Imagine slashing your cooking electricity bill by a factor of six. That would almost be as wild as cooking with water! Well, a green-tech startup from India called GreenVize says it has made both possible with a hydrogen-based cooking unit that runs on water and a little bit of e … | Continue reading
Tiny house builders are always experimenting with new ideas to maximize floorspace. Case in point is the Onda, which turns the usual layout on its head to provide a roomy interior that places three bedrooms downstairs, and the main living area upstairs.Continue ReadingCategory: T … | Continue reading
I've purchased a couple of massaging dodads in my day – the ubiquitous early-2000s "shiatsu back massager with heat" kind of thing you'd see on TV and whatnot – but those roller balls always end up just jabbing my sacrum or spine, making me more irritated than relaxed. So I gave … | Continue reading
Everyone’s got a past, and Italian supercar maker Lamborghini is no different. The 80s were a weird time for the brand. Bankruptcy-led reorganization forced the exit of the founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, out of the company, and in came French businessmen, the Mimran brothers.Con … | Continue reading
California-based startup Vital Lyfe says its first product, a portable battery-powered filtration system, can provide safe drinking water from any source on demand – including seawater.Continue ReadingCategory: OutdoorsTags: Water, Salt-water, Filters, Desalination | Continue reading
The Esther ditches the ubiquitous tiny house loft bedroom in favor of a spacious single-floor layout that sleeps up to two people. The home is built with regular travel in mind and can optionally run off-grid, allowing its owners to cut the cord and embrace a nomadic lifestyle.Co … | Continue reading
Newave is a French company founded by two engineers who also happen to be avid surfers. They’ve experienced firsthand the hassle of traveling with a bulky surfboard and paying extra fees for oversized luggage, so in 2023 they set out to solve this problem by designing modular boa … | Continue reading
Mercedes has given its poshest electric saloon, the EQS, a mid-term refresh – showing exactly where the auto world’s current battleground is focused. Forget style, power, speed. Selling big EV sedans is now all about range.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Merc … | Continue reading
Engineers at Rice University have cracked one of printed electronics' most stubborn problems: how to cure freshly printed conductive ink without destroying the delicate surface underneath.Continue ReadingCategory: Electronics, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Rice University, Print … | Continue reading
The Lukas tiny house isn't a great fit for would-be nomads since it doesn't have wheels and needs to be transported by truck. However, what it lacks in portability, it more than makes up for with a spacious interior that sleeps four in comfort.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny House … | Continue reading
Smartphones have taken on much of what compact cameras offer, but dedicated pocket cameras still have an edge when it comes to stabilization, control, and creator-focused features. DJI is continuing to refine this space with the Osmo Pocket 4, the latest iteration of its handheld … | Continue reading
Bluetti's stuffed a large-capacity home backup battery – designed specifically to keep your fridge running when the power goes out – into a compact shape that's easy to fit and forget right in your kitchen.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Backup, Electrici … | Continue reading
Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between vertical helicopter mode and horizontal airplane mode during a single continuous flight while under regulatory oversight.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraf … | Continue reading
Well, that didn't take long at all. Less than two months after teasing the first Kia PV5 pop-up camper van, Sussex Campervans has revealed its work. And while the original renderings clearly showed a tiny, well-proportioned e-camper van, the actual conversion looks even better th … | Continue reading
Washing shoes by hand is one of those chores that feels almost punishing: it takes time, effort, patience, and it’s not even that efficient. Tossing shoes into a regular washing machine is always a gamble. They will definitely come out clean, but there is also a good chance they … | Continue reading
GoPro just stunned all of us by announcing an entirely new line of action cameras. That’s right – the Mission 1 is a new range of GoPros that will not replace the Hero lineup. Instead, it’s a new, parallel lineup that is aimed at pro creators who want to do more than just capture … | Continue reading
Amazon's latest streaming device includes a handy feature that not only makes it a cinch to upgrade your old TV at home, but also to make long days on the road less of a drag.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Streaming Video, Streaming, TV, Amazon, Travel | Continue reading
Honda has revealed more details about its forthcoming likeable little retro-styled compact electric vehicle (EV). Firstly, and the most confusing of all, what is it called? The answer appears to be the Super-ONE in Japan and elsewhere, but the Super-N in the UK. Whether it’s ONE … | Continue reading
As if its flagship naked motorcycle didn't already pose enough risk to life and limb, KTM's gone and upped the ante with a limited edition variant.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: KTM, Naked bike | Continue reading
Plenty of camper vans have been designed to promote Swiss Army levels of multifunctional performance, but the all-new Album from California's Vanspeed takes the theme to new heights. What looks like your typical, unassuming Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper van from outside is actual … | Continue reading
Lifestraw is at it again. The company has made some of the world's lightest, slimmest wilderness survival filters for decades. Now it launches a new lightweight leader that makes its past releases look downright chunky ... relatively speaking. The all-new Sip Essential takes the … | Continue reading
It’s been a while since Royal Enfield revealed its all-electric offshoot called the Flying Flea. It’s been a long way since then, with regular updates, spy shots, and launch details dropping from time to time.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric Motorcyc … | Continue reading
Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport this month will be greeted by a surprise friend waiting for them in the arrivals hall – a giant fluffy orange cat sleeping right in the middle of the bustling space.Continue ReadingCategory: Holiday Destinations, OutdoorsTags: … | Continue reading
Years of research and development, precision manufacturing, extreme testing, constant monitoring, and dozens of failsafes all go into preventing thermal runaway in batteries. Now, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are proposing a shockingly simple solution: batteri … | Continue reading
Austrian e-bike maker Esel is bringing its stunning ash wood frames to the city for the first time with the new eUrban. The model launches with three international design awards already on the shelf – including the German Design Award 2026 – and two builds aimed at riders who wan … | Continue reading
In January 2023, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health in Germany noticed that an infant monkey known as a sooty mangabey had developed reddish skin lesions across its forehead, chest, and legs. Within 48 hours, the animal was reported dead. Over the following wee … | Continue reading
Rolls-Royce has just unveiled Project Nightingale – its second electric car after the Spectre, which the company is building to order for discerning customers who enjoy driving with the top down.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Rolls+Royce, Electric Vehicles, … | Continue reading
Strange times in the electric vehicle (EV) world at the moment. While the technology behind electric cars continues to gather momentum, the sales numbers are showing mixed results. On one hand used EV sales are nearing record growth, but new EV sales are actually in decline.Conti … | Continue reading
When we first caught wind of Thule's all-new Widesky rooftop tent (RTT), we took the model name to imply a large, clear stargazing skylight on par with Inspired Overland's fully transparent roof. We had the idea of open views correct, but instead of a skylight, Thule's latest RTT … | Continue reading
Some people want a flashlight to do more than just emit a forward-facing cone of light. If you're one of those folks, you might like what the multi-functional Endorol has to offer.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: Flashlights, Kickstarter | Continue reading
Keeping homes warm in winter is becoming extremely expensive, and many existing methods aren't always efficient. In the US alone, tens of millions of people struggle with energy costs and often have to cut back on basic expenses, including food, just to be able to afford heating. … | Continue reading
Designed to maximize comfort in a compact footprint, the Currumbin combines a smart layout with some well-thought-out features to create a home that's suitable for full-time life on wheels. There are lots of optional upgrades available too, including an off-grid setup and an outd … | Continue reading
Anbernic makes a wide range of portable gaming consoles whose designs leave nothing to the imagination, with the usual arrays of controller buttons alongside or below a display. With its upcoming device, it's taking a more discreet design direction, which should also make for an … | Continue reading
Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (REGENT) has completed the maiden flight of Squire, an autonomous variant of the company's Wing-in-Ground Effect Seaglider aircraft that's being pitched to the US military for logistical duty.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, E … | Continue reading
Energy can never be created or destroyed. That's basic Physics 101. You simply cannot create energy out of thin air. Yet researchers at Kyushu University in Japan say they have developed a technology that pushes the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells to 130%!Continue Rea … | Continue reading
The market for versatile, vehicle-agnostic camper pods seems to be growing. A year after the original Tusca HitchHiker emerged, it morphed into the Freedom Camper lineup from Redneck Blinds in 2025. And we've noticed an uptick in similar drop-and-drive truck/trailer pods showing … | Continue reading
Disaster sites vary as widely as rescue missions. Using robotics to help often requires multiple robots to survey, climb, lift, or manipulate objects. Athena unites all these capabilities in a single, rugged, autonomous platform built for search and rescue.Continue ReadingCategor … | Continue reading
This new flashlight is a lot more versatile than most other models designed for outdoorspeople, thanks to a clever feature and its surprisingly compact build.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: EDC, Flashlights, Camping, lights, Kickstarter | Continue reading
Imagine learning to operate a piece of machinery you've never previously touched, not through a tutorial, but through your own hands electrically guided through the right motions. That's the core idea behind an AI-powered suit created by researchers from the University of Chicago … | Continue reading
After Polish architecture firm KWK Promes won a competition in 2016 to design a luxury single-family home in suburban Vilnius, Lithuania, a law slashed the allowable building footprint in half. While the client saw this as a reason to move the project to another site, KWK Promes … | Continue reading
From wildfires to our wars on nature and each other, the subjects captured in the winning 42 images of the 69th World Press Photo Contest are not the easiest to view – but it's what makes this annual competition such a prestigious and powerful one.Continue ReadingCategory: Photog … | Continue reading
If the average RV company said it was hard at work on the "most robust, self-sufficient and luxurious camper van" it's ever built, we might dismiss it as hollow marketing hype. But Dutch converter Tonke isn't the average RV company. It has a yearslong history of bringing camper i … | Continue reading
While the ebike market has been under fire lately with regulatory stuffs, the stand-up scooter market remains pretty much untouched. I'm not sure why, exactly, as these things just keep getting more and more powerful.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Scoot … | Continue reading
Shooting down a drone with a fighter jet is as cost effective as wrapping sandwiches in gold foil, but BAE Systems has cut the price by firing an economy anti-drone Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) missile from a Typhoon Eurofighter.Continue ReadingCategory: Military … | Continue reading
Measuring just 130 sq ft (12 sq m), the Shoji is definitely smaller than the average tiny house. However, it makes up for its modest size with a space-saving multifunctional design.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Mic … | Continue reading
Around the world, over two billion daily cups of coffee are consumed. That means there are a staggering amount of coffee grounds getting tossed away every day. Researchers now have a plan to turn all that waste into eco-friendly insulation.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, Eng … | Continue reading
I like where Pebblebee's head is at with its newest product. Unlike most item trackers that only help you find your stuff a la AirTags, this one is also a personal safety device designed for quick access in an emergency.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Obj … | Continue reading
Samsung gave us a glimpse of a couple of seriously desirable lifestyle speakers for 2026 a couple of months ago, and I'm happy to report you can now get your hands on them.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Speakers, home theater, Samsung | Continue reading