Fats from thin air: Startup makes butter using CO2 and water

[New Atlas logo]( Technology [Fats from thin air: Startup makes butter using CO2 and water]( [Savor uses chemistry to make 'butter' that tastes just like the real thing]( Bill Gates has thrown his weight – and his money – behind a startup making a rich, fatty spread akin to butter, using just carbon dioxide and hydrogen. And this is just the start, with milk, ice-cream, cheese, meat and plant oils also in development. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Never run out of room again with 2TB of storage space for only $110]( Ever feel like your devices are bursting at the seams with photos, videos, and documents? Here are two fantastic solutions to your storage struggles: FolderFort cloud storage and an external hard drive, each offering a generous 1TB of space. [Read more]( Motorcycles [Roland Sands crosses an Indian Scout with an FTR for rockstar Josh Dun]( [RSD Workshop Manager Aaron Boss, Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun and ex-AMA 250 GP champion and RSD founder Roland Sands with a new Indian Scout that's been crossed with the FTR1200 for Indian's Forged custom series]( We're in Long Beach, California, at the expansive workshop/museum of Roland Sands Design, for the reveal of a fascinating fusion of two motorcycles – an Indian Scout crossed with an FTR1200 flat tracker, built for Josh Dun, of Twenty One Pilots. [Read more]( Robotics [Six-legged robot looks to replace guide dogs for the blind]( [The six-legged guide dog is aimed at addressing a shortfall of real service dogs in China]( The ratio of guide dogs to blind people in China is roughly one service pooch for every 40,000 people. Researchers are currently developing a six-legged, AI-enhanced robodog to close the gap and safely guide users to their destinations. [Read more]( Space [Ariane 6 roars into space]( [Ariane 6 lifting off]( Europe's newest heavy-lift rocket roared into space today as the Ariane 6 booster lifted off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana at 4:00 pm GFT (19:00 GMT). Designated VA262, the inaugural flight carried a variety of payloads into orbit. [Read more]( Automotive [Review: 2024 Kia EV9 hits three rows just right]( [The Kia EV9 is the only real-world-use third row option in the non-luxury EV market right now]( Most mid-size three-row vehicles offer a choice between seven passengers or seven passengers’ stuff. But not simultaneously. Seeing an electric SUV with a usable third row and cargo space ... well, the EV9 just hits right. [Read more]( Space [Interplanetary shock wave angles are key to infrastructure threat]( [An image of the aurora borealis over Quebec and Ontario taken in 2023 by a joint NASA/NOAA satellite]( Giant shock waves emanating from the Sun can give us some breathtaking auroras here on Earth. They can also cause energy surges that can damage our infrastructure, says a new study that looks at how their angles of impact shape their consequences. [Read more]( Music [The Stratocaster turns 70: An ode to the world's greatest guitar design]( [Anatomy of a Stratocaster]( Join us on a trip through Fender's factory, Custom Shop, Master Builder department and head office, in celebration of a radically innovative instrument that continues to find new ways to move music forward, even seven decades after its launch. [Read more]( Outdoors [World's first instant-tint glasses change shade at the touch of a button]( [Tiny controls on the side let you instantly lighten or darken your shades at will]( Eyewear company Chamelo has delivered a world first, with sunglasses that can change colour and transparency with a single finger tap. While this may feel like style over substance, this tech has the potential to stretch far beyond fashion. [Read more]( Robotics [Xiaomi's self-optimizing autonomous factory will make 10M+ phones a year]( [The new "dark factory" in Beijing: all key manufacturing processes are now fully automated]( There are no humans working the new Xiaomi production lines – this new Smart Factory is 100% automated. Indeed, the company says the system is smart enough to diagnose and fix problems, as well as optimizing its own processes to "evolve by itself." [Read more]( Technology [World AI Conference: USA and China agree humanity must come first]( [China has released official guidelines for AI governance, calling for international cooperation]( At this year’s World AI Conference, China released its Shanghai Declaration on Global AI Governance, official guidelines that call for countries to work together to ensure that the primary consideration of global AI development is the good of humanity. [Read more]( Environment [Sports fields could cool cities via rainwater stored beneath turf]( [The outdoor test plots utilized in the study]( Artificial-turf sports fields may be more durable than those covered in grass, but they also get very hot during warm weather. Scientists have devised a method of cooling them – and the cities they're in – using rainwater stored beneath the turf. [Read more]( Bicycles [Novel 2-chain bike aims at rock-solid ride and rugged redundancy]( [The new dual-chain drive of the Buffalo Bicycle S2 Utility]( World Bicycle Relief has declared its Buffalo Bicycle the strongest available for rural terrain, and it hasn't taken the redesign lightly. With the Buffalo S2, it's reworked the basic chain, gears and pedals into a unicorn: a two-chain drivetrain. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2022