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US brain-computer-interface startup Paradromics is quickly establishing itself as a major player in the neural-device space, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green-lighting a human trial to test its ability in restoring speech in people with paralysis.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body and MindTags:

Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, a chronic disease that affects up to a million Americans.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags:

Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming power at a distance. Its Star Catcher Network technology beamed 1.1 kW of power at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida using off-the-shelf solar panel components.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: DARPA,

Blending ancient land-shaping traditions with cutting-edge fabrication, a new project called TreeSoil is reimagining how architecture can support vulnerable environments. Conceived through a partnership between two research groups, the Technion Institute’s Material Topology Research Lab (MTRL) and the Tree Lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, the project proposes a small but radical idea: build structures not for people, but to protect saplings struggling to survive in degraded landscapes.Continue Reading

Narwal's flagship self-cleaning wet/dry robot vacuum is on sale for Black Friday. We've spent several months with the Narwal Flow, and while it doesn't offer any spectacular party tricks, it's the smartest, best-performing robovac we've seen.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Robot, Smart Home,

Though the world's smallest Laser TV took most of the CES 2025 spotlight, JMGO did have other models on display – including an early look at a new N series. Now it seems that the first N3 tri-laser model has soft launched.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Projectors, Gimbals,

If New York is the city that never sleeps, Dubai is the city that never stops building. This latest example of its constantly changing skyline, by Zaha Hadid Architects, consists of a residential skyscraper with a striking exoskeleton design inspired by traditional local craftsmanship.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, TechnologyTags:

Engineers from Northwestern University have developed a flexible device you can wear on your fingertip like a Band-Aid to feel the sensation of interacting with textured and patterned surfaces on a touchscreen. It could be a major step forward in how we interact with personal technology.Continue ReadingCategory:

If you're lucky enough to have a couple thousand bucks burning a hole in your pocket, you could do a whole lot worse than drop it on an Antic. This little beast draws inspiration from the mini bikes of 1970s, swaps their noisy engines for an electric motor, and lets you get into all kinds of trouble on two wheels – or one, if you're feeling rowdy.Continue ReadingCategory:

As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health issues we face today aren’t personal failings or modern inconveniences – they’re the predictable result of forcing Stone Age physiology into a world it was never built for.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: