Ultra-thin "sky scratcher" makes other skinny skyscrapers look chunky

[Architecture]( [Ultra-thin "sky scratcher" makes other skinny skyscrapers look chunky]( [The Pencil Tower Hotel would reach a height of 100 m (328 ft) in downtown Sydney]( Thin is in when it comes to skyscraper design, with skinny luxury towers increasingly seen as viable in crowded cities. However, the Pencil Tower Hotel makes other thin towers look chunky as it will measure just 6.4 meters in width. [Read more]( [Sponsored Content]( [Self-cleaning Nordifakt bedding stays fresher longer with less washing]( [Dogs love Nordifakt's Christianshavn bedding too]( Everyone loves freshly washed sheets, but no likes the hassle involved. Nordifakt's Christianshavn features technology that actually eliminates 99.9 percent of all bacteria, meaning it stays fresh and odor-free while requiring less washing. [Read more]( [Urban Transport]( [Italian e-scooter packs big wheels and a stainless steel frame]( [The Kobra is presently on Indiegogo]( Although there are now many electric scooters on the market, most of them have tiny wheels that could easily be swallowed by potholes. The Kobra is different, in that it has relatively big, beefy wheels – along with a tubular stainless steel frame. [Read more]( [Energy]( [Electricity-free radiative system cools buildings and heats water]( [An artist's imagining of the new radiative cooling system]( Air conditioners and other cooling systems are among our biggest consumers of electricity. Now researchers have developed a hybrid device that can not only cool buildings drastically without using electricity, it captures solar energy to heat water. [Read more]( [Laptops]( [Expanscape gives productivity a boost with 7-screen Aurora laptop]( [When one, two or even three laptop screens are just not enough]( We've seen a number of laptops sprouting extra screens over the years, but Expanscape out-displays them all with the Aurora 7, a monster of a mobile workstation that puts seven screens in front of the user. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [GEM bets US$100 million on Skyworks Aeronautics and its eVTOL gyrodynes]( [Skyworks Aeronautics has just received a US$100-million investment commitment as it prepares to take its gyrodyne technology to the eVTOL air taxi segment]( Gyrodynes have been around for a long time, but the electric aviation revolution might finally give them their day in the sun. Fast, efficient, well-understood and vastly safer than multirotor eVTOLs, they may have a head start in the air taxi race. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Drugs that trip cellular alarm could help clear out hibernating HIV]( [Researchers have found a way to target dormant HIV inside cells]( HIV can currently be managed with a lifelong daily drug regimen, but unfortunately the infection can’t be eliminated entirely. Now researchers may have found a way to trip a cellular “alarm” to alert the immune system to clear out infected cells. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Elon Musk throws $100 million at carbon removal in biggest XPrize yet]( [Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is funding a $100 million competition for carbon removal]( Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stumped up $100 million for a new XPrize competition that takes aim at the problem of carbon pollution, with hopes of unearthing technologies that can remove it from the atmosphere and ocean. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [All-electric Jeep Wrangler concept to power to life next month]( [Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe]( Like so many other events, the annual Easter Jeep Safari was a victim of COVID-19 last year. Jeep will help make up for the loss of a 2020 event with its plans to debut an all-electric Wrangler concept at this year's Safari. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Bacterial "Achilles heel" offers new target in Crohn's disease therapy]( [Scientists have identified an enzyme that is key to the inflammation process driven by gut bacteria in Crohn's disease]( Understanding what causes Crohn's disease could lead to new treatment targets, and scientists have just placed the crosshairs over a key enzyme they say acts as an "Achilles heel" for inflammation linked to the condition. [Read more]( [Photography]( [Alice AI-accelerated computational camera launches on Indiegogo]( [The Alice Camera has launched on Indiegogo, where pledge levels start at £550]( Back in September 2020, we featured a London startup's interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds camera prototype that used a smartphone as a controller and live viewfinder. Now the Alice Camera is making a production bid over on Indiegogo. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Oxygen-sensing, color-changing bandage could prevent chronic wounds]( [A smartphone is used to analyze the color of one of the bandages]( Chronic skin wounds such as pressure ulcers can become very serious if left untreated, potentially even leading to amputations. A new "smart" bandage could help, by changing color before such wounds occur in the first place. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Artificial intelligence software detects ocean plastics from the air]( [From left to right, team members Morgana Vighi, Odei García-Garin and Bertrand Bouchard have developed artificial intelligence software that can detect marine plastics through aerial photography]( As millions of tons of plastic wash into the ocean everyday, scientists have their work cut out for them in trying to keep tabs on its whereabouts, but an algorithm that can detect and quantify marine litter through aerial imagery could help. [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 © 2021