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The average motorcycle show attendee in the US has gotten used to events that feature a range of chopped, bobbed, lowered and chromed out V-twins that mostly wear the Harley Davidson badge. Then there's the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, where the bikes and the crowd are far more diverse. Read more
IPVanish recently took first place in the New Atlas comparison review of the best VPNs, and is now offering New Atlas readers 20% off all plans – which works out to just US$5.19/month on the yearly plan. Read more
Already considered one of the world's true off-roading and overlanding icons, the Toyota Land Cruiser is now also the world's fastest SUV ... well, kind of. The venerable utility vehicle has gone and hit 230 mph ... but it's not exactly a stock version. Read more
We've seen a strong crop of smartphones pop up in the early half of 2017. Here's a roundup of the best recent releases – including a few from the end of 2016 – and a comprehensive comparison of their specs and features. Read more
Autonomous cars are coming, and car manufacturers are scrambling to work out what their cars will look like inside and out. Ford has teamed up with students from Ravensbourne Design College to try and imagine how the cabin of the current Fiesta might become the autonomous interior of the future. Read more
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One of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world has just started turning in the North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands. Hidden over the horizon, the Gemini wind farm isn't visible from the mainland or the neighboring islands, and is set to produce about 2.6 TWh of electricity every year. Read more
Nvidia's Metropolis intelligent video analytics platform applies deep learning to constantly process and contextualize the masses of data streaming from the ever-increasing number of cameras watching us every day. Read more
It turns out the fountain of youth might spurt smoke instead of a magical liquid. Researchers discovered that one of the active ingredients in marijuana – THC – was able to improve the brains of elderly mice to the level that they seemed like the brains of rodents who were only two months old. Read more
The next big breakthrough for electronics is likely to be quantum computers, but there are still plenty of hurdles to jump before they become a reality. A team from Aalto University in Finland may have cleared one of those obstacles, developing a “nanorefrigerator” to help cool components down. Read more
Indoor climbing walls don’t always capture the nuances of nature, so researchers developed a way to bring the outdoors in. Rather than recreate an entire rock formation, they made models of the key parts of the geometry and arranged them on an artificial wall to replicate the real thing. Read more
Cloud storage is an incredibly valuable thing, and Cloud solutions don't get much better than Zoolz. With this lifetime of 500GB of Cold Storage, you'll have an extremely affordable place to safely store massive amounts of data. Sometimes you'll have data you just won't need for awhile, and with Zoolz archive capabilities you can deposit up to 500GB securely in the cloud. Read more
Several benefits previously exclusive to Qualcomm's high-end 800 series processors are coming to the mid-ranged 600 series. If smartphone makers push these chips to their full capabilities, budget phones could have much more to offer. Read more
With roadside drug testing for motorists spreading around the world, the need for an accurate and fast ecstasy (MDMA) test is growing. A new method has been developed that promises simple, reliable and cheap testing for the popular recreational drug. Read more
If you've ever sat down to a dish of Jell-O and wished that it was a touch-screen control , Carnegie Mellon University has got your back with a technology called Electrick that turns almost any surface, including the gelatin dessert, into an interactive control using a can of spray paint. Read more
Compared to cancer, influenza may sound harmless but as various reports have shown, it can be fatal, even for the healthy. A swift diagnosis can make all the difference and scientists have come up with an easy and novel way to spot the virus: a glow test. Read more
A team of bioengineers at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has developed a type of artificial bone that may one day allow doctors to conduct bone marrow transplants with fewer side effects. Read more
New research paves the way for a capsule-sized robot to be able to perform all the tasks needed during a regular colonoscopy. Read more
Amazon may have got the smart speaker ball rolling with its Echo, but competitors are closing in. Microsoft has teamed up with Harman Kardon to put Cortana in the home with the Invoke. Not only will the speaker offer 360-degree sound, it'll be able to control your smart home and make Skype calls. Read more
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may seem to be the fad that keeps coming back around every year or so, but a new study finds they may be much bigger than previously thought. A landmark study finds cryptocurrencies are actively used by three times as many people compared to other estimates. Read more
Uber has today announced that it will set up a small research outpost in Toronto, its first outside the US, which will complement its ongoing research into autonomous vehicle technologies. Read more
To learn more about the evolution of insecticide resistance, researchers have examined its effects on the common fruit fly. They discovered that, while the bugs might be able to survive the poison, their love life certainly takes a hit – even after their serenades. Read more
Earplugs may be handy for blocking out unwanted noises, but what happens when you want to hear some of what's going on, or even hear every little bit of it? Well, you pull the plugs out of your ears, of course. In the case of Knops, however, you can leave them in and just "turn up the volume." Read more
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