Patients worldwide are cautiously optimistic about the use of AI in healthcare. Most support it as a helpful assistant, but few trust it to replace doctors, according to a new study that reveals trust, concerns, and the need for explainable AI. Continue Reading Category:AI in Health, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind Tags:Artificial Intelligence, Health care, Medical professionals, Technical University Munich| Body and Mind
A tiny implant that beams images straight to the retina, bypassing a damaged cornea altogether, could give sight back to millions living with corneal blindness – no donor tissue required. Human trials may be underway in as little as two years. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind Tags:Blindness, Blind, Implant, Organ donation| Body and Mind
A new drug that significantly lowers "stubborn" blood pressure is on the horizon, following the results of its Phase III clinical trial. The treatment, called baxdrostat, has been hailed as the most promising advance in hypertension management in decades, demonstrating the ability to help patients whose blood pressure remains dangerously high despite standard therapy. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:University College London, Blood Pressur...| Body and Mind
Neurons and glial cells are like dance partners in the brain, coordinating moves that shape how signals flow and how excitable neurons become. Astrocytes, star-shaped glial cells, can reshape themselves in response to various conditions, including high blood pressure. But the "how" behind this shape-shifting has remained a mystery. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:Blood Pressure, Brain, The Immune System| Body and Mind
A carotenoid that's already widely available in fruit and vegetables, and as a supplement, has been found to bolster the cancer-fighting abilities of immune cells, making it a promising new candidate that could help shrink tumors during immunotherapy treatment. Continue Reading Category:Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:University of Chicago, Cancer, T-cells, Tumors, Immunotherapy, The Immune System, Vegetables, Fruit| Body and Mind
If you were afflicted with a balance disorder, would you rather use a walker at all times or simply wear a backpack? Dutch scientists have developed a special version of the latter, which utilizes two gyroscopes to keep its wearer standing straight and stable. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind Tags:Radboud University, Delft University of Technology, Gyro, Self-balancing, Walk| Body and Mind
Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing inflammation to the organ. This bacterial invasion is a key driver of the inflammation and injury seen in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Continue Reading Category:Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:university-of-california-san-diego, Alcohol, Gut Bacteria, Liver disease, Chronic illness| Body and Mind
A new breath-based sensor from researchers at Penn State could soon offer an easy, pain-free, quick way to diagnose diabetes. The sensor was created through a technique that basically toasts a polymer until it turns into porous graphene. Continue Reading Category:Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:Diabetic, Diagnostic devices, Breath, Pennsylvania State University| Body and Mind
Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut, reports a new study published in Cell Biomaterials. Researchers see these microbeads as a potential “structured, drug-free therapy” to treat obesity, with fewer side effects than the current medications. Continue Reading Category:Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:Weight, Weight Loss, Obesity| Body and Mind
Amid ongoing debate about red meat’s role in human health, a new risk has emerged. Researchers have shown that a gut-bacterial byproduct of eating red meat and other animal products is linked to the development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms – particularly in older men. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:Cleveland Clinic, Cardiovascular disease, Age-Related, Gut Bacteria, Gut health, Blood, Blood Pressure| Body and Mind
Scientists have identified a protein that acts as a kind of traffic controller for fat inside cells, revealing a mechanism that could help explain how the body regulates energy storage and why things go wrong in metabolic disease. The discovery provides a new avenue for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes Continue Reading Category:Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:University of New South Wales, Fat cells, Protein, Obesity, Type 2 diabetes, Organelle, Metabolic syndrome, m...| Body and Mind
When someone collapses from a heart attack, chances of survival fall 10% with every passing minute without defibrillation. Now, scientists from one of the most advanced healthcare hubs on the planet have come up with a novel way to reach cardiac arrest events faster – using food delivery riders as first responders. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:National Taiwan University, Delivery drone, Emergencies, cardiac+arrest, Heart attack, Cardi...| Body and Mind
The shingles vaccine is up to 97% effective in preventing the condition caused by the herpes zoster virus, which inflames nerves and causes painful rashes. Now, a new metastudy says it may also be a big help in boosting cardiovascular health. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind Tags:Cardiovascular disease, Heart Disease, Heart attack, Vaccines, Shingles, Stroke| Body and Mind
A new generation of “theranostic” nanoparticles has been shown to both detect and reduce plaques in the arteries. Nanoparticles absorbed by immune cells in the arteries, where they work to lower inflammation and draw out harmful cholesterol, offer an entirely new way of not just diagnosing but fighting heart disease without drugs. Continue Reading Category:Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:south-australian-health-and-medical-research-institute, Cardiovascular disea...| Body & Mind
The first-ever neuroimmune modulation implant has been approved for people with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who haven't found relief with traditional medications. It's a potentially life-changing technology that can zap pain by delivering one-minute electrical pulses to the vagus nerve – a key neural pathway that regulates inflammation. Continue Reading Category:Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:Rheumatoid arthritis, Inflammation, Implant, Pain, Chron...| Body & Mind
Smoking's not often touted for its health benefits. But it's been known to help those suffering from colitis even though it exacerbates Crohn's disease. New research that could help treat the conditions says it all has to do with bacteria migration. Continue Reading Category:Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:Smoking, Cigarettes, RIKEN, Inflammatory, irritable-bowel-disease, Gut Bacteria, Gut health, Microbiome| Body & Mind
We know by now that exercise is good for the body and mind at any age, but new research has found that your workouts may be helping in a less obvious place too: inside your gut. It's yet another sign that the gut microbiome is central to overall health. Continue Reading Category:Fitness & Exercise, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Edith Cowan University, Microbiome, Gut health, Exercise, Muscle, metabolism, Gut Bacteria| Body & Mind
This year a clinical trial will test a drug combination designed to bring lasting relief for people with panic disorder – a condition that can upend daily life and be notoriously difficult to treat. No new medications have been approved to treat the condition since 2003. Continue Reading Category:Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & Mind Tags:mental health, clinical trials, Anxiety, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, Drug development, Depression| Body & Mind
If you deal with waves of drowsiness during the day, you might be among the estimated 33% of the population who suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), a common but often unrecognized condition that's linked to a host of increased health risks including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Now, researchers have identified the biological markers of it, bringing targeted treatment within reach. Continue Reading Category:Sleep, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Mass General Bri...| Body & Mind
Researchers have successfully tweaked a specialized compound from brown seaweed that appears to hold powerful anti-obesity potential – not through appetite suppression or fat burning, but by targeting the gut microbiome to get your body to fight weight gain naturally and long-term, without drugs or diet changes. Continue Reading Category:Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:Zhejiang University, Seaweed, Algae, Obesity, Weight Loss, Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, nature, Marine Inn...| Body & Mind
A standard routine to protect hair from heat damage is actually turning your bathroom into a dangerous emissions zone, as scientists find that just 10-20 minutes of styling with common products results in some 10 billion ultrafine particles being inhaled straight to the lungs – akin to standing next to a busy road in peak hour or smoking several cigarettes. Continue Reading Category:Society & Community, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Purdue University, Hair, Nanoparticles, Air ...| Body & Mind
It's a sad and inconvenient fact that many drugs have to be administered in the form of a slow intravenous (IV) drip, as opposed to a single quick injection. That may be about to change, however, thanks to a new take on an existing "spray drying" technique. Continue Reading Category:Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:Stanford University, Medication, Treatment| Body & Mind
Across cultures and continents, most people prefer to tackle life’s toughest choices alone, trusting their own gut or inner voice over the counsel of friends or the wisdom of the crowd, according to a new study. Continue Reading Category:Society & Community, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Society, Culture, Decision-making, University of Waterloo| Body & Mind
A team of researchers have developed a 3D-printed, biodegradable heart patch that seals holes in heart tissue and supports tissue regeneration, showing promise as a safer alternative to current surgical materials. Continue Reading Category:Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:3D bioprinting, Heart attack, Heart, ETH Zurich| Body & Mind
Imagine your skin as a bustling city. Each cell is a hardworking citizen, repairing sun damage and keeping the peace. But lurking in the shadows is a virus long thought to be a harmless drifter: beta-HPV (human papillomavirus). Continue Reading Category:Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:Cancer, Skin Cancer, Virus, The Immune System| Body & Mind
Nobody likes having blood samples taken, which is why it's always good to hear about possible alternatives. One of the latest takes the form of a self-powered skin patch that painlessly gathers biomarker chemicals for up to 24 hours at a time. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:North Carolina State University, North Carolina State University, Microneedles, Skin, Biomarkers| Body & Mind
Imagine correcting your vision in under a minute – no lasers, blades or pain. Scientists have developed a novel, non-invasive technique that reshapes the cornea using only a mild electric current and a temporary pH shift. In early trials, it reversed myopia without the need for traditional surgery – and could be the most radical advancement in eyesight correction technology since LASIK. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:Occidental College, Un...| Body & Mind
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How do you send drugs to specific parts of the body so they do their job and avoid causing side effects elsewhere? According to researchers at Stanford University, the answer is a combination of nanoparticles, a pulse of ultrasound, and sugar. Continue Reading Category:Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:Drug delivery, Ultrasound, Stanford University| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Despite what some movies may suggest, it's currently impossible to transplant functional, seeing human eyeballs. Scientists are taking a big step in that direction, however, with the development of an eye-transplant device known as the eye-ECMO. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:University of Miami, Eye surgery, Vision, Blindness, Transplant| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Following decades of limited treatment options, people living with fibromyalgia will soon have access to a novel therapy designed to tackle the condition’s most elusive symptom: Poor-quality sleep. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Tonmya, a non-opioid, under-the-tongue bedtime treatment for fibromyalgia in adults, which is expected to be widely available within months. It’s the first drug approved for this complex and debilitating condition in more than 15 years...| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Having hypersensitive teeth can be quite the hassle, making it painful to consume hot, cold, sweet and/or acidic foods and beverages. Tiny new "robots" are here to help, by permanently plugging tunnels in the teeth for less discomfort. Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:Dental, Teeth, Treatment, Nanotechnology| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
A newly discovered natural compound sourced from a fungus that's historically only been found lodged on trees in Taiwan has been heralded for its pharmaceutical potential, effectively blocking inflammation signals and pressing pause on the proliferation of cancer cells. Continue Reading Category:Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:National Taiwan University, Inflammation, Lung cancer, Cancer, Biotechnology, Fungus, Drug development| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Tiny "hidden" proteins lurking in DNA once dismissed as junk may hold the key to the next generation of obesity drugs, according to a new study that has uncovered dozens of new fat-regulating molecules using cutting-edge gene-editing technology. Continue Reading Category:Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind Tags:Obesity, Fat cells, CRISPR, Protein, Salk Institute| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
A huge new international study has uncovered, for the first time, a weekly rhythm disturbance in one of the world’s most common but under-diagnosed sleep disorders – and it’s not good news for your Saturday night. Researchers have coined the term “social apnea” to describe the consistent and significant rise in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity that occurs during the weekend, likely driven by late nights, alcohol, smoking, sleeping in and other shifts in routine. Continue Readi...| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Recurring kidney stones can be an agonizing, debilitating problem, particularly if they can't be treated by orally-administered medication. There may be new hope on the horizon, however, in the form of a tiny magnetically-steerable stone-dissolving "robot." Continue Reading Category:Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind Tags:University of Waterloo, kidney, Treatment, Microbots, Magnetic| New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
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Why do wrinkles form as we age? A new study has revealed that aging skin stretches more sideways under tension, causing it to buckle – like Silly Putty – into deeper, straighter wrinkles. And it all starts with how collagen is arranged. Continue Reading Category:Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Aging, Skin, Age-Related, anti-aging, Binghamton University| Aging Well
A class of drug commonly used to treat everything from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to depression has now been linked to accelerating the loss of mobility in older age. This adds a new dimension to long-term use of anticholinergic drugs, which have already been linked to dementia. Continue Reading Category:Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:University of Washington, Medication, Age-Related, Aging, Mobility, south-australian-health-and-medical-research-inst...| Aging Well
Perhaps best known as a immune-system boost or antidote to scurvy, vitamin C has been found to rejuvenate aging skin by reactivating genes responsible for cell growth. By promoting DNA demethylation, vitamin C enhances the proliferation of cells that result in thicker and healthier skin. This discovery opens new avenues to genetically revive aging skin. Continue Reading Category:Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind Tags:Skin, Age-Related, anti-aging, Dietary supplements, gene th...| Aging Well
Many researchers are beginning to see aging as a disease that could potentially be cured, and scientists are making breakthroughs in many areas that could lead to anti-aging treatments. Here's the latest science around aging, and practical information on aging well.| New Atlas
The first aceclidine-based eye drop to improve near vision in adults with presbyopia, which affects more than 100 million adults in the US alone, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will be available within three months.| New Atlas
Ex-Googler Pierre Lebeau and team first let the Keecker home entertainment robot out of its box at CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of 2014. Intrigued, we paid a visit to the company's Paris HQ in July of that year to get a closer look at the prototype and discuss crowdfunding and production…| New Atlas
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March 18, 2009 Mosquitoes have plagued mankind since time immemorial. For many they’re just annoying pests that leave an itchy reminder of their bloodsucking ways, but for much of the world’s population they’re carriers of deadly disease – malaria in particular. So far man’s efforts to combat…| New Atlas
What if your drinking water didn't come from old, rusty apartment building pipes or from a plastic bottle that's going to end up in a landfill ... or in the ocean? What if your drinking water (and coffee?) literally just came out of thin air? Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Water, Water Conservation, Kitchen, Appliances, Coffee, Kickstarter| Around The Home
Dyson says that its new PencilVac is the slimmest cordless vacuum cleaner in the world, and by the looks of it, that sounds about right. It's also the company's most powerful model to date. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Dyson, Vacuum cleaner| Around The Home
Nobody likes hearing a mosquito somewhere in their bedroom, without being able to see where it is. Well, the Bzigo Iris tracks and highlights mozzies, so you can swat them. It's now 50% cheaper, and doesn't require a Wi-Fi connection. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Mosquito, Laser, Tracking, Pests, Insect, 2025 Updates| Around The Home
Long hair can be a giant pain when it comes to robot vacuums, winding around the main and side brushes until things grind to a halt. Narwal's affordable Freo Pro robovac and mop comprehensively solves this problem with a pair of smart innovations. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Vacuum cleaner, Wet and dry vacuum cleaner, Appliances, Cleaning, Reviews| Around The Home
Ultraviolet light is well-known for its ability to kill germs, including ones that cause food to spoil. And while there doesn't tend to be any food-preserving UV light in our refrigerators, a new consumer device is out to change that. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Nanyang Technological University, Ultraviolet, Light, Bacteria, Antibacterial, Food technology| Around The Home
If you’re looking for an affordable and effective cordless wet and dry stick vacuum, Roborock has well and truly got you covered. A step up from its F25 model, the F25 ACE delivers more suck for your buck, from its powerful suction and anti-tangle tech to its auto-dispensing detergent tank and self-cleaning function. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Reviews, Wet and dry vacuum cleaner, Self-cleaning, Cleaning| Around The Home
If you've had to move house often, or needed to live in compact spaces, you'll love this. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a way to produce flat-pack furniture using a robotic quilting machine, which folds from lightweight cloth-covered panels into functional pieces for your home. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Furniture, Carnegie Mellon University, DIY, Design Engineering| Around The Home
There's seemingly no part of modern home life that can't be made just a little bit better thanks to smart technology. Case in point, the new Spicerr gadget that delivers perfectly measured spices thanks to flavor profiles you set through an app. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Cooking, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Smart Home| Around The Home
A gorgeous solution to a common problem... This mesmerizing mechanical vise adjusts its shape to hold oddly shaped items still without damaging them, using a design first patented more than a century ago. It can also turn inside-out. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Tools, Kickstarter, Engineering, Crowdfunding| Around The Home
This is quite possibly the most over-engineered pen I've ever come across, and it looks like it's straight out of a spycraft lab. The Hancept Zero Mk2 is a 2-mm-thick contraption that can slip into a credit card slot, and magically fold into a hexagonal pen in a snap. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Writing, EDC, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Art| Around The Home
There are people out there that take tooth-brushery very seriously. I know, because I'm one of them. Some folk made sourdough during COVID lockdowns – I personally spent a lot of time hyperfocusing on yoga and then showering and brushing my teeth while still in the yoga zone. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Toothbrush, Teeth, Dental, Luxury| Around The Home
I know, stacking dimes takes years of practice, and admittedly, there's a lot of pride that goes into showing off those perfect dime-shaped beads you've just laid down on that custom gas tank you just made for your sweet custom Harley Panhead bobber (or Evo, whatever) on your $5,000 Miller TIG machine. Believe me, I've laid some pretty crusty beads in my day, I understand. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Welding, Laser, CNC, Tools, DIY, Kickstarter| Around The Home
Roborock's handsome Flexi Lite claims 17,000 pascals of suction, 40 minutes of battery, a self-cleaning and drying roller-mop, a lay-flat mode for getting under furniture, and right-to-the-edge cleaning on one side. How's it go, then? Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Reviews, Vacuum cleaner, Cleaning, Self-cleaning| Around The Home
Walls in many homes play host to art prints or family photos, but refreshing your collection can be a pain. Thanks to a nifty tap-to-print feature and color ePaper technology, the Reflection Frame updates imagery in seconds and is easy on the eyes. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, E-Ink, Color, Art, Photo, Frameless| Around The Home
Eureka's new flagship robo-cleaner goes to impressive lengths to look after itself, automating as much of its maintenance as possible so you don't need to. We've been living with this plucky robot for a few months now. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Reviews, Vacuum cleaner, Robots, Cleaning| Around The Home
While just about everyone loves the thought of growing fresh herbs n' veggies in their own kitchen, not everyone has the green thumb required to do so. The Plantaform system was designed with that fact in mind, as it grows edible plants automatically … using a nutrient-rich fog. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Plants, Vegetables, Garden, CES 2025, Food| Around The Home
Digital reader outfit PocketBook has designed what's billed as the world's first ePaper color poster/art display, and has partnered with E Ink and Sharp to bring it to life. The InkPoster comes in three sizes and employs two screen technologies. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:E-Ink, Art, Display, E-Paper, CES 2025| Around The Home
Most homes have far fewer electrical outlets on the outside than on the inside, which can pose a challenge when powering outdoor devices. The Power Mole V2 is here to help, by transmitting even more power right through window panes. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Power delivery, Glass, Kickstarter, Induction| Around The Home
CES 2025 is finally upon us, which means we'll see a bunch of cool new gadgets from the year's biggest consumer tech show. Roborock is kicking things off with a robot vacuum cleaner that brings even more robotics to the party: its foldable arm can extend out from the top of the machine and automatically pick items up off the floor. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:CES 2025, Vacuum cleaner, Robotics| Around The Home
If you enjoy your coffee from a capsule, this new machine might be a worthwhile upgrade to your morning routine. The HiBrew H6 promises to make perfect cups of coffee from a wide range of pods by automatically recognizing which type you've dropped into it, and adjusting its settings accordingly. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Coffee| Around The Home
Our modern lifestyles feature a lot of sitting, and while standing desks can be healthier options, they have their own problems. The new Ergo Desk combines both and adds a third option: a reclining desk, to ease chronic back pain. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Desk, Standing Desk, Desktop, Kickstarter, Home, Office, Workplace, Workstation| Around The Home
An innovative company has done away with the one-size-fits-all model of seating, with a chair that is more like a furniture Transformer, letting you adapt it to your needs, rather than you adapt to its static design. And it looks like a statement piece in the process. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Chair, Furniture, Interior Design, adaptive| Around The Home
It can be tricky, keeping a spray paint can at that Goldilocks not-too-close/not-too-far distance from the surface being painted. The Laser Focus Sprayer is made to take the guesswork out of doing so, by putting a dual-laser sighting system on any can. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Laser, Paint, Kickstarter| Around The Home
Here's a neat gadget for a touch of functional, neon-minimalist home decor: a palm-sized smart canister device that fixes onto a wall and uses slim, moving LED beams to create giant, glowing, multicolor clocks and/or temperature gauges. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Clock, Kickstarter, LED, Home decor, Time| Around The Home
Pushing heavy loads in a wheelbarrow may be easier than carrying them, but it can certainly still be a plenty difficult task. The eBarrow Kit was designed with that fact in mind, as it electrifies existing wheelbarrows. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Hub Motors, Electric, Urban Gardening| Around The Home
More than 30 years since Cosmo Kramer spruiked his coffee table book of coffee tables on an episode of Seinfeld, a new companion tome has surfaced, and it's become quite a hit. It's a coffee table book about coffee. (Sadly, however, it doesn't also turn into a coffee table.) Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Coffee, Art, Books| Around The Home
You won't need a green thumb, floor space or any serious commitment in order to create a thriving indoor oasis with this functional vertical garden. And you also won't need a lot of spare cash either, with the whole kit coming in at around US$85. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Vertical Garden, Gadgets, Kitchen, Green+Technology, Sustainable| Around The Home
If you find that you can never get the temperature quite right in bed, a new gizmo called the Homiffi could help. It cranks out either cool or warm air and also acts as a clock, a wireless charger, a Bluetooth speaker and more. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Clock Radios, Bluetooth Speakers, Fan cooling, Heating, Climate, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding| Around The Home
Nintendo has finally announced its latest piece of hardware – but it’s not the highly anticipated Switch 2. Instead, the relentlessly playful company has unveiled the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that not only wakes you up with classic game sounds but uses motion sensors to track your sleep. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Nintendo, Clock, Alarm Clock, mario bros., The Legend of Zelda, Game, Games, Video Games| Around The Home
In the modern premium coffee-obsessed world, the Aeropress has proven itself a much-loved tool for superior coffee-making. It's never been the best-looking piece of kit, though. That changes with the Aeropress Premium, a more upscale press made from all glass and metal and complemented by an equally chic storage rack. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Coffee, Kitchen, Cookware, Beverages| Around The Home
It's a competitive field when it comes to robot mowers, but this one may be a cut above most, with a pleasing price point, supreme weather detection, lawn mapping and a host of other features that mean you won't have to keep watch over it as it goes about its work. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Mower, Smart Home| Around The Home
Suppose you want to change the color of your rental apartment's walls, but you don't want to bother repainting them back to their original color before you move out. That's where Unpaint comes in, as it's an interior paint that can simply be peeled off as needed. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Paint, Home| Around The Home
Nobody likes washing dishes, but they keep piling up. The new Capsule Solo portable dishwasher from Loch Electronics is designed to make short work of that chore even while camping. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Dishwasher, Dishwashers, Appliances, Kitchen, Camping, Portable, Kickstarter| Around The Home
Rather than send those unwanted Kallax shelving units to landfill once you're done with them, you may soon be able to pocket some extra cash from Ikea. The furniture giant has decided to dip a toe into the used furniture marketplace with a new online platform named Ikea Preowned. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:IKEA, Furniture, Online Shopping| Around The Home
Mosquitoes are masters of evasion when indoors, seemingly disappearing after you unsuccessfully try to swat them or grab them out of the air. That's where the Bzigo Iris comes in, as it tracks them and shows you where they are. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Mosquito, Laser, Tracking, Pests, Insect| Around The Home
For most of us, the home-brewing of beer is something that we leave to other people, because it just looks too complicated. Seattle-based company iGulu is out to change that, with its iGulu S1 automated beer-brewing machine. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Beer, Kickstarter, Brewing| Around The Home
Wi-Fi security usually means keeping virtual intruders off your network, but a new system claims to be able to use Wi-Fi networks to detect physical intruders. Gamgee’s Wi-Fi Home Alarm System can learn to recognize people and pets who belong there and alert you to strangers – or perhaps even when an elderly person takes a fall. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Wifi, Wi-Fi, Routers, Internet, Device, Security, Home Security, Motion, Motion sensor, Indiegogo| Around The Home
Created in Sweden, the Maus Fire Suppressor is around the size of a long, slim flashlight at around 9.7 in (24.5 cm) long and 2 in (5 cm) in diameter. It'll sit wherever you put it for up to five years, and where traditional fire extinguishers require maintenance, or at least a flip 'n' tap routine once every few months, this one has no such requirement. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Fire Extinguishers, Fire, Firefighting, Safety| Around The Home
Meal kit delivery services are proving to be quite popular, but … you still have to cook the ingredients yourself. The Chefee home robotic chef is intended to take things further, by actually preparing hot meals that are ready to eat when you get home from work. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kitchen, Food technology, Robotics, Automation| Around The Home
If your tap water is less-than-drinkable, you can use filtration systems, special pitchers, or bottled water to clean it up. Or, you could take a chance on a new air-to-water converter now blasting its way through an Indiegogo campaign. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Water, Drinking, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, Hydration| Around The Home
We don't usually want our furniture to be highly flammable, but the Briket, by Renaud Defrancesco, actually encourages it. Made from potatoes and sawdust, the stool is designed to be thrown in a fireplace for warmth once it reaches the end of its usefulness. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Recycling, Potatos, Wood, Furniture| Around The Home
Five years ago we wrote up a kickstarter project for an "all-in-one desk solution for modern life and work", and the Edge Desk was vastly overfunded, subsequently created and the company has since gone from strength to strength, having subsequently created its own hybrid kneeling and normal office chair. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Desk, Portable, Office| Around The Home
There are few power tools that raise a neighbor’s hackles quite like the leaf blower. Sure, others can be loud, but there’s just something about their particular ear-splitting drone that cuts in like a dentist’s drill. Perhaps it's people's frustrating tendency to use them early in the morning, when folk are trying to sleep in. Perhaps it's the knowledge that using a broom or rake would not only be quieter, but also wouldn’t just move all the leaves onto your lawn. Either way, it's th...| Around The Home
Downing a freshly brewed cup of coffee in the morning can be vital for facing the day ahead, but what if you had to wait up to a day to get your caffeine hit? That's on the menu if you like your Joe brewed cold, but researchers have now managed to cold brew in minutes thanks to ultrasound. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Coffee, Ultrasound, Brew| Around The Home
Pothos plants are already known for being particularly good at purifying indoor air, so imagine if it were possible to make them 30 times better at doing so. Neoplants claims its Neo PX system does just that, using special soil-dwelling bacteria. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Plants, Bacteria, Air Purification Systems| Around The Home
We've now spent several months with the latest wire-free Landroid robo-mower, and we've found it a mix of confusing, educational, satisfying and highly entertaining. Oddly enough, the one thing the Vision seems to need... is a bit more vision. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Robotic, Lawnmower, Garden, Artificial Intelligence, Reviews| Around The Home
The Power Mole wirelessly transmits 10 watts of electricity through window glass, allowing indoor outlets to power outdoor devices. It's built on the inductive coupling technology utilized in wireless smartphone charging systems. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Wireless Charging, Inductive| Around The Home
Migo Robotics' Ascender is the world's first stair-climbing robotic vacuum cleaner and floor mop. People certainly seem to like the idea, as its just-launched Kickstarter campaign has already racked up almost $2 million in pledges. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Robotics, Cleaning, Vacuum cleaner, Kickstarter| Around The Home
Sitting at an office desk all day, every day is generally considered to be bad for our health. Standing desks are here to get you on your feet while working, but the Dual Lift Standing Desk is designed to give your screen an extra lift as well. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Kickstarter, Standing Desk, Ergonomic, Furniture| Around The Home
Using artificial intelligence to monitor and control existing technologies is likely to give birth to all manner of wondrous new devices in the near future and this indoor vegetable-growing machine is a prime example. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Food technology, AGWA, Food, Plants, Farming, Kitchen| Around The Home
Tending a garden is an enjoyable way to spend a sunny afternoon, but mowing the lawn is too much of a chore. Robot helpers have been on hand for decades, and the latest from Segway taps into AI for dual mapping and positioning chops. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Segway, Garden, Robots, Automation, Lawnmowers, Artificial Intelligence| Around The Home
The Expandy is a single piece of furniture that can be expanded width-wise to serve three purposes. Simply by pulling on it from one end, users are able to convert it from an armchair to a loveseat to a sofa. Continue Reading Category:Around The Home, Lifestyle Tags:Sofas, Chair, Seat, Transformable, Furniture| Around The Home
From home assistants to advances in heating and cooling systems and from robotic vacuum cleaners to voice-controlled lawn mowers, here's where you can stay abreast of the latest home automation news and developments.| New Atlas
