The business jet that can land itself in an emergency

[Aircraft]( [The business jet that can land itself in an emergency]( [The Vision G2 business jet can now land itself in an emergency]( An important step towards autonomous aviation was taken today, as Cirrus Aviation announced "Safe Return" functionality for its G2 Vision jet, which will find the nearest airstrip, alert authorities and land itself in an emergency. [Read more]( [Sponsored Content]( [Revolutionary AIRO.Life Be Free Phone gets you a smartphone and data plan for free]( [It is harder than ever for people living in North America to get ahead of bills and afford housing. Student debt is at an all time high, $1.46 trillion in fact. Why not enjoy being free of a necessary bill like that expensive phone bill?]( AIRO.Life is a revolutionary offering that allows customers to get a free flagship phone and use it for free, with just a thin layer of content and ads at the top of the screen. Sounds like a great trade for never having to pay a phone bill again. [Read more]( [Energy]( [Extreme charging temps enable 10-minute refill of prototype EV battery]( [Penn State's new fast-charging battery is designed to heat up 140° F (60° C) for just 10 minutes, and then be quickly cooled to ambient temperatures]( The latest promising advance in battery research comes from chemical engineers at Penn State University, who have built a new battery they say can fully charge an electric car in just 10 minutes by operating at extreme temperatures for short bursts. [Read more]( [Drones]( [DJI launches its smallest and lightest foldable drone, the Mavic Mini]( [The DJI Mavic Mini can fly for 30 minutes per charge]( DJI has announced the latest member of its Mavic family of folding drones. The Mavic Mini folds up to palm-sized proportions, can capture 2.7K video when in flight and is reported to have one of the longest flight times for a drone this size. [Read more]( [Robotics]( [MIT's autonomous block bots jump, roll and stack themselves]( [MIT has developed M-Blocks, a set of robotic cubes that can roll, jump, spin, and arrange themselves into different shapes]( Out of all the cool-looking forms that robots can take, a cube seems like a pretty boring choice. But MIT’s cute little cube bots can roll and tumble around, recognize each other, and stack themselves into whatever shape is needed. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Japan proposes wooden cars made of plant-based cellulose nanofibers]( [This Japanese supercar design is made from incredibly strong wood-based cellulose nanofibers]( One-fifth the weight of steel but five times the strength, plant-based cellulose nanofiber (CNF) offers carmakers the opportunity to build strong, lightweight cars while sustainably removing as much as 2,000 kg of carbon from the car's life cycle. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Gatwick Airport tests a (hopefully) faster way of boarding planes]( [New boarding procedures will be tested for two months at Gatwick Airport]( London Gatwick Airport is starting a two-month test of new methods to speed up aircraft boarding without queues. By combining digital displays with new boarding sequences, the goal is to make getting on a plane more efficient and less stressful. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [BIG-designed school fans out to create green-roofed terraces]( [The Heights' unusual design is informed by its location in a compact urban site]( Bjarke Ingels Group has had a remarkably busy year and is back yet again with a new project called The Heights. The public school, which also involved Leo A Daly, has an unusual design that fans out to create outdoor terrace areas. [Read more]( [Drones]( [Volocopter debuts giant drone powerful enough to lift 440 lb]( [In all, the Volodrone has a total payload capacity of 440 lb (200 kg)]( Announced today, the Volodrone is cut from the same cloth as Volocopter's electric passenger aircraft that sports 18 rotors and is electric-powered, but sports an attachment system underneath to carry heavy loads of all shapes and sizes. [Read more]( [Energy]( [Thin solar panel coating recruits infrared light for energy generation]( [A close up look at the film developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology that captures infrared light for solar conversion]( Scientists at Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new film they say can be layered over the top of solar cells to capture infrared light, boosting their efficiency by as much as 25 percent. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Pacum Luggage Space-Saving Vacuum]( Get the most powerful, multi-functional, handheld vacuum in the world, Pacum, and double your capacity and compress travel items 4x faster! With a mighty punch of up to 65Kpa/9.4Psi, it can compress your vacuum bag harder and save 50% more suitcase space. Adaptable and compatible, Pacum can be used for food bags and vacuum bags via Padaptor. Not only for pumping air out, but Pacum could also inflate. Tinier than iPhone X, Pacum can go anywhere so you can compress or inflate anything, anywhere. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Crazy-versatile camper van transforms into 8-seat MPV and cargo van]( [The Pössl Vanster debuts at the 2019 Caravan Salon]( We didn't think anyone was going to launch a more versatile mini-campervan than the Pössl Campster. But someone finally did ... Pössl. Its new Vanster debuts as a simpler triple-threat camper van with more flexibility, less price. [Read more]( [Home Entertainment]( [Google Nest Hub Max review: Google's vision of the smart home future]( [One of the primary roles of the Nest Hub Max is as a center for your smart home]( First came the Google Home speakers, then we got Home speakers with screens, and now we've got the Google Nest Hub Max – the ultimate Google-powered smart speaker for 2019. [Read more]( [Games]( [Last Gameboard wants to replace board games with a tabletop console]( [Unlike iPads and other tablets, Gameboard-1 can intelligently interact with physical playing pieces]( It's one of those ideas that seems so simple that you wonder why no one's thought of it before: Gameboard-1 is a tabletop games console that could theoretically replace your board game collection – at least in part. [Read more]( [Good Thinking]( [Obama warns against social media call-out culture]( [The former President was speaking at the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit]( On Tuesday, Barack Obama used the annual Obama Foundation Summit to criticize call-out culture, with his use of the term "woke" garnering particular attention. But what is woke culture, and did Obama really just call it out? [Read more]( [Biology]( [How old atom bomb tests help scientists carbon date our immune systems]( [Researchers have found a way to carbon date our immune cells – thanks to radioactive isotopes in our cells from past nuclear weapons testing]( During and after nuclear bomb tests, levels of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 spiked in the atmosphere and in our bodies. Now, researchers have used that to carbon date our immune cells, helping solve a mystery about how our immune systems age. [Read more]( [Robotics]( [MIT's control vest for robots helps heavy-lifting droids stay balanced]( [The vest provides force feedback between the operator and robot]( Robots today can do backflips like a parkour artist, but in some situations their balance is still terrible. The HERMES robot aims to challenge that with the aid of a special teleoperated control vest that gives it human-like balance and reflexes. [Read more]( [Space]( [NASA commissions plan for Pluto orbital mission]( [To follow up on NASA’s New Horizons mission that revealed Pluto’s “heart,” SwRI is studying a new Pluto orbiter mission for NASA]( NASA has commissioned Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to study the feasibility of sending an orbital mission to Pluto. Its goal is to send an unmanned spacecraft to make a two-year study to the dwarf planet. [Read more]( [Around The Home]( [Ensven slides into the bed-rocking business]( [An Ensven-equipped bed – note the slider units beneath its legs]( Babies certainly like being rocked to sleep, and really, so do adults – the problem is, adult-sized beds don't rock. The Ensven system is designed to remedy that situation, bringing movement to your boring old bed. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [Landmark TB vaccine moves to final phase of human trials]( [It's hoped a new vaccine will be the first new TB vaccine to be successfully developed in 100 years]( The final results of a Phase 2b human trial into the efficacy of a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine have been published, indicating safe long-term protection from the devastating disease in around half of the subjects vaccinated. [Read more]( [Games]( [True to its name, RoboSoccer uses robots to play soccer]( [RoboSoccer is presently on Kickstarter]( Foosball tables are a common sight at hip, trendy tech startups, even though they're actually very low-tech devices. Perhaps RoboSoccer might be more appropriate, as it's an attempt to bridge the gap between physical and digital gaming. [Read more]( [Games]( [5 other disastrous video game launches from history]( [2K's WWE 2K20 has become the butt of the gaming community's jokes since launch]( In the wake of the drama surrounding the release of 2K's WWE 2K20 this month, we remember five other video games releases (including one now-infamous urban legend) that went rather less than swimmingly. [Read more]( [Materials]( [New polymer may find use in electronically-switchable filters]( [Johannes Gladisch works with a conductive carbon fiber that's been coated with the polymer]( It would be handy if there was a filtration medium that could be electronically "switched" to capture particles of different sizes. It turns out that there soon may be, thanks to a newly-developed conductive polymer that changes state, on demand. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [Lego campus dips into giant toy box for bright colors, big bricks]( [Drone photo showing the construction progress of Lego Campus]( Lego's new campus playfully riffs on the firm's own products and looks like its built from the plastic bricks. It also boasts some green cred and gets half of its required electricity from solar power. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). 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