Weekend Edition: Jeep builds the Gladiator into a proper 4x4 micro-RV concept

Jeep's Farout micro-RV concept, Microsoft's dual-screen smartphone, magnificent macro photography, and the wild Hyperion XP-1 hydrogen-powered hypercar. There's plenty to dig into in our look back at the top stories of the week. Enjoy! [Automotive]( [Jeep builds the Gladiator into a proper 4x4 micro-RV concept]( [An Easter Safari Concept that comes a little late: the EcoDiesel-powered Gladiator Farout]( The Easter Jeep Safari was canceled this year, but that hasn't stopped Jeep from building up concept off-roaders. The Gladiator Farout arrives as a 4x4 micro-camper with full-blown living module, efficient turbo-diesel engine and off-road upgrades. [Read more]( [Photography]( [Tiny worlds: The winners of the 2020 Macro Art Photography Awards]( [Commended. Posing. Rainforest, Costa Rica. A tiny glass frog on a flower in the rainforest]( The mind-bending winners of the 2020 Macro Art Photo Awards offer a surreal assortment of images. From a close-up of tree bark made to resemble landscape drone photography, to some glimpses of mischievous tree frogs, this macro photography contest is an annual highlight for fans of tiny things made large. [Read more]( [Space]( [Advanced galaxy far, far away raises questions about cosmic evolution]( [A reconstruction of the galaxy SPT0418-47, which is the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy ever seen]( Astronomers have spotted a galaxy with a structure similar to the Milky Way. That’s not particularly surprising in itself, but the weird thing is that it's 12 billion light-years away, meaning its far more developed than it should be for its age. [Read more]( [Mobile Technology]( [Dual-screen Surface Duo marks Microsoft's return to smartphones]( [The Microsoft Surface Duo can run two apps side by side]( Four years after abandoning the realm of smartphones, Microsoft has thrown its hat back into the ring. This time the company is gunning for a piece of that double-screen pie with the Surface Duo, a hinged phone that has a focus on multitasking. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [The Hyperion XP-1: A hydrogen hypercar with articulating solar panels]( [The wild Hyperion XP-1 fuel cell hypercar, complete with articulating solar panels]( California's Hyperion has released images, video and details on its wild-looking XP-1 hydrogen supercar, the first fuel cell performance car. Forget the Lucid Air's 517-mile range, this electric beast will go more than 1,000 miles on a tank of H2. [Read more]( [Mobile Technology]( [China's BeiDou global satellite navigation system is fully operational]( [A BeiDou satellite is fired into space on an earlier launch]( China has reached an enormous milestone with the successful testing and commissioning of the 55th and final satellite in its BeiDou-3 global positioning system, a competitor to the American GPS system with the capability to send short messages. [Read more]( [Energy]( [Upcycling technique turns plastic bottles into supercapacitor material]( [Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have come up with a new technique to turn plastic bottles into a material for supercapacitors]( Were key components for supercapactirors to come from sustainable sources that would only add to their appeal, and scientists are offering up this possibility in the form of a nanomaterial made from upcycled plastic waste. [Read more]( [Around The Home]( [Kinetic Driver puts a new spin on screwdrivers]( [The Kinetic Driver is presently on Kickstarter]( Screwdrivers are generally thought of as being rough, tough, no-nonsense devices, so what might a high-end exotic Italian screwdriver look like? Well, as it turns out, probably a lot like the limited-edition Kinetic Driver. [Read more]( [Tiny Houses]( [Natura tiny house has some extra headroom in its upstairs bedroom]( [The Natura is available to order, starting at £49,999 (roughly US$65,000)]( The Tiny Housing Co. recently unveiled its Natura model. Partly clad in cork, the home has some nice features, including solar power, a drop-down deck, and an upstairs bedroom boasting a little more headroom than many tiny houses. [Read more]( [Home Entertainment]( [Xiaomi aims for high art with world's first mass-produced transparent TV]( [The 55-inch transparent OLED TV goes on sale in China from August 16]( China's Xiaomi has launched a new TV as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. The Mi TV Lux Transparent Edition brings sci-fi into the living room with an edge-to-edge self-luminous television that you can see through. [Read more]( [Space]( [NASA hails primary mission of planet-hunting TESS a "roaring success"]( [TESS is designed to hunt for exoplanets]( NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite space telescope has now wrapped up the primary phase of its mission, completing an extensive survey of the starry sky that revealed 66 new exoplanets and thousands more candidates. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [The "perfect storm" behind Aerion's supersonic business jet]( [Supersonic flight is back on the menu as boomless cruise technologies begin to coalesce]( A new crop of super-fast jets are springing up to pick up where the Concorde left off, putting supersonic civilian flight back on the menu after nearly 20 years. We spoke to Aerion's Gene Holloway about the upcoming AS2 and the technology behind it. [Read more]( [Electronics]( [Smart bricks store energy in the walls themselves]( [A PEDOT-coated brick powers a green LED]( Boring old bricks might not seem like something that can really be made high-tech, but researchers keep proving us wrong. Now, a team has found a way to turn bricks into energy storage devices, using them to power a green LED in a proof of concept study. [Read more]( [Home Entertainment]( [Gorgeous record cleaning machine declares war on dirty vinyl]( [Where some vacuum record cleaning machine might require ear protection during operation, the Prodigy is reported "super quiet"]( Though a carbon fiber brush can remove dust from a record's surface, stubborn grime might take a bit more persuasion. The latest cleaning machine from Keith Monks Audio can help rid your vinyl classics of clicks and pops caused by dust and grime. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Lucid Air's 517-mile range leaves Tesla in the rear view]( [The Lucid Air proves its worth with a 517-mile estimated range]( It was just two months ago that the Tesla Model S officially broke through the 400-mile barrier. Now Lucid Motors has made a big leap beyond by surpassing the 500-mile mark in testing its all-electric Air sedan. [Read more]( [Mobile Technology]( [Android phones to become the world's biggest earthquake detection grid]( [Google is harnessing the accelerometers of millions of smartphones to build a global earthquake detection and warning network]( Google has started using the vast number of Android smartphones across the planet to help detect and warn people about seismic events. Your phone will begin transmitting accelerometer data if it detects something similar to an earthquake. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Mucus shows promise as cheap and easy diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's]( [Alzheimer's researchers Professor Cheil Moon (left) and Gowoon Son (right) analyzing nasal discharge samples in the lab at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology]( Scientists from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have found that key biomarkers in nasal discharge show potential as an early diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease that is cheap and non-invasive. [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 ©