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If someone steals your smartphone, the harder it is for them to unlock it, the better. New research shows how gait analysis could provide an added layer of security, by authenticating a user’s identity based on the way they walk.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Real-world testing suggests gait ID could boost smartphone security
The first Ducati with a 21-inch front wheel mixes tall suspensions and ample ground clearance with the superbike genes of the 937-cc Testastretta V-twin. The result is a ferocious off-road alter ego to the Multistrada V2.Continue ReadingCategory: Motor… Continue reading Ducati launches Testastretta-powered 2022 DesertX dune carver
While most flashlights are good at lighting the way in front of the user, they don’t illuminate the ground between that person and whoever may be following them. That’s where the Polish-designed Rony comes in, as it has both front and rear beams.Contin… Continue reading Rony flashlight shines a beam out of both ends
The Persévérance tiny house was commissioned by a couple who wanted space for themselves, plus some room for a child too, in case their family grows. In response, Baluchon created a home centered around a relatively large kitchen and featuring a pair o… Continue reading Pint-sized tiny house has room for a family to grow
Africa, says new electric aircraft startup Phractyl, is in a pretty unique situation as the eVTOL wave begins to break, since it’s got so little in the way of ground transport infrastructure.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: eVTOL, Ele… Continue reading It’s a bird… and a plane? Africa’s own bizarre “NVTOL” birdoplane
With plastic waste turning up everywhere from Arctic snowfall to Antarctic sea ice, and the world’s tallest mountain in between, we’re seeing more researchers shift their gaze toward the potential impacts on human health. The latest discovery in this s… Continue reading First-of-a-kind study shows plastic’s toxic effects on human cells
An RV roof seems the perfect place to secure solar panels for onboard battery charging, right up until you try to squeeze them between and around the vents, skylights, air conditioner, antennas, racks and other roof-mounted components. California compa… Continue reading Xponent’s smart solar RV awning gives camper charging a raise
It may not be the headline star of the climate change discussion, but nitrous oxide (N2O) is still a potent greenhouse gas – and now it looks like we may have underestimated how much is being released. A new study has identified the thawing Siberian pe… Continue reading New source of potent greenhouse gas emissions identified in permafrost
With a view to providing clean powertrains for future aircraft, Roll-Royce is developing a 2.5-megawatt hybrid-electric propulsion system, billed as the most powerful of its kind. Engineers began putting it through its paces a few weeks ago, and are al… Continue reading Roll-Royce’s hybrid-electric propulsion system passes 1-MW milestone
When not grazing on land, hippos like to keep cool by gathering in packed pools for up to 16 hours a day, and it takes more than some shifting bowels for them to leave again. The semi-aquatic creatures freely release excrement into these waterways, and… Continue reading Hippo pools brimming with poo act as communal “probiotic shakes”