Scientists have been presenting evidence that the Earth is round for well over 2,000 years. Yet flat-Earthers remain unconvinced, with some willing to go to the end of the Earth to prove their point. They just haven't been able to find them. Pun very much intended. Earth aside, scientists have just developed a technology where flat is a clear winner over round: optical fiber sensors.

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Category: Materials, Engineering

Tags: Fiber optics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Optical sensor, Sensors

When Honda launched the Dax and its 125cc mini-moto siblings, I bet even Honda couldn’t have predicted the sheer number of custom builds they would go on to inspire. Here we are, with umpteenth Honda 125cc build... and it might just be my personal favorite.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Custom, Custom Bikes, Choppers, Honda, Taiwan

Building upon the foundation it laid with last year's E.Home Eco, Dethleffs is showing an even more innovative, envelope-pushing green RV concept at this year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon. The all-new C.Core brings biomimicry, solar expansion and closed-loop recycling into the fold to create a mobile environment in which campers treat every resource with the utmost thought and care. The space also transforms to help travelers get the most out of their trip.

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Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: RV, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Dethleffs, Concept Vehicle, Concept Cars, Eco-Friendly, dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2026, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, sustainable design

Electric dirt bikes have reached the point where “quiet” no longer has to mean “slow.” Bonnell is the latest company to make that argument, launching the new 805 RX as the first model in its e-Moto lineup.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Motorcycle, Dirt Bikes

This tiny store perched 120 meters (394 feet) above the ground on a vertical cliff face has deservedly earned the name of being the world's most inconvenient convenience store. While it serves as a good spot for climbers to grab a drink, please spare a thought for the employees who have to do this climb just to get to work.

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Category: Outdoors

Tags: China, Climbing, Extreme Sports, Store, Tiny

Building on the design language it debuted with the new Elko knife and followed up with the reworked Ellis, The James Brand (TJB) packs multiple functions inside the all-new Helton EDC tool. The chassis swells slightly to accommodate its nine-function toolset but still measures in with a length and width TJB compares to a pack of gum – and not one of those big desktop canisters, either. The result is a sleek, lightweight ultramodern tool that's as easy to carry as it is to use.

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Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Multitools, EDC, Everyday Carry, The James Brand, Tools

When it comes to outdoor gear, there are quite a few requirements: it needs to be compact, lightweight, and preferably combine a few functions. This is how designers came up with a trekking pole that packs 10 tools, a telescope that doubles as a flashlight, and a sleeping bag that can be worn as a poncho or used as a hammock. Combining unexpected items can make a lot of sense and save precious space in your backpack. So why not combine, let’s say, a lantern with a pump? That’s exactly what this new Kickstarter project is about.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Pump, Light, Camping

The Ice Dart is a quadcopter designed by researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec to solve a problem that has quietly limited drone science for years: there's almost nowhere safe to land in the harshest environments on Earth.

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Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Ice, Robotics, Sherbrooke University, Sensors

One of AI's many promises is that it will help us do everything better. Work faster, research more seamlessly, and perhaps be more financially prudent? Well, not exactly. Research suggests that AI-assisted shopping may end up making you spend more.

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Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: University of London, Shopping, Artificial Intelligence, Consumers

In a two-for-one move, the US Army has announced that it has authorized the construction of up to 20 nuclear micro-reactors across military bases in the continental United States to provide reliable power and boost the country's nuclear industrial base.

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Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: US Army, Nuclear, Power

New findings by a team of researchers from the US and Australia have complicated an ongoing debate over whether a total joint arthroplasty may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Joints, total joint replacement, Brain, Neurodegenerative conditions, Alzheimer's disease, Cobalt, Titanium

Colorado truck topper innovator Radica Products has never been known to follow convention. Its very first product widened out the common pickup cap to create a low-profile but roomy camper capable of sleeping two people across the width of the truck. Its subsequent launches picked up on the theme and ran with it, and its latest build takes the most extreme tack yet. The all-new Stargate lands as a hard-sided telescopic pop-topper that creates standing height in the bed and sleeps up to five people.

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Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: RV, Truck, Pickup, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road, overland-expo-mountain-2026, Overland Expo

While many cyclists like to alternate between sipping water and energy gel, doing so can be an awkward, messy and wasteful process. The Dualfuel Sports Bottle is designed to change that, as it can be switched between water and gel output modes.

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Category: Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Water Bottle, Cycling, Hydration

Methanol poisoning from contaminated alcohol is relatively rare in countries with strict alcohol regulation, but it remains a serious problem in regions where counterfeit alcohol is common. Outbreaks continue to occur every year, causing deaths, blindness, and permanent injuries. A few years ago in Laos, six foreign tourists died after drinking at a backpacker hostel, and an even bigger outbreak occurred in Turkey in 2025, taking the lives of 160 people and leaving more than 250 incapacitated. Both cases were attributed to methanol poisoning from illegally produced alcohol.

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Category: Good Thinking, Technology

Tags: University of Adelaide, Alcohol, Counterfeiting, Spectroscopy

This cute little robot duck isn't actually a toy. It's actually a platform for budding roboticists to train on and develop skills. But heck, this might be the most fun design for a hackable machine we've seen yet.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Robot, Artificial Intelligence

A single injection of a nanoparticle treatment engineered to encourage the generation of new brain cells was enough to reverse cognitive decline in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Cognitive functioning, neurons, Neurodegenerative conditions, Treatment, Dementia, University of South Carolina

Shawn Ryan is neither an engineer nor a professional cyclist, just someone who wanted to know how far an electric-assist bicycle can go when the sun is its only fuel tank. The answer, it turns out, is more than a thousand kilometers of French tarmac and numerous Alpine mountain passes.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: cargo bike, Solar Powered, Battery, Racing, Energy

By now, most of us have some knowledge that life on land involved transitioning from the water and evolving the physiological means to do so. But a new study has found reliable evidence that this formative process involved more diverse species also making the transition. And it could change how we think of this period of evolution.

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Category: Environment, Science, Refractor: Science & Health

Tags: Evolution, Animal science, Insect, ancient, Fossils, Nanjing University

The age of all-electric Volkswagen California camper van life is finally here. VW was definitely way too late to the party to launch the first electric camper van, and we can't even say it developed the cutest. But it does finally have an official all-electric California camper van on the way to market. In fact, the all-new ID. California Cruise is even closer than expected, with deliveries slated to begin next year. And it's priced cheaper than any existing model in the midsize California camper van family.

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Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: electric-camper, Volkswagen, mini-campervan, Campervan, dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2026, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Electric Vehicles, RV

As impressive as many space-saving tiny houses are, not everyone is cut out for climbing into small lofts using movable ladders, or sleeping on a sofa bed every night. The Summit tiny house is designed for those who want to downsize but maintain a little more comfort, and features a spacious layout that's mostly arranged on a single floor.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home