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$8,000 robot is ready to take over all laundry and bed-making duties
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Weave Robotics announced its first laundry folding robot just months ago, and it already has a new product on offer. The new Isaac 1 robot also folds clothes – but it can also tidy up your living room and make the bed. It looks cuter, too.
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AircraftTransport
Students fly high with new world record for largest paper plane
by Omar Kardoudi
A team of students in Pisa has turned the humble paper airplane into a full-blown engineering project. ICARUS didn’t just look hugely impressive on the ground, it flew far enough to earn a Guinness World Record.
RVs and MotorhomesAdventure VehiclesOutdoors
Winnebago's affordable new B+ camper looks to hook newbs on RV life
by C.C. Weiss
Growing its lineup of compact, agile small motorhomes, Winnebago has launched the Elora/Resa. The single motorhome with two names targets first-time RVers, piling up details that make transitioning to RV life as intuitive as driving a new car.
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ArchitectureEngineering
Spectacularly rippled, cascading Frank Gehry arts center breaks ground
by Stefan Ionescu
Abu Dhabi has broken ground on Dar al Funoon, a 6,000-capacity performing arts venue on Saadiyat Island. One of the final designs from the late Frank Gehry, it will host opera, ballet, and theater from 2030.
DronesConsumer TechTechnology
Robotic bird could fix drones' biggest aerodynamic problem
by Omar Kardoudi
Researchers from Australia and the UK have built a robotic kestrel to decode how birds handle turbulence. Their findings reveal a suite of wing-and-tail tricks that could reshape the next generation of small drones.
EnergyEngineering
Morphing, color-changing liquid stores energy by “charging” into a gel
by Etiido Uko
Batteries are typically the first thing that comes to mind as energy storage. Researchers have now demonstrated a strange yellow liquid energy storage system that “charges” by turning into a black goo and discharges to drive chemical reactions.
GearOutdoors
Titanium suitcase is made for tough travel
by Ben Coxworth
There are a lot of titanium devices on Kickstarter, and honestly … many of those gadgets just use the strong yet lightweight metal as a marketing gimmick. The Voyageur, however, is a suitcase that takes full advantage of titanium's special features.
AutomotiveTransport
US blocks Polestar’s future sales over China-linked car tech
by Utkarsh Sood
The tides can often change very quickly in the automotive world. That’s exactly what has happened with Polestar, which has just been banned from selling its cars in the US market by the country’s Commerce Department.
Knives and MultitoolsGearOutdoors
Split-handle folding knife keeps working even when closed
by C.C. Weiss
We're not sure Opinel's new Néo7 Alpine knife qualifies as a full "multitool," but it does carry a few functions. The ultralight pocket knife marries Opinel's timeless simplicity with new features that make it quicker and more useful.
ArchitectureEngineering
Beautifully rustic mountain house rises from its colonial-era grave
by Stefan Ionescu
In Kotagiri, India, Meister Varma Architects has built the three-volume Shilaya house using stone salvaged from a collapsed colonial cottage on site, adding a prefabricated steel structure above it.
MotorcyclesTransport
KTM 790 Duke gets most significant upgrade since release 10 years ago
by Utkarsh Sood
The 2027 790 Duke features some of the most influential upgrades KTM's middleweight naked has seen. That includes a new subframe, updated suspension, brakes, and exhaust system, as well as new styling cues from the 990 Duke and 1390 Super Duke R Evo.
AircraftTransport
India's biggest eVTOL demonstrator just aced its flight tests
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
India's eVTOL industry sees major progress as Sarla Aviation's Sylla 1.0 demonstrator has gone from the drawing board to mid-air in under a year, completing integrated flight testing for the ambitious company's upcoming air taxi.
ArchitectureEngineering
Zero-carbon cabin trades modern convenience for mountain simplicity
by Bridget Borgobello
Renée del Gaudio Architecture has completed a 2,100-sq-ft retreat in Allenspark, Colorado. Dubbed Camp Meeker Cabin, the project strips mountain living back to its quieter essentials, while still embracing contemporary environmental design.
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BiologyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
Breakthrough: Scientists made a living cell from scratch. Then it reproduced
by Mike McRae
Scientists from the University of Minnesota have taken a monumental step toward understanding the process of abiogenesis by piecing together their own organic cell and watching it divide in two.
BiologyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
A hidden map in your nose may hold the secret to smell
by Pranjal Malewar
New research from Harvard Medical School has overturned the traditional picture of the nose's neurons, finding a hidden cartography in the seeming randomness.
Diet & NutritionWellness and Healthy LivingBody and MindRefractor: Science & Health
Artificial sweeteners face growing scrutiny over long-term health risks
by Bronwyn Thompson
A new review presents comprehensive and convincing research that ties common sugar substitutes to metabolic disturbances that begin in the gut and then flow throughout the body. It also highlights issues of food-label transparency in the US.
Imaging & DiagnosticsMedical InnovationsBody and MindRefractor: Science & Health
We can now watch microplastics moving through our bodies
by Kerry Taylor-Smith
Researchers are using a laser-based imaging technique to map these tiny particles deep within the tissues of mice without surgery. This offers a fresh perspective on how microplastics move through the body and their long-term effects on human health.
AstronomyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
Strange ‘in‑between’ celestial object is testing astronomers’ boundaries
by The Conversation
Orbiting around the star TOI-2155 is something interesting: a much smaller object called TOI-2155b, which we only know from observing the tiny changes in light from the host star. What is TOI-2155b? A mini-star? A giant planet? Or something in between?
Diet & NutritionWellness and Healthy LivingBody and MindRefractor: Science & Health
Hot dog warning ahead of US holiday sausage bonanza
by Bronwyn Thompson
As some 150 million Americans dig into a hot dog on the July 4 weekend, physicians have uncovered how little we actually know about the health risks of this kind of processed meat. In fact, close to 90% of US adult surveyed poorly informed.
Diet & NutritionWellness and Healthy LivingBody and MindRefractor: Science & Health
Unregulated peptides pose higher risks for women
by The Conversation
A wave of unregulated peptides is sweeping the wellness world and now crossing into the mainstream. But concern is growing about side effects, and almost nobody is asking whether these substances impact men and women in the same way.
Elsewhere
New therapy could teach stroke survivors how to walk again. Therapist and patient each wears a lower-limb exoskeleton, and can influence each other's movements in real time.
Photo courtesy of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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