Terrifying vehicles: Where does Engler's 1,100-hp quad bike rank?

[New Atlas logo]( Automotive [Terrifying vehicles: Where does Engler's 1,100-hp quad bike rank?]( [Does the world need a 1,100-horsepower quad bike?]( Take one dynamically unstable, highly dangerous vehicle platform: the venerable quad bike, and juice it up with more than a thousand horsepower, and you've got an absolute widowmaker. But is it the ultimate widowmaker? Let's assess the competition. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Pay only $25 for a lifetime eSIM with extra $50 data credit]( You don't have to pay exorbitant roaming charges or swap sim cards whenever you travel. aloSIM is a global eSIM you can use anywhere in the world. For a limited time, you can get lifetime access with a $50 data credit for only $25 this Memorial Day. [Read more]( Science [Egg-smelling tech may keep male chicks out of the grinder]( [In hatcheries aimed at producing hens, there is no use for male chicks]( Every day in hen hatcheries around the world, all male chicks are tossed alive into a grinder. A new system could keep those chicks from ever existing, by analyzing the scent of eggs to ascertain the sex of the embryo inside. [Read more]( Architecture [Tiny timber research center provides treetop view of forest life]( [For the birds: FLORA is located in a forest in Spain and allows researchers to monitor the local insect and avian populations]( Students have built a research center to enable scientists to monitor bird life and climate change in a Spanish forest. The simple shelter takes its place remarkably well among the trees and was constructed from sustainably sourced timber. [Read more]( Medical [SurgiField system is a packable sterile mini operating room]( [The SurgiField system can reportedly be set up on a patient's body in a matter of minutes]( Whether it's an impoverished nation, a battlefield or a disaster site, there are places where doctors have to perform surgery outside of a sterile operating room. That's where the SurgiField system comes in, as it's basically a miniature pop-up O.R. [Read more]( Bicycles [Rift fat-tire ebike can turn daily commutes into off-road adventures]( [The Rift fat-tire ebike is designed to take you to work, to the store in town or out in the wilds]( Wallet-friendly e-mobility company Ride1Up has followed the February launch of the Turris adventure commuter with an all-terrain fat-tire ebike named the Rift, which can be optioned with a passenger kit for the rear cargo rack. [Read more]( Space [Bezos gets his Moon wish with $3.4 billion lunar lander contract]( [Artist's concept of Blue Moon]( After an initial disappointment, Jeff Bezos is back in the Moon business. NASA selected Blue Origin's Blue Moon crewed lander for the space agency's Artemis V mission to the lunar South Pole in 2029 under a firm-fixed price contract of (US)$3.4 billion. [Read more]( Automotive [BMW unveils Concept Touring Coupe – and it's beautiful]( [The BMW Concept Touring Coupe carries a mixture of old-world and modern in its design]( BMW has unveiled a concept at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2023. The Concept Touring Coupe is a combination of a sports car and a station wagon – creating what might be considered a shooting brake – yet this concept is uniquely eye-catching. [Read more]( Medical [A wearable ultrasound could revolutionize monitoring on the move]( [Heart-felt: The wireless ultrasound-on-a-patch continuously monitors deep tissues even during motion]( Engineers have developed a fully integrated wearable ultrasound device that monitors deep tissues in real-time for up to 12 hours. What's more, it's wireless, meaning that patients can stay mobile while doctors track their vital signs remotely. [Read more]( Bicycles [Rubber-bodied Bumper Pedals are made to spare cyclists' shins]( [The Bumper Pedals are presently on Indiegogo]( For many bicycle commuters, painful shin scrapes caused by pedal strikes are just an unavoidable part of cycling. They might not have to be, however, if the designers of the rubber-bodied Bumper Pedals have anything to say about it. [Read more]( Technology [Beyond text: AI model digests 80 hours of video to learn sign language]( [Researchers have used AI to develop a tool to convert sign language to text]( For deaf and hearing impaired people, voice recognition technology can be a barrier to effective communication. Now, researchers have used AI to develop a tool that converts sign language to text, potentially increasing inclusivity and accessibility. [Read more]( Drones [Drone research center takes autonomous building repairs to the skies]( [DroneHub is planned for the existing NEST research and innovation building on the Empa campus in Dübendorf, Switzerland]( Imagine an army of flying drones focused on detecting building issues before they become serious and carrying out repairs autonomously. It sounds like science fiction, but researchers aim to explore whether it could indeed be realized at the DroneHub. [Read more]( Robotics [High-tech renaissance man Brett Adcock on Figure's humanoid robots]( [Standing 5ft6 and weighing 132 lb, Figure's 01 humanoid robot laborer will carry up to 44 lb and work for up to five hours on a charge]( In 10 years, Brett Adcock has gone from founding an online talent marketplace, to selling it for nine figures, to founding the third-ranked eVTOL aircraft company, to going after one of tech's greatest challenges: general-purpose humanoid robots. [Read more]( Mobile Technology [Samsung Display flexes its OLED muscles at SID Display Week 2023]( [Samsung Display is at SID Display Week in Los Angeles with flexible OLED innovations such as a rollable portable panel for future laptops and a sensor-packed screen that can monitor heart rate and blood pressure]( Samsung Display is at SID Display Week with a bunch of OLED innovations including a future laptop screen that expands to offer five times the display real estate, and a sensor-packed panel capable of reading fingerprints and checking blood pressure. [Read more]( Space [Evidence suggests theoretical 'missing link' black hole exists nearby]( [A Hubble image of Messier 4, a globular star cluster about 6,000 light-years away that's home to the best evidence so far of an intermediate-mass black hole]( Black holes come in two distinct types – small and supermassive. A group in the middle has long been hypothesized to exist, and now Hubble has found some strong evidence for one of these intermediate-mass black holes in a nearby star cluster. [Read more]( Science [Microgravity and medicine: Why we're testing cancer drugs in space]( [UC San Diego scientists are the first to take advantage of the unique environment of space to test cancer drugs]( Scientists are the first to take advantage of the unique environment of space to test two specific cancer drugs. Setting up on the International Space Station, they'll examine stem cells in low Earth orbit, also examining astronaut stem cell health [Read more]( Science ['Head-butting' dinosaurs may have flaunted Fresh Prince flat-tops instead]( [An artist's impression of Platytholus, a new species of pachycephalosaur that's hypothesized to have had a flat-top structure on its head – and this is a modest interpretation, it could have been far more elaborate]( Dome-skulled dinosaurs may have looked less like Friar Tuck and more like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. New fossil finds suggest they may have had big bristly ornaments on their heads, and might not have butted heads like they do in the movies. [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