Glamping on the roof of a Kia Sorento is better than it sounds
Throw a Roofnest on top of a car and you’ve got yourself a weekend away. Enlarge / The Roofnest tent is quick to deploy and keeps you off the ground. (credit: Tim Stevens) I've had a fascination with rooftop tents ever sin.....»»
Solar roof-tile and energy startup SunRoof closes €4.5M led by Inovo Venture Partners
SunRoof is a European startup that has come up with a clever idea. It has its own roof-tile technology that generates solar power. It then links up those houses, creating a sort of virtual power plant, allowing homeowners to sell surplus energy back.....»»
Ivory Coast sounds alarm over plunging elephant population
Elephants face extinction in Ivory Coast where they are a national emblem, with numbers decreasing by half in the past 30 years, the country's water and foresty ministry said Wednesday......»»
This Human-Sized Origami Reimagines Emergency Shelters
When flat, the structure is about the size of a twin mattress. But when it's inflated, walls widen, and a roof snaps into place......»»
Transparent fish without a skull roof becomes a model organism for neurophysiology
Senckenberg scientist Ralf Britz has joined forces with US researchers Kevin Conway and Kole Kubicek, Texas A&M, to study the evolutionary skeletal development of Danionella dracula, a tiny, transparent fish. The fish lacks several bones—including.....»»
A whale chorus reveals how climate change may be shifting migration
Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put......»»
Studio Gang reveals folded concrete roof of Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
A folded concrete roof designed by Studio Gang is now in place at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, which is currently being overhauled by the studio. Read more A folded concrete roof designed by Studio Gang is now in place at.....»»
Tesla tells customers they’ll have to pay more for solar roof
One customer under contract told Ars his price rose from $66,000 to $87,000. Enlarge (credit: Tesla) Tesla has jacked up the price of its solar roof, which integrates solar panels directly into roof tiles, Electrek reports. A 12.3 kW system th.....»»
Tesla Drastically Increases Price of Solar Roof
Tesla appears to have drastically increased the price of its Solar Roof tiles in an update to its configurator and quote estimates. Electrek reports: After years of delays, the Tesla Solar Roof is finally gaining momentum with a sharp rise in install.....»»
Sonos’s new Roam speaker has the clever UX you never knew you needed
Sonos’s new Roam speaker is trying to change your relationship with sound and the smart home. It’s opening day for baseball, and with fans back in the stands, the unmistakable sounds of Wrigley Field don’t disappoint. I hear the.....»»
2021 Kia Sorento Overview
The Sorento has been a part of the Kia lineup since 2002 when it debuted at the Chicago Auto Show. Over the years, the SUV has changed with the times but hadn’t seen a major refresh since its third generation was introduced in 2014. But for the 202.....»»
2021 Kia Sportage Overview
Rumors have been circulating via spy footage that the 2022 Sportage is next in line to receive the Kia “redesign treatment” similar to the Sorento and Carnival (née Sedona). But until the official debut, we’ll have to settle for the current 20.....»»
Final Fantasy XVI: What we want from the upcoming PS5 game
Final Fantasy XVI’s announcement last year makes it the first mainline reveal in 11 years. Fans have been desperate for this reveal, and as a result, our expectations are through the roof. Here’s what we want out of Final Fantasy XVI......»»
$200,000 streaming rigs and millions of views: inside the cottage industry popping up around SpaceX
For a few hours one recent Saturday, Jack Beyer stood on the roof of his Land Rover, watching as SpaceX employees toiled under a 160-foot-tall silver rocket prototype that towered like an otherworldly visitor over the otherwise barren landscape......»»
Tibetan Plateau will warm faster than expected
The Tibetan Plateau, known as 'the roof of the world,' has warmed more rapidly than global average in the past decades. The observed warming of the Tibetan Plateau since 1960s can be attributed to human activities, particularly greenhouse gas emissio.....»»
What We"re Expecting From Google"s Custom "Whitechapel" SoC In the Pixel 6
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: It sounds like this custom Google SoC-powered Pixel is really going to happen. Echoing reports from about a year ago, 9to5Google is reporting that the Pixel 6 is expected to ship with Google's cu.....»»
Fireflies have a potential—protective "musical armor" against bats
A new study at Tel Aviv University reveals a possible defense mechanism developed by fireflies for protection against bats that might prey on them. According to the study, fireflies produce strong ultrasonic sounds—soundwaves that the human ear, an.....»»
What we’re expecting from Google’s custom “Whitechapel” SoC in the Pixel 6
Google wants to dump Qualcomm, probably to give longer OS support? (credit: Ron Amadeo / Intel) It sounds like this custom Google SoC-powered Pixel is really going to happen. Echoing reports from about a year ago, 9to5Google is reporting that.....»»
New reports say the Pixel 6 will feature a custom Google “Whitechapel” SoC
Google wants to dump Qualcomm, probably to give longer OS support? (credit: Ron Amadeo / Intel) It sounds like this custom Google SoC-powered Pixel is really going to happen. Echoing reports from about a year ago, 9to5Google is reporting that.....»»
Sounds like home: Murrelets choose breeding locations by eavesdropping on other murrelets
Oregon State University researchers broadcast marbled murrelet calls in mature forests and found that the threatened seabirds' choice of breeding locations is strongly influenced by whether they hear other murrelets in the area......»»
OpenAI"s Text-Generating System GPT-3 is Now Spewing Out 4.5 Billion Words a Day
One of the biggest trends in machine learning right now is text generation. AI systems learn by absorbing billions of words scraped from the internet and generate text in response to a variety of prompts. It sounds simple, but these machines can be p.....»»