Smart curtains have been around for a while now, but this new product we've just come across makes it more convenient than ever to remotely control your drapes.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Smart Home, Automation, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster
Lufthansa Technik has received approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to install its AeroSHARK bionic skin on an Airbus A330-300 Discover airliner so it can fly as efficiently as a shark swims.
Tags: Lufthansa, Airbus, Aerodynamics, Biomimicry, Fuel efficiency
A test of AI models has found that a handful will choose actions that harm the user if it makes their pain go away.
Category: Technology
Tags: LLM (Large Language Model), AI agent, Pain, Computer, Fear, chatbot
Robots – that is, self-guided mechanisms interacting with or changing their environments – exist in the popular imagination as large, blocky, metallic beings like R2D2 or TARS from Interstellar. But the field of soft robotics offers a vast array of robotic limbs, sensors, and body types that greatly expand our understanding of what shapes a robot can manifest and what tasks it can perform.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: North Carolina State University, Soft Robotics, locomotion, Infrared
US design studio Atelier Lune has been awarded a 2026 Red Dot Design Award for a tent-like micro-home concept that is designed to be transported by car and set up quickly upon arrival. Dubbed Camping House, the project blends a folding shell with modular add-ons to create a compact, off-grid living space that can be deployed in just a few hours.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Camping, Glamping, Outdoors and Camping, concept, Portable, Cabins
Even though clothing is a fundamental human need, it doesn't seem to be advancing as rapidly as many others. That said, scientists have now created a printable textile that can cool, detect movement, and generate electricity without external systems or multiple layers.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: University of Illinois, Energy, Cooling, Electricity, Smart Fabric
Think of a tiny house and you're probably picturing something small, humble, and cheap. Such models are definitely available, but nowadays the small living movement tends to skew a little larger. Here, we've picked 10 examples of luxury tiny houses that showcase just how comfortable downsizing can get.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Smart technology is revolutionizing how we see and capture the world around us, as well as how we peer into the universe – without needing to be an experienced stargazer to do so.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Telescope, Smart, Space telescope, Portable, Reviews
A robotic suit that lets someone with a spinal-cord injury stand up, look a friend in the eye, or stir a pot on the stove without anyone's help just cleared its biggest hurdle. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency that vets medical devices before they reach the public, has authorized commercial sale of Eve, a personal exoskeleton built by French company Wandercraft.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: Robotics, Exoskeleton, Mobility, Wearable
Apple's latest innovation is a live concert venue unlike any other. Located in a decommissioned coal-fired power plant, the new space doubles as a recording and broadcasting studio – complete with a spatial audio setup.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Apple, London, Studio, Battersea Power Station
This spacious park model "tiny house" really isn't so tiny. Instead, it provides an experience closer to a small cottage on wheels, with a large porch and an open, light-filled interior arranged entirely on one level.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
The future where humans colonize Mars is fast approaching. A future with self-sustaining biospheres, autonomous rovers, helicopters with rotors that break the sound barrier, and – perhaps – mud houses. Yes, literal houses made out of mud.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Mars, Building and Construction, 3D Printing
Countless fields, from military operations to environmental research, rely heavily on drones. Executing a safe landing is still one of the biggest challenges, especially when conditions are far from perfect.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Bentley revealed back in July that it was working on its first electric car, and you can finally get a good look at the thing.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Bentley, SUV
If you're a wealthy automotive enthusiast who enjoys their time in Miami, this might be your next preferred parking spot.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Skyscrapers, Bugatti, Miami
Saudi Arabia has been quietly building an electric vehicle brand for the last four years, and it's just revealed the first cars from its portfolio. Take a look at the Ceer Exobot sedan and SUV.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Saudi Arabia, SUV, Sedan, Performance
Like something of a squarer Dutch answer to the ageless Airstream, Lume emerged in 2018 with a very stylish aluminum-shelled trailer of its own. Its riveted, rounded-corner Traveler box trailer featured the unique distinction of working as a convertible, using a retractable fabric roof panel to open its cabin to the sky above. With its latest trailer launch, Lume doesn't so much invite the outdoors in as it invites the indoors out, equipping the new Ranger with a complete slide-out kitchen that frees up some extra floor space for a proper WC.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: lume-traveler, Caravan, Camping, trailers, Trailer, dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2026, Outdoors and Camping, RV
There's no denying that cargo trailers are great for transporting your stuff, but they do occupy a lot of garage space. The Faltos trailer offers a solution to that problem, as you can just fold the thing up like an accordion between uses.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2, a fully electric two-seat trainer, just completed its first test flight over Colorado. The company says the aircraft could cut flight-training costs by as much as 80% compared to conventional combustion-engine trainers – a number worth watching closely, given how badly the industry needs cheaper ways to churn out new pilots.
Tags: Electric, Transport, Bye Aerospace, Test Flights, Training
The promotional video for CircuitMess’s new MAKERphone 2.0 kit notes that today, smartphone users depend on their mobile telephones while simultaneously feeling alienated from them. According to CircuitMess, that’s because we don’t understand how smartphones work, given that most of us can’t repair them or even see their components. So, how would our relationship with them change if we built them ourselves?
Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: smartphones, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, DIY
