Collaborate Disseminate
Although it’s certainly best to start addressing autism as early as possible, the disorder is often difficult to detect in young children. A new iOS app has been designed to help, by tracking a child’s eyes as they watch videos.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Gaze-tracking smartphone app designed to screen toddlers for autism
Austrian manufacturer Tubolito is already known for its tough, lightweight plastic bicycle inner tubes. Now, the company has added a chip to one model, which allows users to check their tire pressure using an app.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, Tra… Continue reading NFC inner tube lets cyclists check air pressure with their smartphone
It can be difficult for anglers, keeping track of which fishing strategies work best for catching which species under what conditions. Japanese company smartLure is attempting to make the task easier, with its sensor-packin’ Model Zero lure.Continue Re… Continue reading “Smart” lure is made to track which fishing tactics work best
Both cars and electronic appliances require heat removal systems, which are typically made of iron, steel or aluminum. That may soon change, though, as scientists have created two magnesium alloys which they claim can reduce the weight of such systems … Continue reading Magnesium alloys claimed to lighten heat removal systems by one third
Ordinarily, if biologists wish to confirm that an animal specimen represents a new species, they have to perform a dissection – essentially destroying it. Now, though, the task has been accomplished non-invasively, using MRI and CT scan technologies.Co… Continue reading MRI and CT scan tech used to nondestructively classify “new” octopus
As anyone with arthritis will know, cartilage plays a vital role in allowing our joints to move freely. Scientists have now replicated its qualities in a synthetic self-lubricating material, that only needs occasional infusions of water.Continue Readin… Continue reading Cartilage-inspired material may find use in self-lubricating bearings
Colorado-based electric aviation startup Bye Aerospace is currently best known for its two-seater eFlyer 2 aircraft. That may soon change, though, as the company has now unveiled a planned battery-powered eight-seater.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft… Continue reading Bye Aerospace announces eFlyer 800 eight-seater electric aircraft
Many hikers use trekking poles, plus they carry a folding camp chair in their backpack. The TrekChair is designed to both save space and reduce weight, by integrating the poles into the chair’s frame.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: H… Continue reading Lightweight folding chair uses trekking poles as part of its frame
While most multitools are quite well-equipped, users have generally had to switch over to a whole separate tool if they wished to use a ratcheting screwdriver. Such is no longer the case, however, with the release of the Leatherman Ratchet Driver.Conti… Continue reading Leatherman Ratchet Driver lets multitools do the twist
All walking animals have something in common – their preferred walking speed is largely determined by what’s known as “resonance.” Bearing this in mind, Dutch scientists have calculated what may have been the default walking speed of Tyrannosaurus rex…. Continue reading Computer modelling suggests that T. rex was a slow walker