500-lb fiberglass mini-teardrop makes RV camping more attainable

Outdoors [500-lb fiberglass mini-teardrop makes RV camping more attainable]( [The Kleox weighs 463 pounds and has a gross vehicle weight rating of 1,650 pounds]( Teardrop trailers are among the simplest RVs, but for some they're not quite simple enough. Kleox fits that category, and it's solved the issue by stripping its Shelter teardrop down to the simplest form, a sort of ultralight hard-wall tent on wheels. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Display your prized NFT artwork with this innovative display]( Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are rising, bringing with them new ways to display art. These anti-glare screen Tokenframes bring your prized NFTs straight onto your walls, shelves, tabletops — helping create your own personal gallery. [Read more]( Aircraft [Shark-skin-inspired film immediately drops airliner fuel consumption]( [International airline Swiss will be covering all 12 of its Boeing 777s with a shark-skin-inspired film that can reduce drag and fuel consumption by more than 1 percent]( Zero-emissions airliners are still a long way off, but Lufthansa and BASF have developed a way to improve things right now. AeroShark is an adhesive riblet film that immediately reduces fuel consumption, and therefore emissions, from any aircraft. [Read more]( 3D Printing [3D-printed Cryptide sneakers are designed to leave a mythical mark]( [The 3D-printed Cryptide sneakers feature a super-flexible sock up top, and a highly technical, deforming plated sole designed to leave mystifying footprints]( German designer Stephan Henrich has a wild, futuristic approach to form. Take these 3D-printed sneakers: little more than flexible socks up top, but their elevated, phalanged soles are designed to leave bystanders mystified when they see your tracks. [Read more]( Electronics [Perovskite artificial retina can read handwritten numbers]( [Researchers have developed a new artificial retina (not pictured), based on perovskite]( Researchers have built an artificial retina out of perovskite materials that can detect light in a similar fashion to the human eye. In tests, the device was even able to recognize handwritten numbers with a high degree of accuracy. [Read more]( Aircraft [Flowcopter begins testing the world's first hydraulic multicopter]( [Flowcopter is beginning to flight-test the world's first hydraulically propelled drone]( By using digitally-distributed hydraulic propulsion and combustion engines, Flowcopter says its heavy-lift drones will stay aloft for up to six hours, covering up to 900 km of range on a tank. The first prototype is starting flight tests. [Read more]( Outdoors [Gerber Dual-Force multitool puts extra plier bite into tough jobs]( [Putting the blunt-nose pliers to use]( The new Gerber Dual-Force multitool features a folding-plier construction redesigned to better mimic dedicated pliers and deliver twice the force. Meanwhile, the center-axis driver gives all the screw-loosening torque of a standalone screwdriver. [Read more]( Science [Bioactive spray could be an alternative to genetically modified crops]( [The scientists performed the majority of their experiments on thale cress plants (]( Although genetically modified crops have some advantages over their regular counterparts, creating the modified plants can be quite challenging. Scientists have now developed a simpler approach, in which normal plants are altered with a crop spray. [Read more]( Architecture [Green-roofed visitor center vanishes into rolling landscape]( [The Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre has been built on a protected site in Denmark that is of significant cultural importance to the country]( The Skamlingsbanken is an important hill in Danish culture. Therefore, when it was decided to build a visitor center there, Cebra proceeded very carefully and buried the building so well among the rolling landscape that it's barely noticeable. [Read more]( Bicycles [Wahoo's KICKR ROLLR is a bicycle roller/trainer hybrid]( [Pricing for the KICKR ROLLR starts at $799.99]( When it comes to indoor cycling, some people prefer the natural feel of rollers, while others prefer the security of a stationary trainer. Wahoo Fitness' new KICKR ROLLR is claimed to combine the best features of both in one device. [Read more]( Energy [First float of grid-connected wave energy system installed in Jaffa Port]( [The first of 10 Eco Wave Power floats has been successfully installed at the EWP EDF One project in Jaffa Port, Israel]( Sweden-based Eco Wave Power has announced that the first of 10 floats has been successfully installed on the sea wall at Jaffa Port in Israel, marking an important milestone for the company's second grid-connected wave energy harvesting project. [Read more]( Aircraft [Airbus building flying testbed to evaluate hydrogen combustion jet engine]( [Artist's concept of the ZEROe Demonstrator]( Airbus, in partnership with CFM International (a joint company of GE and Safran Aircraft Engines), is developing an A380 flying testbed called the ZEROe Demonstrator to examine how hydrogen combustion can be used to power turbofan jet engines. [Read more]( Science [Artificial neurons connect to biological ones to control living plants]( [Researchers on the new study, Chi-Yuan Yang and Padinhare Cholakkal Harikesh, with a schematic drawing of natural and artificial neurons interacting]( Artificial devices usually don’t communicate well with nature. Now, researchers have created artificial organic neurons and synapses that can integrate with natural biological systems, and demonstrated this by making a Venus flytrap close on demand. [Read more]( Medical [e-nose designed to detect Parkinson's disease in skin odor]( [The device measures concentrations of volatile organic compounds in the sebum produced by the skin's sebaceous glands]( By the time that Parkinson’s disease is causing observable symptoms, it's often advanced to the stage that it's difficult to treat. In an effort to detect the disease earlier, scientists have developed an "electronic nose" that sniffs it out. [Read more]( Mobile Technology [Nubia turns up the power for global release of Redmagic 7 gaming phone]( [The Redmagic 7 gaming powerhouse is available in three model variants]( Around this time last year, Chinese mobile hardware firm Nubia launched the insanely powerful Redmagic 6 gaming phone. Now the company has beefed up the platform even more for the global release of the Redmagic 7. [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 © 2022