 |
| ROBOTICS |
| Insect-sized RoboBee robot can now fly and swim |
 | Usually, when you dunk a tiny flying robot in the water you end up with a tiny sinking robot. Engineers want to change that with the RoboBee robotic insect, which can now swim as well as fly. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Domino's cooks up the perfect pizza delivery vehicle |
 | Lots of pizza parlours claim to make the best slice, but few could claim to deliver it as well as Domino's now can. The firm has unveiled a "first-of-its-kind, purpose-built pizza-delivery vehicle" called the Domino's Delivery Expert that has a built-in oven to keep your stuffed crust piping hot. read more |
| MUSIC |
| Arpeggio designed to make melody creation easy |
 | The Arpeggio brings sequencer, arpeggiator and synth together in one portable package designed for music melody composition, storage and performing on the fly. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Renault Coupé Corbusier concept pays tribute to famous architect |
 | R​enault has created a concept car to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of France’s best-known 20th century architect Le Corbusier, and aptly named it the Coupé Corbusier. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Self-driving car guides itself through 2,400 km journey across Mexico |
 | ​A self-driving vehicle developed by German researchers has undertaken a monster 2,400 km (1,500 mi) journey across Mexico without any guidance from a human hand. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| Full-color imagery created from black and white prints, a prism, and a little math |
 | An intriguing photo projection system uses only black images and a prism to project full-color imagery. A Dartmouth University and Disney Research Zürich study could result in future systems that dynamically trade off color fidelity, efficiency, and resolution to create full-color projections. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Audi RS7 and RS6 get more power, new Performance badge |
 | In the world of high-end super-sedans, there's always room for more power. The quest to outdo the rest of the crowd is why Audi has felt the need to make its RS6 and RS7 faster, by introducing a more powerful "Performance" line. read more |
| SPACE |
| Lockheed Martin completes assembly of asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx spacecraft |
 | Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith EXplorer (OSIRIS-REx) deep-space probe, which is due for a 2016 launch. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Mini Convertible has a growth spurt |
 | No current Mini will help you improve your tan – but that's about to change. Stylish socialites can rest easy, because Mini has answered your prayers with its new Convertible. read more |
| DRONES |
| Researchers developing drones to autonomously repair the cities of the future |
 | ​A lot of effort goes into keeping our our cities in working order. But a new project could soon see many labor-intensive tasks taken care of by an army of drones that keep a watchful eye over our streets, tending to cracks in our urban environment the moment they begin to appear. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Aston Martin previews possible all-electric Rapide sedan |
 | Aston Martin has revealed an all-new RapidE as part of the current China state visit to the UK. The concept car features an all-electric powertrain in place of the V12 on the production Rapide S sedan and could be launched as a production electric Rapide within a two-year timeframe. read more |
| ROBOTICS |
| Aptly-named DucTT robot crawls through ducts – and could one day clean them |
 | Scientists at UC San Diego's Jacob's School of Engineering recently created the DucTT duct-cleaning robot. It can climb vertically up ducts, and run for up to six hours on one charge of its battery pack. read more |
| URBAN TRANSPORT |
| Next Future modular transportation swarms the commuting hordes |
 | The Next Future Transportation system is designed to act as an efficient, coordinated urban network. Still in the early concept stages, the design features a series of modular, self-driving electric pods that pick you up on demand and link together in bus-like form. read more |
| MUSIC |
| ACPAD MIDI controller turns any acoustic guitar into an orchestra |
 | The Acpad is the world’s first wireless MIDI controller that offers access to a variety of programmable features by simply placing it on any acoustic guitar’s surface. Without requiring any modifications, it brings hundreds of instruments, effects, samples and loops to the player’s fingertips. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| Electronic skin could give prostheses and robots a sense of touch |
 | ​Our sense of touch is made possible thanks to thousands of "mechanoreceptors," which are distributed throughout our skin. Scientists have now created synthetic skin that contains electronic mechanoreceptors, which could give prosthetic limbs or robots a sense of touch.​ read more |
| SCIENCE |
| UCLA findings suggest life on Earth started much earlier than we thought |
 | New findings from a team of geochemists at UCLA indicate that life on our home planet started hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. The discovery was made when looking at ancient zircon crystals, and could change our understanding of early Earth. read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| HTC One A9 hands-on: Looks like an iPhone, feels like a good phone in its own right |
 | Earlier this week HTC announced a new One handset that's a little mid-ranged, a little high-end and (as you may have heard by now) looks a hell of a lot like an iPhone. Read on for our early impressions of the HTC One A9 from this week's launch. read more |
| SPACE |
| ​Astronomers discover mini planet being torn apart by the white dwarf it orbits |
 | Astronomers have used NASA's Kepler space telescope to identify a small, rocky "miniature planet" orbiting a distant white dwarf. It's the first known object to orbit such a star, and its existence is adding weight to a theory concerning atmospheric pollution of white dwarfs. read more |
| TINY HOUSES |
| Casa Stella gains a guest room with the push of a button |
 | PKMN Architectures continues its Little Big House series with Casa Stella. The home boasts a mechanical wall that moves at the push of a button to produce a guest room when required. read more |
| ELECTRONICS |
| Western Digital acquiring SanDisk creates a memory monster |
 | Major hard drive maker Western Digital has announced that it is acquiring SanDisk, one of the biggest and most familiar names in flash storage. read more |
| SPACE |
| New study claims that the vast majority of Earth-like worlds do not yet exist |
 | A newly-published NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) study is asserting that roughly 92 percent of habitable worlds have yet to be created. The research draws on data collected by NASA's Hubble and Kepler space telescopes. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Green for go as London's iconic Black Cab goes all electric |
 | The London Taxi Company has unveiled a new version of the Black Cab that famously operates in London, UK. The TX5 is said to retain the spirit of past models and focus on driver and passenger comfort. Reflecting the move toward a low-carbon economy, it will be electric powered. read more |
| SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR GIZMAG READERS |
| The VoCore Linux Microcomputer is Ripe for Coding and Electronics Creativity — Now $39 |
 | Mini computer boards are getting more popular by the day—but none have been quite as tiny or quite as affordable as VoCore. With this mini Linux machine, you can make a tiny router, invent a new device, build a motherboard, or even repurpose old speakers into smart wireless versions. Its small size gives you options: use it as a standalone device running OpenWrt or use it as an embedded component of a larger system. With some knowledge of electronics and the included Dock that extends the Ethernet and USB ports, the electronic world is your oyster. read more |
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment-- or suggestions, particularly of topics and places you'd like to see covered