Folks who spend much of their home-working time tapping away at a keyboard, and also suffer from cold hands, can find keeping their digits toasty during winter months something of an expensive problem. Danish startup Varme has sought to address such issues with a power-sipping desktop hand warmer. The Varme hand heater is the brainchild of engineer Søren Abildgaard and […]
Desktop Hand Warmer
Bang & Olufsen Future Proof Houses
Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen has announced that its high-style Beosound A9 has moved into its fifth generation, and the shapely 360-degree-sound Beosound 2 grows into its third iteration. The company is also aiming for usage longevity thanks to a future-proofing module installed in each wireless home speaker. “Today, we are celebrating that we are future-proofing two of our most popular home […]
Lufthansa Is Overhauling Its Long Haul Flights
German airline Lufthansa is reinventing the long-haul international travel experience with a dramatic makeover to its new fleet. The new Allegris Business Class will see seven different category options offered for the first time, in addition to being jammed-packed with high-tech, comfort, privacy, and style. Lufthansa is contributing an epic 2.5 billion Euros (US$2.67 billion) into the new fleet over […]
China’s World Largest Container Ship
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered its MSC Tessa megaship to the Mediterranean Shipping Company. With a deck area of about four football fields, it’s capable of loading up to 24,116 TEU containers at a time, stacked up to 26 deep. At 399.99 m (1,312.3 ft) long and 61.5 m (202 ft) wide, the MSC Tessa can handle more […]
Reversible Insoles Repurpose For Cooling
Heated insoles we’ve looked at previously generally use batteries to create electrical heat for warming up icy toes. French company Solecooler has a different idea. It bypasses the electrical hardware and gets its power straight from the source: the feet themselves. Its insoles use mechanical energy from basic stepping motions to drive integrated heating and cooling elements. The reversible two-sided design means […]
Automatic Weed Pulling Tractor
Nobody likes the idea of herbicides in their veggies, yet hiring workers to pick weeds by hand can be prohibitively expensive for farmers. The Vulcan farm implement offers an alternative, as it automatically spots and yanks out weeds while leaving crop plants alone. Developed by MIT spinoff ag-tech company FarmWise, the Vulcan is a wheeled device that is towed through […]
Modular Approach Projector
Chinese tech startup IdeaClub has launched an interesting Full HD ultra-short-throw projector on Indiegogo that offers 100-inch visuals and built-in sound, but can also be had with expansion modules that bring touch interaction, extra up time or boosted audio. The Witseer projector rocks a similar outward appearance to the puppy cube we tried out back in 2018, but instead of nifty touch […]
RV Cummins Hybrid Energy Concept
Global power company Cummins is exploring how RVers can ease their reliance on gasoline while still enjoying all the off-grid power they need to run camping equipment and accessories at camp. Its new hybrid concept seamlessly blends battery storage and gas-driven generation to decrease noise and emissions while still offering days of power. Much like RV makers themselves have been […]
Camera Mounted Parabolic Microphone
Wildlife film makers can attach a shotgun microphone to a handheld camera while out and about, but might not be able to zero in on the sounds of distant subjects. Dodotronic has launched a camera-mounted parabolic mic that’s designed to do just that. The Hi-Sound Compact is the brainchild of Italy’s Ivano Pelicella, who founded a company called Dodotronic in […]
Family Bike
With the launch of its new Fetch+ range of cargo ebikes, Trek is aiming to provide eco-conscious parents with the means to leave the car at home when taking the kids for a quick spin into town, to school or the local park. “At a time when so many people are wondering how they can get out of the car […]