Amphibious electric aircraft prototype achieves flight out of ground effect

[AIRCRAFT]( [Amphibious electric aircraft prototype achieves flight out of ground effect]( Equator Aircraft's P2 Xcursion prototype​ electric amphibious aircraft has taken fully to the air for the first time in the skies over Eggemoen Technology Park in Norway. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Finally a Music Player That Lets You Listen to Spotify Without Your Phone]( You need Spotify, but you don't need to bring your smartphone everywhere. It's a fact of life. That's why Mighty plays your Spotify music on-the-go without a smartphone or Internet connection. Enjoy every workout, every commute, and every adventure without worrying about bulky phones, data overages, and battery drain. Mighty is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled, supports wired and most Bluetooth headphones and speakers, has 1,000+ song storage, and is super durable and super clip-on. It’s pretty cool. [Read more]( [SPACE]( [Blue Origin to revive historic Saturn V test stand]( A piece of Space Age history is getting a new lease with news that Blue Origin plans to refurbish and operate the famous test stand used to develop the Saturn V moon rockets. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [In photos: Dive into the world of Chinese cars and SUVs at Auto Shanghai 2019]( Auto Shanghai is a different from other international auto shows. Staple brands that dominate the rest of the circuit get diluted in a pool of names you don't see much of — SAIC, JAC, BYD, etc. Suddenly, you're a young kid at his very first auto show, where everything is new and wondrous. [Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [Synthetic molecule shows promise as multiple sclerosis treatment]( ​In MS, the immune system attacks and damages myelin, which is the insulation on nerves in the spinal cord, brain and optic nerve. This causes the nerves to short-circuit. In "a potential game-changer," scientists have now demonstrated that a synthetic molecule can restore compromised myelin. [Read more]( Sponsored by Taboola //gizmagptyltd.cmail20.com/t/d-l-pjidyjd-wtkuhhtil-s///gizmagptyltd.cmail20.com/t/d-l-pjidyjd-wtkuhhtil-w/ [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Kia's HabaNiro concept opens the doors to high-tech "everything cars" of the future]( Kia adds a little color and spice to its crossover stable with the new HabaNiro concept. Using "more advanced tech than what helped land men on the moon," the HabaNiro bridges the gap between city commuter and open-road explorer, becoming an "all-electric everything car." [Read more]( [AIRCRAFT]( [Artificial Intelligence could steer hypersonic vehicles]( Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has announced that it has set up an academic research coalition to help create artificially intelligent aerospace systems to control hypersonic missiles and other complicated vehicles in challenging environments. [Read more]( [BICYCLES]( [Prototype e-bike uses steering-assist to keep seniors upright]( ​While it's important for seniors to stay active, their decreased sense of balance does increase their risk of being in a bicycle accident. The Netherlands' Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is attempting to address that situation, with a steering-assist-equipped e-bike. [Read more]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [Eco-friendly plastic crystals take the gas out of refrigeration]( Scientists led by the University of Cambridge have developed a way to replace the organic gases used in most conventional refrigerators with plastic crystals. By using crystals of neopentyl glycol under pressure, it may be possible to build safer, greener, and more efficient cooling systems. [Read more]( [3D PRINTING]( [2D stacking method could make 3D-printed organs viable]( In an effort to scale up the manufacture of biomaterials, researchers at UC Berkeley have combined bioprinting, a robotic arm, and flash freezing that may one day allow living tissue and even whole organs to be printed on demand. [Read more]( [SPACE]( [Space fire extinguisher sucks instead of blows]( Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an inside-out fire extinguisher for use inside spacecraft. Instead of spraying out extinguishing agents at a fire, the Vacuum Extinguish Method sucks the flames into a vacuum chamber, where they can be safely suffocated or extinguished. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Lincoln rounds out its SUV lineup with compact Corsair]( Lincoln took the wraps off an all-new sport utility at the 2019 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). Slotting into Lincoln's lineup underneath the Navigator and Aviator, the new Lincoln Corsair is meant to round out Lincoln's luxury SUV lineup as a small SUV with a lot of technological punch. [Read more]( [BIOLOGY]( [Waterborne DNA provides a picture of coral reef health]( In these times of coral reef die-offs, it's vitally important to monitor the abundance and variety of corals on the reefs that remain. This is currently performed visually by scuba divers, but there may soon be a quicker, cheaper and easier method – just check the water for coral DNA. [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 © 2019