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MouseGoggles bring the immersive world of virtual reality to rodents
30 December 2024 @ 4:51 am
While it might sound like a cute gift to buy for your pet mouse, a new set of virtual reality goggles have a much more serious purpose. The inventors say they should help advance research into Alzheimer's disease and other brain conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Brain, LG's new smart lamps turn unused space into stylish indoor gardens
30 December 2024 @ 1:39 am
You probably know LG for its TVs and home appliances, but did you know the South Korean electronics giant also makes a whole range of gardening products, including planters and seed kits, in its home market? At CES 2025 in January, LG launches its smart additions to that lineup to grow flowers and herbs indoors – no green thumb necessary.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer TechThe top 9 tents of 2024, from cushy glamping to minimalist adventure
29 December 2024 @ 4:03 pm
It seems New Atlas readers like tent camping in all its forms – from backcountry to safari resort, and from ground to rooftop. The year saw some highly innovative tent designs, with some designers intent on minimizing weight down to the last milligram, others daring to go much bigger and heavier in order to create the most comfortable home away from home one will find outside a luxury hotel.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, Extra-wide tiny house provides big home comforts in a portable package
29 December 2024 @ 2:03 pm
With its Felicity 10' Wide model, Colorado's Frontier Tiny Homes aims to offer the kind of experience you usually associate more with a "real" house. Featuring a spacious and light-filled interior layout, the towable dwelling boasts some nice home comforts, including a dishwasher and a bathtub.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags:Tall, tiny, round and revolving: 2024's top 10 architectural oddities
29 December 2024 @ 11:03 am
This year has produced more than its fair share of unique and outlandish architecture. From a sail-shaped skyscraper to a revolving house, here's our pick of the top 10 architectural oddities of 2024.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Yamaha brings anime to life with futuristic Y/AI motorcycle
29 December 2024 @ 9:33 am
Just when you thought motorcycles couldn’t get any wilder, Yamaha has dropped the sci-fi-inspired Y/AI prototype. It’s built in partnership with Netflix for an anime called Tokyo Override, which is set in a dystopian Tokyo 100 years in the future.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Yamaha, Netflix, Nuclear waste: What is it and how do we dispose of it?
28 December 2024 @ 10:03 pm
Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look at the basics.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Nuclear, On the road to success with 2024's top ebike innovations
28 December 2024 @ 11:03 am
The end of the year is traditionally a time for reflection, so we've gone back through 12 months of new ebike launches, tech developments and e-mobility highlights to compile our pick of 2024's top ebike innovations.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, best-of-2024Looking back: BMW's tire-scorching test rig
28 December 2024 @ 9:33 am
About 20,000 components to every single BMW on the road today get put to the extreme test well beyond real-world expectations. Then again, sometimes a not-your-average-driver does subject their BMW to the same grueling conditions, like taking their M5 to Nürburgring Nordschleife for some fun weekend driving.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Watch the deployment of the world's fastest tank-carrying floating bridge
28 December 2024 @ 7:03 am
The M3 amphibious bridge and ferry system deploys in just 35 minutes and can support the weight of any of the main battle tanks in Europe. The system has recently been handed over to the Swedish military for the first time.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bridge,