Segway takes aim at playtime with an electric drifting go-kart

For better or worse, you could rarely accuse Segway (now known as Segway-Ninebot) of failing to think outside the box, and the Ninebot Electric Gokart is yet another quirky contraption from the personal transportation company. It won't keep pace with some of the other electric go-karts we've seen, and certainly not this jet-powered one from 2012, but with adjustable frame built to drift, it could provide thrills (and spills) for kids and adults alike.

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Category: Automotive

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How cancer grows by parasitically altering its host's gut microbiome

A new study is compellingly comparing cancer cell populations to parasites, describing how it can alter the body's ability to metabolize glucose creating more energy sources that help tumors grow. One of those strategies, of course, involves reducing a type of gut bacteria that keeps blood glucose levels in check.

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Category: Science

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• Cancer
• Glucose
• Gut Bacteria
• Leukemia
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Neurons, lasers and soy sauce fractals in the Nikon Small World in Motion video winners

The Nikon Small World in Motion competition is more than just a microscopic video competition. Now in its eighth year, this astounding glimpse into these tiny worlds showcases a variety of hypnotically strange sights, from a laser bouncing around a psychedelic soap membrane to trippy fractal footage of soy sauce evaporating.

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Category: Digital Cameras

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Antibody clinical trial sends HIV into hiding for months

HIV is a life sentence, but while the disease can't be completely cured (at least not yet) it can be managed through antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication. The problem is that if a patient doesn't stick to this strict routine of drugs the virus will resurge, leading to health problems and an increased chance of spreading to others. New clinical trials in humans have shown that drugs based on two antibodies naturally found in some people can put HIV into hiding for months at a time.

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Category: Medical

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• antibodies
• Drugs
• HIV
• HIV and AIDS
• Medication
• The Rockefeller University
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Early clinical trials showing promise for new kind of cancer vaccine

Early results from a phase 1 clinical trial into the safety and efficacy of a new cancer vaccine is suggesting promise for a new treatment designed to stimulate the immune system into attacking certain cancers known to overexpress a specific protein.

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• Cancer
• Immunotherapy
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iPhone XS review: The best iPhone yet, but not for everyone

Apple traditionally alternates major iPhone updates with more minor upgrades, and so in 2018 we have the arrival of the more modest iPhone XS after last year's game-changing iPhone X. We've been testing out Apple's new flagship iPhone for the past week, and here are our thoughts.

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Category: Mobile Technology

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Two-way ion thruster could blow space junk out of orbit

A team of researchers led by Kazunori Takahashi of Tohoku University in Japan and the Australian National University have come up with plasma beam that can push space debris out of orbit. Mounted on a satellite, the two-way facing beam is produced by a bespoke ion thruster that uses its discharge to decelerate debris so it can burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Category: Space

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Royal Navy returns to the strike carrier business with first F-35B landing

The Royal Navy is back in the strike carrier business as the first two F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters touched down on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth on September 25. Under the control of Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell, the VSTOL aircraft landed on the deck of the supercarrier before taking off again using the ship's ski jump on the first of more than 500 take-offs and landings scheduled over the next 11 weeks.

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Category: Military

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Gallery: Magical moments in time from the 2018 EyeEm Photography Awards

Billed as the world's largest single photography competition, the 2018 edition of the EyeEm Awards drew more than 700,000 submissions from 100,000 photographers around the world. The jury have now sifted through this mountain of imagery to present this year's finalists. Here we take a look at the best of the bunch.

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Category: Digital Cameras

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Four Paws solar-equipped motorhome keeps dogs comfy in a dedicated doghouse

Hiking boots, mountain bike, tent, grill, smiling, panting Labrador retriever ... a dog is as critical a part of outdoor travel and adventure as anything else. But sometimes a fully loaded car means you have to leave Rex home sulking - or worse, drop him at the kennel. German motorhome shop 4pfoten-Mobile (4 Paws-Mobile) makes sure that never has to happen again. Its Dog-Liner T 730 motorhome gives canines large and small a dedicated space all their own, making the ride to and from camp safer, more comfortable and more enjoyable for both dog and owner.

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Category: Automotive

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• Dogs
• Dusseldorf Caravan Salon
• Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2018
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• Motorhomes
• Outdoor

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Adaptive mountain bike headlight knows when you're turning

When mountain bikers are riding at night, they usually go with two headlights – one on the bars to illuminate the trail that's straight ahead, and one on their helmet to light up whatever they're looking at, such as the part of the trail that's around the next curve. The Hydra 3 Bike Light, however, is claimed to make the helmet light unnecessary.

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Newly-classified dinosaur was world's largest at the time

Approximately twice the size of a modern-day African elephant, Ledumahadi mafube was the world's largest land animal when it existed almost 200,000 million years ago. Despite this fact, none of the dinosaur's fossilized remains were discovered until relatively recently, and it has only now been scientifically classified.

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Category: Biology

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• Fossils
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Review: Subaru finally gets a three-row right, with the 2019 Ascent

The 2019 Ascent is a three-row crossover offering from Subaru aimed towards growing families who need a larger vehicle, but also want to stay with the brand. It remains true to the Subaru persona while showing that the company is actually capable of upsizing.

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Polymer coating uses tiny bubbles to cool buildings

In many parts of the world – particularly developing nations, where air conditioning isn't practical or affordable – people paint buildings' roofs white in order to reflect sunlight and thus keep those buildings cooler. It's an approach known as passive daytime radiative cooling, and a new paint-like polymer could make it more effective than ever.

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• Cooling
• Polymer

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Smart's all-electric Forease to be showcased at Paris Motor Show

Over the past couple of decades, the Smart brand has entered various little city car concepts into automotive shows. These have had varying themes, but all have been built off the idea of the Smart car and its tiny, tiny footprint. This year, an all-electric topless car is the concept.

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Category: Automotive

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• Concept Cars
• Daimler
• Mercedes-Benz
• Paris Motor Show 2018
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Quirky all-in-one turntable rocks detachable wireless speaker

Building on a successful crowdfunder last year with its Seed all-in-one turntable, Hym Originals has returned to Kickstarter to fund a turntable/Bluetooth speaker hybrid called the Duo. When not throwing out sounds from the record player, the wireless speaker can be removed from the dock and used for wireless streaming from any Bluetooth music source.

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Category: Home Entertainment

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Gallery: The best of Photokina 2018, the world's biggest camera expo

There's no place better in the world than Photokina if you want to completely drown yourself in the equipment, culture and business of photography. We spent a couple of days putting together this giant gallery to give you a sense of what the world's biggest camera nerd expo is all about.

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Category: Digital Cameras

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• Canon
• DJI Innovations
• FUJIFILM
• Gallery
• Huawei
• Leica
• Nikon
• Panasonic
• Photography
• Photokina 2018

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IBM is on a mission to remove prejudice from AI

Whether it's rating your credit history, offering you a job or even granting your parole, organizations are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to automate that decision making. But if those AI algorithms use imperfect data and flawed assumptions, they inherit the biases and prejudices of the humans behind them. With its newly-announced AI Fairness 360 toolkit, IBM is throwing down the gauntlet. The toolkit is a sort of Swiss Army knife of algorithms, available to anyone, designed to eliminate that bias.

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Category: Computers

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• IBM
• Open Source

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Zeiss breaks into the digital camera space with the ZX1

Optics veteran Zeiss has hit Photokina 2018 with its first digital camera, the ZX1 concept. Aimed at "ambitious, professional creatives who want to produce their photographic experiences quickly and efficiently," the full-frame mirrorless camera is designed for snapping photos, editing and sharing without any help from other devices.

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Category: Digital Cameras

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• Mirrorless Cameras
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Boeing wins US Air Force training jet contest

The contest to build the US Air Force's next-generation jet combat trainer aircraft has come to an end as Boeing wins the US$9.4 billion contract to build the T-X jet. Along with partner Saab, Boeing will supply the Airforce with 351 jets, 46 simulators and assorted ground equipment to replace the Air force's half-century old fleet of T-38 trainers.

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Hymer previews the future of Mercedes Sprinter 4x4 adventure camper vans

German motorhome giant Hymer enjoys a particularly close working relationship with Mercedes-Benz, a relationship that was quite apparent at this year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon. At Hymer's booth, the all-new Mercedes Sprinter 4x4 got out of the gates a little early, finding use as an off-road camper van concept. Hymer gave us a feel for what the new generation of off-road adventure Sprinter will look like while also showing one of the first production camper vans built on the third-generation Sprinter.

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• Campervan
• Camping
• Dusseldorf Caravan Salon
• Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2018
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• Mercedes-Benz
• Off-road
• Outdoor
• Van

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NASA outlines plans to return to the Moon – and beyond

NASA has laid out a detailed plan of its goals over the next six years and beyond that includes the commercialization of low Earth orbit, the long-term return of US astronauts to the Moon, and testing of technologies for a future manned Mars mission. Written in response to the Trump administration's mandate that the space agency concentrate more on deep space exploration, the National Space Exploration Campaign Report outlines how a public/private partnership will help maintain American dominance in space.

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Category: Space

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• Mars
• Moon
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Polarized thermal light gives soldiers detailed night vision

A new thermal imaging system being developed by physicist Kristan Gurton and electronics engineers Sean Hu for the US Army Laboratory uses polarized infrared light to reveal details like facial features. The technology will allow soldiers to pick out details even in total darkness, such as tripwires, booby traps, buried landmines, and mortars and UAVs in flight.

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Category: Military

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Fecal transplants help restore gut microbiome in cancer patients

Results from a recent randomized clinical trial have found autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can effectively restore patient's gut microbiome after major antibiotic treatments. The study examined a group of cancer patients finding that fecal transplants can quickly and safely restore a compromised microbiome within days of treatment.

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• Gut Bacteria
• Microbiome
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A sprinkle of sodium powder keeps salt-based batteries powering on

For some time now, scientists have eyed cheap and widely abundant salt as a potential replacement for lithium in batteries that power everything from laptops to cars. While these experimental sodium-ion batteries continue to show promise, there are a few kinks to be ironed out before we see them become commonplace. Researchers at Purdue University are claiming to have overcome one important shortcoming by first reducing the sodium to a powder form.

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Category: Electronics

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• Batteries
• Battery
• Energy
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