Expandable wood truck camper drops off to serve as two-story tiny hut

[Outdoors]( [Expandable wood truck camper drops off to serve as two-story tiny hut]( [Upon arrival, the Opperland easily removes from the Ducato, serving as a tiny-home-like wilderness hut]( Haaks has created a mobile living solution that blurs the line between RV and tiny home. Its Opperland camper slides off the flatbed truck carrying it, planting firmly on hydraulic legs and growing a second floor to serve as a comfy wilderness cabin. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Working out at home just got easier with Live Streaming Fitness]( Keep your fitness goals with a lifetime subscription to Live Streaming Fitness. This innovative app gives access to hundreds of workouts you can do right from your living room, and it's on sale for just $79. That's 84% off the normal price of $499. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Harmless virus fights the flu by mimicking lung cells]( [An artist's visualization of a phage shell docking on a flu virus to neutralize it]( Viruses are a major health risk, but what if we could fight them using other viruses? Scientists in Berlin have created virus shells that mimic the target cells that the flu virus latches onto in the lungs, preventing them from causing infection. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [FDA pulls common heartburn drug from US market after carcinogen concerns]( [Ranitidine has been found to over time, and under certain environmental conditions, degrade into a carcinogenic chemical]( After a year of investigation the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completely withdrawn all ranitidine products from the American market. Studies have revealed levels of a carcinogenic compound can increase in the product over time, particularly when stored at high temperatures. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Stratolaunch hypersonic vehicle to launch from world's largest plane]( [The Talon-A could be lifted into the air aboard Stratolaunch’s carrier aircraft]( Stratolaunch, the company behind the world’s largest plane, has unveiled plans for a hypersonic vehicle capable of hitting Mach 6 speeds. Called the Talon-A, the aircraft is designed for rapid testing advanced flight technologies. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [CDC Director warns 25 percent of COVID-19 cases may present no symptoms]( [The director of the CDC says asymptomatic COVID-19 cases could be a major factor in community transmission]( Up to 25 percent of people infected with COVID-19 may present no symptoms, yet still transmit the disease, says CDC director Robert Redfield. A new report also suggests infected individuals can be contagious up to 3 days before any symptoms appear. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Ancient Antarctica was a warm swampy rainforest, says sediment study]( [An artist's rendering of West Antarctica, which would have been a swampy forest around 90 million years ago]( Antarctica wasn't always a cold lifeless landscape. An international team has recovered a 90-million-year old soil sample that paints the most detailed picture of ancient Antarctica ever found, revealing a swampy rainforest and balmy temperatures. [Read more]( [Science]( [System uses smartphone video to produce detailed 3D facial models]( [A preliminary step in the process, with the original video visible at right]( Ordinarily, if you want to create a lifelike 3D digital model of someone's face, a 3D scanner and/or multiple cameras are required. Now, however, scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have created a system that lets a smartphone do the job. [Read more]( [Tiny Houses]( [Off-grid Daisy Vera Tiny House keeps it in the family]( [The Daisy Vera Tiny House's stained glass window is installed within a double glazed unit to protect it]( Build Tiny recently completed a new home that gets its name from combining the names of the owner's two grandmothers. Family is a strong theme with the Daisy Vera Tiny House and the off-grid model also integrates an heirloom stained glass window. [Read more]( [Marine]( [Geneinno announces lighter-duty, less-expensive S2 underwater scooter]( [Because it's (slightly) positively buoyant, the Geneinno S2 will float to the surface if released underwater]( It was two years ago that we first heard about the Trident, an underwater scooter made by Chinese startup Geneinno. The company has now released a cheaper, more portable model, known as the Geneinno S2. [Read more]( [Electronics]( [Silicon-based speaker set to make some noise in future earphones]( [After its first successful funding round, Arioso Systems is now looking to work with audio gear makers to bring the silicon-based loudspeaker technology to market]( A company spun off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems is looking commercialize a micro loudspeaker made from 100 percent silicon. After successful seed funding, Arioso Systems GmbH is now ready to take the technology to market. [Read more]( [Biology]( [Study finds urban dogs to be more fearful than their country cousins]( [A study from the University of Helsinki has found that dogs raised in urban environments may be more fearful than dogs raised in rural areas]( Scientists in Finland have conducted a study investigating the root causes of fearfulness in dogs, uncovering a previously unknown link between urban living environments and social fearfulness in dogs. [Read more]( [Medical]( [MIT's urine test for lung cancer could cut out unnecessary biopsies]( [A new technology developed at MIT could reveal early signs of lung cancer through a person's urine]( Urine tests that pick up biomarkers of cancer are one way scientists hope to diagnose the disease early, and MIT researchers have demonstrated a particularly promising example that could give efforts to diagnose early-stage lung cancer a huge boost. [Read more]( [Environment]( [For every E-waste Compensated gadget made, e-waste will be recycled]( [Under the program, every certified smartphone, tablet and notebook manufactured would result in the equivalent amount of e-waste being collected and recycled]( Our love of gadgets and technology is leading to a huge electronic waste problem. TCO Development, the folks behind the global sustainability certification, has announced a new initiative to help with our growing e-waste problem. [Read more]( [Good Thinking]( ["Polyionic" material may make for better braille displays]( [A conventional refreshable braille display, integrated into a keyboard]( Blind readers will likely be familiar with refreshable braille displays, in which raised dots rise and fall from a flat surface in order to form braille characters. A new material, however, could make such displays cheaper and more useful than ever. [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