Cars and houses have something in common: no matter how large they are, they eventually start to feel small. Toyota saw a hole in the market and is filling it with the Grand Highlander.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Hassan Vally, Deakin University/The Conversation
Category: Fitness & Exercise, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: life-expectancy, Hand, Exercise, Muscle, Deakin University
Most underwater robots lose contact with the surface the moment they descend. But a new antenna technology, borrowed from the physics of medical implants, is rethinking how submarine machines talk to each other – and to us.
Category: Engineering
Tags: University of Florida, Communications, Underwater drones, Antenna
I admit, I'm usually more drawn to rugged pickups and 4x4 SUVs than most other four-wheeled machines. But every now and then, along comes a hatchback that gets me drooling. Toyota's latest Corolla GRMN hot hatch just got me reaching for a towel.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Toyota, Hot hatch, Japan, Nurburgring
Royal Enfields are notoriously good at being the lab rat for all kind of customization. In fact, its Shotgun 650 was itself ‘inspired by custom’ per the company… and that bike is exactly what serves as the donor heart of this gorgeous one-off creation.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Royal Enfield, Custom Bikes, Custom, Retro, Streamliner
Polydrops once noted it went through more than 100 CFD simulations to finalize the thin, tapered form of its wing-like P21 family camping trailer. But apparently, it wasn't finished. Because as it ruggedized the P21 into off-road form, it also further massaged the vessel's already slippery aerodynamic profile. So whether you're worried about draining the battery of your Rivian R2 or sipping up every last drop of gas during a far-flung backcountry tour, the P21X helps ensure that doesn't happen ... and then it sleeps you and the family comfortably.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, polydrops, trailers, Trailer, RV, Off-road, Off-grid, Aerodynamic, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
This is one of those “I swear I’ve seen that before” moments. MG has officially pulled the covers off its latest and greatest coupe, the 07, and the images are uncanny … resembling the Porsche Taycan in more ways than one.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: MG, Electric Vehicles, Hybrid, PHEV, China, SAIC, Porsche
Presta valves are one of those things that a lot of serious cyclists use, but perhaps secretly hate. Well, those folks might have a much more loving relationship with the Aether valve stem, which does away with a traditional Presta valve's problematic core.
Suddenly there’s a new Audi. And it’s a head-turning, 217-mph, 1,001-bhp, hybrid supercar called the Nuvolari.
Category: Automotive, Transport
With its length of 24 ft (7.3 m), the Goa is on the smaller side even for a tiny house. However, it has been carefully designed for full-time living and packs in two bedrooms, a practical kitchen, and a bathroom with a bathtub.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Tiny Footprint
Engineers at MIT have successfully tested a hybrid propulsion system for small satellites that combines the raw punch of chemical rockets with the long-haul efficiency of electric thrusters – and crucially, both run on the same fuel. This tech could propel cheap, briefcase-sized spacecraft to Mars and beyond.
Category: Space Systems, Engineering
Hermeus's Quarterhorse aircraft is still pushing the supersonic flight envelope, but the US Department of Defense is already so keen on the concept that it's awarded the company US$159 million to explore the military applications of the technology.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: SR-71, Hermeus, Supersonic, US Army, US Navy
String theory is perhaps the greatest tragedy of modern science. Mathematically elegant and celebrated savior of divided physics, it is nonetheless crippled by one simple fact – it is utterly untestable.
Tags: string theory, relativity, Quantum Physics, Particle physics
Bigger name brands like Earthroamer and Winnebago might get more hype, but Supertramp has been quietly launching some of the market's sleekest, most compelling expedition campers since the Flagship LT debuted in 2021. At this point, other companies might start trying to diversify with a new style of RV, e.g. an adventure camper van, but Supertramp instead brings adventure van-level comfort and pricing to the back of a snarling Ford Super Duty truck. Its all-new Paragon might just be the absolute Goldilocks of adventure rigs, bringing together state-of-the-art construction and a market-undercutting pricing structure.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: RV, Motorhomes, Motorhome, expedition vehicles, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Truck, Ford
Leatherman has become synonymous with the style of plier multitool it first brought to market in 1983. But not every single Leatherman plier tool has taken on the ubiquitous X-like form with plier teeth emerging simultaneously from split swiveling handles. The Crunch was a different breed of plier-based multitool with a set of angled pliers that emerged via a unique triple-folding action. It attracted its share of lovers and detractors over the years before retiring just a few years ago. Now it's back for one last run, and it's earned itself a military-grade promotion. Meet the Captain's Crunch.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Leatherman, Multitools, Outdoors and Camping, Tools, DIY
Chloe Heys, University of Lancashire; Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University, and Matilda Brindle, University of Oxford/ The Conversation
Tags: Birds, Sex, Wildlife, Zoo, Swansea University, University of Oxford, Animal science, Behavior
Demolition of old structures at the end of their service life results in large amounts of waste and carbon emissions, not to mention the labor involved and the cost of producing new materials. According to official statistics, construction and demolition waste accounts for more than one third of all waste generated in Europe.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: TU Graz, Building and Construction, Reuse
The future world's tallest building has passed a major construction milestone. Saudi Arabia's JEC Tower has now reached 102 floors and is rapidly progressing toward its planned height of more than 1 km (0.62 miles).
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Saudi Arabia, World's Tallest
Circumcision may soon be fully reversible. That’s the goal of Foregen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the first viable bio-engineered foreskin using advanced tissue engineering.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Tags: Surgery, Biotechnology, Skin, Stem Cells
The last time we checked out Poland's Mobi House we were introduced to a two-bedroom tiny house with a nifty rooftop terrace. Now we're taking a closer look at an evolution of the Sunrise series called the Chocolate, which is dark on the outside and features a tasty light/dark filling.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Compact, Tiny Footprint, Home
