Since we can't possibly travel to every new building that gets built worldwide, photography plays a crucial role in how we view, appraise, and understand the built world. Arcaid Images has revealed its pick of the best new architecture images at the World Architecture Festival. Read more
Caterham cars might have different engines under the hood, and they might use modern materials, but they are still inextricably linked to the original Lotus Seven. New Atlas took a trip to the company's headquarters in Crawley, UK, to find out what the brand is all about. Read more
New Atlas gets to try out the brand-new Mocacuff, a wrist-based blood pressure monitor that makes looking after your health a more simple affair than similar products from the competition. Read more
Lenovo’s Yoga 910 laptop embodies a pleasant balance of style, versatility and performance with its flexible build, touchscreen and zippy internals. Its mobile-inspired features make it visually striking, highly portable and fun to use. Read more
Sometimes it would be useful, or even just cool, to be able to illuminate a whole wall. That is the principle behind the Helios modular LED lighting system, where hexagonal units can be joined together magnetically to cover any area and turned on or off individually by touch. Read more
With a name like Beast Alpha, the latest car to come out of Rezvani would want to be fast. Thankfully, it looks like the Alpha has earned its moniker, with more than 500 horsepower and clever pop-out SideWinder doors. Read more
To provide surgeons and students with an alternative to a living human being to work on, a pair of physicians at URMC have developed a way to use 3D printing to create artificial organs that look, feel, and even bleed like the real thing. Read more
SpaceX isn't building the Hyperloop itself, but it’s playing a big part in getting it off the ground by hosting a pod design competition. To find out what goes into creating a Hyperloop pod, we spoke to VicHyper, one of 30 teams whose design was selected to be built and tested in January next year. Read more
Montreal-based tech startup Ora Sound believes it has a design and process that could bring graphene-based speaker membranes to the mass market. Insanely lightweight and strong, the Grapheneq speaker cones could extend battery life on portable devices by up to 50 percent. Read more
Ariel has used the home turf of the NEC Motorcycle Live show to reveal plans to build 10 very special versions of the only motorcycle it produces. Powered by Honda's V4 engine of the VFR1200F, the Ace gets a posh R-variant with even more exclusive equipment and a copious power boost. Read more
Seeking ways to make military vehicles less vulnerable to blast damage, BAE Systems is looking to emulate one of the toughest insects in nature to develop a new bendable titanium alloy suspension system that snaps back into shape. Read more
Scientists have used a mix of MRI, ultrasound and VR to produce 3D models of fetuses, a technology that could be used to avoid complications when it comes time to welcome them into the real world. Read more
When trying to keep wine fresh after being opened, it's important to limit the wine's exposure to oxygen left inside the bottle. QikVin does so in the form of a vessel that gets "smaller" as wine is poured out. Read more
The natural wonder-brush that is a cat's tongue has provided scientists with the inspiration to develop a flexible, gripping surface that may find applications in fields ranging from wound cleaning to soft robotics. Read more
Limited range once consigned electric cars to mundane low-speed city duty, but that's no longer the case, with supercars and fast sedans proving battery-power can be fun. NextEV says its new car, the NIO EP9, takes the fun to all new levels, with a powertrain that borrows heavily from Formula E. Read more
While there are already portable systems designed to detect cocaine in peoples' systems, they can't tell how much of the drug has been taken. That's where a new test comes in. Not only is it reportedly more reliable than existing technology, but it also measures quantities of cocaine in the body. Read more
You see a white van, it sees a green square. You see a street sign, it sees a purple square. Tesla's self-driving technology is undoubtedly more complex than that, but a video released over the weekend does give insight into how its autonomous vehicles will interpret the world around them. Read more
Adidas is no stranger to experimenting with alternative materials and manufacturing techniques, such as shoes made of recycled ocean plastic and 3D printed runners. These have now been joined by the new Futurecraft Biofabric, made of a new biodegradable material called Biosteel. Read more
If you're a serious kayaker or canoeist, then chances are you already know how to get in and out of your boat while it's sitting alongside a dock. Should you just be renting one for a bit of fun, though … well, that's where the EZ Personal Launch enters the picture. Read more
We’ve already praised the Moto Z and Moto Z Force smartphones for their bold take on modularity, but this innovative pair will soon have another notable accessory in the mix: The Google Daydream View virtual reality headset. Read more
For Studio Banana Things, what started off as a faintly absurd idea for helping people to sleep on the go has turned into a fourth successfully crowdfunded product. The new Ostrich Pillow Go is a travel pillow of varying thickness to ensure users can find a comfy head position when snoozing. Read more
Having beaten Uber and Volvo to the punch with its world-first autonomous taxi service trial in Singapore, nuTonomy is now set to carry out trials in the US. The autonomous driving software firm says it will hit the roads in Boston, Massachusetts, this year. Read more
When you browse the Internet, you're leaving behind a trail of personal data that can make you vulnerable to cyber attacks. With Hotspot Shield, you'll dramatically reduce that probability as all of your data is encrypted and secured on a private network. With Hotspot Shield Elite, you'll be able to hide your data from hackers and safely browse on public Wi-Fi, while still maintaining fast Internet speeds. Read more
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