New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News

Alzheimer's hope: Nanoparticles regenerate cells to restore memory

Mike McRae — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:33:00 GMT

A single injection of a nanoparticle treatment engineered to encourage the generation of new brain cells was enough to reverse cognitive decline in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Cognitive functioning, neurons, Neurodegenerative conditions, Treatment, Dementia, University of South Carolina

Man builds solar e-bike to cross the Alps – France-to-China up next

Omar Kardoudi — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:03:00 GMT

Shawn Ryan is neither an engineer nor a professional cyclist, just someone who wanted to know how far an electric-assist bicycle can go when the sun is its only fuel tank. The answer, it turns out, is more than a thousand kilometers of French tarmac and numerous Alpine mountain passes.

Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: cargo bike, Solar Powered, Battery, Racing, Energy

324-million-year-old animal with 24 legs reveals how life conquered land

Bronwyn Thompson — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:03:00 GMT

By now, most of us have some knowledge that life on land involved transitioning from the water and evolving the physiological means to do so. But a new study has found reliable evidence that this formative process involved more diverse species also making the transition. And it could change how we think of this period of evolution.

Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Evolution, Animal science, Insect, ancient, Fossils, Nanjing University

Volkswagen ID. California camper van drops at a surprise price

C.C. Weiss — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:38:00 GMT

The age of all-electric Volkswagen California camper van life is finally here. VW was definitely way too late to the party to launch the first electric camper van, and we can't even say it developed the cutest. But it does finally have an official all-electric California camper van on the way to market. In fact, the all-new ID. California Cruise is even closer than expected, with deliveries slated to begin next year. And it's priced cheaper than any existing model in the midsize California camper van family.

Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: electric-camper, Volkswagen, mini-campervan, Campervan, dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2026, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Electric Vehicles, RV

400-sq-ft tiny house offers downsizing without the usual compromises

Adam Williams — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:03:00 GMT

As impressive as many space-saving tiny houses are, not everyone is cut out for climbing into small lofts using movable ladders, or sleeping on a sofa bed every night. The Summit tiny house is designed for those who want to downsize but maintain a little more comfort, and features a spacious layout that's mostly arranged on a single floor.

Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Review: 2026 Subaru Outback is no longer a wagon, goes full SUV

Aaron Turpen — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMT

The biggest change for the Outback’s 2026 redesign is immediately obvious. Subaru has completely abandoned the Outback's swoopy wagon profile for something taller, boxier, and more conventionally SUV-shaped.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Reviews, SUV, Subaru, AWD

Fairbairn-Sykes: The knife that changed modern warfare

David Szondy — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT

When we think of game-changing weapons, it brings to mind hydrogen bombs, ICBMs, nuclear submarines, hypersonic missiles, and lasers. But one of the most significant weapons was a knife. New Atlas looks at the legendary Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife.

Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: World War Two, Knife, Special forces, Weapon, xxShowcase

Keyboard-MIDI controller combo could be the stuff of musicians' dreams

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:03:00 GMT

Polyend, maker of immensely cool drum machines, synths, and guitar pedals, is now working on a product for your desk. Keys combines a playable three-octave piano with a QWERTY keyboard you can use for work, composition, and performing.

Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Keyboard, MIDI, Controller

Smart ring reads your sweat to measure glucose, ketones, and more

Malcolm Azania — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:03:00 GMT

Smart rings are everywhere: smart rings that can record your verbal notes and send them to your cellular telephone for transcription, smart rings that let users pose questions to AI and get answers via earbuds, and smart rings that help athletes reach their peak performance.

Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Sweat sensor, UC San Diego

Genesis debuts luxury EV flagship GV90 with pillarless coach doors

Simon Heptinstall — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:03:00 GMT

Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis has spent the last decade successfully polishing its image without becoming a major global name.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Genesis, hyundai genesis, Hyundai, Luxury, Electric Vehicles, SUV

Review: $150 actioncam is a surprisingly capable GoPro alternative

Bronwyn Thompson — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:03:00 GMT

The budget action-camera market is a crowded one these days, with even GoPro having a crack at the space with its 4K basic Hero model released last year. But this robust all-rounder from XTU offers serious bang for your buck at just US$159.99.

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Portable Video, Actioncam, 4k, Reviews, Video Cameras

Single-floor tiny house packs a home for two into just 18 feet

Adam Williams — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:03:00 GMT

When it comes to tiny houses, how small is too small? We're not sure where exactly the line is, but the Nido 5.5 m definitely doesn't cross it. Despite its compact dimensions, the home manages to provide a comfortable layout for two, all on one level.

Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

The Flit M2i embraces bonded aerospace tech to beat Brompton

Simon Heptinstall — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMT

For decades, the recipe for a premium folding bicycle has been to engineer a smart hinge mechanism, choose your metal and fire up the welding torch. But when UK-based e-bike manufacturer Flit designed its latest flagship commuter machine – the M2i – the engineering team ditched the welding torch entirely.

Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Foldable bike, Foldable, Bikes, urban transport, Last-mile transport, ebikes

This sub-$50 power bank doubles as a dumbphone

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:03:00 GMT

I'm always happy to find multipurpose gear that lets you pack fewer items when you step out or travel. HMD's latest product is exactly that, and might be worth a look for outdoorspeople.

Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: EDC, Phone, Battery, Torch, Nokia, Hmd

1,430-mile range in BYD's full-size PHEV crossover

Utkarsh Sood — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:03:00 GMT

I don’t know how, but BYD manages to get these sorts of headlines almost every week. This time, it’s for the company’s latest crossover SUV – the weirdly named BYD FCB Ti 9 that promises a whopping 1,430-mile (2,300-km) combined range.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: BYD, PHEV, Hybrid, SUV, Crossover, Range

Beyond origami: New algorithm designs expandable 3D lattices

Malcolm Azania — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:03:00 GMT

Chances are you’ve seen Hoberman spheres, those kinetic lattices made of joint-connected rods that, with a little manual effort, can contract or expand. Inspired by the ancient Japanese arts of origami (paper-folding) and kirigami (paper-folding-and-cutting), a team from Harvard University in the US and Tokyo University in Japan has developed expandable structures that, like Hoberman spheres, use rods and scissored joints. They’re calling them "collapsible scissored surfaces and pantographic lattices" ... although Hobegami would be much cooler and faster to type.

Category: Materials, Engineering

Tags: Harvard, Tokyo University, Origami, Folding, Shape-shifting

Review: Apolosign's rolling 32-inch tablet is kinda fun

Joe Salas — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:03:00 GMT

To call the Apolosign 32-inch Portable Smart TV a "TV" isn't really doing it justice. It's actually a 32-inch Android 16 LCD tablet on wheels that has full Google Play Store compatibility. Pretty much anything you can do with an Android tablet or phone, you can do with the Apolosign, and in my opinion, that makes it way cooler than just a "TV."

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Smart TV, Android, Tablet, Reviews, Portable Video

800-passenger commercial plane boldly reinvents how we will fly

Bronwyn Thompson — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:30:40 GMT

More than 20 years since the Airbus A380 ushered in a new era of commercial flight, Chinese scientists have a bold plan to make it seem obsolete, revealing a new model of aircraft that's unlike anything we've seen before.

Category: Transport

Tags: China, Aircraft, Flight, Wings, Plane

Prying, wrenching, screwdriving multitool has the soul of a six-shooter

Maryna Holovnova — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:03:00 GMT

For those who like firearm-inspired aesthetics, a new Kickstarter campaign may be worth a look. A new titanium EDC tool from Rixel is currently available for backing. At first glance, it looks like a pry bar, but it actually combines quite a few tools. And the coolest part – its screwdriver bit holder looks like a mini revolver.

Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Multitools, EDC, Titanium

Europe's largest 3D-printed housing project creates 36-home community

Adam Williams — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:45:58 GMT

3D-printed construction is still definitely on the cutting edge, but it's moving toward the mainstream remarkably quickly. The latest major stride comes from Denmark, where a team has completed what it calls Europe's largest 3D-printed housing project, creating a community of 36 self-contained student apartments.

Category: Architecture, Engineering

Tags: 3D Printing, Housing, Students, Building and Construction

$42.9M: America's latest most expensive auction car

Utkarsh Sood — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT

Carroll Shelby must be resting happily in his grave, knowing his creation just became the most expensive American ever to be sold at an auction. That’s right, the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe fetched US$42.905 million at Gooding & Christie's Auction.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Shelby, Auction, Most-Expensive, Ferrari, Record

Norway's Whale Museum evokes a giant tail rising out of the water

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT

Norway is getting a knowledge and experience center next year that's all about the whales that inhabit the waters near its northern coast. Fittingly, the building's form resembles one of these majestic sea creatures diving into the water.

Category: Architecture, Engineering

Tags: Museum, Norway, Whale

Yeast that makes food from plastic could solve two problems with one cookie

Mike McRae — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:03:00 GMT

A protein-rich cookie made from plastic and agricultural waste could help solve two serious problems facing future generations, according to a team presenting results from their NASA-funded project at the Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Category: Chemistry, Science

Tags: Food waste, Nutrition, Plastics, Food technology, Yeast, Biotechnology

Thunder Duo X puts Dolby Atmos and surround sound around your neck

Joe Salas — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:03:00 GMT

On paper, the OXS Thunder Duo X sounds too good to be true. At a glance, I thought it might be a little gimmicky. After I plugged the system in and fired up Modern Warfare 3, I finished the campaign with some thoughts ...

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Reviews, Speakers, Dolby, Gaming, Desktop

Spanish bikemaker rebadges Chinese retro scrambler

Utkarsh Sood — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:17:00 GMT

Right then … we’ve been here before, haven’t we? Spanish motorcycle company Rieju seems to have made rebadging Chinese-made bikes its primary business model. This one is called the Scrambler 607, and it is basically a Marshal Scrambler 600 with a different name. So much for the “607”.

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: urban transport

Sail-powered drone fires guided missiles in US Navy live-fire test

David Szondy — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:34:08 GMT

What looks like a sailboard but packs a punch like a warship? Thanks to Saildrone and Lockheed Martin, it's the Saildrone Surveyor Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), which recently fired two Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) during a naval exercise.

Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: USVs, Lockheed Martin, Sail, drones, Missile Defense

Laptop-sized backpackable campfire pit sidesteps wood-fire bans

C.C. Weiss — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:03:00 GMT

The RTE FireFold from overland accessories specialist Rough Trails Equipment is one of the slimmest, fastest packing fire pits out there. It folds more completely than other fire pits, packing slim enough to carry in a laptop bag. And whether there are strict campfire bans in place or not, the FireFold is ready to serve as the flickering centerpiece of base camp.

Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Fire, Camping, Overland Expo, tailgating, overland-expo-mountain-2026, Outdoors and Camping, Foldable

Wheel-legged robot dog dumps packages – and ads

Maryna Holovnova — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:25:43 GMT

Today, you can buy almost anything with a few clicks on your phone. Online shopping has created millions of small deliveries, and a lot of them could be handled more efficiently if humans had a little mechanical help. That’s where delivery robots come in.

Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Quadruped, Delivery robots

Titanium pocket knife puts serious cutting power on your keychain

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:01:45 GMT

A new pocket knife we've spotted promises to give you the best of both worlds: a strong blade that's large enough for demanding cutting tasks, and a compact size.

Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Knife, Multitools, Titanium, EDC

Superheated steam could make industrial drying more sustainable

Maryna Holovnova — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMT

Hot-air drying is important in pretty much all the modern industries you can think of. It’s used to dry fruits and vegetables, preserve grains and spices, and make everything from powdered milk and instant coffee to fertilizers, fabrics, and medicines. Evaporating all that moisture with hot air takes a lot of energy. Most of that energy still comes from burning natural gas, and there are a few serious issues with that.

Category: Energy, Engineering

Tags: Steam, Fraunhofer

SWM’s New Versante 550 might be the best A2 Tourer you’ll never ride

Utkarsh Sood — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT

In another edition of “this heritage bikemaker was once European,” we have Speedy Working Motors (SWM), a name once plastered across Italian-built dirt bikes and now under the umbrella of Chinese industrial giant Shineray. SWM's story is a particularly interesting one: born in Milan in 1971, successful in the golden age of European off-road racing, dead and buried by the mid-'80s, and then dragged back into the sunlight three decades later with Chinese money behind it.

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Italy, China, Touring, Affordable, Adventure Bikes

Comcast turns your Wi-Fi into a free security system. Here's the catch

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT

If you use Comcast's Xfinity broadband service, you might be eligible for a pretty interesting freebie: a layer of home security that doesn't require cameras or any additional hardware.

Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Home Security, Security, Radio Waves, Privacy, Motion sensor, Wi-Fi

Men cope with loneliness in a strikingly different way to women

Mike McRae — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:19:35 GMT

It’s Friday night. The weekend is here. Yet once again, nobody has called to ask you out. You have no plans. It’s just you, Netflix, and a bottle of gin.

Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Alcohol, Social isolation, Mice, Brain, Addiction, Loneliness, Northwestern University

Wood fire alternative warms your campsite with a red-hot rod

Maryna Holovnova — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:03:00 GMT

Wildfires are becoming more frequent, and one of the least serious but still frustrating consequences is that campfires are not allowed for much of the season. A San Diego-based company called Happy Caveman has designed a product that can keep you warm when traditional campfires aren’t an option. It’s currently seeking backing on Kickstarter.

Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Camping, Kickstarter, Heating, Fire

The little pixel clock that became part of my smart home

Howard Armitage — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:36:15 GMT

The Ulanzi TC001 is a small Wi-Fi clock built around a 32 x 8 RGB LED matrix. It’s compact, bright and just retro enough to be charming without looking like something dragged out of an arcade cabinet. Out of the box, the appeal is simple. The display is clear enough to read from across a room, small enough to sit unobtrusively on a desk or kitchen bench, and far more interesting than another anonymous black LCD clock.

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Clock, Alarm Clock, Smart Home

Dementia strikes children, too – but we've found a way to effectively treat it

Mike McRae — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:08:00 GMT

Dementia is typically considered a disease of the elderly. Older brains are more likely to fail under protein buildup or reduced blood flow.

Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Dementia, Children, Treatment, Brain, Stem Cells

Longevity is yours to control, as this obscure city of 'super-agers' shows

Bronwyn Thompson — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:21:46 GMT

Clusters of towns and cities around the world have become curious case studies for scientists looking into just how residents there appear to defy natural aging, living healthier for much longer than anywhere else on the planet. Now, another "longevity hotspot" is in the spotlight.

Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Aging, Age-Related, anti-aging, Health, Well-being, Happiness, Activity, Social Experiment, Diet, Nutrition

Road-ready tiny house packs up to four people into just 128 sq ft

Adam Williams — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:56:03 GMT

This tiny house squeezes about as much as you could reasonably ask into its 16-ft (4.9-m) length while still remaining practical for daily use. Named the Petite Pelican, the towable model uses its space-saving layout to sleep two comfortably, plus it can fit another couple of guests too.

Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Ordinary Wi-Fi can identify people with nearly 100% accuracy

Etiido Uko — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:59:18 GMT

“Better the devil you know ...” That’s a worst-case scenario outlook. The best case is an angel you know. But what if that angel was somewhat of a devil all along? Researchers have shown that ordinary Wi-Fi technology can serve as a powerful surveillance tool.

Category: Technology

Tags: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wifi, Surveillance, Privacy, Identification

Battle of $1,500 e-dirt bikes: Engwe Eagle vs Buffseek R01 vs Tasaca T500

Utkarsh Sood — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT

There was a time when getting a decent electric dirt bike meant spending serious money. Then the Chinese e-moto industry happened; the internet, of course, facilitated the change, and someone decided that a motorcycle capable of doing 40+ mph should cost about as much as a decent mountain bike.

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes, Enduro, urban transport, Off-road, Affordable

Sonic micro-robots burst into motion without batteries or motors

Maryna Holovnova — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT

Nowadays, technology is increasingly focused on making electronics smaller, as many industries – from medicine to aerospace and security – stand to benefit. But reducing the size of devices brings a new challenge: what if they become simply too small to fit a conventional battery, motor, and other mechanical parts?

Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Sound, Power, drones, Micro drones, EPFL

Strange 17th-century Polish ‘vampire’ is no longer a mystery

Mike McRae — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:42:58 GMT

Finding a human body buried with a sickle around their neck and a padlock around their big toe isn’t exactly common fare.

Category: Archaeology, Science

Tags: grave, vampire, Archaeology, Bones, ancient, Fossils

SpaceX to build world's largest spaceport in Louisiana

David Szondy — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:13:09 GMT

The new Space Age looks to be shifting into top gear as SpaceX signs an agreement with the state of Louisiana for the company to invest US$100 billion to build the world's largest spaceport that could conduct over 10,000 launches per year.

Category: Space Systems, Engineering

Tags: SpaceX, Starship, Falcon

Cross your fingers for VW's Brazil-bound pickup to make it stateside

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:36:27 GMT

For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may soon prevail.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Pickup, Truck, Volkswagen

Intermittent fasting reduces chronic pain – and its mental toll

Mike McRae — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:55:53 GMT

Scheduling days without food may have a knock-on effect that eases both chronic pain and its associated cognitive problems, according to a study on mice by researchers from the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in China.

Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Fasting, Pain, Gut Bacteria, Gut-brain axis, Neuroinflammation

Extra-wide tiny house brings log cabin comfort to small living

Adam Williams — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:37:15 GMT

This charming log cabin-style tiny house looks more like it belongs nestled in the woods than being towed behind a truck. It combines a rustic exterior with a spacious interior that sleeps up to four in comfort.

Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Sub-$1,700 household robot promises to handle chores and more

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:29 GMT

Are household humanoid robots getting cheaper already? We've only just begun seeing companies start to make promises and accept pre-orders for machines that can do your laundry and tidy up the living room. A San Francisco-based startup is now making one that you can bring home for just US$1,688.

Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Robot, Tele-operation, Humanoid, assistant robot

Gordon Murray S1 is a gorgeous V12 supercar from another era

Simon Heptinstall — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT

Supercar unveilings are usually gloriously theatrical but the reveal of the latest one has been called ‘the greatest ever’ by some observers across social media.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Supercars, Hypercar, Monterey Car Week 2026, Gordon Murray

Tiny, modular pod attacks macro photography's lighting nightmare

Omar Kardoudi — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT

Macro photography captures beautiful, otherworldly images of the tiny world around us. But to shoot a dewdrop or an insect's eye, you have to get so close that the camera itself blocks out most of the light you need. Adaptalux's answer to that problem is the Pod Mini, a palm-sized portable lighting hub that's just gotten its first major overhaul – headlined by Bluetooth control and a tougher aluminum body.

Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Photographic, Macro, Macro Lens, Lighting

World's first laser-beam mosquito shooter is now available to buy

Bronwyn Thompson — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:33:00 GMT

This personal air defense system that tracks and shoots mosquitoes with a blue laser is officially available now. The runaway crowdfunding hit has been scaled up by its makers and is available for preorder from the company Photon Matrix's website.

Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Mosquito, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Portable, Laser, Pests, Consumer Electronics

Claude will now watermark all content generated using its tools

Etiido Uko — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:20:23 GMT

Roughly three-quarters of newly published web pages now carry some machine-written text, according to a 2025 Ahrefs analysis of around 900,000 pages. This figure doesn’t account for offline documents. It also only covers text. Generative AI now produces music, illustrations, software, photographs and increasingly convincing video. The problem is that much of it is becoming difficult to distinguish from human-created work, raising transparency and security concerns.

Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Claude, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence

Purple is the new white for ‘cool’ summer fashion

Mike McRae — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:03:00 GMT

As the kind of person who wears black in the height of an Aussie summer, I’m not one to give fashion advice.

Category: Chemistry, Science

Tags: metal-organic frameworks, Colors, Smart Fabric, Materials, Fashion, University of Adelaide

Hyundai launches $30K electric hatch America can't have

Utkarsh Sood — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:54:42 GMT

It still surprises me just how many good, affordable cars fail to make their way to certain markets. Whether it be due to regulatory reasons, differences in consumer tastes, production constraints, or simply because automakers don't think the numbers add up, there's a whole world of interesting metal that never gets the opportunity to cross certain borders.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Hot hatch, America

Upgradeable mini PC doubles as a portable Steam gaming console

Abhimanyu Ghoshal — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:32:20 GMT

Valve's Steam Machine is the gaming system that PC gamers have been dreaming of for years. Sadly, it's hard to get your hands on one, and it costs a pretty penny. This new mini PC with some clever tricks up its sleeve might be just the thing to shop for instead.

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Gaming, PC, Windows, Linux, Console, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter

Humanoid 'Olympics' reveal why the US can't compete with China's robots

Bronwyn Thompson — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:54:45 GMT

As the second World Humanoid Robot Games got under way on August 21 at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval, most of the interest has been on the machine sprinters and boxers. But away from the sporting arena, the five-day games reveal something telling about why China's winning this technology race.

Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Competition, Racing, Honor

A higher BMI may help you live longer in later years – but there's a catch

Mike McRae — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:43:34 GMT

Obesity is a public health crisis, with excess fat linked with a wide variety of chronic conditions. Yet our tendency to use body mass as a convenient proxy for unhealthy weight gain may obfuscate the true risks – and even benefits – of being a little bigger.

Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Body mass index (BMI), Waist, Heart Disease, Aging, Diet, Weight, Exercise

FDA approves first Alzheimer's blood test for Americans as young as 40

Bronwyn Thompson — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:13:07 GMT

In a move that could help drastically slow the advancement of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared C2N Diagnostics' PrecivityAD2 blood test for patients as young as 40 who have shown some potential cognitive symptoms of the condition.

Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Washington University in St. Louis, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Diagnostic tools, Blood, Tau protein, Amyloid-beta protein, clinical trials

Saab goes supersonic with next-gen Loyal Wingman concept

David Szondy — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:03:00 GMT

The future of Scandinavian military aviation was rolled out by Saab at the Swedish Armed Forces Jubilee Air Show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping, Sweden, with the unveiling of a full-scale mock-up of the company's A3-001 supersonic Loyal Wingman autonomous combat aircraft concept.

Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: drones, Supersonic, Fighter, Saab

Broccoli for women, beans for men? Study reveals sex split over healthy diets

Paul McClure — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:14:40 GMT

A new study has found that eating more legumes was associated with better cardiometabolic health in young men, while cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower were the prime choice of vegetable for young women.

Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Heart Disease, Cardiovascular, Diet, Vegetables, Sex and gender, Diabetes

Cubic camper trailer gets vertical to maximize post-adventure living

C.C. Weiss — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:17:49 GMT

SylvanSport has long lurked as an outlier in the RV world. For years, its primary offerings were skeletal gear-hauling tent trailers unlike virtually anything else on the market. It then leaped from that compact, lightweight low-rider style straight to launching one of the boldest, boxiest campers of its class in the expandable Vast. Now it's circling back to fill in some of the sprawling space in between, launching the all-new Vire trailer as a camper that's just as boxy as the Vast but smaller and simpler. The new camper packs everything you need for a great weekend in the wild, without anything to complicate the trip.

Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: trailers, Caravan, Sylvansport, RV, Trailer, Camping, Outdoors and Camping