Remember those Dutch solar cars that won the World Solar Challenge car race? The range of those cars powered by the sun was excellent. However, the vehicles themselves were not up to snuff in the design department. In comes Lightyear, a self-charging electric solar car with a sexy design, and recently awarded with the renowned CES Climate Change Innovator Award.
Continue reading… “Dutch self-charging solar car wins important CES award”
Pizza Hut has taken its first step toward potentially saying goodbye to the delivery guy.
The pizza chain announced on Monday that it is teaming up with Toyota on a driverless delivery truck that could begin testing by 2020.
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At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in Las Vegas, Intel today showed off its prototype of Volocopter, which according to the company is “essentially a flying car”. However, it is basically a drone that is big enough to carry a passenger.
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Selfly is a cute picture-taking robot from AEE.
Continue reading… “Meet the selfie drone that lives in your phone case”
Sometimes you just want a robot to bring you an ice cold beverage. Or vacuum your house. Or put away all that random shit you left on the floor following an all-night bender precipitated by the realization that you just dropped several thousand dollars on a robot.
Continue reading… “Finally, here’s the ‘Jetsons’ looking robot you’ve always wanted”
Home security camera maker EZVIZ announced its first product for smart entry security at CES 2018 today, with the debut of the Lookout Smart Door Viewer. The system is designed to work with the company’s new ezGuard security camera, as well as with other EZVIZ products and Amazon Alexa.
Continue reading… “EZVIZ’s ‘Lookout Smart Door Viewer’ turns a peephole into a smart video doorbell”
The Indian government has a hack for women’s safety: a panic button.
Come Jan. 26, a pilot project to test a panic button feature on mobile phones will be launched in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Maneka Gandhi, the union minister for women and child development, said on Jan. 02.
Continue reading… “India wants panic buttons on mobile phones to keep women safe—will it work?”
The drug reportedly increases the metabolism of white fat cells.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has included “gaming disorder” in a draft of its upcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases—a book used by researchers and doctors to track and diagnose disease—describing it as “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour” that may include impaired control over gaming activities, and is severe “to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities.”
Continue reading… “Video game addiction will become a recognized mental health disorder in 2018”
The proportion of medical procedures unsupported by evidence may be nearly half.
Continue reading… “Why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t work”
Typically, colon-related illnesses such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are diagnosed via invasive tests. Thanks to a new “electronic nose,” however, it may soon be possible to detect such disorders by analyzing a whiff of the patient’s feces.
Continue reading… “Stool-sample-sniffin’ electronic nose detects diseases”
The vessel will be able to scoop up around five tons of plastic every day, and then melt it down – all in yet another private effort to help clean up the ocean.
Continue reading… “Norwegian billionaire funds worlds largest yacht to scoop up plastic”
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