In Japanese mythology, dragons aren't the fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding monsters you'll find in Tolkien, Martin, et al. Instead, they're wise, serpentine creatures who control rain, fly through the clouds, and protect sacred areas.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, drones, University of Tokyo
Vietnamese architectural firm 85 Design has completed a unique slim dwelling that's part home, part office, and an entirely a new vision for sustainable living. Dubbed Ga.o House, the project rethinks how small buildings can meet today’s climate challenges without sacrificing on comfort, flexibility, or beauty.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Sustainability, Home office, Green Walls, Home
The seas of tomorrow may see underwater security fundamentally transformed as AI collides with autonomous undersea gliders to produce intelligent fleets of mobile sensors that could redefine naval intelligence as they seek out ocean threats.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: UAS, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence
Hermeus seems dead keen on fast-tracking its way to hypersonic passenger flight. Its uncrewed subsonic Quarterhorse Mark 1 prototype has completed its maiden flight in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 21, 2025.
Tags: Hypersonic, Hermeus, Aircraft, Flight Tests
We've seen a bunch curbside chargers that enable apartment dwellers to join the electric revolution without having to always top up away from home, but the one from Rheinmetall AG is about the least obtrusive. The street-level charger replaces concrete curbs with a Level 2 charge point.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Rheinmetall Defence, EV Charging
With its rugged exterior and compact footprint, France's Plume envisions its pint-sized Botanical Cabin as a chic lodge on wheels. Measuring just 6 m (20 ft), the tiny house features a light-filled interior layout on one level that's suitable for up to two people.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House
Dogs are proving to be more than just our best friends, with a new study finding that we have important proteins in common that could accelerate our understanding and treatment of a complication of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, a condition that affects both species.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Dogs, Human, Sports injury, Cornell University
The Utility Personal Transporter may do for EVs what smartphones did for gadgets – combining multiple types in one device. What's more, recent announcements suggest that people may soon start seeing the thing in actual use, in three different countries.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Mobility, Modular, 2025 Updates
Maeving is one of the rare EV manufacturers that has remained committed to traditional motorcycle design. The company's new limited-edition café racer, the RM1S Blackout, is its latest testament to that ethos.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Electric Motorcycles, cafe racer, Battery Technology, Electric Motors, Dark
Three years ago, Texas outdoor gear brand Kammok smashed its Kickstarter goal for a convenient vehicle-mounted awning designed to set up in seconds, nearly as easily as a bedroom window shade. Now, it's expanding the design with a fast-pitching bug room that installs like a bedsheet. The four-walled hideaway sets up quickly to help campers escape the bloodthirsty swarm of mosquitoes, biting midges and other gnawing pests that can be an inevitable part of an outdoor stay.
Tags: kammok, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Mosquito, Tent
Knives and saws are plenty useful when camping, but they're still just two separate tools. Ti-Ally offers an alternative, in the form of a system wherein six different blades can be swapped in and out of a single multi-functional steel handle.
Tags: Multitools, EDC, Kickstarter, Titanium, Knife, Modular
If your home has old lead water pipes, there's a chance that harmful concentrations of lead may be present in your water. An experimental new device could soon allow homeowners to check for themselves, instead of waiting for the city to do so.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: American Chemical Society, University of Massachusetts, Water
They're chunky and heavy, and not the most attractive handsets around. But rugged phones are designed to shake off abuse, while filling their girth with huge batteries and useful tools. The latest model from Ulefone has all that in spades, plus pocket cinema chops.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Rugged, smartphones, Pico projector, Night Vision, Lighting
The recent auction prices paid for the business cards of Steve Jobs ($181,183, $103,750, $45,426, $15,344, $13,289, $12,905, $12,080, $11,898 and $10,050), Elon Musk ($39,238, $12,905 and $12,811) and Jeff Bezos ($8,659) raise some fascinating questions about the long-term value of all the business cards that have sold before ... and an Albert Einstein business card currently being auctioned by Remarkable Rarities and due to close on June 11.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Auction, History, Scientists, Technology antiques
In the crowded world of multitool design, it's hard to stand out. Carve Design has managed to do just that by releasing a new version of its Geekey, this time turning the multitool into an affordable lighter case that's rich in functionality.
Tags: Multitools, Stainless Steel, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, EDC
Though the Nano Micro House isn't quite the smallest tiny house we've ever seen, it's pretty close – and at US$22,900, it's also one of the cheapest. This example of extreme downsizing clocks in at a mere 11.5 ft (3.5 m) in length and has a surprisingly functional interior for up to two people.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Home, House, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint
Europe has a comfortable lead designing the world's most luxuriously accommodating production camper vans. The US, on the other hand, is more about forging a lead in rugged, versatile off-road adventure vans. Now, Winnebago Industries' Grand Design RV is bringing those two worlds screaming together. Its all-new Lineage van features a level of interior glamping luxury you don't usually see outside the European or custom markets, housed within a ruggedized Ford Transit van primed for all-terrain journeys to remote off-grid campsites.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Campervan, Winnebago, RV, Off-road, Off-grid, Ford, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
The bitter taste receptors we have on our tongues are also found in other organs, including the gut. A new study has identified two specific receptors in the large intestine that are associated with the aging process, which may help inform diet-based strategies for healthier aging.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Healthy aging, Gastrointestinal, Gut health, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Men who carry two copies of a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia than women with the same mutations, according to a new study from Australian researchers. This discovery has the potential to develop early detection and intervention methods to block how the variants affect the brain.
Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Curtin University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Genetics, Brain, Cognitive functioning
Imagine a robot that can transform between "flying drone" and "wheeled rover" configurations. It could potentially be quite useful, but only if it works in real-world conditions. The ATMO bot was designed to do just that, by performing its transformation in mid-air.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Caltech, Quadcopter, Transformable, Flight
