Tesla fans want a Cybertruck made of Legos, and it might actually happen
One Lego fan is hoping to make a Lego Cybertruck set a reality. A Lego Ideas user posted a rendering of a Tesla Cybertruck Lego set that looks just like the original version, complete with front trunk and tailgate opening and closing function. So far, the idea is backed by more than 2,100 supporters.
SpaceX delivers mice and a floating robot to the International Space Station
There are mice on the ISS! But it's OK, they're supposed to be there. The rodents arrived on Sunday for research purposes, with a floating robot called CIMON-2 also part of the consignment. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will return the mice to Earth next month, while CIMON-2 will stay in space for much longer.
Self-driving baggage tractor is the latest smart tech for airports
With an eye on creating the "smart airport" of the future, Air France has unveiled a self-driving baggage tractor that allows staff to focus on other work, thereby making the baggage-handling process more efficient. It's just the latest example of how a growing number of industries are utilizing autonomous technology.
SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink satellites will be less shiny. Here’s why
With its third batch of 60 internet satellites set for deployment, SpaceX will coat one of them with a material to make it less reflective as part of a test to keep the night sky clear. Astronomers are concerned that if deployed in large numbers, the satellites’ reflection of sun rays could hamper their work.
Magic Leap in trouble? Report says only 6,000 AR headsets sold in first 6 months
Magic Leap is reportedly in trouble. After raising $2.6 billion, its $2,295 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headset sold only 6,000 units in its first six months, according to The Information. A spokesperson for the startup disputed the report, but did not provide a clearer picture on the company's status.
Hulu is finally offering 4K and 5.1 surround sound audio on Roku
Hulu has long struggled to implement 4K video streaming on its platform. However, they recently announced they are now offering 4K streaming and 5.1 surround sound audio on Roku devices. Here's what you need to know about the latest upgrade for Hulu on your Roku streamer.
Digital Trends Live: Uber’s assault problems, iPhone location-data leaks, more
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Caleb Denison and Nicole Raney break down the biggest trending tech stories of the day, including the iPhone 11 sneaking data location, Qualcomm teams with Pokemon Go creators, Uber’s sexual assault problems, more Teslas on the way, and more.
Forget curing diseases, genetic engineering could keep our beer fresh longer
The big dreams surrounding genetic engineering involve curing deadly diseases, saving the world’s coral reefs, and creating a limitless supply of lifesaving transplant organs. Could it also help keep beer fresher for longer? According to scientists in China, it certainly can.
New ‘shady’ research from MIT uses shadows to see what cameras can’t
What if you could look at an existing video and determine what was happening just outside the camera's view? That's the idea behind new research from MIT that uses shadows to recreate the objects that are outside the frame. The research could potentially be used for applications like self-driving cars.
Digital Trends Live: Day Two highlights from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit
Greg Nibler and Riley Winn are on-location in Maui, Hawaii, for Day Two of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit, where they take a look at the biggest announcements, news, and hottest developments from the world of 5G.
Amazon and the NFL plan virtual games to understand real injuries
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the NFL have teamed up to simulate entire football games with the goal of predicting and preventing player injuries using a new platform called Digital Athlete. The system could help the NFL create better protective gear and even new rules for the game.
NASA wants astronauts to light fires on the International Space Station
Lighting a fire carries an element of risk. Doing it in microgravity on a space station 250 miles above Earth is something else entirely. Which is exactly why astronauts on the ISS have been asked to unleash their inner pyromaniac for a new experiment. Here's what they're doing.
Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 resupply mission to the ISS today
SpaceX has delayed its planned Falcon 9 CRS-19 Commercial Resupply Service mission launch due to unfavorable winds. The private space tweeted that it would try again on Thursday. Assuming the weather works out, you'll be able to watch the entire launch live just after 9 a.m. on Thursday.
Katsuru Beta is a graffiti-painting consumer drone launching in 2020
Created by New York artist Katsu, Katsuru Beta is a limited edition, graffiti-painting quadcopter that will let anyone become a drone-flying tagger. Here's what you need to know about this upcoming quadcopter -- coming soon to deface a billboard or wall someplace near you.
SoftBank enters the cafe business with new robot-filled Pepper Parlor
SoftBank is getting into the cafe business. The tech firm has just opened an eatery in Tokyo staffed by lots of its Pepper robots. It says it wants to use the site to help it learn more about how people interact with robots so that it can improve the design of its current high-tech offerings.
Digital Trends Live: Day One highlights from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit
Greg Nibler and Riley Winn are on-location in Maui, Hawaii, at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit, where they take a look at all the hottest developments in the world of 5G. We've compiled the best highlights from Day 1 of the summit, and have boiled down the biggest news from the day with their Top 5 takeaways.
Digital Trends Live: Facebook’s new tool, coffee bean car parts, and more
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, we dive into the biggest trending topics in tech, including a new Cannonball Run speed record, Facebook’s “Clear History” tool, Tesla’s laser beam windshield cleaner, coverage from the Qualcomm Snapdragon summit, and more.
Ever wonder what animal vision is like? This software will show you
If you’ve ever been curious about how different animals view the world, a team of researchers have you covered — and they’ve ever released the open-source, free software so that you can test it out for yourself. Here's what you need to know about Quantitative Color Pattern Analysis.
This giant planet is being evaporated as it orbits its long-dead star
A team of astronomers has seen evidence of the first giant planet orbiting a white dwarf star. Using the Very Large Telescope, the team spotted a planet in orbit around WDJ0914+1914, a white dwarf which is the decayed remnants of a once-bright star. As it fades, it is evaporating the planet in orbit around it.
Record-breaking black hole weighs 40 billion times more than the sun
As if black holes weren’t already a big deal in our universe, a black hole that was spotted in another galaxy broke a record as the heaviest known black hole to ever be measured. The black hole, which is located in the Holm 15A galaxy, weighs a record-breaking 40 billion times the mass of our sun.
We tested over 1,000 products in 2019. These are the best.
2019 was an awesome year for consumer tech. We tested over 1,000 of the best products, devices, and gear put out in 2019, including smartphones, laptops, and TVs. Our top tech is not just the best of the year, but the culmination of an innovative decade.
Exosuits for everybody: Meet the company that’s making wearable robots mainstream
San Francisco-based Roam Robotics has a dream to take wearable robot exosuits out of the lab and into the real world. Here's how it is planning to do so -- and why its founder believes that the company has solved the 'suck test' which has plagued so many attempts in the past.
Undersea fiber-optic data cables could be repurposed to detect earthquakes
Could underwater internet cables be repurposed to help spot earthquakes? Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and elsewhere have shown that they could. Here is how they were able to do it -- and what they have planned for the next phase of the project.
Tesla proposes dirt-busting lasers to clean grime off windshields
Forget using wipers to clean your windshield. Tesla thinks you should be able to destroy the dirt with laser beams. The idea, which showed up in a recently published patent, sounds perfect for Tesla’s futuristic Cybertruck, though the company says the technology could be used to clean solar panels, too.
Boeing’s first Starliner orbital test flight delayed due to rocket issue
Boeing's Starliner space capsule was due to make its first orbital test flight to the International Space Station on December 17, but an issue with the Atlas V launch rocket means it will be delayed by a couple of days. Boeing wants to use the Starliner to send astronauts to the space station starting next year.
Scientists tracked billions of migrating ocean animals using a giant space laser
Scientists used a NASA lidar satellite to track the world's biggest animal migration -- which just so happens to take place underwater. Here's what they did, how they did it, and what new types of imaging technology will make possible for similar research in the near future.
China wants to use controversial DNA analysis to guess faces of criminals
Chinese scientists are using blood samples to try and recreate images of people’s faces. The experimental technology is currently in the early stages of development, but can already produce approximate images considered good enough to narrow investigations or eliminate suspects.
Samsung trademarks ‘Hideaway Hinge’ — a clue to next-gen foldable
Samsung has already embarked on a foldable phone with the Galaxy Fold, but the next version of a Samsung foldable smartphone could get a so-called "Hideaway Hinge." Samsung Electronics filed a European trademark application for the name on Monday, December 2. Renderings show that the phone could fold downward.
Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in Amazon’s history
Cyber Monday racked in record-breaking sales yesterday, and Amazon probably contributed to a lot of those sales, since it was the company’s biggest shopping day in Amazon history. The e-commerce giant’s Cyber Monday numbers show what the most popular products purchased on the site were.
Russia plans to build telescopes on the moon to protect against asteroids
With recent lunar landing attempts by India and Israel, and a mission to the far side of the moon by China, international interest in our planetary satellite is heating up right now. Now, Russia intends to get in on the action as well, by building an observatory on the moon.
Skydio 2 review: A drone that’s almost impossible to crash
Skydio 2 is billed as the world's most advanced auto-follow drone, so to test that claim, I took it to the most densely-forested mountain bike trail I could find and had the drone chase me at high speeds. Things definitely didn't go as I expected them to.
Homeland Security wants to expand airport facial scans to U.S. citizens
Fancy having your face scanned every time you leave and enter the country? The Department of Homeland Security already performs facial scans of noncitizens entering the U.S., but in a bid to improve security, it’s now proposing extending the procedure to citizens as well.
NASA simulates the clouds on Mars using a supercomputer
We usually think of Mars as being an arid desert planet. And while that's mainly true, there is some small amount of water on Mars, existing as vapor in the atmosphere. Recently, NASA has used a supercomputer to simulate the Martian weather, showing how clouds move and disperse over time.