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Whether you’re furnishing a hyper-realistic dollhouse or you just like marveling at miniaturized tech, the TinyTV 2 may be just what you’re looking for. And if it’s still too big for your liking, you might want to check out its even smaller sibling, th… Continue reading Fully functional TinyTV 2 takes “smaller is better” to a crazy extreme
It’s easy to think of shipping containers as simple metal boxes, that can’t be significantly improved. The Unit One container, however, is claimed to be lighter, stronger and more energy-efficient than others, plus it uses multiple sensors to monitor i… Continue reading Lightweight Unit One gives shipping containers the high-tech treatment
While it’s still important to wear a face mask in many situations, that mask won’t be fully effective if it doesn’t fit properly. That’s why a team at MIT has designed a device to assess how well a mask fits an individual user, quickly and easily.Conti… Continue reading MIT’s cMaSK tech will tell you if your face mask fits properly
For six years now, Specialized has featured a mini front shock absorber known as the Future Shock above the head tube of its gravel bikes. The just-announced Diverge STR, however, also sports a new Rear Future Shock that provides 30 mm of rear suspensi… Continue reading Specialized Diverge STR gravel bike debuts Rear Future Shock suspension
Imagine if there were a robotic fish that filtered microplastic particles out of the water as it swam. Well, now there is one, and it’s the physical version of the winning concept in the first-ever Natural Robotics Contest.Continue ReadingCategory: Rob… Continue reading Student-designed plastic-gulping fish wins bioinspired robotics contest
With smartphone cameras getting better and better, it’s increasingly difficult to justify buying a standalone video camera … although phones still lack a good eyecup-type viewfinder. Chicago-based film-making equipment company Zacuto is out to change t… Continue reading Smart Z-Finder adds a pro-level viewfinder to existing smartphones
It would certainly be logical to think that plants don’t do well when exposed to forest fire smoke. New research, however, suggests that certain crops get hardier and more disease-resistant when liquid smoke is added to the soil.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading For more robust, disease-resistant crops … just add liquid smoke?
It often seems that soon after a new type of scientific or industrial robot is unveiled, a hobbyist model follows. First, there were the Bittle and Mini Pupper miniature quadrupeds – now, there’s the XR R1 hexapod.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Te… Continue reading XR R1 brings hexapod robotics to tech-savvy consumers
Back in 2016 we told you about a wearable device known as the Tap Strap, which lets users control Bluetooth-linked devices via finger-taps. Its inventors have now announced its sleeker and more capable successor, called the TapXR.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading TapXR puts finger-tap control of devices in bracelet form
While some new versions of existing devices really just offer a few new features, Apple states that the just-announced 10th-Gen version of the iPad has been completely redesigned. The company has also unveiled a “supercharged” 6th-Gen iPad Pro.Continue… Continue reading Apple unveils “completely redesigned” iPad and “supercharged” iPad Pro