New biosensor could give gout patients real-time blood urate readings

I know a thing or two about gout. It’s horrible. If you’re susceptible to it, eating the wrong food can trigger deposits of uric acid salts to crystallize into spiky pain bombs in your joints. Often, this happens in the big toe, but in my case they see… Continue reading New biosensor could give gout patients real-time blood urate readings

Williams Advanced Engineering teases low-cost lightweight composites

What was once the offshoot of a Formula One team is now forging quite a separate path for itself. Williams Advanced Engineering is channeling its Formula E experience to focus quite heavily on two pillars: lightweighting and electrification, in the aut… Continue reading Williams Advanced Engineering teases low-cost lightweight composites

The world’s most powerful production motorcycles: 200 hp or go home

One of the world's most powerful motorcycles

Two hundred horsepower is a perfectly decent amount of power for a small to medium sized car. It is a lewd and indecent amount to stuff into a motorcycle that weighs next to nothing and adheres to the road with two small tire contact patches that would add up to about the size of a credit card.

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Lamborghini’s Huracan EVO RWD Spyder teases open-top drift shenanigans

Lamborghini isn’t here to save the world. It’s not making much in the way of electric or doing anything particularly future-focused with its latest release. It’s happy to sit back and watch as other companies push engine technology forward in Formula O… Continue reading Lamborghini’s Huracan EVO RWD Spyder teases open-top drift shenanigans

Triton launches spectacular 24-seat DeepView tourist submarine

Triton submarines is the biggest name in deep-sea exploration submersibles, having built the extraordinary DSV Limiting Factor, a “deep-sea elevator” capable of popping down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench several times a week for extended visits.C… Continue reading Triton launches spectacular 24-seat DeepView tourist submarine

Electric microwave plasma thruster could rival traditional jet engines

A Chinese team has demonstrated a prototype of a microwave plasma thruster capable of working in the Earth’s atmosphere and producing thrust with an efficiency comparable to the jet engines you’d find on modern airliners – under laboratory conditions.C… Continue reading Electric microwave plasma thruster could rival traditional jet engines

World-first “impossible” rotating detonation engine fires up

A Florida team working with the US Air Force claims that it’s built and tested an experimental model of a rotating detonation rocket engine, which uses spinning explosions inside a ring channel to create super-efficient thrust.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading World-first “impossible” rotating detonation engine fires up

OpenAI Jukebox begins creating new Elvis and Sinatra songs, with lyrics

“It’s Christmas time, and you know what that means,” sings Sinatra, “Ohh, it’s hot tub time!” A neural net has begun composing entire songs modeled on the prior works of artists in a wide range of genres, including lyrics and vocal performances.Continu… Continue reading OpenAI Jukebox begins creating new Elvis and Sinatra songs, with lyrics

McLaren validates the Speedtail hypercar’s 250-mph VMAX, repeatedly

McLaren has spilled the beans on the hybrid powertrain at the heart of its outrageous Speedtail three-seat hypercar. It’ll get the job done with a 4-liter twin turbo combustion engine and a Formula E-derived electric motor combining for 1,055 horsepowe… Continue reading McLaren validates the Speedtail hypercar’s 250-mph VMAX, repeatedly

Peer-to-peer EV charging could completely eliminate EV charging stops

If aeroplanes can refuel each other mid-air, then why not electric cars? A weird and wonderful, if probably impractical, idea out of the University of Florida would see vehicles in high-speed convoy sharing energy in a peer-to-peer model.Continue Readi… Continue reading Peer-to-peer EV charging could completely eliminate EV charging stops