The Space Station Gets a New ‘Fridge’ to Store Food for Astronauts After gettinga toilet upgrade earlier this year, the International Space Station has now got a new innovative refrigeration system to keep consumables fresh for long periods. The new ‘Freezer Refrigerator Incubator Device for Galley and Experimentation’ a.k.a. the F-R-I-D-G-E (Whoa! reminded me of Codename: Kids Next Door) is developed by researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. These microwave-sized refrigeration devices have been developed by the BioServe Space Technologies division of the UCB....

Valorant is Getting a New Snowy Map And a New Healer Agent Rejoice, agents! Riot’smassively popular 5-v-5 tactical FPS game, Valorant is getting a new map and agent in the third season, “Ignition Act III” this week. With the previous season coming to a close in, Riot has now released a teaser showing off the snowy new map and Skye, the next agent with healing and scouting abilities. ICEBOX: New Map Merely four months after its official launch, Valorant is getting its fifth map in the form of Icebox....

Xiaomi Demos Its Ultra Wide Band ‘Indoor GPS’ Technology to Control Smart Home Devices Following inApple’s footsteps, Xiaomi has demonstrated a new technology that will enable gadgets to use short-range, high-bandwidth ‘Ultra Wide Band‘ (UWB) radio waves in the 500MHz frequency range to communicate with one another. While the UWB technology is often used by wireless monitors, routers, and other gadgets for communication purposes, Xiaomi says it is using UWB technology togive devices ‘spatial awareness’....

Amazon Unveils Its First Custom Electric Delivery Vehicle Amazon has announced its first custom electric delivery vehicle built in partnership with American automaker Rivian. Developing an in-house electric delivery vehicle is part of Amazon’s plans to make all shipments net-zero carbon by 2040. Through this partnership, Amazon states it willlaunch 10,000 custom delivery vans by 2022. In addition, the e-commerce giant has ambitious plans to expand its availability to 100,000 by 2030....

Apple Execs Call iPad Air’s New Touch ID Power Button ‘An Incredible Feat of Engineering’ If you’re unaware, Apple reintroduced its fingerprint identification system, Touch ID, with thelaunch of the new, redesigned iPad Air. The Touch ID sensor into the power button of the iPad due to the lack of a home button. Now, in a recent interview, two Apple executives explained how the team worked to achieve this feat of engineering....

Google and Samsonite Make a ‘Smart Backpack’ with Touch Gestures, Notification Alerts Back in 2017, Google launched an innovative project to make touch-sensitive fabrics. Dubbed as Project Jacquard, the Mountain View-based tech giant’s smart fabric was integrated intoLevi’s Trucker Jacket, which launched earlier last year. Now, Google has collaborated with Samsonite to launch a smart backpack with support for touch gestures. Samsonite Konnect-i The backpack, named Samsonite Konnect-i, is the fourth product that comes with Google’s Jacquard technology....

Lego’s New Baby Yoda Kit Will See You Build the Cute Alien With Over 1000 Pieces Since the release of the Star Wars spin-off, The Mandalorian, on Disney+ people can’t get enough of Baby Yoda. So, due to the growing popularity of the character, we have seen variousmerch items based on itpop up in the market. Now, Lego has unveiled a new set that lets you build the cute alien with over a thousand pieces of Lego bricks....