The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor to begin construction – the first such approval for a US reactor in a decade.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Nuclear, TerraPower
Hyundai has donated four super-tough unmanned robotic vehicles to firefighters in Korea for use in high-risk situations. The autonomous vehicles will deal with the initial stages of a fire to provide more information and safety to firefighters.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Fire, Hyundai, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Electric Vehicles
If you have a regional turboprop aircraft and wish that it was a bit more hybirdy, RTX may be able to accommodate you. The company is developing a combined thermal/electric propulsion system that not only increases efficiency but can be retrofitted into existing aircraft.
Tags: Raytheon, Electric Aircraft, Hybrid
In another example of "I didn’t have this on my 2026 wishlist", we have The Chery KP31: a diesel plug-in hybrid powertrain packaged in a pickup. In a segment dominated by gasoline and battery-only powertrains, a new contender has emerged from China.
Category: Automotive, Transport
BMW is expanding its investigation of humanoid robotic workers at its factories. The automaker has just announced that it will trial a set of physical AI bots made by Hexagon for the first time at one of its European plants.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Manufacturing, BMW, Hexagon, Cars, Humanoid, Artificial Intelligence
Holler in the comments if I'm missing something: I can't find a single pair of wireless over-ear headphones from a legit brand that boasts as much battery life as the new Headphone (a) from Nothing. This pair claims a whopping 135 hours – that's a whole five days uninterrupted, and then some.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Audio, Nothing, Noise-Canceling, Battery
BMW knocked it out of the park with its versatile R 1300 R naked motorcycle last year, which packaged plenty of power and high-end electronics for street riders and mile munchers alike. Inspired by its historic racing wins from half a century ago, it's now turned that platform into the Superhooligan, a custom power roadster that'll take your breath away.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: BMW, BMW Motorrad, Superbike, Racing
PLAT ASIA has completed a 1,634-square-meter (17,588-sq-ft) hotel in the Baiyinkulun Steppe of Inner Mongolia, China. Dubbed Volcano-In Hotel of Arrivals, the resort forms part of a wider development within an ancient volcanic field and seeks to combine high-end accommodation with land rehabilitation in a fragile ecosystem.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Travel, Cabins, sustainable design, volcano
One of the latest releases from Australia's Offline Campers, the Ryder LT trailer absolutely screams "Best. Weekend. Ever!" Luckily, it lives life deep in weather-battered canyons and at distant ends of faded tracks, so the only ones that hear it are the crew living said weekend. The lightweight, open-platform LT has a design informed by Offline's ultra-rugged, jawsy squaredrop lineup so it's tough enough to tow anywhere you want to go, carrying along a single side-by-side or up to four dirt bikes and all the most essential parts of base camp.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Trailer, trailers, RV, Cargo, Dirt Bikes, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road
Behind any great sports car stands a great motor. So it follows that behind an absolutely insane hypercar stands an equally insane hyper-motor. Or two. That's how it breaks down with the all-new £1 million McMurtry Spéirling, the modern-day fan car that can sprint from standstill to 60 mph faster than virtually any four-wheeled vehicle not specced for Top Fuel drag racing. Beyond nearly 50,000 rpms worth of asphalt-sucking fan power, the Spéirling requires a pair of electric drive motors that measure among the most power-dense out there. And with electrons flying at full bore, the furious single-seater promises to keep igniting the record books into embers and ashes.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Motors, McMurtry Automotive, Supercar, Electric Vehicles, worlds-most-power-dense
Denza, BYD’s premium sub-brand, has launched its new Denza Z9 GT. The new EV boasts a maximum CLTC range of more than 643 miles (1,036 km), effectively making it the longest-range pure EV in the world. A bold claim, innit?
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: BYD, Electric Vehicles, PHEV, China, Panamera
Intelligent electronics brand Vizo is currently presenting its new project on Kickstarter: the Z1 Pro AR glasses. Made of ultra-lightweight resin and tipping the scales at just 63 grams (2.2 oz), they're one of the lightest sets of AR glasses on the market.
Category: Virtual Reality, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Augmented Reality, wearable electronics, home theater
The new world's tallest hybrid timber tower is nearing completion. Named Atlassian Central, this ambitious "plyscraper" features an innovative design that incorporates concrete and steel to reach unprecedented heights.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, World's Tallest, Skyscrapers, Timber, Sydney
Compal’s award-winning AI Book concept adds a color E Ink display to the laptop’s palm rest area, turning otherwise unused space into a stylus-friendly workspace for notes, widgets, and AI prompts.
Category: Laptops, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: concept, E-Ink, Productivity, Artificial Intelligence
For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers. Unfortunately, it didn't sway riders in the US at the time, and less than 2,000 units were sold.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Vinyl records have been finding more and more new ears in recent years, and Mixx Audio has a novel turntable to help keep the groove moving – one that also rocks a CD player plonked right in the middle of the platter, as well as flexible connectivity.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Vinyl, Record, CD Player, Turntables, All-in-one, Bluetooth, Reviews
This one’s interesting. We’re probably all aware of Harley-Davidson’s struggles of late. It’s electric offshoot LiveWire hasn’t fared too well, either, struggling to sell e-motos in big numbers. But there's more to that story.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: livewire, Harley Davidson, Harley, Electric Motorcycles, balance bike, ebikes
An entirely new type of van for an entirely new type of camper van, the Orca from Reiter Engineering sees a bony Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis transformed into a high-capacity ultralight transporter that's positively starving for gear, tools, furniture and whatever else you can think to stuff in. This particular take on the cargo van is longer, wider and emptier than any Sprinter that Mercedes builds at its factories while weighing hundreds of pounds less thanks to a svelte carbon fiber shell. It lets drivers carry thousands of pounds of payload without needing a trucking license.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes, mini-campervan, Motorhome, Motorhomes, Van, cmt-2026, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Toy haulers
There was a time when the name Xiaomi was synonymous with home appliances. That has changed of late, with the Chinese company venturing into the automotive segment with the 217-mph 4-door SU7 – a car that outsold the Tesla Model 3 in China and the YU7 SUV that followed it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Xiaomi, Electric Vehicles, Hypercar, Gran Turismo, Aerodynamic, Nurburgring, Video Games
Could the Ligar digital camera resurrect your obsolete vintage camera and give it a second life? Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the device pops onto any film camera with a hot-shoe connection, allowing users to shoot both film and digital images simultaneously.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Film Cameras
