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Taiwan may be only 0.37% the land size of the US, but the small island has become a hub for startups, sustainable design and technological innovation. And this year, close to 600 inventions will be vying for the Platinum Award, the coveted top prize at the long-runing annual Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE). Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Taiwan , Artificial Intelligence , Inventors , Green+Technology , Assistive Technologies , Smart Cities , Smart Home

KTM’s all-new Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is rolling out on the upcoming 1390 Super Adventure tourer, and the company claims it'll change the way we ride motorcycles. It comes with a P – N – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 gear sequence – and of course, no clutch lever. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: KTM , BMW , Honda , Yamaha , Transmission , Automotive

In an astonishing bit of space gymnastics, SpaceX has pulled off a true first. It captured a Super Heavy booster at about 7:31 am CDT using its own launch tower after delivering a Starship second stage to orbit, followed by a controlled reentry. Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: SpaceX , Starship , Launch

Known best for its highway-oriented caravans and motorhomes, Dethleffs is starting to support more ambitious adventurers who yearn to travel deeper into the unknown. It started last year with the versatile Yoka Go toy-hauling motorhome, and it continues in 2024 with a more dedicated off-road motorhome, the Globebus Performance 4x4. The new Volkswagen-based Class B+ camper combines a rugged, all-terrain-ready spec with an amenity suite aimed at multi-day off-grid living, fit even for those who can't imagine leaving behind all the latest mod cons. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Motorhome , Motorhomes , RV , Off-grid , Off-road , Campervan , Outdoors and Camping , dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2024 , Dethleffs , Camping

Anduril Industries has just announced the Bolt and Bolt-M drone. These aren't your average hobbyist drones either, as the M stands for "munitions," packing up to a 3 lb (1.4 kg) payload of your favorite tactical ordnance. Continue Reading Category: Military , Technology Tags: drones , Explosives , Department of Defense

What do you want from an action cam? It should be rugged, reliable, and able to capture great video and audio. But that’s just the bare minimum for DJI and its all-new Action 5 Pro – a serious big hitter that might just displace GoPro from its throne. Continue Reading Category: Electronics , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: DJI Innovations , GoPro , Cameras , iPhone , Actioncam , Reviews

One of the rarest, most bizarre and most sought after Vespa scooters of all time is for sale ... at around half the price it usually sells for. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: Scooter , Warfare

Bayonne, France-based DAB Motors has embraced the idea of motorcycles as fashion items and has produced a quirky, game-console-inspired translucent electric motorcycle. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: DAB , Electric Motorcycles , Fashion , Video Games

Ordinarily, the 3D printing of multi-colored, multi-textured objects is a relatively complex and inefficient process. That could soon change, however, thanks to a clever new technique in which a temperature-sensitive print media gets "ironed" after being extruded. Continue Reading Category: 3D Printing , Manufacturing , Technology Tags: MIT , Delft University of Technology , Color

Way back in 2016, Yamaha built an actuator into its new TransAcoustic line of acoustic guitars that produced reverb and chorus through the sound hole. The second generation has just launched, and now includes a built-in looper. Continue Reading Category: Music , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Yamaha , Acoustics , Guitar , Guitar Effects

Nestled in the dense Amazonian rainforest of Ecuador, A Lodging in the Pigüe by Mestizo Estudio Arquitectura embodies a connection between architecture and nature. The tiny 484-sq-ft (45-sq-m) cabin has been designed to incorporate an existing Pigüe tree, allowing the structure to rise around it rather than disrupt it. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: Amazon , Treehouses , Tiny Footprint , Cabins

The ANYmal quadruped robot not only walks on four legs, it can also roll on four wheels, stand up, throw boxes, and make its way up and down stairs. As if all that wasn't enough, the thing can now also climb ladders. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: ETH Zurich , Quadruped , Climbing

On New York's Long Island, scientists are building an ambitious machine to tease apart the mysteries held inside atomic nuclei. A major component of that system is the world's highest voltage electron gun and it's just aced a six-month test. Continue Reading Category: Physics , Science Tags: Brookhaven National Laboratory , Particle accelerator , Particle physics , Electron Microscopes

We often associate Mint Tiny House Company with massive models like the Canada Goose. However, with its Loft Ruby Edition, the company has created a tiny house that is a more manageable size, while maintaining an impressive capacity to sleep up to six people in comfort. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Tiny Footprint , Micro-House , House , Home

Last year, Dasung launched what was claimed to be the world's first color E Ink monitor, whcih was available with curved or flat panels. Now the company has updated the formula for a similar-sized model boasting a super-fast (for E Ink) refresh rate of 33 Hz. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: E-Ink , Color , Monitor , Display

China's Sany Renewable Energy claims it has just erected the world's largest onshore wind turbine. The 15MW prototype was installed earlier this week in northeast China's Jilin Province. Continue Reading Category: Energy , Technology Tags: Wind turbine , Wind Power , Wind , Renewable Energy

High-resolution images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot have revealed that it’s not as stable as we thought. Instead, the Spot is squeezing in and out, with NASA describing it as “jiggling like a bowl of gelatin.” Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: Jupiter , Hubble , NASA

In the first study of its kind, new research has shown that incorporating some running or jogging into a walking program is an acceptable form of exercise for many people who suffer from chronic lower back pain. Traditionally, this higher-impact exercise has been advised against, in favor of activities like swimming, cycling and, of course, just walking. Continue Reading Category: Wellness & Healthy Living , Body & Mind Tags: Monash University , Back Pain , Chronic , Exercise , Rehabilitation , Pain

It’s straight out of a comic book: a shot of liquid silk quickly hardens into a sticky, strong fiber that can lift objects 80 times heavier. Sound familiar? Researchers have described the Spider-Man-inspired tech in a new study. Continue Reading Category: Materials , Science Tags: nature , Biomimetic , Spider-Man , Silk , Tufts University

The US Space Force's secret-but-not-really-secret spaceplane will carry out a novel maneuver called aerobraking to change its orbit. Instead of using thrusters, the robotic spacecraft will dip into the Earth's atmosphere to change its trajectory. Continue Reading Category: Military , Technology Tags: X-37B , US Space Force , Flight , Unmanned

Researchers may have identified the long-debated cause of creaking, popping and clicking knees – common at any age, with or without an underlying knee injury – and whether it's something to be concerned about. Continue Reading Category: Body & Mind Tags: Knee , Knee injury , Osteoarthritis , La Trobe University

Elon Musk is set to unveil Tesla's long-awaited fully-autonomous Robotaxi/Cybercab at the company's 'We, Robot' event in a matter of minutes. Watch the stream here, and we'll be updating this piece with news as it happens. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Tesla , Tesla Motors , Elon Musk , Autonomous Vehicles , Self driving cars

Boom's XB-1 supersonic jet took its fifth test flight out of Mojave Air & Space Port on Oct 7th, 2024 setting a few new records in the process. The XB-1 is the one-third-scale platform that Boom is using as the foundation for its eventual Overture aircraft that aims to bring back commercialized supersonic passenger flight. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft , Transport Tags: Supersonic , Boom , Flight Tests , Airlines

Colorado-based Radica hit the pickup camping topper scene a couple years ago with the introduction of the original Moonlander, a truck cap that splits the difference between basic security shell and overnight pickup camper like nothing else out there. With the new Moonlander X, the company appears at first to go more traditional with an alcove-style camper, but one needs to step inside to really see what this versatile solution is really all about. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: Camping , RV , Off-road , Pickup , Truck

Although treadmills do let you vary your running speed, you have to repeatedly reach down and hit the controls in order to do so. The Kickr Run offers a more natural hands-free alternative, in that it automatically adjusts its belt speed to match your running speed. Continue Reading Category: Sports , Lifestyle Tags: Treadmill , Running , Fitness , Exercise

For the 60th year in a row, the Natural History Museum of London has held its Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. And for the 60th year in a row, the images are guaranteed to stir your love of the natural world and the animals that live in it. Continue Reading Category: Photography , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Wildlife , Photographers , Animals , Insect , Fungus , Birds , nature

Following a trade show preview last month, Valerion has now launched a funding campaign on Kickstarter for a triple-laser long-throw projector. The VisionMaster Max boasts high-brightness 4K visuals, Google TV and support for super-wide IMAX. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Kickstarter , 4K UHD , Projectors , Cinema , Google TV , Imax

Following its Bond Tower and Klan TV Headquarters, Portugal's OODA continues to remake the skyline in Tirana, Albania, with another remarkable skyscraper. Named Hora Vertikale, it will reach a height of 140 m (459 ft) and will take the form of 13 stacked staggered cubes that resemble oversized toy blocks carelessly placed into position. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Tirana , Skyscrapers , Residential towers

Even on busy rail networks, the gap between lines can spend much of its time doing little but face skyward, so why not put that space to good use? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is looking to do just that by installing solar panels in between railway tracks. Continue Reading Category: Energy , Technology Tags: Railways , Solar Power , Removable , Modular , Clean Energy , Photovoltaic

The dynamic way different-shaped snowflakes perform distinct 'dances' within clouds has been found to hugely influence how much precipitation forms and is likely to fall to Earth. The discovery of this unique cloud choreography has the potential to guide more accurate forecasting of weather events, especially rainfall and snow. Continue Reading Category: Environment , Science Tags: University of Reading , Climate , Rain , Weather , nature

Imagine being horribly maimed and the only way to survive was to merge your damaged flesh with another injured human. Scientists have discovered this startling ability in comb jellies, which can fuse together to share a nervous and digestive system. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Animal science , Animals , jellyfish , Marine Biology , Cells , Regenerative

Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive, human-like robotic ‘finger’ capable of safely performing routine physical examinations like a medical doctor would. They say the ‘robodoctor’ could be seen in medical clinics soon. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: Soft Robotics , medical-robotics , University of Science and Technology of China

Nintendo has finally announced its latest piece of hardware – but it’s not the highly anticipated Switch 2. Instead, the relentlessly playful company has unveiled the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that not only wakes you up with classic game sounds but uses motion sensors to track your sleep. Continue Reading Category: Around The Home , Lifestyle Tags: Nintendo , Clock , Alarm Clock , mario bros. , The Legend of Zelda , Game , Games , Video Games

It's been 10 long years since Yamaha debuted the MT-09 (FZ-09), a super-accessible, affordable hooligan bike with an 847-cc triple motor full of concentrated fun exactly where street riders need it. Now, there's finally a fully-faired R9 sportsbike. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: Yamaha , Motorcycle , Sportsbikes

Motorized carts like the e-Wagon can definitely help you haul heavy loads, but what if the cart itself is a bit heftier than you'd like? Well, you can always just buy a lighter and less costly model … such as the e-Wagon Air. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: Kickstarter , Camping , Cart

It's always best if farmers can detect drought stress before crop plants become wilted, weakened and lower-yielding. An experimental new portable device could help in that regard, as it uses ultrasound to spot such stress in its earliest stages. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Agriculture , Plants , Crops , Kaunas University of Technology , Ultrasound , Water

Though its recently completed Cercaux tiny house only has a length of 20 ft (6 m), Modern Tiny Living has ensured it punches above its weight thanks to a storage-packed interior containing a flexible "Swiss Army Knife" living room. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Tiny Footprint , Micro-House , House , Home

Though many head into the wild to recharge their batteries with the sights and sounds of nature, there are those who need to be entertained. Smart projector maker JMGO has launched a portable HD projector that can be slipped into the bottle pouch of your backpack to take movie nights to camp. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Portable , Projectors , Streaming , HD , Pico projector

Surgical stitches are good for helping wounds heal, but they can pop open with too much movement. Scientists in China have now turned that weakness into a strength, developing stitches that generate an electric charge when stretched and heal wounds faster. Continue Reading Category: Medical Devices , Medical Innovations , Body & Mind Tags: Smart bandage , Wound , wound-healing , Skin , China , Electrical , Electric , Infections

An underreported regulation being proposed in the United States could have a sweeping impact on car drivers in the country, and possibly other parts of the West. But the people feeling its immediate sting will be American motorcyclists. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: BYD , China , Self driving cars , Autonomous Vehicles , Governments , Law , Manufacturing , Electronic , Security , Cybersecurity

On the road, the Duo X adventure trailer from South Africa's Invader looks like the latest ridiculously rugged squaredrop trailer to roll out of the Southern Hemisphere. And that's not entirely wrong, as it is a small, lightweight two-person towable meant to shadow a lifted ute over the most unwelcoming heights and depths of Earth's flesh. But instead of sleeping those two weary adventurers in a simple fixed cabin, teardrop-style, the Duo X rises, slides and flips into a two-story mini-camp with penthouse tent and lower galley and bathroom. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Caravan , Trailer , trailers , Off-road , RV , Off-grid , Camping , Outdoors and Camping

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has demonstrated its fan-in-wing vertical lift system. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft , Transport Tags: aurora , Boeing , DARPA , VTOL , Sprint