Newave is a French company founded by two engineers who also happen to be avid surfers. They’ve experienced firsthand the hassle of traveling with a bulky surfboard and paying extra fees for oversized luggage, so in 2023 they set out to solve this problem by designing modular boards.
Category: Boats and Watersports, Toys, Outdoors
Tags: Kickstarter, Surfboard, Modular
Mercedes has given its poshest electric saloon, the EQS, a mid-term refresh – showing exactly where the auto world’s current battleground is focused. Forget style, power, speed. Selling big EV sedans is now all about range.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, Electric Vehicles
Engineers at Rice University have cracked one of printed electronics' most stubborn problems: how to cure freshly printed conductive ink without destroying the delicate surface underneath.
Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Rice University, Printable Electronics, 3D Printing, Circuit, microwave
The Lukas tiny house isn't a great fit for would-be nomads since it doesn't have wheels and needs to be transported by truck. However, what it lacks in portability, it more than makes up for with a spacious interior that sleeps four in comfort.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
In April 2023, local fishermen off the coast of eastern Spain, incidentally caught something massive within the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Genetic analysis confirmed its species as Carcharodon carcharias, the great white shark.
Tags: Marine Biology, Sharks, Spain
Smartphones have taken on much of what compact cameras offer, but dedicated pocket cameras still have an edge when it comes to stabilization, control, and creator-focused features. DJI is continuing to refine this space with the Osmo Pocket 4, the latest iteration of its handheld gimbal camera line.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, Gimbals, Cameras, 4k
Not all body fat is created equal. There is white adipose tissue, which stores excess energy, brown adipose tissue, which burns energy, and a third category known as “beige” fat. This type of fat can emerge from white fat under certain conditions and take on the energy-burning properties of brown fat, making it a compelling target for obesity research.
Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Weight Loss, Weight, Diet, Protein, City of Hope, McMaster University, Keio University
Bluetti's stuffed a large-capacity home backup battery – designed specifically to keep your fridge running when the power goes out – into a compact shape that's easy to fit and forget right in your kitchen.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Backup, Electricity, Battery, Storage, Bluetti
Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between vertical helicopter mode and horizontal airplane mode during a single continuous flight while under regulatory oversight.
Tags: Vertical Aerospace, eVTOL, Flight Tests
The case for the negative
Category: Psychedelics, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Tags: Psychedelic Medicine, Drugs, Brain, Consciousness, Dreams
Well, that didn't take long at all. Less than two months after teasing the first Kia PV5 pop-up camper van, Sussex Campervans has revealed its work. And while the original renderings clearly showed a tiny, well-proportioned e-camper van, the actual conversion looks even better than expected. It offers a sleek, rustic layout with sleeping, cooking, dining and even toilet amenities inside a small electric van that's already managed a 430-mile (693-km) trip on a single charge.
Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Kia, mini-campervan, electric-camper, Campervan, RV, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
Humanity may be one step closer to space-mining and cosmic self-sustainability, thanks to a secret, tiny weapon: microbes.
Category: Science
Tags: Asteroid Mining, Asteroid, Metals, Microbes
Washing shoes by hand is one of those chores that feels almost punishing: it takes time, effort, patience, and it’s not even that efficient. Tossing shoes into a regular washing machine is always a gamble. They will definitely come out clean, but there is also a good chance they will be damaged. Specialized footwear washers already exist on the market, but most of them only handle the washing part, leaving you to wait hours for your shoes to dry. Casaboom's Midishi M1 aims to solve all of these problems and is currently available on Kickstarter.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Shoes, Clothing, Washing Machine, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Cleaning
GoPro just stunned all of us by announcing an entirely new line of action cameras. That’s right – the Mission 1 is a new range of GoPros that will not replace the Hero lineup. Instead, it’s a new, parallel lineup that is aimed at pro creators who want to do more than just capture action in a jiffy.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: GoPro, DJI Innovations, Insta360, Actioncam, Mirrorless Cameras, Micro Four Thirds, Cameras, Video Cameras
Amazon's latest streaming device includes a handy feature that not only makes it a cinch to upgrade your old TV at home, but also to make long days on the road less of a drag.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Streaming Video, Streaming, TV, Amazon, Travel
Honda has revealed more details about its forthcoming likeable little retro-styled compact electric vehicle (EV). Firstly, and the most confusing of all, what is it called? The answer appears to be the Super-ONE in Japan and elsewhere, but the Super-N in the UK. Whether it’s ONE or N, the super-cute little lightweight boxy city car will launch in its home market at the end of May and in July in the UK.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Honda, Electric Vehicles, Hot hatch, Kei Cars
As if its flagship naked motorcycle didn't already pose enough risk to life and limb, KTM's gone and upped the ante with a limited edition variant.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: KTM, Naked bike
Plenty of camper vans have been designed to promote Swiss Army levels of multifunctional performance, but the all-new Album from California's Vanspeed takes the theme to new heights. What looks like your typical, unassuming Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper van from outside is actually a transforming wonder, split into multipurpose zones that fold, drop, swivel, expand and remove to do everything you need, exactly when you need it.
Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Campervan, Modular, Multi-functional, RV, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Off-road
Lifestraw is at it again. The company has made some of the world's lightest, slimmest wilderness survival filters for decades. Now it launches a new lightweight leader that makes its past releases look downright chunky ... relatively speaking. The all-new Sip Essential takes the company's longstanding personal filter straw format and halves weight, ensuring that even the lightest-traveling speed hikers and mountaineers don't find themselves up a creek without a filter.
Tags: Survival, Camping, Backpacking, Bikepacking
It’s been a while since Royal Enfield revealed its all-electric offshoot called the Flying Flea. It’s been a long way since then, with regular updates, spy shots, and launch details dropping from time to time.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Royal Enfield, Zero Motorcycles, urban transport, India
