New Atlas (gizmag)

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY iPhone 7 review: Not quite the new black, but raising the bar on basic The iPhone 7 isn't quite the new black, but it does establish a new high watermark for "basic". Like a great pair of jeans, the iPhone 7 is straightforward, versatile and attractive. Its good fit is worth it, even if some specs fall short of superlative. ​   Read more AUTOMOTIVE Review: 2016 BMW 750i combines power and elegance in a plush package The 7 Series has long served as BMW's flagship, setting a benchmark for the executive sedan class and for 2016 several changes have been made. We spent a week in the 2016 BMW 750i to assess the many changes and luxuriate in opulence.   Read more ARCHITECTURE Copenhagen tower will encourage residents to grow their own greens Studio Lokal is planning to build a new residential high-rise located on a former vegetable market in Copenhagen. Taking inspiration from its location, it will feature over 200 balcony gardens on which residents will be encouraged to grow their own produce for eating, selling, and trading.  Read more SPORTS Ember offers non-invasive hemoglobin tracking for serious athletes Cercacor is the latest company to be showing off its wares at the Interbike Expo in Las Vegas, launching the Ember: a hemoglobin tracker and scanner device that links to your smartphone to give you an almost instant assessment of your body's reaction to exercise.   Read more TINY HOUSES This tiny house expands in size with the push of a button Tiny Idahomes' most recent tiny house can expand in size and features a dining room, bedroom, and lounge that slide out with the push of a button. It's currently on the market for US$68,899.   Read more AUTOMOTIVE Nissan concept pickup truck uses onboard drone to help with remote rescues Revealed at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show, the flashy Navara EnGuard pickup concept is designed for rescue in the world's most remote, extreme environments. It includes an onboard drone and a portable power supply derived from Nissan Leaf battery tech.   Read more PHYSICS Expanding universe may render time travel impossible The question of why time moves forwards, and not backwards, has long been on the minds of physicists. Now, a professor at UC Berkeley has a new theory: as the universe expands, it drives the expansion of time, which creates a constant series of new “now” moments.   Read more BICYCLES World's lightest folding bike pedals to production Last year, a startup based in London sought funding for the Hummingbird. After comfortably reaching its Kickstarter goal last year, the 6.7 kg (14.8 lb) carbon fiber bike is set to become a production reality with a bit of help from motorsports outfit Prodrive.  Read more AUTOMOTIVE Hyundai H350 Fuel Cell Concept brings hydrogen power to light commercial vehicles Electric powertrains might hog the headlines, but hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are also shaping up as a viable alternative to internal combustion engines. The new Hyundai H350 Fuel Cell Concept takes just four minutes to refuel and can travel up to 422 km (262 mi) on a single tank.   Read more AIRCRAFT Hypoxia sensor to protect US fighter pilots Hypoxia is regarded as the biggest safety concern of the US fixed-wing air fleets, and now a new system for monitoring pilot breathing and collecting in-flight data on hypoxia incidents is being developed.   Read more AUTOMOTIVE Venturi resets electric vehicle world speed record at 341 mph The electric vehicle world speed record has remained steady since the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2.5 electric streamliner set a 307.7-mph (495 km/h) mark in 2010. That changed on Monday, when the VBB-3 sped to a new electric vehicle record just over 341.4 mph (549.4 km/h).​   Read more BICYCLES Rear impressions could make for a comfier bike seat ​Everybody's butt is unique. It would only seem logical, then, that an "off-the-rack" bicycle saddle isn't going to deliver an optimum fit. That's where Meld enters the picture. It's a saddle that's manufactured using a posterior impression that the buyer sends in. ​   Read more BICYCLES New device lets cyclists give manual shifting the gears ​Electronic gear-shifting systems for bikes already make life easier for cyclists. Baron Controls, however, is out to make things even easier. Its new ProShift device works with existing electronic shifting systems, automatically taking care of the shifting for the rider.   Read more AUTOMOTIVE Volvo's buses will automatically blare pedestrians that come too close Volvo goes to some effort to protect the safety of not just passengers inside its vehicles, but those on the outside, too. Now the company is fitting its detection tech to its fleet of buses, which will begin automatically sounding warnings to alert unprotected road users of potential collisions.   Read more ENVIRONMENT Here's how you size up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from above The Ocean Cleanup Project laid eyes on its target when it ventured into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with 30 research vessels one year ago, and now the team is taking its prying eyes to the skies to gain an aerial perspective on the task at hand. ​​  Read more AUTOMOTIVE New fast and feature-rich Bentayga is Bentley's first diesel Bentley has announced a new version of its Bentayga SUV - and it's a diesel. Indeed, it's the first diesel ever produced by Bentley and the luxury brand claims it's the most powerful and the fastest luxury diesel SUV you can get your hands on.   Read more DIGITAL CAMERAS Easily add live speed, altitude and other overlays to action videos  Adding data like speed, lap times, direction and altitude to racing and action videos will now be easier for owners of 360fly cameras. The company has formed a partnership with Race Render that will allow users to place informative overlays on their videos without extensive post-production work.   Read more 3D PRINTING MakerBot's 6th generation builds bigger, faster and quieter MakerBot has unveiled the Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ 3D printers, which are faster and quieter than their predecessors, with bigger build volumes and a new build plate. The company has also detailed a new Smart Extruder, a tougher PLA filament, and updates to the MakerBot web and mobile apps.   Read more AUTOMOTIVE VW to deliver e-Crafter electric van in 2017 Electric vehicles have a huge range of potential applications, from ludicrous passenger cars to distribution trucks, but delivery vans running around the city stacks up as one of the best uses of quiet, zero-local emissions technology​.   Read more AUTOMOTIVE Mini John Cooper Works Clubman pumps up engine power, all-wheel drive Mini has released specifications and information on the new John Cooper Works Clubman model, which combines the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine available in the Mini Cooper and Clubman with JCW goodies plus a unique all-wheel drive system.   Read more COMPUTERS SanDisk eyes data-intensive future with massive 1 TB SD card  SanDisk has a new memory card with more storage space than many computers. Parent company Western Digital announced a prototype one terabyte (TB) SDXC card at the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday.   Read more SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS The FRANKLIN Bluetooth Headphones Provide Superb Wireless Sound — 18% Off You can take your music anywhere thanks to your mobile device, but you need the quality headphones to match the limitless library. Listen to your playlist without getting tangled up in the cords, and fold up these Bluetooth headphones to take them—and your soundtrack—with you everywhere. They're designed to both aesthetic and audio perfection - so they won’t disappoint while playing your favorite song or take up too much space in your bag.   Read more