Porsche's electric van cabin looks to the "day after tomorrow"

[Automotive]( [Porsche's electric van cabin looks to the "day after tomorrow"]( [Porsche opens the doors of the Renndienst electric van concept]( Porsche spent some of 2020 giving the world a look at "Unseen" concepts it had developed but never made public. At the time, the Renndienst electric van was purely an exterior model, but this week, Porsche shows the van's unique 1-2-3 interior. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Get this expert-led Adobe training bundle for only $5.50 per course]( Get certified in the leading Adobe CC software with The 2021 Complete Learn Adobe Training Certification Bundle. Taught by industry experts, the courses bring you everything you need to brush up on your Adobe skills or begin a new career path. [Read more]( [Military]( [Sukhoi shows off Checkmate 5th-Gen fighter to compete with F-35]( [Checkmate is a single-engine 5th-Generation fighter]( Sukhoi has unveiled a mock-up of its latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft at the MAKS-21 air show near Moscow. Called the Checkmate SU-75, it's designed as an "inexpensive" rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more]( [Materials]( [Molten salt coating takes carbon fiber closer to non-flammability]( [Yongfeng Lu led a team of researchers in developing more heat-resistant carbon fibers]( One shortcoming of carbon fiber that scientists have been working to address is its tendency to burn at high temperatures, and an international team of researchers have now found a low-cost and scalable solution to this problem. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Joby shows complete eVTOL flight video, and clever carbon credit play]( [eVTOL aircraft like this five-seater from Joby Aviation will be vastly quieter and cheaper than helicopters – so we can expect to see them flood our skies in much greater numbers over the coming decades]( Joby Aviation has released new video showing a "complete flight profile" of its eVTOL air taxi, and also announced its plans to create (and profit from) a new carbon credit trading system similar to the one that's kept Tesla profitable for some time. [Read more]( [Photography]( [Stylish smartphone snaps in the 2021 iPhone Photography Awards]( [Sunset, 3rd Place. Sunrise Over Our Pond. Angleton, Texas. Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max]( A shot of two world-weary shepherds has won this year’s iPhone Photography Awards, the world’s longest running iPhone photography competition. In its 14th year, the contest well and truly showcases impressive modern smartphone camera technology. [Read more]( [Bicycles]( [Rizer tilts your bike to make stationary cycling more realistic]( [The Rizer tilts bikes up by as much as 20 degrees on climbs, or down by a maximum of -10 degrees on descents]( When using an interactive cycling program, the rider's real-life bike usually just sits flat, regardless of changes in the onscreen terrain. The Rizer, however, tilts the bicycle up and down to match the program's hills and valleys. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [RIBA celebrates architectural excellence from around the globe]( [The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, by MASS Design Group, serves as the USA's first memorial to the victims of racial terror and consists of a series of internal and external spaces occupied by 810 Corten steel monuments. The project is one of 16 highlighted by RIBA in its 2021 RIBA International Awards for Excellence Prize]( The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the winning projects of its 2021 International Awards for Excellence. Consisting of 16 buildings from around the world, each one displays a commitment to superb design. [Read more]( [Robotics]( [Online portal puts users at the controls of a real reef-diving ROV]( [One of the Osibot Heavy ROVs utilized in the Teleportal.Fish system]( Even in non-pandemic times, the Great Barrier Reef is still a difficult place for much of the world's population to get to. That's where Teleportal.Fish comes in, as it allows anyone to virtually visit the reef via a live link to an underwater robot. [Read more]( [Technology]( [Korea gets its first Mandalorian-style virtual film set]( [The Korean entertainment industry is getting its first Mandalorian-style virtual set that uses Samsung's "The Wall" display]( The Korean entertainment industry is already renowned for its insane production values, but hold onto your seats, Kweebs; CJ ENM is about to get hold of a Mandalorian-style virtual set, so the next wave of k-pop videos will be absolutely next-level. [Read more]( [Space]( [Controversial astronomer outlines plans to search for alien technology]( [Controversial physicist Avi Loeb's new Galileo Project is setting out to look for any extraterrestrial technology]( Controversial physicist Avi Loeb is on the hunt for aliens again. His new Galileo Project aims to track unexplained oddities in the sky, study interstellar objects, and even examine the "possibility" of alien satellites watching us from orbit. [Read more]( [Mobile Technology]( [HMD Global gets tough for Nokia XR20 "life-proof phone" launch]( [HMD Global says that the Nokia XR20 "can withstand much more than you’ll ever demand of it"]( Where your everyday smartphone might need a rugged case to survive the abuse that daily life can throw at it, the Nokia XR20 mid-range phone has been designed to withstand drops, bumps and submersion in the wet stuff to military standards. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [EAV's electric delivery trucks can join together to form a "road train"]( [EAV's Lincs electric vehicle will have a range of around 100 miles]( Startup EAV entered the electric mobility space back in 2019 with a pedal-assist quadracycle, and is now expanding its family of electric vehicles even further introducing a multipurpose cargo van that can be adapted for a range of tasks. [Read more]( [Materials]( [Bioactive plastic made with mango leaves protects food from bugs and UV]( [Samples of bioplastic developed by scientists in Spain and Portugal]( A new material from researchers in Spain and Portugal serves as another compelling example of bioactive plastic, making use of extracts from mango leaves to fend off food pathogens and ultraviolet light. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [After COVID-19 BioNTech turns its mRNA vaccine tech on malaria]( BioNTech, the pioneering mRNA company responsible for one of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccines, is now looking to develop an mRNA malaria vaccine. Working with the World Health Organization the company hopes to begin human trials sometime next year. [Read more]( [Collectibles]( [Space and sci-fi memorabilia breaking records at auction]( [The Apollo Guidance Computer is extremely rare, was very expensive to produce, and an example of state-of-the-art design and fabrication of the period - perhaps even more significantly, it is the common ancestor of every computer.]( Last week was a big week in space exploration, with the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and some significant sales of space memorabilia, including US$746,000 for an Apollo Guidance Computer (the brain behind the Lunar landing). [Read more]( [Wearables]( [LG brings spatial audio to new Tone Free wireless earphones]( [Of the three FP series true wireless earphones, two come with a charging case that employs ultraviolet light to help keep earbuds clean]( LG has added a new series to its Tone Free true wireless earphone line. Models in the Tone Free FP series boast active noise cancellation, Meridian spatial audio, a cool privacy mode, and a charging case that keeps earbuds clean. [Read more]( [Medical]( ["Reverse optogenetic" protein might pull back the curtain on epilepsy]( [A protein found to have surprising properties could help us understand the underlying mechanisms of epilepsy, and other neurological conditions]( We're seeing some significant advances in efforts to leverage light-sensitive proteins to improve human health, a field known as optogenetics, but new research out of Germany flips the script on this emerging technology. 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