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Tech

Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging and Automated Parking Concept Unveiled by Hyundai

A concept video demonstrating the wireless electric vehicle charging system alongside the Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS) has been unveiled by Hyundai and Kia.

Tech

Engineers Have Developed a Device That Can Prevent Tremors and Seizures

A neurostimulator capable of monitoring the brain's electrical activity as well as deliver electrical stimulation simultaneously has been developed by UC Berkeley engineers.

Space

China’s Chang’e 4 Has Successfully Landed on the Far Side of the Moon

Officially the first ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon, Chinese lunar module Chang’e 4 has landed within the 186 kilometres (115 miles) wide Von Kármán crater.

Traverse the Terrain Where Science Meets Art at Trevor Paglen’s Sites Unseen Exhibition

Currently hosting the works of multimedia creator Trevor Paglen at The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the exhibit titled Sites Unseen is composed of various forms of art that utilize science to inform.

Design

Concrete Benches Woven with 3D Printer

Studio 7.5 in collaboration with XtreeE have created a series of 3D printed concrete benches with a woven pattern.

Tech

World’s First Electric Motorcycle with Integrated Human Machine Interface Created

Described as “the most premium and individual of EVs”, Arc Vector is the world's first fully electric neo-café racer with an integrated Human Machine Interface (HMI).

- Art

Biometric Data Intertwined with Art for an Interactive Installation Called Pusle

Tech

Holographic Acoustic Tweezers Use Sound to Manipulate Levitated Objects

Researcher Asier Marzo Pérez and professor Bruce Drinkwater have developed a system called holographic acoustic tweezers (HAT) that can levitate and manipulate multiple particles individually using sound.

Tech

L’Oreal’s Battery-Free and Wearable Sensor Can Monitor Sun Exposure

Called My Skin Track UV, the world’s first battery-free wearable electronic that is able to measure both UVA and UVB rays has been developed by L’Oreal’s skincare brand La Roche-Posay.

Architecture

Office Building That Produces Surplus Energy Set to Open in 2019

A collaboration of various environmentally conscious innovators called Powerhouse is set to unveil their latest building project in Trondheim, Norway.

Design

A Coffee Cup Made from Desert Sand Has Been Created

In collaboration with The Foundry, a multi-disciplinary design firm called Tinkah has developed a material that combines Dubai's sand with the characteristics of slip ceramics to create a coffee cup that is "inspired by every shifting dunes".

Space

The European Space Agency Has Released Images of an Ice-Filled Crater on Mars

Images of the 82 kilometres (51 miles) wide Korolev crater on Mars filled with 2,200 cubic kilometres (530 cubic mile) of water ice have been released by the European Space Agency.

Tech

UCLA Archaeologists Have Reconstructed the Lost Pumapunku Temple Using 3D Printing

Dr. Alexei Vranich and his team of archaeologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have used 150 years of archaeological data to create and assemble a 3D printed scale model of the Pumapunku temple.

- Science

Designers from the Living Colour Project Are Using Bacteria to Dye Textiles

Tech

VRgineers Is Offering the Best of Virtual Reality with Their $5,800 XTAL VR Headset

With the goal of building VR headsets with the best visual quality, a Prague-based company called VRgineers has developed a $5,800 VR headset that features two Quad HD OLED displays and a 180º field-of-view.

Tech

The Boring Company Has Unveiled Their Hawthorne Test Tunnel

For the first public demonstration of The Boring Company’s Hawthorne Test Tunnel, a Tesla electric vehicle fitted with alignment wheels has taken passengers for a ride at speeds of 80 km per hour (50 miles per hour).

Design

The Long Now Foundation Has Begun Construction of a Giant 10,000-Year Clock

The Foundation intends the clock to symbolize a different way of thinking, one that clashes with the modern, fast-paced mindset, as well as serve as a monument to inspire future generations with the power of the "long now".

Environment

The Allen Coral Atlas Project Is Planning to Map out the Entire Globe’s Coral Reefs

Using high-resolution satellite imagery and advanced analytics, the Allen Coral Atlas project made up of several organizations has set out to map out the entire globe’s coral reefs by 2020.