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Hyundai’s First Electric Double-Decker
Back in 2016, Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD rolled out a 10.2 meter-long electric double-decker bus in London. Now transit companies have got a new emissions-free people carrier to help ease inner city air pollution and traffic congestion thanks to Hyundai Motor. Hyundai’s 12.9 m (42.3 ft) long and 3.99 m (13.1 ft) high electric double-decker was launched at Korea’s […]
Cell Division Recreated Outside Cell
Cell division is one of the most fundamental biological functions, vital to life – but there’s still so much about it that we don’t understand. In an attempt to find out more, researchers at the University of Chicago have now managed to recreate cell division outside of a cell for the first time, surprising even themselves. From the time we’re […]
Robo-Cleaning Tag Team
iRobot has refreshed its line of cleaning robots, adding a new mopping machine to the mix along with an updated vacuum. Together, the Roomba s9 vacuum and the Braava jet m6 mop are designed to work in tandem to keep floors dust- and dirt-free, without any input from the user. Last year, iRobot introduced a new feature for its Roomba […]
How to Finance a New Business
When you’re trying to start a new business, one of the hardest parts of doing so is getting the funding together to support it. After all, where do you start when your own personal bank account and savings run dry? There are plenty of ways to do it! From bank loans to crowdfunding, to credit cards – funding your business […]
Sensory Steering Wheel
From virtual windshields to transparent roofs to portable steering wheels, Jaguar Land Rover isn’t afraid to get a little creative when looking to the future of automotive design. Its latest concept imagines a potentially more intuitive form of turn-by-turn navigation, gently warming either side of the steering wheel to guide the driver to their destination. The so-called Sensory steering wheel […]
Collapsible Cutlery
Plastic cutlery may well be convenient, but it is certainly wasteful and as more and more research shows, detrimental to the environment. Outlery was cooked up as an alternative, consisting of a collapsible and reusable cutlery and chopstick sets that can be packed into a very manageable pocket-sized package. According to the makers of Outlery, more than 80 billion single-use […]
Solar Steaming
“Solar steaming” is an eco-friendly form of water purification in which sunlight is used to heat tainted water, turning it to steam which condenses back into liquid. That clean liquid is then collected as drinking water. A new system offers improved performance, and it copies the structure of the rose flower. Led by Assoc. Prof. Donglei (Emma) Fan, a team […]
Self Healing Material
If we’re ever going to get on top of the whole plastic waste problem, a partial solution may lie in substances that fix themselves when broken, instead of having to be discarded. With that in mind, many groups have been developing self-healing materials – and one of the latest functions like blood. Led by Prof. Keivan Davami, a team at […]
Road Togs Tough Grip
Back in 2014, we reviewed a product known as Togs – they’re bolt-on levers that allow mountain bikers to maintain a grip when riding with their thumbs on top of the handlebars. Now, reportedly in response to user demand, Togs’ creators have come out with a version for drop bars. Known as Road Togs, the new model is intended to […]