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Few people check the box. In fact, the salesperson readying your brand new car probably has never seen anyone choose the “European Delivery” option. But there it is, waiting for you. Tick that box and you won’t be leaving the fancy dealership with your car today. Instead, you’ll soon be heading to Europe for an automotive dream vacation, during which you’ll pick up your new vehicle at the factory and enjoy a European road trip paid for by the automakers....

Media Platforms Design TeamIf you’re looking to optimize your current car audio system, or even replace your old system for something with a little more grunt, then don’t pay someone else to do it. You can save money with a DIY car-amplifier-installation project.What You’ll NeedMost amps will come with a complete wiring kit. But if yours does not, you’ll need the main power wire, an inline fuse (use the size wire and fuse that the amp manufacturer recommends), a ground wire, RCA cables, speaker wires, remote turn-on wire and connector plugs to suit head unit, amp and speakers (some units may just require bare-wire connections)....

LAS VEGAS — Netgear, a company that has made its name in wireless routers, made an announcement today about its new Digital Entertainer HD, coming out early this year at $349. Using a wired or wireless connection, Netgear’s settop box can stream everything from HD video to iTunes music to YouTube from your computer to your TV. The box can connect to your hi-def set using HDMI to deliver up to 1080p resolution (although don’t expect it to help out YouTube videos too much)....

It’s thin, flexible, made of organic material, and understands a range of pressures. Just like your fingertips. In fact, patches of this artificial skin already have been painted on mechanical hand-like prosthesis.A team led by Zhenan Bao, a chemical engineer at Stanford University, has just developed a brand new artificial skin that can sense the force of still objects. “We’re able to use [basically] a sheet of plastic to mimic the human skin’s sensing ability, and it can generate electrical signals,” she says, mentioning that the signals could be routed into the body’s nervous system....

Media Platforms Design TeamFormula 1 is a glamorous (and famously insular) international traveling circus, so much so that when American photographer Joshua Paul decided to hop on board to document the racing, he felt lucky when, with the assistance of Road & Track magazine, he was granted access to shoot a single race: the Spanish Grand Prix.Five thousand shots later, Joshua managed to join the biggest race of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix, where NBC F1 commentator Will Buxton introduced him to photographer James Moy....

Halloween is still a month away and fans of the holiday are already stocking up on fake spider webs and vampire teeth. But Halloween 2018 will bring an unusual new visitor: A ghost asteroid.An asteroid, called 2015 TB145, looks from some angles like a human skull, with deep, dark eye sockets. It will swing back around to Earth just days after Halloween, on November 11.The last time the object was seen from Earth was in October 2015....

The Marine Corps released a report into the 2018 collision between a Marine fighter jet and a midair refueling tanker.The incident claimed the lives of six Marines.The collision was apparently the result of a moment’s confusion by the fighter pilot, who had been given nonstandard, then contradictory orders. The U.S. Marine Corps released an official investigation report into a 2018 collision that claimed the lives of six Marines. The accident, which took place off the coast of Japan, involved a F/A-18D Hornet strike fighter attempting to refuel at night from a KC-130 aerial refueling tanker....

Media Platforms Design TeamTreehouses can be simple or wonderfully ornate. Whether you yearn for a quiet retreat for yourself and other adults or want to create a special play area for your kids, consider the following before you start:Talk to Your NeighborsUnless you live in a remote location or own a large piece of property, talking to your neighbors before building a treehouse is a good first step. Because the treehouse could affect their views, discussing your ideas with them will help keep the lines of communication open and prevent fights down the road....

Battlestar Galactica is no stranger to reboots, sequels, sidequels, and more. Just ask Battlestar 1980 or Caprica. But now there’s talk of a real first for the franchise: a live-action, big screen movie. While it’s been bandied about for years, Hollywood Reporter says it is now officially under development. No writers or cast or director have been announced, so there’s not a lot known about how it will fit in with the previous remake series, which ran from 2004 to 2009 and achieved the critical acclaim the original 1978 series could never drive....

Before becoming a full-time editor at Popular Mechanics, I wrote about tech for a bunch of different places. That meant publishing web stories or sending text to editors from home (not always as awesome as it sounds) or on the road. Coffee shops, even in the tech-friendly Bay Area, had either lousy Wi-Fi, or none at all. The latter was something of a middle finger to the laptop culture often found at places that, I hate to admit, made really, really good espresso—exceptions to this are Coffee Bar, to which I am grateful for tolerating my loitering....

Would you fly in this plane? It’s the latest creation of Airbus, which calls it the “Bird of Prey.” The European multinational aerospace giant, one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world, says it developed the concept plane with the goal “motivating the next generation of aeronautical engineers, underscoring how they can make a difference by applying technologies researched at the company in hybrid-electric propulsion, active control systems and advanced composite structures....

Just before the holidays, the price of Bitcoin has taken a major downturn. After reaching a price of nearly $20,000 per Bitcoin over the past weekend, the price of the cryptocurrency is now down to $12,919 on the Coinbase exchange at the time of writing, marking the obliteration of more than a third of its total value in less than a week. Despite the precipitous drop, the price has not stabilized, and is experiencing extreme volatility....

When a dead star meets a giant black hole, something weird can happen. The astronomical meeting can create a zombie.Upcoming research in the Astrophysical Journal outlines what might happen if a white dwarf encounters an intermediate-mass black hole. Its conclusion: The violent pull of the black hole could, in theory, reignite fusion inside the dead star. The intermediate-mass black hole in this study contains between 1,000 and 1 million times the mass of the Sun, but this type is little understood because until now they’ve eluded detection....

With its outrageous orange wheels, 38-inch longboard body, and the unmistakable whine of its rear-wheel motors, Boosted’s original electric skateboard is a poster child for powered boarding. For good reason! Challengers have spent years trying to compete on price, features, and form factor, but none have managed to build a board that’s nearly half as fun. Now Boosted is expanding its reach, exploring a world that it had left mostly untouched....

As Hurricane Matthew approached Florida, it looked like the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral would be right in the storm’s path. The center was closed to the public and most of the employees were evacuated. Thankfully, right as the storm approached, the winds weakened and shifted directions. Now, the remaining employees on site are beginning to assess the damage. To everyone’s relief, the damages are minor, and the center will reopen to the public today....

For about a decade, the biggest machine on the planet has been the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), situated on the border between Switzerland and France. The main body of the collider is a giant ring over five miles in diameter and the entire facility employs thousands of people. But according to a new announcement from China’s Institute of High Energy Physics, it might not be the world’s largest machine for long....

The U.S. Ambassador to NATO said the United States would seek to destroy Russian cruise missiles that Washington claims violate a decades-long arms control treaty. Former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated during a press conference the U.S. would “take out” Russian ground launched cruise missiles that violate the INF Treaty, causing confusion as to exactly what she meant. Did she mean to threaten an attack? Not exactly. The comments came during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, ahead of a conference of NATO defense ministers....

There are many DIY Lego projects on the internet, but it’d be hard to think of one cooler or more useful than 19-year old David Aguilar’s. The bioengineering student has spent years building and evolving a series of Lego-based prosthetic arms. He’s currently on his fourth evolution. View full post on YoutubeCalling himself HandSolo on YouTube, Aguilar has been building artificial limbs for himself since he was nine years old, according to a report in Reuters....

While electric cars get ever more capable and less expensive, electric bikes are enjoying the same progress in batteries and motors. So are scooters, electric motorcycles, and other ways to get an electric boost while riding on two wheels. From 2016 to 2017, U.S. e-bike sales doubled, and even Harley-Davidson is producing an electric motorcycle next year. Here comes the next phase in bi-wheeled electric transportation.The Dirt Bike: HPC RevolutionMSRP: $9,999The California-built Revolution (above) conforms to U....

Filson has had a loyal following of adventurers around its Seattle headquarters for more than 120 years. But, they knew the brand could resonate with more than just the Pacific Northwest. And while it’s not uncommon to see Filson gear in New England and Northeast cities, Filson wanted a true arrival.So, a year and a half ago they decided to open another headquarters as far from home as they could: Union Square in Manhattan....