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Peter Fonda's Stars and Stripes helmet from the movie Easy Rider (1969) went to auction seven days ago ... and failed to raise a single bid of $25,000. By my assessment, it's worth more than $500,000. What happened?Continue ReadingCategory: Collectibles, LifestyleTags: Auction, Motorcycle, Movies, Helmet

An innovative fertility technology using stem cells to help an embryo mature outside the body has resulted in the world’s first live human birth. Gameto, the company that developed the approach, says it’s faster, safer and more accessible than conventional IVF.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Fertility, In vitro fertilization, Stem Cells

Winter is coming for those in the Northern Hemisphere. For the hardcore winter camping and outdoor enthusiasts, this brings a whole new set of challenges, like trying to stay warm after a day of snowy adventures when it's -20 °F (-28 °C) outside. Mammoth Overland has you covered.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Wool, Off-grid, Camping, Winter

Computers generally go a bit wonky when you stick them in the oven for a bit, but engineers at the University of Michigan are looking to change that by developing a new computer memory that can run at the temperature of molten lead.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: University of Michigan, Computers

We've seen camper kits for vans, 4x4s and even small crossovers. But pickup truck owners have long been left to shop more expensive, comprehensive campers or build out their trucks themselves. Roadloft has launched a pickup camper package for those who want something simpler and more affordable without going full DIY. The new kit serves as a lounge, dining area, mobile office, kitchenette and...

Bright pink color, a new typeface, and a missing cat in its emblem – Jaguar’s rebrand campaign has been the talk of the town since its launch. It certainly divides opinions for a car maker with a rich history of nearly 100 years.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Jaguar, Advertising, Electric Vehicles

We've seen nesting sets of outdoor dining utensils before, and even sets that stick together via embedded magnets. The EATi Mag system, however, combines 10 tools in what looks like a simple knife, fork and spoon set.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Cutlery, Titanium, Magnetic, Camping, Kickstarter

Watching motorsport from the comfort of your own home is all well and good, but there's nothing quite like being there in person. These amazing new residences offer the best of both worlds and overlook the iconic British race circuit Silverstone.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Racing, House, Home

Epson has added what's described as a super-short-throw projector to its home cinema options. Like its ultra-short-throw cousins, the EH-QS100 model snuggles up close to the screen to throw huge visuals while its laser light source is reckoned good for lights-on viewing.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Epson, Projectors, 4k, Laser TV

Innovative tech company Looktech has paired up with Wenzhou Moveup Optical Co on perhaps the best-looking smart glasses we've seen yet. But powered by GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude, these shades are more than just style.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Smart Glasses, Artificial Intelligence, GPT, LLM (Large Language Model), Kickstarter

Drones have another weapon in the arsenal thanks to "Crazy Li" Xiao: lasers. Not just lasers, but ones powerful enough to vaporize human tissue on contact and cut through metal.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: drones, Laser weapon, China

Traffic in the vicinity of Antarctica has become a bit trickier now that A23a, the world's oldest and largest iceberg, has broken free of its watery trap north of the South Orkney Islands and is floating northward on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Antarctic, British Antarctic Survey, Ice

The Dust Moto Hightail is a 220-pound all-electric dual sport that punches above its weight. It offers a simplified ride experience in a compact size with a swappable 4.4-kWh battery pack. And it could be yours for just $100 up front!Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes, Enduro

It can be tricky, keeping a spray paint can at that Goldilocks not-too-close/not-too-far distance from the surface being painted. The Laser Focus Sprayer is made to take the guesswork out of doing so, by putting a dual-laser sighting system on any can.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Laser, Paint, Kickstarter

Look ma, no Haber-Bosch Process! In the latest bid to greenify ammonia production, researchers at Stanford University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have come up with a portable device to produce ammonia wherever it's needed by simply using air at room temperature and standard atmospheric pressure.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Ammonia, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse emissions, Agriculture

Since its completion in 2013, London's mighty Shard has stood as both the UK and Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, however this won't be the case for long – at least not exclusively. An ambitious new supertall has now been given the thumbs-up to be constructed in the British capital that will match its exact height.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Office, London

Hidden among a bunch of Samsung's product launches in last year's CES presskit was a very brief paragraph on the world's first 8K projector with wireless connectivity. The Premiere 8K is still yet to arrive, but it's already received the first certification from the 8K Association.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Samsung, 8K, Laser TV, Projectors

Imagine a next-gen VR experience that lets you speak realistic scenes, intelligent characters and complex situations into being, then interact with them in real time. It's coming, due to a convergence of tech like this advance in real-time 3D video.Continue ReadingCategory: Virtual Reality, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Artificial Intelligence, Video, 3D, Immersive Media

Taking acetaminophen, a.k.a. paracetamol, one of the most globally recognized, widely-used painkillers for a prolonged period, increases the risk of serious complications in older folks, according to a new study. It may mean rethinking the drug’s use as a first-line treatment for chronic conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Analgesics, Chronic pain, University of Nottingham

This 125-kg (276-lb) robotic ball looks – and acts – like it could've broken free from the Batpod. It's a self-balancing sphere that can chase down criminals at up to 35 km/h (22 mph) on land or water, and strike with a range of non-lethal weapons.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: China, Police, Crime, Robot, Sphere, Amphibious

The US Army and Navy have successfully flown its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon system in an end-to-end test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with the Battery Operations Center and a Transporter Erector Launcher that it will use in the field.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Army, US Navy, Hypersonic

A new study has found that eating a better-quality diet was directly associated with a reduction in chronic pain severity, regardless of body weight. The findings suggest that upping overall diet quality could be an easy, affordable, and effective way to manage pain.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Diet, Chronic pain, University of South Australia

A new study has demonstrated that a tiny bundle of optical fibers can continuously, accurately, and simultaneously measure six biomarkers of brain health, helping to prevent serious complications that can follow a traumatic brain injury.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Traumatic Brain Injury, Secondary injury, Fiber optics, Imperial College London

In the long list of tasks we'd like humanoid robots to perform for us, shooting hoops is probably close to the bottom – if it makes the list at all. But the CUE bot from Toyota recently set its second Guinness World Record, for the farthest basketball shot by a humanoid robot.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags: Toyota, basketball, Robots, Humanoid, Artificial Intelligence, Guinness