Private Section For Dogs

Camping with your dog can be fun, but it does also pose a few challenges. The two-person Kings Peak Tent was designed with that in mind, as it has a separate section – complete with its own separate door – specifically for Fido. First of all, why wouldn’t you want to have your dog freely roaming inside the tent? Well, […]

xScreen Turns Xbox Into “Laptop”

Nintendo has the monopoly on gaming consoles that pull double duty as home and portable devices, but soon you could take your Xbox Series S out on the road too. The xScreen is a plug-in accessory currently on Kickstarter that turns Microsoft’s console into a kind of chunky laptop. The xScreen sports an 11.6-in display with a 1080p Full HD […]

Future Inhalable Covid 19 Vaccines?

A new study in the journal Science Advances presents the latest research demonstrating the potential effectiveness of an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is one of several in development designed to be administered through a nasal spray. “The currently available vaccines against COVID-19 are very successful, but the majority of the world’s population is still unvaccinated and there is a […]

Sony’s Neckband Speaker

Wearing headphones for extended Zoom sessions can be an uncomfortable, or even painful, experience, but using a laptop’s built-in speaker can be less than satisfactory. Sony has launched a wireless neckband speaker designed for all-day comfort while working from home “The new NB10 is the perfect work-from-home product, offering impressive new features that can power anyone through their workday,” said […]

Royal Navy Tests Rescue Potential For Drones

The Royal Navy’s NavyX autonomy accelerator team and private companies Malloy Aeronautics and Planck Aerosystems have been testing the potential for heavy-lift Minerva drones to locate and aid sailors that have fallen overboard until help can arrive. On even the smallest boat, hearing the cry of “person overboard” is something you always hope is just another practice drill. Finding and […]

Wearable Tracker Prevents Drowning Among Kids

Although there will never be a substitute for parents’ watchful eyes while their children are swimming, eyes can sometimes miss things. That’s where the Wave system is designed to come in, by sounding an alarm if kids stay underwater too long. The Wave setup consists of a Hub device that sits beside the pool (or lake, river or ocean), along […]

Hyper Port’s Containers To Be Transported At Hypersonic Speeds

Hyperloop Transport Technologies has presented an ultra-high-speed shipping port logistics system it says can shift up to 2,800 containers a day, covering hundreds of kilometers in minutes – while decreasing emissions wherever it’s rolled out. The whole thing would be like a giant cargo-carrying version of the pneumatic tube systemsthat once blasted thousands of messages around every hour, back when […]

Hydrogel Brain Implant

Among other things, brain implants are capable of stimulating specific neurons, and of delivering medication to specific regions. An experimental new implant could overcome a common limitation of others, by transforming from rigid to soft states. Existing implants incorporate devices such as electrodes, which are typically fairly stiff. The brain tissue that those electrodes are inserted into, on the other […]

Beach Blanket Fits Into Backpack

If you’re the beachy type, you might own a beach blanket, a sun shade, and a couple of hammocks. The Shadeeco system combines all four in one kit, that can be carried in a custom-designed backpack. Arizona-based entrepreneur Michael Graham invented Shadeeco (pronounced “shade-echo”) after finding that traditional beach umbrellas were awkward to carry, and difficult to securely set to […]