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Serving multiple useful purposes, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) usually incorporate scalp-applied or even brain-implanted electrodes. A new less-invasive BCI, however, can simply be stuck in the patient’s ear canal as needed.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Twisty device monitors brain activity from inside the ear canal
While we’ve seen a number of wearable underwater propulsion systems, they’ve typically been strapped to the user’s arms or legs. The CudaJet is different, in that it’s a true backpack-style underwater jetpack.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, Transport… Continue reading CudaJet moves your personal jetpack fantasies underwater
Although there are plenty of portable hammock stands on the market, their take-anywhere convenience may be negated if they take too long to set up. That shouldn’t be a problem with the anymaka, as it reportedly goes up in just three seconds.Continue Re… Continue reading anymaka hammock stand goes up in a claimed three seconds
When handling fragile objects, robots need to have a delicate touch. And while some previous efforts to give them that touch have involved things like soft rubbery fingers, an experimental new one was inspired by a blooming rose.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Rose-inspired robotic gripper gently plucks up fragile items
It was just this week that we heard how a fungus-based material could be used as fireproof insulation. Well, scientists have now created a similar material, known as mycocrete, that could one day be utilized to grow parts of buildings.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Fungus-based “mycocrete” may find use in more sustainable construction
In honor of its 110th anniversary, British automaker Aston Martin has announced a limited-edition carbon-body sports car called the Valour. Only 110 units are being made, and not a single one of them will have an automatic transmission.Continue Reading… Continue reading Aston Martin channels the V8 Vantage in manual-shift V12 Valour
Most snakes can only see the colors blue and green, along with ultraviolet light in some cases. New research, however, suggests that sea snakes have evolved to actually regain the wider-color vision of their earliest ancestors.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading In an evolutionary rarity, sea snakes may have regained lost color vision
Large fluctuations in outdoor temperatures can shorten the lifespan of the batteries used in electric cars – if those cars are parked outside, that is. An experimental new car-cloak could help minimize such damage, by damping changes in temperature.Con… Continue reading High-tech car cover could protect EVs from changes in temperature
You’ve no doubt seen the metal spikes that are placed on the outside of buildings to keep birds from roosting. Well, it has been discovered that magpies and crows are actually using those spikes in their nests – appropriately enough, to keep other bird… Continue reading Birds are using anti-bird spikes to build more secure nests
Light-equipped bike helmets are becoming increasingly popular, but not everyone wants all that extra weight, all the time. The Lumos Ultra Fly was designed with that fact in mind, as it works with a tail light that can be magnetically attached only whe… Continue reading Lumos Ultra Fly strips down the bike-helmet-with-a-light concept