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Farmers around the world regularly burn post-harvest crop waste, producing a significant amount of greenhouse gases and air pollution in the process. A new portable system, however, can be brought to farms to convert that waste into useful products.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: University of British Columbia, Agri-waste, Biomass, Portable
In an effort to keep livestock safe from coyotes while not harming the predators themselves, researchers carried out a study involving a remote-controlled vehicle equipped with powerful lights. The solution worked, hinting at a future in which robot ranch hands could work night patrol.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Farming, Autonomous Vehicles, Conservation, Wildlife, Animals
Honda has announced a new addition to its side-by-side UTV lineup. The new Talon 1000R-4 Fox Live Valve is wider and longer than the standard four-seat 1000R-4 to add more off-road capability in rough terrain.
Category: Automotive, Transport
In the past few years, Swiss cycling tool startup Daysaver has brought us a clever nesting-bit hex wrench and a multifunctional tire lever. Well, the company is back on our radar again, this time with its Incredible multitool system.
Tags: Multitools, Cycling, Kickstarter
The Mercedes-Benz GLE is a popular SUV thanks to its good looks and high amount of luxury for the price paid. For 2024, Mercedes changed a few things for the GLE including big interior updates, an upgrade to its infotainment system, and styling changes to the front and rear plastics. The biggest change, though, is the addition of a plug-in hybrid model, the 450e.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, SUV, Plug-in Hybrid, PHEV, Electric Vehicles, Reviews
Just over 10 years ago, WobbleWorks took sketching into a new dimension when it launched a Kickstarter for its 3Doodler 3D-printing pen. Now the company is hoping to do the same for the world of baking with the ChefDoodler.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Kickstarter, 3Doodler, Creative, Art, Kitchen
Over the past few years, we've seen a number of auto makers collaborate with bike companies for branded ebikes and the latest to join the e-mobility party is Hyundai, which has partnered with Spain's Rayvolt for a limited version of its eXXite Next Step model.
Tags: Hyundai, ebikes, Pedal-assisted
A novel 3D-printing process has opened up a new class of strong, ductile, tuneable titanium alloys that could potentially be made from waste products, without expensive additives like vanadium. It may also work for zirconium, niobium and molybdenum.
Tags: RMIT, Titanium, 3D Printing
While the benefits of handwashing for public health are well-known, in some developing countries soap is an unaffordable luxury. Researchers have now developed a single-use, biodegradable soap-on-a-tab that shows great promise in improving public health in areas without access to running water.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Hygiene, Health, Biodegradable
An international team of scientists is one step closer to unlocking the molecular mechanisms at work in fat tissue, which could ultimately lead to treatments to effortlessly ‘switch on’ calorie burning.
Category: Science
Tags: Obesity, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown fat, Fat cells, Protein, Diabetes