Candela aims to smash electric boat range records with its C-8, using a hydrofoil system that eliminates as much as 80 percent of the drag you’d get from a conventional design. The first prototype C-8 has now flown, and Candela has released video. The marine sector is going to be hard to electrify. It takes a lot of energy to […]
Candela Hydrofoiling Electric Boat
Fruit Picking Drones
According to Israeli startup Tevel Aerobotics, there is a severe shortage of workers available to pick fruit at orchards. That’s why the company is developing an alternative, in the form of autonomous flying drones that do the job. Each of the system’s FAR (Flying Autonomous Robots) units consists of a wheeled base vehicle which travels up and down the rows […]
Improved Grip For Redstone Knife
Looking to offer a pocket knife with supreme grip and comfort, toolmaker The James Brand has turned to the world of rock climbing for inspiration. The handle of its recently introduced Redstone is modeled on the colorful holds you might find in a climbing gym, paired with a lightweight design and handy pocket clip for easy carry. The Redstone weighs […]
A.I Traffic Lights
Ordinarily, traffic lights change color in response to predetermined rules and induction loop sensors embedded in the road. According to new research, however, making those lights artificially intelligent may keep traffic flowing faster and smoother. The study is being conducted as part of Germany’s KI4LSA project – it’s funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, and […]
Samsung Partners Exynos For Console-Like Mobile Gaming Experience
Unpacked event, promising to “change the way we experience mobile gaming.” The Exynos 2200 comes packing in-house graphics based on AMD RDNA 2 architecture with hardware-based ray tracing. Ray tracing is an image rendering technology that makes for more realistic lighting and reflection effects in virtual scenes, and has made its way into a number of computer graphics cards and […]
Autonomous Ferry
In what is being described as a world-first, a 222-meter (728-ft) vehicle-carrying ferry has autonomously navigated a 240-km (149-mile) stretch of Japan’s Iyonda Sea. The vessel even performed the docking procedures on its own. Taking place this Monday (Jan. 17), the demonstration of the Smart Coastal Ferry project incorporated technology developed by the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company and the Shin Nihonkai […]
Electric Honda Gyro
Honda Japan has announced an electric version of its popular three-wheeled Gyro business scooter. The Gyro Canopy e is a covered version of the Gyro e launched earlier this year, and benefits from the same swappable battery convenience. The first scoot in the Gyro family was a 50cc model introduced in 1982, and the first to come with a canopy […]
Smartphone System Measures Blood Clotting Time
People who are using blood-thinning medications regularly have to check if their dosage needs adjusting. And while doing so currently involves lab tests or expensive home systems, a simple smartphone-based setup may soon be able to perform the task. Because of a patient’s ongoing physiological changes, what was initially an ideal dosage of a medication such as warfarin may become […]
How to Build Business Connections on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is one of the best social media platforms for the B2B sector. It is excellent for promoting your business, building a strong network, increasing customers loyalty, and building connections. The last one is what we will talk about in this article. First, let’s answer the question, “why do business connections matter in the online world?” There are two practical […]
Electric Surfboard
Swedish extreme electric surfboard maker Awake Boards has added a new premium electric surfboard to it award-winning range, which promises more power, faster acceleration and better response for sharper turns, higher jumps and faster rides. Awake Boards first crashed the choppy waters of electric surfboarding with 2018’s carbon fiber Rävik, and made an even more impressive splash a couple of years […]