Friends, I write today with tragic news. A treasured member of the New Atlas team has passed away, and it falls to me to pay some small tribute to a wonderful colleague and a close friend, Joe Salas.
Category: Remarkable People, Technology
Tags: Deaths, Crazy, New Atlas, xxShowcase
In a world where everyone is downsizing, including car manufacturers making their engines smaller, GM has gone the opposite way. It’s gone on to upgrade the new 2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 with 5.7-liter and 6.6-liter naturally aspirated small-blocks, replacing the 5.3-liter and the 6.2-liter V8s, respectively.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Suspicions of a link between extremely rare congenital infections and the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been supported by a massive new study led by scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Pregnancy, Baby, Infections, toxoplasmosis, Herpes simplex virus, Autism, ADHD
Nearly two years ago, we took a look at the Brio Kitchen Box that was running on Kickstarter at the time. We hadn't heard much about the project since, but then the full-blown production model showed up at Overland Expo Mountain West. Only it wasn't called the Brio – it was rebranded the Chuk Box. Happily, the name seems to be the only major change, as the box brings the same stackable portability and modular performance to car and camp.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Camping, Cooking, BRIO, Kitchen, Outdoors and Camping, Picnic, overland-expo-mountain-2026
The US Navy and the Royal Navy have achieved a major milestone in autonomous warfare, successfully launching a US Mk 48 Heavyweight exercise torpedo from the Royal Navy’s robotic submarine, XV Excalibur. The test demonstrates growing autonomous combat capabilities designed to complement conventional crewed platforms.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: US Navy, Royal Navy, Submarine, drones
Renault just gave one of its most beloved nameplates a jolt of electricity. The Renault 8 Gordini Concept reimagines the 1964 rally icon as a two-seat electric coupe with 270 hp (201 kW), swapping the family sedan's four doors for a low, wide body that looks ready for the 21st century.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Renault, concept, Retro, Electric Vehicles
For more and more people, it’s becoming hard to imagine a day without AI. Not to mention how much time it saves us at work: things that might take a few hours, AI can do in just a couple of minutes. Bvio Tech is a Hong Kong-based company that is trying to improve work efficiency even further. It has just introduced a new device called Violoop on Kickstarter.
Category: Computing, Consumer Tech, Technology
Aurzen’s quirky folding projector is leveling up. First shown at IFA 2026 and now getting closer to its commercial release, the Zip Pro keeps the self-supporting Z-fold design of the original Zip, but upgrades most of the hardware around it.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: xxAffiliate, Projectors, Pico projector, HD, Portable
Meta – the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – just wrapped up its Connect event where it showed off everything it's been working on recently. One product that caught my eye was a little gadget in CEO Mark Zuckerberg's hand that's small enough to fit on a keychain.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Meta, AI agent
As the world considers redefining the precise length of a second, Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies has delivered a new contender for the ultimate master timekeeper.
Category: Engineering
Tags: Atoms, Clock, Time, National University of Singapore, Optics
Decades of studies on the health impacts of cell phones have consistently found little cause for concern for most of us. Yet one demographic may still have some reason to restrict their doom-scrolling and YouTube watching – pregnant mothers.
Category: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Cell+Phone, Pregnancy, Cardiovascular, Baby, Radiation, Radio Waves
BAE Systems is giving its Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) solar-powered stratospheric drone an upgrade under a £15.7-million (US$21 million) contract to install a system allowing it to use energy beamed from the ground.
Tags: BAE Systems, drones, Power delivery
Toward the end of 2025, German Ford camper van specialist Nugget Schmiede began previewing the high-roofed Nugget Twin it was preparing for a big 2026 launch. The van's neatly swept fiberglass roof looked smoother all around than even the version Ford itself came up with. That roof and the Nugget Twin it tops have officially launched to give Nugget buyers a new winter-ready camper van option with four solid walls and space for four people. Unlike Ford's own high-roof Nugget, this one is available in ground-clawing all-wheel drive. And the roof is also on its way for Volkswagen vans.
Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Ford, Campervan, RV, dusseldorf-caravan-salon-2026, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road
Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory. While different approaches for separate RAM exist, they typically require bulky electromagnetic resonators. Scientists have now developed a computing architecture that stores memory as vibrations, exponentially shrinking the required hardware.
Category: Quantum Computing, Science
Tags: ETH Zurich, Memory, Qubit, Chips
Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory. While different approaches for separate RAM exist, they typically require bulky electromagnetic resonators. Scientists have now developed a computing architecture that stores memory as vibrations, exponentially shrinking the required hardware.
Category: Quantum Computing, Science
Tags: ETH Zurich, Memory, Qubit, Chips
Nope – that’s not a Corvette you’re seeing. What you’re looking at is the LA1, the latest car from Mitsuoka, one of Japan’s most recognized automakers. It’s actually based on the Miata, but on the outside it’s dressed as a Corvette, proving that a modern roadster can still be retro.
Category: Automotive, Transport
As we mentioned in our recent coverage of the XGIMI and AWOL Vision ultra-short-throw projectors recently, the race is on to get a 4K/120-Hz model out into the wild. JMGO has already had a non-wall-hugger available in China for a while, now it's up for global pre-order.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Projectors, Laser, Gaming, Google TV, IFA 2026
Though the small living movement is trending toward larger and more luxurious homes in general, there are still cheap and cheerful tiny houses out there. Case in point is this recently completed Fairfax 20', which is a very compact single-floor model that sleeps up to two people without breaking the bank.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Honda seems to believe its next frontier is building high-tech recreational vehicles. At the Sea Otter Europe trade show that just concluded in Spain, it's shown off a concept for an electric mountain bike that's nearing production – and it looks pretty sick.
Tags: Honda, Electric, Mountain Bikes, ebikes, Pedal-assisted
Vancouver-based firm Revery Architecture, has completed a 57 story residential tower alongside the restoration and expansion of a century-old Gothic Revival church. The development combines The Butterfly residential tower with the adjoining First Baptist Church complex. Located in downtown Vancouver, the 605,000-sq-ft (56,200-sq-m) development also includes a seven-story affordable rental building and a range of community facilities.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Urban Redevelopment, LEED, Residential towers, sustainable design
