Bentley is at last expanding its lineup of luxury vehicles with its first EV – the Torcal. We only have the name and a glimpse of its rear end for now, and we'll get a proper look at it this September.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Bentley
Longtime telescopic pickup truck camper specialist Alaskan Campers has officially opened a new chapter by launching its HS 640 hardshell camper. With a fiberglass-sandwich construction and hybrid frame, the new truck-riding mobile habitat is the company's lightest hard-sided camper, despite its tall, fixed-roof form. It's also a premium tiny abode smartly optimized with components from some of the most respected suppliers in the industry – so you live comfortably, no matter where your truck journey takes you.
Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: RV, Pickup, Truck, Lightweight, Camping, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping
City Labs has launched the world's first commercial satellite carrying a nuclear-powered payload into orbit. Lofted atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) CubeSat is designed to demonstrate using tritium as an energy source.
Category: Space Systems, Engineering
Most of us don’t have grandma for dinner. Not even when there’s nothing else in the pantry.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of Wrocław, Red meat, Society, Diet
When I think of Sound Blaster, I go way back to the early '90s. The Sound Blaster 1.0 was the gold standard if you had a PC. In 1998, Creative released the Sound Blaster Live!. It featured EAX (Environmental Audio Extensions), and on the games that supported it, sound would change depending on your environment: caves and long hallways would echo, footsteps sounded different on concrete versus dirt, you name it. It was pretty cutting-edge back then, and Creative was the pioneer behind it.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Sound, Speakers, Bluetooth Speakers, Creative, Reviews
The idea that blood type might influence human health has long been more folklore than science. Evidence that type O resists malaria and type A increases the risk of heart disease was limited and spread across numerous studies.
Category: Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Blood, Red blood cells, blood-type, Type 2 diabetes, Health
America's 250th anniversary not only celebrated the country's independence over the weekend, but also saw the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL) in western North Dakota. The project is both a fitting tribute to the nation's 26th president and a masterclass in sustainable architecture.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Snøhetta, Library, sustainable design, Sustainability, Building and Construction, Green Roofs
Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh/The Conversation
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Virus, HIV and AIDS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), SARS, pandemic, University of Edinburgh
If you're looking for a knife that's more than just a kitchen tool, the Tsuki is worth a look. Crafted in Japan with unique design elements, this one will have you admiring its beauty even when it isn't slicing smoothly through ingredients.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Knife, Cooking, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Kitchen
Though it only has a length of 8 m (26 ft), the White Pine uses an increased width and open design to provide an interior that's more spacious than you'd expect. The tiny house contains a large living area and kitchen, plus a pair of easily accessed loft bedrooms.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Whether you're living solo and constantly battling food spoiling in the fridge, or have a household of humans to organize on a daily basis, this smart fridge calendar and planner might be able to make life that bit easier.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Smart Home, Calendar, Family, Reviews, Artificial Intelligence, Smart technology, Tablet
China's eastern coastal region is associated with lower obesity, cardiovascular risk, and higher life expectancy. It's also where, for generations, market stalls selling fresh leafy greens, lotus seed pods, vegetables, tofu, and freshwater fish have shaped the diet of those living there.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Zhejiang University, China, Diet, Vegetables, Obesity, Cardiovascular, Heart, Metabolic syndrome, Gut health
For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the protocols governing how scientists “evaluate, verify, and announce evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.”
Category: Astronomy, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: SETI, aliens, 3I/ATLAS, Extraterrestrial
A South Korea-based upstart wants to build you a folding bicycle like you've never seen before. Your eye will naturally be drawn to its stunning frame, but there's a lot more to this work of art on wheels.
Tags: Foldable bike, Foldable, Bikes, urban transport, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding
All terrestrial animals with four limbs and a backbone – whether a frog, a bird, a lizard, or even a mammal such as ourselves – can trace their evolution back to a fish-like ancestor that made its way from the ocean onto land.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Vilnius University, Evolution, Animal science, Amphibious, Marine Biology, Fish
The US Space Force has proven it has battlefield teeth like the other armed forces by adding "Meadowlands" to its arsenal – a ground-based space weapon designed to blind, bamboozle, and blast orbital threats with electromagnetic beams.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: US Space Force, Satellite
A comprehensive global review has found that mRNA vaccines aren't just highly effective at fighting infectious diseases – they are also very safe.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of British Columbia, mRNA vaccines, RNA, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Biotechnology, Vaccines, clinical trials
An authority in square-cornered chest fridges for overlanders, campers and other adventurers, Iceco has innovated an interesting twist. Its all-new VL45 Plus combines the advantages of top-loading and door fridges with a triple-access system that all but eliminates the need for a separate slide costing hundreds of dollars. It also boasts vacuum insulation and a slap-on magnetic battery that lets you unplug from the vehicle without losing chilling power.
Tags: Refrigerator, Camping, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping, Kickstarter
Galian Cycles recently presented its Le Formidable cargo bike at Eurobike 2026, giving us a fresh reason to take a look at a novel design that has already been circulating around France and nearby markets for a little while.
Tags: cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Eurobike
One of the main issues with multitools is that while they sport a host of tools, many of them are often too small to do their job effectively. As a result, the long list of features remains an impressive selling point but doesn’t prove useful in real-world situations.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Tools, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Titanium, Wrench, EDC
