“Big hole” land speed electric motorcycle hits the track for first tests

There's no bike on earth remotely like the bizarre WMC250EV, an electric land speed racer built to slash aerodynamic drag by taking the radical step of tunneling a giant hole through the middle of it. Boy does it look surreal on track in this video.

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Backpack-friendly, pop-up display doubles as a short-throw projector

Back in 2016, startup Arovia launched a portable, pop-up display solution called SPUD. Now the company is set to launch a brighter, higher-res, more compact follow up called Splay, and has added a neat projector mode too.

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Landmark study presents evidence Alzheimer’s disease begins in the liver

An impressive new study is presenting robust evidence showing the toxic proteins thought to be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease may be produced in the liver and travel through the blood before landing in the brain causing neuron damage.

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SpaceX’s first all-private crewed space mission lifts off

The Inspiration4 mission has lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission differs from any previous crewed mission in that it is the first conducted entirely as a private venture.

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New jean-dying process shouldn’t give the environment the blues

While we may think of blue jeans as kind of earthy, basic clothing, the process by which they're dyed is definitely not eco-friendly. That may soon no longer be the case, however, thanks to the development of a new coloration technique.

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Pickman XR packs a 4WD pickup into a small electric package

There are now a fair number of electric cars that have a small, lightweight body in order to maximize their battery range. Well, the Pickman XR takes that same philosophy and applies it to a four-wheel-drive pickup truck.

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New Atlas’ top picks from Milan Design Week 2021

Milan’s famous Salone del Mobile has once again filled the Italian city with color, inspiration and innovative design, following some false starts and setbacks due to COVID-19. Let's take a look at some special picks from Milan Design Week 2021.

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Compact tiny house goes big on features thanks to space-saving design

Though it has a total length of just 7.2 m, the River Bank tiny house packs quite a lot of features into its compact frame. It includes movable furniture, lots of storage space, a relatively well-proportioned kitchen, and an upstairs home office.

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Marshall promises big sounds from true wireless ANC earphones

Marshall has expanded its true wireless earphones offering with a third-gen outing for its Minor buds and a new model called the Motif ANC earphones, which close off listeners to the outside world so they can focus on the music.

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Engineers 3D print force-sensing metamaterial structures

Though you can make objects smarter by adding sensors to them, a team of MIT engineers has managed to 3D print metamaterial structures with electrodes directly integrated into them to allow objects to sense user interaction.

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