High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents

[Outdoors]( [High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents]( [The Assaut 2 Ultra is designed to squeeze snugly against the mountain]( Samaya defines an assault tent as a "tent intended for bivouacs in extreme environments." It pulled out all the stops to make its new Assaut 2 Ultra that very tent, an extreme-conditions freestanding Dyneema tent that leaves behind every extra gram. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Learn how to conquer your fear of public speaking for only $39.99]( Have you ever looked at TEDx speakers and thought it would be amazing to learn how to be so charismatic? Public speaking is a lot harder than it seems, but it can be built upon and finessed through this online course. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Immune cell "switch" helps send inflammatory bowel disease into remission]( [Researchers have discovered what may effectively be an "on switch" for tissue repair in IBD patients]( Inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, are unpleasant, chronic conditions with few treatment options. Now, researchers may have found a way to potentially “switch on” the body’s natural tissue repair system. [Read more]( [Space]( [Dark energy instrument snaps breathtaking image of galactic neighbor]( [This shot of the Southern Pinwheel galaxy is likely similar to what an alien civilization would see when observing the Milky Way from afar]( Astronomers have captured a stunning image of one of the Milky Way’s neighboring spiral galaxies. The portrait was taken using an instrument that was created to hunt down dark energy – a force that may be accelerating the expansion of the universe. [Read more]( [Home Entertainment]( [Five-driver Beosound Level changes its sound based on orientation]( [The Beosound Level will adopt a different sound profile when it's laid flat, stood upright and hung on a wall]( Bang & Olufsen has added a stylish new wireless speaker to its Beosound range. The Level puts out over 100 watts of sonic power, has a built-in battery for portability and can automatically change its sound profile depending on how it's positioned. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Audi unveils its all-electric e-tron GT performance saloon]( [The Audi RS etron GT makes its world premiere at the Celebration of Progress digital event]( More than two years after teasing the electrified grand touring concept at the LA Auto Show, Audi has finally pulled back the curtain on its first electric sportscar, the e-tron GT, available as both a GT base model and high-performance RS variant. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [MAD Architects' otherworldly Wormhole Library nears completion]( [The Wormhole Library is situated on a choice spot overlooking the South China Sea, in Haikou, Hainan Province]( MAD Architects consistently puts out the most interesting projects around and the firm's out-of-this-world Wormhole Library is no exception. The project is nearing completion and new construction photos offer a closer look at its unusual form. [Read more]( [Good Thinking]( [Wheelchair with folding wheels could be stowed as overhead baggage]( [A rear view of the Revolve Air wheelchair, opened up (left) and folded down (right)]( Back in 2018, we heard about a full-size foldable wheel known as the Revolve. Its inventor, Andrea Mocellin, has now incorporated the technology into a wheelchair that folds down to fit inside an airliner's overhead baggage area. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Hyundai's wild robot-car-on-legs gets an unmanned, air-liftable cousin]( [The TIGER looks pretty zippy on a smooth piece of road, but when the legs come out it can get over, around or through just about anything]( Hyundai is adapting its jaw-dropping Elevate platform for unmanned and autonomous missions. The TIGER keeps the chassis design and extraordinary articulating wheels-on-legs, and offers a modular platform to carry loads across the roughest terrains. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Fossil fuel pollution caused 8.7 million deaths in 2018, study finds]( [A new study has found that that pollution from the burning of fossil fuels is causing many more deaths than previously thought]( While much of the criticism surrounding the burning of fossil fuels focuses on the long term impacts to the health of the planet, it can also have devastating short-term effects on the health of the human population, a new study has found. [Read more]( [Military]( [DARPA begins development of LongShot air-launched combat drone]( [DARPA has initiated a new program to develop an unmanned aircraft capable of carrying multiple air-to-air weapons]( Looking to extend the combat range of its aircraft and keep human operators removed from danger, DARPA has kicked off the development of a new missile-equipped, air-launched drone under its LongShot program. [Read more]( [Space]( [Smoking gun of rare "zombie star" supernova discovered in Milky Way]( [Chandra X-ray image of Sagittarius A East, which may turn out to be a rare Type Iax supernova – the first observed in the Milky Way]( Astronomers have identified the remains of a rare type of supernova in our home galaxy for the first time. These events, known as Type Iax supernovae, occur when white dwarfs explode and may leave behind a “zombie star.” [Read more]( [Motorcycles]( [Sondors takes $5,000 Metacycle for cruise along the Pacific Coast Highway]( [Thanks to a couple of wrong turns and stopping to answer questions about the Metacycle, the test ride took 2.5 hours to complete]( Last month, ebike maker Sondors revealed that a budget-friendly electric motorcycle was in development. The company has since taken the Metacycle on a road trip from Irvine to Long Beach, and posted a video of the striking e-moto in action. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Joby Aviation agrees on eVTOL certification class with the FAA]( [Joby Aviation has built and flight-tested its five-seat, six-rotor eVTOL air taxi]( eVTOL market leader Joby Aviation has announced its first revenue in a partnership with the US Air Force's Agility Prime program, as well as the path it's agreed on with the FAA for certifying its revolutionary tilt-rotor electric air taxi. [Read more]( [Robotics]( [ShadowSense tech tracks shadows to give robots a sense of touch]( [The ShadowSense prototype "sees" the shadow of a user's hand (right) as they touch the robot's skin]( There are currently a number of groups developing touch-sensitive electronic skin for robots. Scientists at Cornell University are pursuing a simpler approach, however, using shadow-imaging cameras to let robots know when they're being touched. [Read more]( [Space]( [DARPA's NOM4D program seeks to manufacture large structures in space]( [DARPA is seeking proposal for the manufacture of large structures in space]( In anticipation of future space projects involving giant structures in orbit and on the Moon, DARPA has announced the start of its Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D) program. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2021