Eye-tracking, depth-sensing "autofocal" glasses keep everything looking sharp

No matter how good your eyesight, there's a decent chance that it'll start to fade at a certain point in your life. Presbyopia is a common form of age-induced far-sightedness, where the lenses in the eyes become stiff and have trouble focusing on close-up objects. Now a Stanford team has developed a pair of high-tech specs called autofocals, which use fluid-filled lenses, depth-sensing cameras and eye-tracking technology to make sure whatever a wearer is looking at stays sharp.

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Category: Science

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• Eye
• Eye-tracking
• Eyewear
• focus
• Glasses
• Lenses
• Smart Glasses
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• Vision

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Drugs laced with artificial DNA release ingredients in sequence

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have demonstrated a prototype of a drug that can release three active ingredients, at different times in sequence. The key to this unusual and useful ointment is artificial DNA, which breaks down at precise intervals.

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Category: Medical

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• DNA
• Drug
• Drug delivery
• Drugs
• Hydrogels
• Technical University Munich

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Tragedy for Ducati as the 97th Pike's Peak Hill Climb comes to a close

A dream campaign for Ducati's new V4 streetfighter prototype came to a tragic end as pole-sitter Carlin Dunne ran off the road to his death, just 20 yards from winning his 4th Pike's Peak Hill Climb. Aprilia's Rennie Scaysbrook takes the win, and a new record motorcycle time for the course.

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Category: Motorcycles

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Leatherman's magnetic multitools get cheaper and lighter

Leatherman has began building out its Free collection of magnetic multitools with a pair of cheaper, lighter and simplified offerings, the T2 and the T4. Both promise the same single-handed opening capabilities that could save a finger nail or two, but with a simpler design that seriously undercuts others in the range both in price and weight.

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Explosion over the Caribbean highlights NASA's asteroid tracking credentials

In a neat bit of fast-paced detective work, NASA recently backtracked from an image of a meteor that exploded over the Caribbean Sea and was able to confirm that it marked the demise of an asteroid that had only been detected 12 hours earlier. Estimated to be only 16 ft (5 m) in size, it was too small to pose any danger, but it did demonstrate the space agency's growing ability to monitor potentially hazardous asteroids.

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2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia: More than just good looks?

The Italians, uniquely, have embraced automotive design in a way that no other people can claim. Alfa Romeo, being the most accessible of Italian luxury marquees in North America, flagships its product line with the beautiful Giulia sedan.

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Category: Automotive

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NASA's Mars 2020 rover gets robotic arm to search for life on the Red Planet

Having recently received its wheels, NASA's Mars 2020 rover now has its arm. On June 21, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, began attaching the intricate robotic arm and hand that the unmanned explorer will use to search for signs of past and present life on the Red Planet.

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NASA tests onboard sensors designed to improve drone safety

In an effort to make conventional aircraft and Unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAVs) get along, NASA is embarking on the latest in a series of flight tests. Using specially adapted drones and manned "intruder" aircraft, the purpose is to demonstrate the effectiveness of new technologies and help develop new regulations that will allow UAVs to integrate into the US National Airspace System (NAS).

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This mud-hungry Unimog all-terrain motorhome is how Action Mobil does "small"

From the bulging force of its Unimog cab, to its 6.8-ton weight, to its 11.5-foot (3.5-m) height, little about the new Action Mobil Temet 3600 would be considered "small" at your average vehicle company. But there's nothing average about a vehicle fleet that includes such beasts as the Pure 5000 Zetros and Global XRS 7200. So the Temet 3600 debuts as the "compact, agile" Action Mobil, a sized-down expedition truck that can still climb over talus and float up dunes on its way to providing hotel-like accommodations amidst yipping coyotes, screeching wind, gurgling river and not much of anything else.

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ISS is home to super-tough molds that laugh in the face of deadly radiation

Mold spores commonly found aboard the International Space Station (ISS) turn out to be radiation resistant enough to survive 200 times the X-ray dose needed to kill a human being. Based on experiments by a team of researchers led by Marta Cortesão, a microbiologist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne, the new study indicates that sterilizing interplanetary spacecraft may be much more difficult than previously thought.

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GentleTent supersizes its inflatable roof-top tent into a two-room "glamping oasis"

The inflatable tent specialists at Austria's GentleTent have been on quite a tear since they started moving their tents from the ground to the tops of wheeled vehicles. They've put blow-up tents atop car roofs, pickup truck beds and bike trailers — and they've even thrown them in the water for a lazy float. This year they're back with their most dramatic vehicular effort yet, an XL inflatable billed as the world's largest roof-top tent (RTT). It sleeps up to five people, has two separate rooms, offers glass house-like views, and still packs lighter than many smaller RTTs.

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Category: Outdoors

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EzLarm forces you out of bed using an app and a tag

Most of us are guilty of repeatedly hitting the snooze bar on our alarm clocks and going back to sleep, which is why we've seen devices that won't stop ringing (or even electrocuting) until they're taken to a remotely-located docking station. EzLarm takes a cheaper and simpler approach, utilizing a free app and an inexpensive tag.

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Category: Around The Home

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Assistive wristband channels the spirit of the mood ring

One of the challenges of dealing with depression, anxiety, or bi-polar disorder is the fact that your emotions can take control of you, without your even realizing that it's happening. An experimental new wristband could help, as it alerts wearers to changes in their emotional state.

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Category: Health & Wellbeing

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• Anxiety
• Depression
• Lancaster University
• Monitoring
• Mood sensing

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NASA reopens historic Apollo Mission Control Center

NASA has opened the doors to the restored Mission Control Center (MCC) from which Apollo-era flight controllers guided astronauts on the first bold voyages to the Moon, and safely home. The agency has also released a time-lapse video showing the multimillion-dollar project unfold, letting you watch as workers turn back the clock on the MCC to authentically recreate the legendary site.

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"Eco-friendly" neurotoxin may find use in malaria-mosquito-specific insecticide

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 429,000 people die from malaria annually. And while it's tempting to spray heavily for the mosquitoes that spread the disease, conventional insecticides are also toxic to humans and other animals. Now, however, a neurotoxin has been discovered that only kills the offending mosquitoes.

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• Bacteria
• Environmentally-friendly
• Gyst Audio
• Lund University
• Malaria
• Mosquito
• Stockholm University
• University of California Riverside

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Official replicas of Prince's most famous guitar now up for pre-order

As well as being a noted singer, dancer and all-round great performer, Prince was also an accomplished guitarist. Many of his choice instruments perfectly reflected his flamboyant stage presence, but arguably his most famous is the curvy Cloud Guitar. And now you can play one of your very own courtesy of Schecter and the official Prince store.

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Category: Music

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Riverbank theater inspired by traditional Chinese boats

MAD Architects has been commissioned to produce a new theater in Yiwu, Zhejian province, China. The building will be located on the banks of a river and its design is inspired by traditional local boats, complete with glass "sails" that serve as a canopy.

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Category: Architecture

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Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL review: Mid-range smartphones never looked so good

Three Pixels down the line, Google is doing something different: two mid-range Pixel phones, offering slightly less quality and power for significantly less money. Are the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL the phones you should be buying in 2019? We've spent a few weeks with the handsets to find out.

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Category: Mobile Technology

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Super 64 connects and upscales your old Nintendo 64 to modern TVs

After releasing the NES Mini and SNES Mini, Nintendo stopped short of the logical next step – a Nintendo 64 Mini. Even if you still have the original console, it's hard to hook up its analog outputs to the digital inputs of a modern TV. Now a small company called Eon has stepped in to fill the void as best it can with the Super 64, an adapter that lets you plug the original Nintendo 64 into an HDMI port, and upscales the resolution.

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Category: Games

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• Accessories
• Adapters
• Games
• Gaming
• Nintendo
• Retro

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McLaren makes a pint-sized 720S for the kids

We didn't want to write about this, we really didn't. I mean, it's a battery-powered Barbie car for kids, those have been around forever. But one look at the product video and a flip through the photos and we were hooked.

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Over-the-top camper box swings, slides and grows to create bizarre (but roomy) Volkswagen camper van

Some camper vans have widespread and timeless appeal. Some are more purpose-driven, suited for a very specific subset of travelers or adventurers. And some look like an alien spacecraft clinging on in an evil plot to extinguish humanity one VW bus at a time – or at least one does. There's often a fine line between genius and insanity, and the Queensize Camper Galeria ForFour hopscotches over top it, swinging, sliding, swiveling and folding into a roomy VW van that sleeps four and packs a bathroom, kitchen and full-time dining area. If you can get over the top-heavy bulk and awkward look, it's definitely more spacious and fascinating than the average VW camper.

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• Van
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Baldness discovery sees hair breaking through the skin or hairless mice

There are quite a few ways in which humans may one day be able to regrow hair, and an avenue that keeps promising to deliver is through induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs. Scientists have again uncovered new possibilities in this area, managing to use the versatile cells to generate hair that looks and acts like the real thing.

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Category: Medical

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Manipulating gut microbes in livestock could cut methane emissions

Fossil fuels cop the brunt of attention for reducing climate-changing emissions, but they're far from the only culprit – livestock like sheep and cows are responsible for huge amounts of methane being released into the atmosphere. Now, an international team of researchers has analyzed the gut microbes of different sheep and found clues that may help us curb the problem.

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Category: Environment

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• Agriculture
• Animals
• Emissions
• Greenhouse emissions
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Gut Bacteria
• Hokkaido University
• Methane
• Microbes
• Monash University
• University of Illinois
• University of Otago

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Nasty 2020 Widebody Dodge Chargers encourage bad boys and girls to age disgracefully

You don't have to give up your fiendish muscle-car driving ways just because you've decided to grow up and have a family. That's Dodge's message to petrolheads on the launch of the most badass 707-hp, four-door family muscle car we've ever seen.

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“Lost City of the Monkey God” reveals treasure trove of rare, new and rediscovered species

In 2012, centuries-old legends of a lost city in Honduras were confirmed when ancient ruins were rediscovered in the dense Mosquita rainforest. Now, scientists have conducted a three-week expedition to these ruins, known as the "White City" or the "Lost City of the Monkey God," and found a trove of natural treasures. Living in the pristine forests around the city is an incredibly rich ecosystem of wildlife, including species new to science, some unknown in the area, some that haven't been seen in decades and others that were believed extinct.

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Category: Environment

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• Animals
• Archeology
• Birds
• Conservation
• Ecosystem
• Forest
• Insect
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