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Cute and curvy bubble car ready to make your vacation electric
October 14, 2024
The first Microlino EV made its debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, finally rolling into production some six years later. A tourist-focused concept was also revealed in 2022, and now the Spiaggina has officially launched at the 2024 Paris Motor Show.
One-of-a-kind tiny house takes a geodesic approach to downsizing
October 14, 2024
Hailed as the world's first pentakis dodecahedron (or 60-sided) tiny house, this pint-sized geodesic dome home has been expertly designed to maximize its limited space. It's currently available for rental and will be made for sale in kit form too.
Apple's Depth Pro model 3D maps 2D images in a fraction of a second
October 14, 2024
Apple's Machine Learning Research wing has developed a foundational AI model "for zero-shot metric monocular depth estimation." Depth Pro enables high-speed generation of detailed 3D depth maps from a single two-dimensional image.
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October 14, 202486% of type 2 diabetics treated with a new procedure no longer needed insulin throughout the two-year-long study they participated in. That procedure could be a real game changer for nearly half a billion people living with the condition worldwide.
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October 14, 2024Sticky plaques building up on the walls of your blood vessels can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Now, a new nanoparticle infusion therapy has been found to break down these plaques safely in tests in pigs.
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October 13, 2024Researchers have developed a gene therapy technology that uses magnetic fields to control specific brain circuits. In addition to Parkinson’s disease, the tech could be used to treat conditions as diverse as depression, obesity, and chronic pain.
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October 13, 2024TL;DR: Save 24% on this AirTag alternative that’s slim enough to fit in your wallet.
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October 13, 2024You might not hear it, but rodents are known to speak to each other in voices so high-pitched that human ears can’t pick them up. Now scientists have found that these vocalizations might have a second purpose – they help them smell better.
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October 13, 2024Jetson Founder Tomasz Patan is clearly getting very comfortable with the Jetson One eVTOL's flight control system ... Watch him wrench the controls around to show off how sharply – and safely – this thing can handle tight turns in flight.
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October 13, 2024While the island has 0.37% the land size of the US, Taiwan has become a hub for startups, sustainable design and tech innovation. This week, 600 inventions will vie for the 'gold medal' – the Platinum Award – at the massive Taiwan Innotech Expo.
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October 13, 2024KTM’s all-new Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is rolling out on the upcoming 1390 Super Adventure, and the company says 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.
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October 13, 2024In an astonishing bit of space gymnastics, SpaceX has pulled off a true first. It captured a Super Heavy booster at about 7:31 am CT using its own launch tower after delivering a Starship second stage to orbit, followed by a controlled reentry.
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October 13, 2024Known best for highway-oriented caravans and motorhomes, Dethleffs launches its first off-road motorhome, the Globebus Performance 4x4. The new VW-based RV combines an all-terrain-ready spec with an amenity suite aimed at multi-day off-grid living.
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