Category: newatlas
Review: Bolt wireless earphones let you rock on your own, or share with friends
A number of Phiaton’s earphones have landed on our review bench over the years – including carbon fiber-packing fashionistas, active noise cancelers and travel-friendly wireless hipsters. Now the Korean audio […]
Gold mining is devastating the rainforests of Peru
More than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon have been destroyed in the past 5 years due to small-scale gold mining. This is 30 percent more than […]
Novel Cross Guitar gains headphone amp, pickup system and useful design tweaks
Last year, the successfully-crowdfunded – and rather nifty – Cross Guitar was launched. Essentially an extended guitar neck, the instrument featured a fold-down plank and an arm rest for quiet […]
"Bloody forests" : An interview with Digitiser's Mr Biffo
In the 1990s, under the guise of Mr Biffo, writer Paul Rose co-founded Digitiser – a daily video games magazine published via teletext. Its irreverent take on gaming would be […]
New standalone, Vive-based VR headset steps out of the Shadows
The virtual reality playing field is spreading out to fill all niches, and HTC is helping speed that along by getting its open source platform Vive Wave out to third […]
Hubble snaps clearest ever shots of cataclysmic cosmic collisions
Galaxies smash into each other on a pretty regular basis, but the collisions don’t destroy them – rather, the two galaxies just merge together. Their stars jostle each other around […]
Heart attack-detecting smartphone app almost as accurate as an ECG
A newly developed smartphone app has shown promise for determining if a person is suffering from a serious heart attack. A study into the app’s accuracy revealed it was almost […]
Official parts collections take the Indian FTR1200 in 4 different directions
Anticipating its gorgeous FTR1200 flat track-inspired roadster to be in hot demand as a custom platform, Indian Motorcycle has released four “collections” of parts and accessories to get the ball […]
Preferred landing site for ExoMars 2020 rover mission revealed
When the ExoMars 2020 mission touches down on the Red Planet, it will most likely be at Oxia Planum. The ExoMars Landing Site Selection Working Group has announced that this […]
Eurofighter fleet clocks 500,000 flight hours
It’s taken a few years, but the multinational Typhoon Eurofighter has reached 500,000 flight hours. On Friday, the Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH confirmed that the multi-role combat aircraft’s fleet of 623 […]