The Baselworld 2014 watch show officially starts
tomorrow in Basel, Switzerland, but Gizmag has already spotted a pretty
special-looking watch on the trade show floor. Made by Sweden's GoS
Watches, the Bifrost Isblå features a dial and crown made from what the
company describes as "high-contrast" pattern-welded stainless Damascus
steel. Read More
Computer better than a human at telling if you're faking it
By Grant Banks
March 26, 2014
A computer-vision system able to detect false
expressions of pain 30 percent more accurately than humans has been
developed. Authors of the study, titled Automatic Decoding of Deceptive Pain Expressions,
believe the technology has the potential for detecting other misleading
behaviors and could be applied in areas including homeland security,
recruitment, medicine and law. Read More
Regular readers will know that we’re big fans of the tilting 3-wheeler platform here at Gizmag. Narrow track vehicles
are evolving and sprouting up all over the place, but Yamaha’s brand
new Tricity represents the first production effort by a major motorcycle
company – and it seems to be focused in all the right areas to make it a
huge success. Read More
In an effort to bring reliable electricity
supplies to emerging regions and remote island communities, Panasonic
has developed an expandable, portable, self-contained photovoltaic
system. The "Power Supply Container" comes equipped with 12 of
Panasonic's HIT240 solar modules on the roof and generates approximately
3 kW of electricity, with 24 lead-acid batteries capable of storing
17.2 kWh of energy used to store excess electricity. Read More
Apparently NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
in Pasadena, California, thinks that what space exploration in the 21st
century needs is spacecraft that are a bit more botanical. The center
has released a video showing off its starshade spacecraft that opens up
like a blossom. Bearing a resemblance to a cosmic sunflower, it’s
designed to help astronomers to directly study exoplanets, including
taking the first actual pictures of planets beyond our Solar System.
Read More
When looking for the best materials with which to
construct a solar cell, the obvious preference is for one that absorbs
light, not emits it. But researchers from Nanyang Technological
University in Singapore have discovered a material that does both.
Amongst a variety of potential applications, the researchers say the
material, Perovskite, opens up the possibility of mobile devices with
displays that double as solar cells. Read More
Italian design firm Valcucine is looking to turn
its showroom at next month's Milan Design Week into a collaborative
space by seeking out 10 budding designers to workshop sustainable
modifications to its Meccanica kitchen concept. The "Kitchen Becomes
Open!" project is set to take place over six days and will fundamentally
be an open-source venture from start to finish. Participants will work
with a team of experts to develop ideas and ultimately make them freely
available for distribution and modification. Read More
Today we got our first glimpse of the new HTC One (M8).
We already know it brings a dual camera, Lite-Brite-esque cover, and
some serious gun metal. But what's it like to actually use? We were at
the company's launch event, and got some hands-on time. Read More
Following the tsunami that hit Japan in March,
2011, designer Chris Robinson was inspired to create an escape pod to
ensure he and his family could survive if such a disaster were to occur
in his home city of Palo Alto, California. After some two years of
painstaking design and construction, his floating off-grid shelter,
dubbed Tsunamiball, is nearing completion. Read More
Last month, the Hennessey Performance (HPE) Venom GT skidded into the record books
when it hit over 270 mph at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral,
Florida. To commemorate this event, as well as snatching a Guinness
World Record by doing 0 to 300 km/h (186 mph) in 13.63 seconds, HPE is
rolling out its very limited-run World’s Fastest Edition (WFE) Venom GT
with a special livery. Read More
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