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Conventional dual-joystick drone controllers require pilots to use both hands – this can be inconvenient, plus not everyone has two functional hands. That’s where the one-handed Knuckles-5 controller is designed to come in.Continue ReadingCategory: Dro… Continue reading Knuckles-5 allows drone pilots to keep one hand free
Beekeeping can be an arduous task, as keepers have to repeatedly bend over and lift wax/honey-laden honeycomb panels out of each hive. The Hive Controller is designed to help, by robotically lifting and collecting the honeycombs.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Automated Hive Controller extracts honeycombs in half the time
If you’re the user of a powered wheelchair, it goes without saying that you really don’t want that chair to tip over, or to crash into obstacles. The LUCI system – which gets added to existing chairs – is intended to keep those things from happening.Co… Continue reading LUCI adds collision avoidance and anti-tip tech to powered wheelchairs
Many car trips are made with no more than one other passenger aboard, over relatively short distances at residential speed limits. Toyota’s new battery electric C+pod was designed with just such scenarios in mind.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, T… Continue reading Toyota announces Japanese availability of battery electric C+pod
DEET may be an effective mosquito repellent, but it can cause irritation, and has to be reapplied every few hours. Scientists are now working on a more innocuous, longer-laster alternative, that involves introducing genetically engineered bacteria to p… Continue reading Microbiome-altering mosquito repellent could last for two weeks
With another year drawing to a close – in this case, a particularly challenging year – it’s time to once again take a look back at some of the most interesting bicycle-related products that were announced over the past 365 days.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading The 10 most innovative cycling products of 2020
If a boat full of people is zipping across the water, it’s possible that one of them could fall overboard without anyone noticing … at least, not right away. The 1st Mate Marine Safety and Security system is designed to keep that from happening.Conti… Continue reading 1st Mate system sounds the alarm on boaters going overboard
Imagine if you crossed a handheld gaming system with a Rubik’s Cube. What you’d get is CubiOs Inc’s WowCube, which is currently an honoree in the CES 2021 Innovation Awards.Continue ReadingCategory: Games, TechnologyTags: Gaming Continue reading WowCube takes gaming to another dimension
While not everyone wants to lug around a heavy, bulky U-lock, they may worry about thieves trying to get through a lighter-duty lock. That’s where the alarm-equipped electronic Pealock is designed to come in.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, Lifestyl… Continue reading Pealock packs a big alarm into a small electronic package
Ordinarily, if you want to know how soil properties change at different depths, you have to extract soil core samples. Scientists have now determined that the same data can be obtained much more easily, using ground-penetrating radar.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Ground-penetrating radar may be an easier alternative to soil sampling