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MV Agusta pins its future to wild 240-hp square-5
22 November 2025 @ 4:03 pm
Five is a very unusual number of cylinders for a motorcycle engine, and the most familiar examples graced track-only prototypes that brought world championships in two eras to Honda. If storied Italian brand MV Agusta wanted to focus public attention firmly on hopes for the future, announcing that a five-pot engine would propel a fresh range of bikes would be a neat way to do it.Continue ReadingCategory: MotoMach-23 potato gun to shoot satellites into space
22 November 2025 @ 2:03 pm
Allow me to preface the title: Longshot Space wants to build a 6-mile-long (10-km) space cannon to shoot several-ton objects into low Earth orbit (LEO). The company has already built a working proof of concept.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: SpinLaunch, Longshot, Jeep's electrified Recon arrives in 2026 with legit off-roader cred
22 November 2025 @ 12:03 pm
Jeep is going all out to court thrillseekers with the 2026 Recon SUV. This chunky all-electric 4x4 packs a raft of features for making light work of craggy trails, along with plenty of power under the hood, and creature comforts to boot.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Ultrasound device shakes out clean water from thin air in minutes
22 November 2025 @ 10:03 am
MIT researchers have found a way to use the mechanical vibrations of sound waves to shake water molecules free from a storage medium. The breakthrough significantly speeds up the process of harvesting drinking water from thin air.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Water, Atmosphere, 50% lighter Donut Motor powers revamped Verge TS Pro
22 November 2025 @ 7:03 am
When Verge debuted with its first hubless electric motorcycle in 2022, it created a new visual aesthetic for motorcycles. Now, almost 4 years later, the Finnish-Estonian company is still going strong, upgrading its best-selling electric motorcycle with a bunch of appreciable upgrades.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Hubless, DJI's latest action cam opens up creativity with variable aperture
22 November 2025 @ 2:03 am
DJI's upping the ante for image quality out of its action cams with the new Osmo Action 6. It's the first of its kind to get a variable aperture, and it's got a larger sensor that should make for better photos and videos than its predecessor.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, Is your weed too strong? This scanner can tell you in an instant
22 November 2025 @ 12:03 am
A team of biologists in Australia has developed a scanning device to accurately detect exactly how potent a cannabis plant is, well before it's harvested. And no, it's not for selecting the choicest buds to get blasted with.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Milk protein put to use in spiciness-gauging "artificial tongue"
21 November 2025 @ 9:00 pm
It's a well-known fact that if you're trying to cool your mouth after eating spicy food, you should drink milk, not water. Bearing that fact in mind, scientists have developed an "artificial tongue" that measures food spiciness using a milk protein.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: American Chemical Society, Yamaha confirms racing intentions with YE-01 e-motocrosser
21 November 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Regardless of how you feel about electric two-wheelers, you can’t argue about one thing: the innovation at hand. From hubless wheels to 3D-printed tech, or scooter-motorcycle crossovers to a moped with most of its body invisible, the tech has been at the forefront of e-development.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Lightweight smart telescope simplifies deep sky exploration
21 November 2025 @ 5:23 pm
Photographing the deep sky at night can be a complicated business involving specialist knowledge, expensive and bulky equipment and a good deal of patience. DwarfLab's book-sized smart telescopes have removed many pain points over the years, but the company has gone lightweight as well as compact and portable for its latest design.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: