Automobili Pininfarina - the full story behind the 2000 hp hypercar and the making of a new brand

This weekend we get the inside story on Pininfarina's upcoming hypercar, checkout the latest in personal all-electric aircraft, look down on the best of urban drone photography and, as usual, recap the week’s major moments in science and new technology. [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Automobili Pininfarina - the full story behind the 2000 hp hypercar and the making of a new brand]( We speak with Automobili Pininfarina’s CEO, Michael Perschke​ and Chief Design Officer, Luca Borgogno at the American brand launch in New York, gaining unprecedented access to the company’s philosophy and product road map of sustainable luxury electric cars. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Get an extra 10% off PureVPN!]( PureVPN operates a self-managed VPN network with a large pool of anonymous IPs and 750+ servers in 140+ countries for 100% privacy. 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[Read more]( [AIRCRAFT]( [Opener launches BlackFly fixed-wing VTOL flying car that doesn't require a license]( Canadian-based aviation firm Opener Inc. has unveiled its new BlackFly single-seater aircraft, which it bills as a Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) and the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Review: 2018 Toyota Camry aspires to inspire]( The 2018 Toyota Camry has been completely revamped, as Toyota continually pushes to keep its top-selling vehicle in the limelight. To its credit, the changes made to the Camry are not only comprehensive, but are very well done. There is still room for improvement, but less so than before.​ [Read more]( Sponsored by Taboola //gizmagptyltd.cmail20.com/t/d-l-bituhhk-wtkuhhtil-s///gizmagptyltd.cmail20.com/t/d-l-bituhhk-wtkuhhtil-w/ [GAMES]( [Why Fortnite is so insanely popular right now]( ​Fortnite – if you haven’t heard of it, then welcome back to civilization, Henry David Thoreau. It’s one of the most popular games in the world right now – and the most popular in in the booming battle royale genre. But why is Fortnite flying where its competitors falter? Let’s take a look… [Read more]( [ARCHITECTURE]( [Lush greenery-covered hotel planted in Vietnam]( Vo Trong Nghia Architects has long professed a desire to add more greenery to Vietnam's cities and this is reflected with its latest project, the Chicland Hotel. The extraordinary building will be almost completely covered in vegetation and squeezed into an awkward plot near the coast in Da Nang. [Read more]( [BIOLOGY]( [Activating "grandmother neurons" could reset body clock]( Researchers at Washington University in St Louis have isolated a small cluster of “grandmother” neurons that tell the rest of the brain when to go to bed, and found that stimulating those could help combat jet lag. [Read more]( [SPACE]( [Fermi Telescope locates extragalactic source of "ghost particles"]( About 3.7 billion years ago, a neutrino was thrown out of a blazar and launched towards Earth. The ghostly particle was detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica and traced back to its point of origin, helping to confirm the most distant neutrino source ever identified. [Read more]( [MATERIALS]( [SiliconX: Scientists hail new alloy as missing ingredient for next-gen batteries]( ​For years, scientists have seen silicon as a hugely promising material in the world of lithium-ion batteries. Scientists at Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology are now claiming to have overcome some of its limitations with a new material it calls SiliconX. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Record Crystal-Clear Audio for Note Taking, Presentation Prep, and More with the Uqique Recorder — Just $22]( Smaller than most flash drives and amazingly more versatile, this pocket-sized recorder is capable of capturing audio, playing music, and transporting files on the move. Bring it to class to record your lectures, play music without killing your phone's battery, and take important files with you in a pinch. [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [The original Paleo Diet: Ancient Iceman's stomach contents reveal last meal]( Ötzi the 5,300-year old Iceman has taught us a lot about the Copper Age world he came from. The newest lesson comes from an analysis of his stomach contents, indicating an unexpectedly high-fat diet of meat interspersed with cereals and strangely, toxic bracken. [Read more]( [LAPTOPS]( [Apple launches revamped MacBook Pros with faster specs for more demanding users]( There are new MacBook Pros in town, upgraded to fit the latest i5 and i7 processor chipsets from Intel, and with extra RAM and storage capacities to boot. As for the actual design of these laptops, that remains the same for now – and the Touch Bar is sticking around, too. [Read more]( [MARINE]( [Student designs and builds underwater jetpack, aims to start production in 2019]( Archie O'Brien had a dream of zipping below the waters off Iceland. He looked at contraptions that would pull him along underwater, but everything available proved beyond his reach. So he designed and built the Cuda underwater jetpack, which will be going into production early next year.​ [Read more]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [Landmark Australian trial wipes out 80 per cent of disease-spreading mosquitoes]( ​An impressive Australian trial releasing millions of sterilized male mosquitoes has resulted in a more than 80 percent drop in the population of this disease-spreading insect. [Read more]( [DRONES]( [SkyGuardian drone completes historic transatlantic flight]( A SkyGuardian drone made history today by becoming the first Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to complete a transatlantic flight. The unmanned aircraft touched down at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England after a 24-hour flight from North Dakota. [Read more]( [MOBILE TECHNOLOGY]( [5 "dumb" phones that are much better than the smartphones we have today]( The fact is smartphones are pretty useful – but that’s as nothing compared to the phones of yore! In those days, phones were real phones – you made calls on them, sent the odd text, and anything else was a bonus. They were just better. Here are five of the finest that prove it beyond any doubt. [Read more]( [AROUND THE HOME]( [Brava countertop oven cooks with visible and infrared light]( A company called Brava is launching a countertop oven that cooks food quickly and thoroughly using visible and infrared light, and if you cut through the marketing faff it looks like there might just be a useful product hiding under there. [Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [The "Big Bang" of Alzheimer’s: Breakthrough study uncovers genesis of the disease]( Impressive new research has discovered the earliest point in a neurodegenerative process that is thought to lead to dementia. The researchers describe the discovery as like finding the "Big Bang" of Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s hoped the work leads to new treatments and ways to detect the disease. [Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [CERN chip enables first 3D color X-ray images of the human body]( Medical X-ray scans have long been stuck in the black-and-white era. Now Mars Bioimaging has developed a bioimaging scanner that can produce full color, three dimensional images of bones, lipids, and soft tissue, thanks to a sensor chip developed at CERN for use in the Large Hadron Collider. [Read more]( [DIGITAL CAMERAS]( [Nikon creates a superzoom monster]( ​Back in 2015, Nikon revealed a bridge camera boasting a whopping 83x optical zoom lens – the Coolpix P900. Now the company has announced a new flavor, the P1000, which (ahem) zooms past its predecessor's telephoto capabilities to bring far-flung objects into sharp focus with its 125x optics.​ [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Nissan Titan XD becomes a mobile base camp for surfers]( Already this year Nissan has revealed a number of special show vehicles, including a BBQ-grade Titan and a skiable 370Z. At this year's ICAST sport fishing show, it's adding the Titan Surfcamp, a pickup built from the ground up for chasing waves and nibbling schools of fish. [Read more]( [BICYCLES]( ["World’s most efficient" bicycle drivetrain unveiled at Eurobike]( ​Of all the items currently on display at this year's Eurobike show in Germany, one of the most attention-getting is CeramicSpeed's DrivEn pinion-style shaft-drive transmission. According to its designers, it creates 49 percent less friction than a chain-and-derailleur setup. [Read more]( [SPACE]( [Will dust prevent us living on the Moon?]( If astronauts are ever going to return to the Moon, they must come to terms with the lunar environment. To combat a major threat to astronaut health and technology, ESA is conducting a major study of moon dust to determine how dangerous it is and how to counter its effects on humans and machines. 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