In order to help prevent a guitar’s neck losing the fight against the pull of the strings, a metal rod usually runs through it. South Africa’s Rubato Guitars has done away with the truss rod for its first model – named Lassie – instead relying on the stiffness of carbon fiber to keep things nice and straight. In fact, the […]
One Piece Carbon Fiber Guitar
Compact Full Suspension Electric Scooter
Though folding e-scooters are nothing new, you generally have to carry them about in your hands between rides. The MiniFalcon has been designed to be collapsed down in three steps and stowed away in its own ukulele-sized backpack. The MiniFalcon electric kickscooter is just over 23 inches long when folded thanks to a telescopic steering pole, collapsible handles, folding rear […]
Motion Tracking Wristbands Turn Movement Into Music
The Mictic body instrument is a pair of motion-sensing wristbands that connect to your phone via Bluetooth and then create music to match your movements, giving you the chance to play weird air-instruments, or generate a custom soundtrack for your dance moves. Each Mictic bracelet looks more or less like a Fitbit, and sits on your wrist feeding back a […]
Norm AR Glasses Pack Smart Tech Into Regular Specs
Arguably the thing that killed Google Glass was how dorky they looked – most people didn’t want to walk around every day looking like a bad Star Trek cosplayer. Whether or not that’s the real reason augmented reality (AR) glasses never took off, it’s the story that other companies always push while marketing new devices that fit all the smarts […]
World First International Cable Car
Following an international architecture competition, UN Studio has been selected to design a new cable car terminal in Russia. Assuming all goes to plan, the project, described as the world’s first cross-border cable car by the firm, will link with a counterpart in China and provide swift travel between the two countries. The Blagoveshchensk Cable Car Terminal, which also involves […]
Autonomous Race Car
A little piece of history has gone down at the Monteblanco racetrack in Spain, with the world’s first fully autonomous car race completed last week. Two teams pitted code and cars against one another, with Team Arrival beating out the Technical University of Munich to take the first ever Roborace win. The Robocars in question are no joke – 300-kW […]
Modular DMOS Shovel
You don’t really need a shovel until you really need a shovel. So taking up a third of your car roof with a man-height ditch digger’s shovel doesn’t make much sense … that is, until you find yourself spinning tires helplessly in three feet of snow or mud. The shovel experts at Jackson, Wyoming-based DMOS Collective present a better way […]
How to Implement Time Tracking Into Your Workday Successfully
Whether you’re a team manager or simply a team member, implementing time tracking into your workday can help you truly understand how long projects take and what is keeping them from being more efficient. With more accurate invoicing and payroll and a level of accountability for everyone on the team, projects will become more streamlined. Here’s how to successfully implement […]
Autonomous Combine Harvests Russian Fields
Russia’s largest agricultural holding company has joined forces with AI development firm Cognitive Technologies to pilot autonomous crop management on 665,000 hectares of land. It is hoped that the technology will help reduce crop losses while also improving farming efficiency. Rusagro has contracted Cognitive Technologies – the same company that’s testing an autonomous tram in Moscow – to install the […]
USB Rechargeable Batteries
Batteries have a habit of running flat at the most inconvenient of times, and all too often that stockpile you thought you had in the bottom drawer has run dry when you go hunting for a replacement. Continually buying batteries is expensive, and they’re terrible for the environment, with Americans alone throwing away 10 million disposable batteries every single day. […]