Shooting down a drone with a fighter jet is as cost effective as wrapping sandwiches in gold foil, but BAE Systems has cut the price by firing an economy anti-drone Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) missile from a Typhoon Eurofighter.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: Typhoons, BAE Systems, drones, Missile Defense
Measuring just 130 sq ft (12 sq m), the Shoji is definitely smaller than the average tiny house. However, it makes up for its modest size with a space-saving multifunctional design.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Around the world, over two billion daily cups of coffee are consumed. That means there are a staggering amount of coffee grounds getting tossed away every day. Researchers now have a plan to turn all that waste into eco-friendly insulation.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: Biochar, Insulation, Coffee, Green+Technology, Recycling
I like where Pebblebee's head is at with its newest product. Unlike most item trackers that only help you find your stuff a la AirTags, this one is also a personal safety device designed for quick access in an emergency.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Object Tracker, Safety
Samsung gave us a glimpse of a couple of seriously desirable lifestyle speakers for 2026 a couple of months ago, and I'm happy to report you can now get your hands on them.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Speakers, home theater, Samsung
During the last ice age, when glaciers spread across the northern world, ancient humans had some serious adapting to do; our species wouldn't survive without developing new ways to keep warm. We got there by improving the ways we clothed ourselves using new tools, such as bone needles, traps, snares, and wooden artifacts - and these creations mark a crucial point in human evolution, as they helped our ancestors endure diverse conditions across different latitudes.
Category: Archaeology, Science
The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: British Army, Land Mines, drones, Artificial Intelligence
This tiny house keeps things simple with a single-level layout that sleeps up to two people. Named the Audrey, the home's compact but comfortable interior is well-suited for use as a vacation home or a guest house or similar.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Here I am, talking about a scooter that is more powerful than most motorcycles that some people will ever own. And it doesn’t even come from the likes of Honda, Yamaha, or any other usual suspects. Rather, it comes from Kymco, a scooter manufacturer from Taiwan.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Beyond the rather low efficiency of today’s solar panels in converting the power of the sun into electricity, the transformational potential of solar energy is presently held back by battery storage technology.
Category: Energy, Engineering
Tags: Chemistry, Solar Power, UC Santa Barbara, Battery Technology
The very first motorcycle from a relatively new company is often a stepping stone. More often than not, it would likely be a small displacement street bike made for the masses with white-labeled components, barebones tech, and definitely not a liter-class engine.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: qjmotor, MV Agusta, Artificial Intelligence, Road Safety, Autonomous, Radar
Some of us get bitten far more often than others. A new study, yet to be peer-reviewed and published in a journal, has revealed that certain mosquito species show a clear preference for men, while others zero in on specific scents from our skin. However, some experts in the field disagree on the significance of the findings.
Sharrow knew it had a market disruptor on its hands the instant it transformed propeller blades into more efficient twisted loops. The hold-up of that disruption, however, has been in getting those props out of the factory and onto the actual market. Now it receives a big helping hand from a rather well-known fellow Detroiter: Ford Motor Company. Ford's expertise in 3D sand-casting technology has broken open Sharrow's path to scaled production, promising to fractionalize build times.
Tags: sharrow, Boating, Outboard Motor, Marine Innovations
Who could possibly compare to Superman, the Man of Steel? Definitely not a man of plastic! Right? Wrong. Researchers at the University of Sharjah, UAE, have discovered that plastics, in certain shapes, may perform as well as steel bars as reinforcement materials in concrete.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: Building and Construction, Concrete, Plastic
While Hyundai's diverse Ioniq range of electric vehicles (EV) has been racking up awards around the world, it hasn't been available in China – until now. The Korean automaker is making a splash in that competitive electric car market with a big launch – and the unveiling of two wild concept vehicles that are worth a closer look.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Hyundai, Sedan, SUV, China
Volkswagen unveiled its new Atlas SUV at the New York International Auto Show recently, but the smaller engine and lack of hybrids suggest it still doesn’t grasp what American buyers want in the booming three-row seven-seater market.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: New York International Auto Show 2026, Volkswagen, SUV
Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not even the most well-trained canine could pull off: conversation.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: Unitree, Dogs, Binghamton University, Blindness
The specs race in high-end electric mountain bike motors has long had the feel of the 1990s processor wars – bigger numbers every year, but precious little difference when you're actually grinding through the mud. Avinox might have finally changed that. DJI's dedicated ebike drive system brand changed that a couple of years back and left the competition in the dust. Now Avinox is set to do it all again with what it claims is the most powerful and lightest production eMTB motor on the market in a package that is, essentially, drone engineering on two wheels.
Tags: DJI Innovations, Pedal-assisted, ebikes, Mountain Bikes, Motor, Battery, Drives
Not everything old is worth a modern makeover, but this is something audio-lifestyle brand Gadhouse seems to understand. Following on from some stunning retro-modern turntables, it's now reviving 1980s portable audio paired with modern convenience.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Cassettes, Retro, Audiophile, Sound, Music Player
In a "triple win" for green research, scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new sunlight-activated reactor that uses one waste stream to tackle another – all while producing clean hydrogen, and promising to be profitable at commercial scale.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Recycling, Plastics, Plastic waste, University of Cambridge, Hydrogen, Clean Energy
