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Dangbei has announced the US launch of a compact 1080p smart projector that's mounted to a gimbal stand for one-handed image adjustment over 190 degrees. The N2 mini can stream popular apps like Netflix and Prime Video, can throw visuals at up to 120 inches and rocks Dolby sound – all at an attractively low price point.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology

As we've mentioned a few times, sales of vinyl records have been on the increase for a few years now. If you're looking for something rather special to spin your records on, but missed out on Brian Eno's limited runs, Audio Technica could have the answer.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Audio-Technica,

Be it wrestling with headphones or earbuds, or sharing a bed with someone that prefers silence, drifting off to sleep with an audio soundtrack is not always the most practical method of relaxation. But this handy, inexpensive speaker may be just the thing to solve some of the common issues people face at bedtime.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Sl

Even with all the economic uncertainty lately, it seems folks still love their motorcycles. And while global giants like KTM and Harley-Davidson have been struggling lately with declining sales, Royal Enfield has managed to achieve the opposite: surpassing a million motorcycle sales!Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags:

Automakers are putting the brakes on ambitious all-electric vehicle expansion plans of recent past, increasingly pursuing multiple powertrain technologies for cutting emissions across their global lineups. Horse Powertrain is ready to lend a hand, putting its expertise in both electric motor and ICE technology into an all-in-one fuel-electric drive it calls the Future Hybrid Concept. The visionary setup looks to seamlessly blend battery and fuel propulsion into a single drive unit that easily transforms a pure-electric car into a flexible hybrid.Cont

While in-vehicle collision avoidance systems may be good at detecting big targets like automobiles, they're not as adept at detecting bicycles. Radian's Wingman was designed to address that problem, by boosting bikes' radar and LiDAR visibility.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Cycling, Road Safety,

Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard University have now given their RoboBee a set of long, jointed legs much like those of the crane fly.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags:

I'm writing this from a laptop that's stalling and refusing to switch between tabs because it's gotten too warm in the early Indian summer. It's not like I'm running a hectic workload of video and audio editing tools and multiple browsers at once: this old machine just can't move heat away from the processor and other internals quickly enough.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials,

If you've watched even a single episode of CSI, you'll know how important it is to check suspects and crime scenes for gunshot residue (GSR). A new technique could make that task faster and easier than ever before, by quickly causing the residue to glow green.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Amsterdam,

Influential Dutch studio MVRDV has been chosen to radically renovate a disused church. The former place of worship is being transformed into a public swimming pool, complete with a movable floor that lets visitors "walk on water."Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction,