German camper van and small motorhome builder Sunlight has made a name for itself as a go-to for capable adventure machines built to support formidable all-terrain excursions. With last year's Ibex 4x4 concept, it previewed how it would step things up to the next level. And now it's preparing to take the official step, readying the production Ibex for launch this summer. Inspired by prototype testing in rugged worldly destinations like Morocco and Iceland, the production camper van promises to meld a ruggedized Volkswagen Crafter 4x4 shell with a smart, homey interior built for extended living.

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Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: Campervan, RV, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road

My favorite part of watching the Olympics was viewing the long telephoto lenses used by the photojournalists, and dreaming of one day owning one of those expensive lenses. With this latest design from Reeflex, a European brand committed to pushing the limits of mobile phone photography, I'm one step closer to meeting that goal without breaking the piggy bank.

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Lens

Poseidon is probably still getting used to our growth from wooden boats to enormous cruise ships. Imagine his shock when he sees electric boats casually pulling up to recharge right in the middle of his abode, thanks to a new offshore charging system.

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Category: Marine, Transport

Tags: SINTEF, Electric Boats, Wireless Charging, Ocean

Power banks are a dime a dozen, but this one caught my eye with a feature I haven't seen before: a built-in solar panel to recharge it using the power of the sun.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Rechargeable+Battery, EDC, Outdoors and Camping, Charger, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster

A startup founded by a material physicist has been working for the past seven years to change the way we cool our food and interior spaces, and it's now taken a big step toward that goal.

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Category: Materials, Engineering

Tags: Physics, Cooling, Refrigeration, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, University of Cambridge

You know the saying: Time flies when you’re having fun.

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Category: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Dopamine, Brain, Time, Perception, Memory, Neuroscience, UCLA

Laser weapons reached a new milestone as the US Navy tested the AeroVironment (AV) LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush (CVN-77), notching up a 100% kill rate against multiple aerial drone threats.

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Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: Aircraft Carrier, AeroVironment, US Navy, Laser weapon

World-renowned science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End) once quipped that “Any teacher who can be replaced by a computer should be.” Some people think Clarke’s statement means we should replace all teachers.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Exoskeleton, Education, Training aid, Ghent University, Violin

Designing a tiny house for a couple is one thing, but creating a home on wheels for an entire family is another challenge entirely. The Soma addresses this with a remarkably spacious layout that packs in three bedrooms and a large open living area.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

One of the biggest hitters in the conventional arsenal merged with drone technology, as the US Army tested a bunker-buster warhead combined with an expendable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for field testing at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.

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Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: US Army, drones, Weapons

The last time we heard from the UK's AltoVolo, it only had renders of its grand vision for a sportscar equivalent of an eVTOL to show off. That was exactly a year ago – and it's now got a working prototype taking to the skies.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: eVTOL, Hybrid eVTOLs, Personal eVTOLs

Thanks to researchers at Georgia Tech, robots have taken several new steps towards replacing human labor – and not simply for dangerous tasks such as mining the depths of the Earth and exploring the Moon, or difficult tasks such as high-speed mass-assembly of thousands of cars.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Georgia Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology, Humanoid

Flying under the radar of robot hype, Sony AI's Ace has shown off its rapid-speed learning abilities that are seriously remarkable, displaying powerful split-second decision-making while taking on some of the best table tennis players – and winning.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: Sony, Sport, Autonomous, Self-Learning, Robotic construction

In 2021, Optimus debuted the Gemini stove, a sleek, uniquely shaped dual-burner stove that split the difference between backpacking and car camping gear. The brand immediately took home several prestigious awards for its design efforts, including an ISPO Award in Europe and an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award in the US. Now it's doubling down on what makes the Gemini stove great, debuting a Gemini II that packs over a third more power per burner while still managing to drop a couple ounces.

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Category: Outdoor Cooking, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Stoves, Camping, Cooking, Backpacking, Bikepacking, Outdoors and Camping, Katadyn

A research team supervised by Assoc. Prof. Theo Hughes-Riley from Nottingham Trent University has designed a smart vibrating pillow sleeve prototype, to alert people who are deaf to fire and burglar alarms. The device was recently presented at the Association for Computing Machinery CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, at the Barcelona International Convention Centre in Spain.

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Category: Good Thinking, Technology

Tags: Nottingham Trent University, Deaf, Sleep, Alert, Hearing Impaired

Combining a low price with a modest footprint of just 224 sq ft (20.81 sq m), the Rasa tiny house comes with a carefully considered interior that sleeps four in comfort – or even up to six at a squeeze.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

The 2026 Nissan Frontier is a truck that’s equal parts stubborn old-school and new-face modernized. And honestly? That tension is exactly what makes the Frontier interesting.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Truck, Pickup, Nissan, Reviews

Dictation tech for typing on your computer and mobile devices has gotten way better and more accessible over the last few years, thanks to sophisticated AI models. But an upcoming device can remove even more friction from the process of getting words onto your screen, by simply reading your thoughts.

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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Brain-computer interface, EEG, Electroencephalography (EEG), wearable computing

Russian design studio ATRIUM has completed a private multi-use garage in Moscow. Set within a forested estate, Garage for Car Collection, is a bespoke building for a private collection of luxury and vintage vehicles. The 200-sq-m (2,153-sq-ft) garage is a modern extension to the site, and also features a home gym, office, lounge areas, practical storage, mud room, and ski racks.

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Category: Architecture, Engineering

Tags: sustainable design, Architects, Fusion Garage, Tiny Footprint

As if it wasn't already running enough laps around its competition in the electric-vehicle (EV) world, BYD's now building a hypercar for drop-top aficionados.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Hypercar, BYD, Electric Vehicles