Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its inventor is back with a much more capable robotic swift (you know, the bird), which is currently on Kickstarter.
Tags: Biomimicry, Kickstarter, Flight
What do nine-time Grammy-winning billionaire Rihanna, stunning beaches, and a potential 50-megawatt wave-energy project have in common? Barbados! The island nation is deploying a unique type of wave energy technology to convert its renowned ocean waves into sustainable electricity and freshwater.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Wave Power, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Desalination
South Metro Atlanta is set to become home to a demonstration pilot for a publicly accessible automated transit network using autonomous electric vehicles on dedicated guideways. This system promises to end nail-biting traffic congestion, delivering a rail-like capacity at bus-fare prices without the traditional cost or construction timelines.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Autonomous Vehicles, rapid transit, Public Transport, Electric Vehicles, Infrastructure
Lumberton, Texas-based startup Ecoute Audio made a splash with its first-ever product back in 2023, when it unveiled its TH1 headphones aimed at hi-fi enthusiasts.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Audiophile, Bluetooth, Vacuum Tube, Hi-fi, Kickstarter
Maxi scooters have always lived a strange life. They’re not exactly small, city scooters, and they’re not exactly motorcycles. They’re sort of both – built in the shape of scooters but have enough power and space to go longer distances with the comfort of motorcycles.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Scooter, Suzuki, urban transport, Touring
The earliest ancestors of all backboned animals, including humans, may have viewed the world with four eyes, not just two. The remnants of those extra eyes persist in the human brain today as the pineal organ, which is deep inside our brain, regulating our sleep cycle, but no longer forms images.
The Chillhouse is a compact tiny house created with self-sufficient living in mind. Designed to operate off-grid, the towable home has a snug and storage-packed interior that comfortably accommodates two people.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
Smart projectors are a great shout for those looking to replace the living room TV. But if you want to load in your own big-screen entertainment over cabled connections, Optoma has just launched a 4K shiner that can throw visuals at up to 300 inches.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Optoma, 4K UHD, Laser, Projectors, home theater
The Huckleberry tiny house may be compact, but it doesn't skimp on home comforts. Featuring an extra-wide layout, it has a spacious apartment-like interior that's packed with character and includes a bathtub, an antique stove, and more.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
After an analysis of health data from over 131,000 people tracked for up to 43 years, researchers found that drinking coffee and tea daily seems to guard against the development of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive decline.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Coffee, Tea, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Harvard, MIT, Mass General Brigham, Caffeine
One of the more out-there concepts to emerge from CMT 2026, the Wingcube is a unique style of trailerable expanding camp pod. It folds up into a tall cube slim enough to tow comfortably aboard a utility trailer, even around the narrowest roadways. After parking, the cube grows to more than three times its packed size, dropping its wings into sheltered bedrooms and sliding out an open-air dining area.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, trailers, Trailer, RV, Folding, Foldable, Camping, cmt-2026, Outdoors and Camping
DARPA and Raytheon have teamed up to tackle one of the growing threats to commercial and logistical shipping: attacks by drones. The Pulling Guard project aims to develop a towed platform that trails behind ships, providing detection and countermeasure capabilities.
Category: Military, Technology
You may have forgotten that the once Italian bike brand Morbidelli was still around. Well, it is, and under QJMotor’s Chinese leadership, it has been on an upswing of sorts – especially in European, South American, and Asian markets. Now, it looks like the company is headed to America … with two exciting adventure offerings.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Adventure Bikes, Off-road, qjmotor, China, V-Twin, Ducati, Honda
The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question is, why do we have astronauts at all?
Tags: Mars, Moon, Orion Spacecraft, artemis, International Space Station, Apollo
The KTM saga is perhaps one of the most intriguing stories we’ve seen unfold in the automotive world in recent times. It’s been a relentless rollercoaster, and just when we thought things were nearing normalcy, another bump appears.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
It turns out your mouth may know more about your metabolism than your bathroom scale. New research shows that people with obesity host a distinct oral microbiome compared to individuals at a healthy weight. Rather than zeroing in on the gut microbiome, the study turns our attention to the mouth as a potential biological signal of metabolic health. It’s a shift that could challenge long-held assumptions about where obesity-related biomarkers can be measured.
Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Obesity, metabolism, Oral bacteria, Insulin
Zinc oxide remains one of the best forms of sun protection thanks to its ability to block both UVB and UVA rays. However, few really appreciate its thick white look – except, maybe, lifeguards in the '80s. UCLA researchers believe they have a solution.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
The BeerPAN may be the entry point for photographers seeking an affordable alternative to vintage medium-format panoramic cameras that usually sell for several thousand dollars. It's a 35-mm film camera that's compatible with Bronica Zenza ETR lenses.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Film Cameras, Kickstarter, Panorama
In its time, Sea-Doo’s RXP-X has built a reputation as the company's most aggressive, race-inspired personal watercraft – one designed for explosive acceleration, tight cornering and supreme control even at high speed. In 2026, the RXP-X RS 325 takes Sea-Doo's flagship model to a new level, getting a huge technology boost – and more – all for the rider's enjoyment.
Category: Boats and Watersports, Toys, Outdoors
Tags: SeaDoo, Jetski, Water Sports, High-speed, Smart technology
While AI certainly has its issues – such as rotting your brain and making you stupid – there is little doubt that it excels in medical diagnostics. The technology repeatedly proves itself when it comes to looking at – and into – the human body and predicting disease risk. Some examples of AI's diagnostic prowess include looking at chest X-rays , staring deeply into our eyes to detect diseases, reading MRIs to spot fat around our hearts, and even examining our tongues to detect conditions including asthma and anemia. Now, apparently, it can improve upon the humble stethoscope as well, according to a new study in the journal, Digital Health.
Category: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Medical conditions, Cardiac, Artificial Intelligence, Diagnostic devices
