Cristina Mircea
1,684 ARTICLES
She nailed her motorcycle license test shaming all the males in her class with her highest score in the written exam and the best time obtained during the skills test.
Writing has been her livelihood for more than ten years now, and there’s no topic she doesn’t dare tackling, from IT solutions to outdoor equipment, electronics, and now the automotive industry.
When she’s not typing, she also loves riding non-motorized two-wheelers, going on hikes with her dog, and rocking her electric guitars.
Brompton Folding Bikes Designed by Popular Musicians, Up For Sale
28 May 2021, 11:58 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / British bike manufacturer Brompton released 14 folding bikes that are custom-designed by popular musicians, and they are up for sale now. Enrique Iglesias, Foo Fighters, and Radiohead are some of the names that support the initiative. The bikes ...
Time Perception Gets Out of Whack When Playing VR Games
28 May 2021, 08:43 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The way we perceive time is a subjective matter, as it always seems to stand still when you’re doing something you hate and fly when you’re having fun. This is why it’s kind of puzzling to find out how virtual reality (VR) devices...
The World’s First Fully Electric 16-ton Truck Makes Its Italian Debut
27 May 2021, 16:07 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A 16-ton delivery truck that is fully electric and has a payload of 18,960 lbs (8,600 kg). We’re talking about Volta Zero, and it can be tested by Italian fleet operators starting June 7. Volta Trucks is a young automotive company based in...
PBS Reporter Gets a Glimpse of Flying in an Air Taxi Above San Francisco
27 May 2021, 14:44 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / PBS NewsHour correspondent Miles O’Brien had the opportunity to see what it would feel like to fly in an air taxi above San Francisco. The journalist took a trip in NASA’s vertical motion simulator trying to find out more on the concept...
The Witcher: Old World Slays the Board Game Market, Raised $2.6 Million In a Day
27 May 2021, 13:20 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Witcher is an iconic video game and even though it was released more than 13 years ago, veteran players, as well as new ones, still enjoy slaying monsters and fighting villains on the Continent. But it looks like gamers will also take Geralt of...
A Record Holder Astronaut and a GT Champ Embark on a Private Flight to Space
26 May 2021, 14:48 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The first female commander on the International Space Station (ISS) and a champion GT racer will share the same spacecraft in a private mission to the Space Station, planned by Axiom Space. Peggy Whitson was a NASA astronaut for 22 years and ho...
This Tiny PSIcle Sensor Measures Your Bike’s Tire Pressure Using Your Smartphone
26 May 2021, 13:47 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A tiny, light, waterproof, battery-free sensor that can measure the pressure in your bike's tires by holding your phone close to it. That’s where we’re at. The system is easy to use and impressively accurate. The PSIcle sensor ...
Sprint Like a Pro With Roval's Rapide Handlebar, Now Available to All Riders
25 May 2021, 14:32 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Specialized’s wheel division Roval expands its range of consumer products with an aero bar that has only been tested by the pros up until now. The Rapide Handlebar is now available for purchase. The Rapide Handlebar was created using the p...
Nintendo Launches a $10 App That Uses the Joy-Con to Detect Home Intruders
25 May 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Infra-red tripwires, spy alarms, motion detectors for intruders. It all sounds like an Ocean’s Eleven plot, but it’s just Nintendo’s new app that lets you use your Switch controller as a spy alarm. Just as its name clearly sug...
Piaggio Lets Us Take a Peek at the One E-Scooter Designed for Youngsters
25 May 2021, 07:38 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Piaggio will reveal its One electric scooter on May 28 at the Beijing Motor Show, but it decided to tease us with a few images ahead of the big unveiling. One is designed for young riders which might explain the company’s decision to part...
Fingerbot Plus Knows How to Push Those Buttons, It Can Make Everything for You
24 May 2021, 15:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Picture an ordinary day and try to count how many menial tasks you have to perform from the moment you get out of bed and until your day is over. How many buttons do you have to push, how many switches do you have to turn on and off? What if there ...
WiFi Signals Converted to Energy Could Allow Us to Power Electronics Wirelessly
24 May 2021, 15:06 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Scientists are working on harvesting WiFi signals now, to convert them into usable energy. That means we could power our electronics wirelessly, by simply being within the range of a WiFi. Our existence relies on so many gadgets that are part of...
What Would You Do With an Extra Thumb, Human?
24 May 2021, 12:31 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Our opposable thumbs are what make us the dominant primates we are. And if two thumbs helped us climb to the top of the evolutionary ladder, what else would we be able to accomplish with even an extra thumb? A thorough research carried out by th...
Former NASA Engineer Dedicates His Time to Annoying Squirrels
23 May 2021, 16:50 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / What do engineers do when they get bored with designing parts for the Curiosity Mars rover? They put their engineering skills to work and build the most sophisticated obstacle course for squirrels. Mark Rober is a former NASA engineer who worke...
This Smart Panel Lets You Control the Entire Power Usage of Your Home Remotely
23 May 2021, 14:50 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / With so many gadgets and devices to support our current lifestyle and with energy prices constantly going up, we need to carefully monitor and control our power usage. The Smart Panel from Span is an intelligent electric panel that gives you valuab...
Bad Space Weather Could Keep Astronauts Grounded Between 2026 and 2030
23 May 2021, 13:55 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Violent storms and eruptions of superheated plasma from the Sun are what astronauts might have to face if they go on space missions between 2026 and 2030. Thorough studies conducted by scientists at the University of Reading in the U.K.&nb...
This Motion Simulator Looks Way Too Creepy, Uses Voltage to Throw Your Balance
23 May 2021, 11:25 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Motion simulators take your gaming experience to another level, making you feel like you’re actually driving a car or flying a plane. The problem with them though is they’re way too pricey for the average gamer. This hacker came up with...
27 Hours of Premium Sound Quality With Bang & Olufsen’s Toughest Outdoor Speaker
23 May 2021, 07:15 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Bang & Olufsen has just unveiled its new portable Bluetooth speaker which is hard as a rock and rocks you just as hard, delivering 27 hours of high-quality playtime. Beosound Explore is the new release of the Danish audio manufacturer. It&r...
Buildings in the Future Could Act Like Giant Rechargeable Batteries
22 May 2021, 14:40 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Researches in battery development are now focusing not just on making them more sustainable but also on reducing their weight. And one interesting way to do that is by turning batteries into structural components so they can also be used as a build...
What Looks Like a Cat, Feels Like a Cat But It’s Not a Cat?
22 May 2021, 13:15 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Virtual reality’s got a whole lot more real with this new device that lets you feel the fluffiness of a cat that’s not actually there. A team of researchers from the National Taiwan University and National Chengchi University in Tai...