Ever since the introduction of the Victrinox Swiss Champ in 1985, multitool makers have been striving to fit as many tools as possible into the neatest package. With its key form factor, Screwpop's Toolkey II is as minimalist as they come. Featuring a rare earth neodymium magnet … | Continue reading
A diet low in carbs and high in fat, which has gained popularity as a way of shedding weight, can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 20%, according to a new study. The research team behind the study says their findings highlight the need to eat a balanced diet. Continue Read … | Continue reading
In the world of fitness, weight training can be an intimidating, confusing and cumbersome way of working out, but studies have proven that even light strength-work can speed up metabolism for weight loss, help stave off muscle deterioration as we age and give us a better night's … | Continue reading
The WindFloat Atlantic project – the world's first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Portugal with only three turbines – has exceeded expectations over the last four years of operation, generating a total of 320 GWh of electricity. That's enou … | Continue reading
Fender's original Mustang Micro was an impressive little headphone amplifier for silent practice and recording – but the brand-new Plus version is a remarkable upgrade that puts a ludicrous range of tone options at your fingertips. Continue Reading Category: Music, Technology Tag … | Continue reading
If you're looking to enter the drone market without needing a pilot license or even knowing how to actually fly a drone, DJI now has a palm-sized, inexpensive, simple, yet incredibly capable drone for you that doesn't even require a controller. Continue Reading Category: Drones, … | Continue reading
In an effort to enhance the research abilities of biologists, Stanford University researchers have discovered that applying a popular food coloring to the skin of mice allowed them to see through to the rodents' internal organs and other structures. Continue Reading Category: Bio … | Continue reading
If you're looking to zip through the city and beyond, Segway has launched a new ZT series of electric kickscooters at IFA 2024. First up is the ZT3 Pro model, which has been "engineered for both urban adventures and off-road excursions." Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport … | Continue reading
The budget-friendly projector company that successfully crowdfunded a phone-sized movie thrower in 2022 has landed at IFA 2024 to launch the flagship K3 Pro. The all-in-one entertainment hub features Google TV and a sound system with satisfying low end. Continue Reading Category: … | Continue reading
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. But apparently that’s not accurate enough – nuclear clocks could steal their thunder, speeding up GPS and the internet, among other things. Now, scientists have built and tested … | Continue reading
A new two-step process that safely rewarms frozen tissues using nanoscale magnetic rods could help preserve donor organs long-term. The procedure provides an alternative to current time-limited methods and paves the way for more life-saving transplantations. Continue Reading Cate … | Continue reading
While some pet owners may disagree, it's widely accepted that around 80% of dogs will engage in fetching 'play' behaviors with their humans. But scientists have now found out that almost half of domesticated cats will also chase and return objects to their owners. Continue Readin … | Continue reading
For over 30 years, Volvo has been a leader in the long-haul heavy-truck category with its successful FH series. Its 12 to 16-liter diesel "world engine" made excellent power output, lower emissions, and relatively low fuel consumption with its single OHC configuration. Next year, … | Continue reading
We were mighty impressed by the reMarkarble 2 e-note tablet for our review in 2020, but the E Ink world has been moving to color in the years since. Now the Norwegian company has joined the productivity party with the 11.8-inch Paper Pro. Continue Reading Category: Mobile Technol … | Continue reading
The Cuprinol Shed of the Year winner for 2024 has been announced. Wayne Dawber has got the nod for his gloriously nostalgic self-built creation named Wrinkly, Rusty and Retro, which was constructed using recycled and reclaimed materials. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses, Li … | Continue reading
As clean air zones are imposed in more cities, zero-emission alternatives to combustion-engine delivery vans are needed in order to keep the packages flowing from retailer to customer. A new startup is working on a compact-but-capable electric hauler that's claimed to have a "cub … | Continue reading
Mingyang Smart Energy said last week that it's installed “the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine” in a project in Hainan, China. The turbine delivers a power output of up to 20 MW, besting its previous 18 MW model from 2023. Continue Reading Category: Energy, S … | Continue reading
The relationship between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer is a debate that's been around almost as long as mobile phones themselves. A huge study from the WHO that's just been released should put the question to rest. Continue Reading Category: Health & Well … | Continue reading
It might sound like a superhero mashup but rather than fighting crime (unless your crime-fighting aspirations are of the Inspector Gadget variety), the Blade Shadow is the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of multitools that impress with the number of functions crammed in … | Continue reading
The beta cells of the pancreas don’t need the assistance of other pancreatic cells to produce insulin, according to new research. The findings are not only a potential game-changer for diabetics, but they challenge a long-held assumption about how the body produces insulin. Conti … | Continue reading
Examining the muscles of Eddie Hall, a British strongman and deadlift champion, has given researchers greater insight into muscle strength, which could inform athletic performance, injury prevention, and healthy aging – and giving hope to even the non-athletic among us. Continue … | Continue reading
The largest moon in our solar system may have been knocked off its axis and cracked like an egg four billion years ago by an asteroid bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth at the end of the Cretaceous age. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tags: Jupite … | Continue reading
What do you do if you find a sub-6-meter (19.7-ft) Mercedes-Benz Sprinter too small for your camper van but a near-7-m (23-ft) Sprinter too large? If you're German RV specialist Malibu, you tack on a little extra Sprinter to create a camper van that sizes right in the middle, jus … | Continue reading
Polar icecap melt has been towards the top of the worry list of the climate-conscious for years. Ocean levels have risen an inch and a half (3.8 cm) in the last decade alone as tens of trillions of gallons of freshwater melt into the oceans each year. Scientists have recently war … | Continue reading
Honda’s legendary six-cylinder CBX motorcycle is one of those modern classics that will be increasingly sought-after forever more. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport Tags: Honda | Continue reading
Riders looking to quietly tear up dirt without breaking the bank might look to Sur-Ron e-motos to quench their thirst for trail-riding thrills. But with the launch of the Sting MX5 Pro electric dirt bike, Talaria has unleashed a compelling alternative. Continue Reading Category: … | Continue reading
Science's war against the super-small and, sometimes, super-deadly bacteria that have evolved to resist destruction by antibiotics may have just enlisted new, unlikely allies: invertebrate creatures living in the frigid depths of the Arctic Ocean. Continue Reading Category: Biolo … | Continue reading
Sweden’s Enerpoly has flung open the doors to its zinc-ion battery megafactory in the north of Stockholm – making it the first manufacturing facility to use this battery technology at a large scale in the world. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Science Tags: Battery Technology, … | Continue reading
Following its Tiny house du Lac, France's Plume recently created another compact model. Though it has a length of only 6 m (20 ft), its flexible space-saving layout allows it to sleep up to four people. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construc … | Continue reading
Back in February, Norway's 1X showed off the progress it had made with its pick-and-place workplace humanoid, Eve. Now the OpenAI-backed company has released video footage of its latest prototype, a bipedal butlerbot named Neo Beta. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology … | Continue reading
With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels, known pollutants that can emit harmful substances like carbon monoxide, heavy … | Continue reading
Ever since Hyundai's zero-emissions N Vision 74 concept car first appeared on the scene a few years ago, car lovers have been desperate to see the thing move from prototype to product. Their wait may soon be over. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai N, … | Continue reading
Europe's biggest consumer tech show is just around the corner, and Dangbei is flying in to launch its first ultra-portable projector. The Freedo is a lot like Samsung's Freestyle model, but with one important difference. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, Technology T … | Continue reading
Stumbling on a giant gold nugget and never working again is something we’ve all daydreamed about, but how exactly do they form? A new experiment has found that earthquakes and electricity might be key ingredients. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology, Gold, Earth, Pie … | Continue reading
Tall buildings are the big new thing in car design, with Aston Martin, Bentley, and Bugatti among the most notable automakers to turn their expertise to architecture. Now another example comes from Porsche Design, which has revealed plans for a car-inspired tower that offers high … | Continue reading
In another instance of AI making itself genuinely useful, researchers at the University of Toronto (UoT) have identified a better catalyst for the production of green hydrogen using AI – saving themselves years in experimentation. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Artifici … | Continue reading
While E Ink readers and tablets are great for long-battery, eye-friendly consumption of text in grayscale, color performance can be somewhat disappointing. Taiwan's Hannspree has introduced a paper-like e-note that aims to do better. Continue Reading Category: Mobile Technology, … | Continue reading
The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services. Continue Reading Category: Tran … | Continue reading
Using nanoparticles, researchers have created a sensor that selectively detects levels of cortisol, a well-known stress biomarker, and is more robust than existing methods. Their cheap and easily reproducible device brings us a step closer to stress testing from the comfort of ho … | Continue reading
A new study has somewhat redeemed the tau protein, which up to now has been associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Turns out, the protein has a ‘good guy’ role, helping to protect against harmful free radicals in the brain and promoting healthy aging. Continue Re … | Continue reading
NASA scientists have discovered a third global energy field around Earth. Known as the ambipolar electric field, this force drives charged particles into space above the poles. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Earth, Electric, NASA, Atmosphere, Ions, Ionosphere, Electrons | Continue reading
The "not stranded" astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) won't have an emergency ride home after Friday. NASA says that the uncrewed Starliner capsule will undock and return to Earth autonomously. Oh, and it might be 'haunted.' Continue Reading Category: Space, Scie … | Continue reading
Germany's Erwin Hymer Group has become a master at stealing the show at the annual Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, world's largest RV show. Extraordinary premieres like the Hymer Vision Venture and Lyseo Gallery TD not only became the talk of past shows, they raised the standard for th … | Continue reading
Autonomous vehicles are said to be safer than human drivers – but would you trust a mushroom behind the wheel? A new kind of “biohybrid” robot moves in response to signals from the nervous system of a fungus. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology Tags: Robot, Robots, Ro … | Continue reading
Over the past seven years, Volkswagen has been quickly turning its iconic California from a single camper van into an entire family, completed by inviting in the Caddy California in 2020. This year, it makes it even more official: California is a new brand within Volkswagen Comme … | Continue reading
Many people still wear masks on a regular basis, either to keep from spreading viruses that they've got, or to manage a respiratory problem. An experimental new mask takes things a step further, by analyzing its wearer's breath to check their state of health. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
With obvious interior space limitations, vanlife can be a lesson in compromises. But thanks to a clever rear expansion module from StarVan, wanderlust adventurers should sleep in comfort when parked for the night. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Campervan, … | Continue reading
While hydrogen's high energy per mass makes it an excellent fuel, it's awfully hard and expensive to store long-term. That could change, thanks to the work of researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich. They've worked out a way to store hydrogen in ordinary steel-walled containers f … | Continue reading