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25 May 2026 @ 3:30 pm
I've always felt like the Kindle could do with a better way to flip ebook pages. DuRoBo might have solved exactly that problem, with a little dial on the side of its compact E Ink device.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Single-level tiny house makes long-term small living comfortable
25 May 2026 @ 1:54 pm
Clever space-saving layouts are all well and good, but not everyone wants to climb ladders and crawl into loft bedrooms every night. The Surya tiny house avoids this and instead opts for a spacious single-floor interior that's well-suited to comfortable long-term living.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: Fusing silk gives it Kevlar-like strength for next-gen implants
25 May 2026 @ 12:03 pm
Silk isn't just great as a smooth fabric for luxurious clothing: it's finding a wide range of uses in everything from edible food-preserving wrappers to skin-friendly wearable health monitoring sensors. There's plenty of scope to enhance its characteristics too, and a simple new approach has allowed it to get about as tough as Kevlar.Continue ReadingRAF's blow-up missile systems simulate advanced air-defense threats
25 May 2026 @ 6:37 am
The RAF is buying inflatable missile batteries. It may seem daft, but these lookalike launchers aren't a gag or a ludicrous cost-cutting measure. Part of the new Sting system, their job is to help train fighter pilots in taking out ground-to-air threats.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, EngineeringTags: Stormy weather linked with spikes in stroke and brain hemorrhages
25 May 2026 @ 3:59 am
Stormy skies could send more patients to the emergency room, according to an analysis of weather systems and medical data by researchers in Hungary.Continue ReadingCategory: Stroke, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Stroke, Your handwriting might reveal more about your brain than you realize
25 May 2026 @ 1:34 am
Many of us probably don't get much time to put pen to paper these days, with our world of correspondence now dominated by digital communication. But a new study from Portugal's University of Évora suggests that changes in handwriting could be an early red flag of serious age-related cognitive decline.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body and MindTags: 75 years of the Fender Telecaster: The guitar that changed the world
25 May 2026 @ 1:30 am
This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Fender, Great Pyramid's natural frequency could be the secret to its survival
25 May 2026 @ 12:11 am
Colin Caprani, Monash University & Scott Menegon, Swinburne University of Technology/ The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: pyramids, Archaeology, EarHybrid Texas power plant blends the best of gas and nuclear
24 May 2026 @ 11:03 pm
Want to build a power plant and can't decide between nuclear and natural gas? Why not opt for both? That's the strategy that Blue Energy has developed in collaboration with GE Vernova for a proposed 2.5-GW hybrid facility in Texas that uses both fuels.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, EngineeringTags: Compact but comfortable tiny house is built for life on the road
24 May 2026 @ 3:03 pm
Not every tiny house has to be a massive apartment on wheels. Case in point is the Koala Bear, which embraces the roots of the small living movement and leans into its strength as a portable home for one or two modern nomads.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: