Were here to help. What is a belt drive? Until ebikes started to become popular, almost every bicycle on the market used a chain. But the advent of ebikes has increasingly made belt drives a popular alternative. Duh, but whats thepointof using a belt? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The most often-cited benefit to a belt drive is durability. The Gates Carbon belt drive is reinforced with you guessed it carbon fiber....
Many people have experienced chronic stresssince the pandemic lockdowns. To some, it may seem that there is never any good news anymore. Doomscrolling can promote feelings of anxiety and depression. Pharmacological treatments which increase serotonin are used to treat depression and anxiety. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Empathy is a good trait which helps us live successfully with others and promotes a flourishing society. Constantly thinking negative thoughts can lead to depression or anxiety....
Technology, materials science, and engineering are creating longer-lasting, more resilient, more sustainable tires. SMART stands for Shape Memory Alloy Radial Technology. And the tires are something special. 40% off TNW Conference! Their first product will be a bicycle tire launching in Q4 of 2022. Sensors placed on the tires rim send data to the vehicles dashboard, monitoring the amount of tire inflation. But sensors are being used in a range of predictive maintenance scenarios to prevent accidents brought on by worntires....
Since about two weeks ago, all AEG KMK968000T microwave ovens in the Benelux have stopped working. All of them think theyresteam ovens ovens with a steaming function. The microwaves accidentally received a software update that brainwashed them. Even resetting the appliances to their original factory prefs doesnt solve the issue. The monumental disaster took place on March 2nd. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. An employee manually entered a wrong number, causing a faulty update to be rolled out....
Thisarticlewas originally published onBuilt Inby Aner Gelman. Text notifications about new messages on Slack. Linking Trello boards to Microsoft Teams. Using Boomerang to control a busy inbox. Theseappsand platforms and their connections with each other are all part of daily life in many companies today. But the communications between thousands of SaaS platforms are also an emerging threat to corporatecybersecurity. These can be software or hardware-based. But ultimately, they only protect connections between SaaS products and their users....
But startups are working hard to make buses athingagain. In 2018, the company became the first to test ebuses on long-distance bus routes. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Theyacquired Greyhoundin October 2021 for a hefty 148 million ($172 million). Since then, the company has branched out to trains, offeringFlixTrains, powered by 100% renewable energy. Time for a rallying cry for rail? Verdict:Flixmobility is reliant on attracting and retaining bus drivers willing to drive long distances....
For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. Psychedelics arepsychotropic drugs: substances that affect your mental state. Other types of psychotropics include antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. Precisely how psychedelics create these effects, however, is still unclear. So as researchers inpsychiatryandmachine learning, we were interested in figuring out how these drugs affect the brain. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Knowing how each psychedelic creates these specific effects in the body can help cliniciansoptimize their therapeutic use....
Did you know Francois Kress is speaking atTNW Conferencethis summer? Check out the full list of speakershere. Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Bulgari, Prada, Carolina Herrera, Miu Miu. Then, an unexpected but welcome opportunity presented itself. 40% off TNW Conference! But looks, in this case, are deceiving. There, its dont listen to your customers, they dont know what they want. So for me, that was a complete shift. I think like everything in life, there is a middle point, right?...
Mobility pundits have promised us a future where drones would seamlessly deliver goods to our doors. Most of us are still waiting. The logic of drone delivery is to provide a sustainable option for last-mile shipping. Rather than a singledriver dropping off packages at dozens of homes, separate drones can simultaneously transport goods. But has the trend evolved beyond the hype? And when can we expect actual drone delivery? Amazons history of drones Perhaps the best-known investor in the tech is Amazon....
But the JWST has 18 mirrors! These had to be aligned extremely precisely to capture the image NASA released today. This gif shows several intermediary images of stars used for the crucial JWST mirror alignment process. Its so big that none of our rockets can carry it when fully extended. The telescope uses segmented mirror technology. 40% off TNW Conference! This process began in January. The JWST has now completed thisalignment process, giving us the first unified image....
The big idea:What if the universe were a physical object? Current thinking says the Big Bang exploded the universe into existence and its been expanding ever since. But the Waterloo teams work imagines the universe as a space in which the Big Bang occurred. It disputes the long-held scientific notion that the Big Bang was immediately followed by a period of rapid inflation. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....
So lets take a look at whats happening. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Notably, parts shortage and supply problems have expanded thehalt of production beyond Russia. Ukraine is one of Europes main wire harness suppliers,accounting for one fifth of the total supply. The US is going to be hit hardest by the neon gas shortage. And its highly likely that automakers will pass on the increased costs to consumers....
Last year,Xiaomi managed to grab the second spotin the global smartphone market by pushing Apple to third. A seriously impressive feat, even though it was just for one quarter. But it hasnt earned its stripes in the flagship gadget arena. Ive been using it for the last few weeks, and it was really fun. The 12 Pro had me playing games and watching videos for hours a day because of its top-notch screen....
