into the gut reduces the cognitive impairment that accompanies a stroke in the long term, according to a new study. The findings add to evidence that a healthy gut means a healthy brain and pave the way for a treatment that reduces the chronic after-effects of stroke.Continue ReadingCategory: Stroke, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Cognitive functioning, Gut health, Stroke,...

Canada's Rover Tiny Homes, the firm behind the Cypress, recently completed another non-towable model that offers a similarly spacious living experience. Named the Silvertip, it provides the kind of home comforts that you'd usually associate more with an apartment than a tiny house, including a large bedroom, a bathtub, and a dishwasher.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Well known for its competitively priced room-dominating TVs, Chinese consumer tech multinational TCL is now offering a more flexible way to watch big-screen visuals with the launch of its first mobile projector. The all-in-one A1 puts 1080p Google TV wherever you need it to be.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: TCL, Projectors, HD, LED, Portable, Google TV

It's 2019 and bottlenose dolphin #1022, born in Scottish waters in 2007, is suddenly spotted completely alone, hundreds of miles from his home before ending up in Denmark, some 500 miles (800 km) away across the North Sea.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Dolphin, Animal science, Lonely Planet

Three-wheeled cars are already a pretty unique bunch, but the Dragonfly Three Wheeler stands out even amongst them. It features a novel drivetrain layout which is claimed to boost traction and stability, amongst other selling points.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Three-Wheeler, Prototype

When it comes to monitoring the health of crops, aerial images captured by aircraft flying high overhead are only going to tell you so much. That's where an experimental new spectral sensor comes in, as it's mounted directly on the underside of individual plants' leaves.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Tohoku University, Plants, Agriculture, Crops

A Chinese mobile tech company known for its rugged devices has launched what's claimed to be the world's first 5G rugged tablet that also packs a built-in DLP projector. The Tank Pad also features an 800-lumen light to brighten up camping adventures.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Projectors, Pico projector, Tablet, Rugged

Upending long-held beliefs that testosterone levels regulate sexual desire, a new study has found that while the hormone plays a key role in reproductive success, elevated concentrations appear more intrinsically tied to 'courtship' – particularly in single men.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: University of California Santa Barbara, University of California, Hormone, Sex, Reproduction

In an analysis of the sleep habits of over 72,000 people, researchers identified a particular pattern that can dramatically spike the risk of major cardiovascular problems. The good news is that the pattern is relatively easy to avoid.Continue ReadingCategory: Sleep, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Sleeping, Sleep, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease, Heart attack

From wide-open flat bed, to loaded utility canopy, to fully packed multi-week expedition camper, the modular canopy camping system from South Africa's Alublack customizes the world's most rugged, unstoppable trucks into personalized adventure partners. Build the components up on the back of a Toyota Hilux or Land Cruiser or slide them off the truck completely and tow them on an equally rugged off-road trailer....

One of the best things about sleeping on a train is the gentle rocking motion that lulls you off to la-la land. Well, the Ensven 3 Modular Bed Rocker brings that same motion to people's beds, with a lot more oomph than its predecessors.Continue ReadingCategory: Sleep, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Bed, Sleeping, Motion

Folks with limited mobility or those who just like more ride stability could find new freedom by sliding onto the comfort seat of an electric trike. Startup Meet One Trike has followed the launch of a folding electric trike in October with a dual-motor model called the Tour.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Trike, Tricycle, Pedal-assisted, ebikes

From a handheld soldering gun to the 'playbird mansion' and, of course, the marvel of a smartphone microscope, there are some gadgets that we come across that we instantly want – and this wireless ultrasonic cutter is definitely another.Continue ReadingCategory: Electronics, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Materials, Gadgets, Tools, Wireless, Craft

Researchers at Australia's Monash University are close to solving one of the biggest challenges with eVTOL aircraft. The team's new lithium-sulfur battery tech is designed to deliver roughly twice the energy density of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, as well as speedy charging and discharging – enabling the sort of power delivery needed in the skies.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Battery, eVTOL, Batteries, Lithium-sulfur

"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external helping hands like wind or animals, this cucumber gets it done on its own, shooting a rapid-fire watery jet of liquid and seeds into the air from one end of its elongated,...

Washington, DC is arguably the most closely defended airspace in the world. Now it's getting an upgrade thanks to a new AI camera system that can quickly identify unauthorized intruders and warn them off with a laser beam.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Missile Defense

In the simplest terms, nearly every modern car on the planet uses disk brakes: a rotor attached to a hub with a caliper with brake pads fixed to the control arm at each wheel. The driver presses the brake pedal and hydraulic fluid is pushed down the brake lines into the caliper, expanding the pistons and pushing the brake pads against the rotor, slowing...

Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have devised a new method of recycling black polystyrene, however, simply using sunlight and an ingredient that's already present in the plastic.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Plastic waste, Recycling, Princeton University, Cornell University, Sunlight

Honda doesn't just want to power future vehicles with solid-state batteries; the company wants to develop and ultimately mass-produce the batteries itself. Solid-state tech represents a deep-anchored cornerstone of both its midterm electric vehicle plans and its greater goal of achieving full carbon neutrality by 2050. It took a big step toward those objectives this month, unveiling its first demonstration solid-state production line, which...