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Kimberley Kampers has been building some of Australia's most visually striking but still rugged camping trailers for 30 years. It's now shrinking its distinctive composite design down from family size to teardrop size. The new Kube is the company's take on the classic teardrop, offering a harder wearing, more luxurious experience than the average towable two-sleeper, with a king-size bed, expandable pull-out kitchen, indoor refrigerator, and underpinnings tough enough to explore the remote, rugged Kimberley region that inspired the brand name. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: teardrop trailers , Caravan , Off-road , RV , Off-grid , Camping , Outdoors , Trailer , trailers

Pitched as a near-future electric touring bike, the Felo TOOZ has a top speed of 125 mph, a hand-of-God mid-range, and a range of 720 kilometers per charge (450 miles). Those numbers suggest it will be one of the largest motorcycles on the road, regardless of engine type, because that's a lot of battery capacity required to go that far on one charge. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: Smartech , Felo Motorcycles , RAPID Motorcycles , Electric Motorcycles

The Toyota Land Cruiser needs no introduction as one of the world's most capable, dependable off-road vehicles. We've seen some pretty impressive go-anywhere camper trucks that take advantage of that world-renowned capability, from compact, stealthy pop-tops to jaw-dropping expandable bush huts. The Infanta 4x4 Inkunzi camper canopy might just surpass them all in terms of its overall level of off-grid utility and visual impressiveness. The molded aerospace-composite survival toolbox stretches off the single-cab Land Cruiser or Hilux chassis, providing the space to comfortably house, feed, clean and equip a pair of ambitious overland drifters. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: Off-road , RV , Pickup , Truck , Camping , Off-grid , Outdoors

The Dynamic Duo "flashlight" is actually two flashlights – a wide-beam that illuminates a broad area, and a more focused narrow-beam. They can be used individually as needed, or magnetically joined together to form one dual-beam unit. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: Flashlights , Magnetic , Kickstarter

Inspired by the wheel-bodied battle droids from Star Wars, a scientist has created a robot that rolls along on one big wheel, using extendable legs to steer. Instead of smashing the Rebel Alliance, however, this bot's nimble descendants may one day be making deliveries. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: University of Illinois , Monowheel , Self-balancing

Two dogs in a small study were able to correctly identify what breath smelled like when it was linked to a memory of trauma. The finding might allow dogs to be even better friends when it comes to helping PTSD sufferers cope with their conditions. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing , Lifestyle Tags: Dogs , PTSD , Stress , Dalhousie University , Odor , Smell

Colorful photo-tech inventor Samuel Mello Medeiros and camera/optics veteran Yashica have joined forces to create what's billed as the world's smallest mirrorless camera, the Micro Mirrorless Yashica – I'm Back. Continue Reading Category: Photography , Technology Tags: Kickstarter , Mirrorless Cameras , Camera

The latent potential for personal robotics became very real for me while I was strolling the halls of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show this week. There are always good ideas at motor shows, except the good ideas at motor shows in developing regions seem to be far more affordable and practical than they are in more advanced economies ... and once more the Bangkok Motor Show delivered a pearl. Continue Reading Category: Children , Lifestyle Tags: Xpeng , Robots , Quadruped , Artificial Intelligence , Learning , Education

This recently completed suburban Melbourne home by Australia's Austin Maynard Architects looks relatively unassuming at first glance. However, its plain boxy exterior belies a clever space-saving layout that opens up onto multiple gardens, filling the interior with natural light. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: House , Home , Austin Maynard Architects , Building and Construction , Australia , sustainable design

An international research team has sent an astounding amount of data at a nearly incomprehensible speed. It's the fastest data transmission ever using a single optical fiber and shows just how speedy the process can get using current materials. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Fiber Optic , Fiber , Data , Internet , Data Transfer , Optics , Aston University

A robot called Emo that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication skills more conducive to building human trust, a new study suggests. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: Robots , Communicate , LLM (Large Language Model) , Columbia University

A component of the aromatic spice cinnamon caused hair follicles to sprout in the lab, with researchers now set on developing a novel treatment to reverse hair loss through the use of natural compounds. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Hair , Baldness , Yokohama National University , Regenerative Medicine , Age-Related

Taking certain common contraceptive hormones for a year or more is associated with an increased risk of developing a brain tumor that requires surgical removal, according to a new study. The findings highlight the need for women to review their contraceptive medications regularly. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Hormone , Contraception , Brain , Tumor

The Royal Navy is banking a state-of-the-art launcher to protect its stealthy ships with even stealthier, hush-hush decoys. The £135 million (US$170 million) Ancilia Trainable Decoy Launcher project will counter the latest missile and drone threats. Continue Reading Category: Military , Technology Tags: Royal Navy , Missile Defense

The uOne underwater robot may soon be taking on risky, labor-intensive tasks currently performed by human scuba divers. It boasts a unique combination of traits from two different types of undersea bots. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: Autonomous , Underwater

In a world of seven-figure ultra-luxury RVs and monster truck motorhomes, vehicle camping has started to feel less like getting away from it all, more like bringing it all with you. Sometimes, you just want a simple shelter around your head while spending a night or two enjoying a reconnection with nature. And maybe shoehorning yourself into a Tesla or retreating to a lumpy, flappy ground tent isn't your speed. Enter the new Daytripper from Vistabule, an extra-tiny teardrop camper that's basically a tagalong bedroom, no fancy extras. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: teardrop trailers , Caravan , Camping , RV , trailers

If you've ever wished that you could turn invisible, here's your chance. A consumer "invisibility shield" has just hit Kickstarter, and it could be yours for as little as £54 (about US$68). Continue Reading Category: Good Thinking , Lifestyle Tags: Kickstarter , Invisibility , Optical

Researchers have discovered that limiting a certain enzyme can have a dramatic impact in protecting against the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The finding could lead to a new class of drugs that fight the disease. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Alzheimer's Disease , Lancaster University , University of Leeds , Dementia , Neuroscience , Brain

A hydrogen fuel-cell passenger train developed by Swiss rail vehicle maker Stadler Rail has achieved a new Guinness World Record, traveling for almost two days around the clock for a distance of 1,741.7 miles. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: Hydrogen-powered , Fuel Cell , Trains , World Records

The tiny house market is dominated by luxury models nowadays, but Dragon Tiny Homes recalls the small movement's humble roots with the Element. Featuring a compact frame and simple interior, it's currently up for sale for just US$23,500. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Tiny Footprint , Micro-House , House , Home

The basic shape of a passenger jet hasn’t really changed much for decades, but radical new shapes are inching closer to production. JetZero has announced that its beautiful blended-wing demonstrator has been FAA-approved to begin test flights. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft , Transport Tags: Plane , Concept Aircraft , Aviation , blended wing , FAA , Aircraft

Guided by machine-learning models that predicted what would make Belgian beer taste more appealing, researchers tinkered with the golden nectar’s composition, greatly impressing blind taste testers. The method may lead to new recipes and improved tastes across a range of foods and beverages. Santé! Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Machine Learning , Beer , Taste , KU Leuven , Food technology , Alcohol

Everyday carry (EDC) specialist Craighill has teamed with avant garde design duo Chen Chen and Kai Williams to create a truly unique knife. Inspired by the snake of the same name, the wavy Sidewinder flipper does away with the typical fixed handle, relying on motion from all its components to open while shifting shape ever so slightly in the process. We're not sure it'll prove the most practical knife inside the big glass case, but it's certainly an attractive, pocket-sized piece of functional art. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: Knife , Outdoors , Everyday Carry

The Coalax Lancer 300 modular photography backpack is very much a modern-day descendant of the humble camera bag. Among other things, it sports a removable power bank, solar panel, drone-carrying compartment, and extendable rotatable selfie sticks. Continue Reading Category: Photography , Technology Tags: Kickstarter , Modular , Backpacks

Although you may know when you need to pee, such is not the case with everyone. A new implantable sensor is designed to help those other folks, by sending a smartphone alert when their bladder is full. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Northeastern University , Implant

Genesis, Hyundai's luxury vehicle arm, has unveiled several eye-catching concepts ahead of the New York International Auto Show. The covers were pulled from the vehicles at Genesis House, a dealership and showplace in New York City. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Genesis , hyundai genesis , Concept Vehicle , New York Auto Show

China's Heybike is heading into previously uncharted territory with its first Indiegogo crowdfunder. The Hero adventure ebike is built around a lightweight but tough carbon-fiber frame, boasts full suspension along with chunky fat tires, can be optioned with a mid-drive or hub-drive motor, and includes a 60-mile battery. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: Indiegogo , ebikes , Pedal-assisted , Off-road

Though streaming accounts for most of our music consumption, sales of vinyl records have been on the rise for a few years now. But the plastic used to create them is bad news for the enviro-conscious listener. A UK startup is hoping to change that by pressing for plant-based alternatives. Continue Reading Category: Music , Technology Tags: Bioplastic , Vinyl , sustainable design , Plastics , Records , Environment

Engineers at INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in Canada have developed the world’s fastest camera, which can shoot at an astonishing 156.3 trillion frames per second (fps). Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Photo , Photography , World's Fastest , Camera , Cameras , Light

OpenAI has again demonstrated the capabilities of its already impressive text-to-video platform, Sora, by asking creatives to produce their own short films using it. The public's response has been a mixture of awe and fear about the potential uses of this technology and the real-world impact it may have. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Open AI , Creative AI , Artificial Intelligence , Video

Imagine waking up one morning and finding that every face you see is distorted into demonic proportions, with pointy ears, narrow eyes and a terrifying grin. That’s a reality for some patients with a rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), and a unique case study has now given us a glimpse at what those hallucinations look like. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Neuroscience , Vision , Dartmouth College , Brain , weird science

The Power Mole wirelessly transmits 10 watts of electricity through window glass, allowing indoor outlets to power outdoor devices. It's built on the inductive coupling technology utilized in wireless smartphone charging systems. Continue Reading Category: Around The Home , Lifestyle Tags: Kickstarter , Wireless Charging , Inductive

A new technique may make it easier to selectively breed crop plants for better, deeper roots. The non-destructive process involves quickly checking a plant's leaves to see how far down its roots go into the soil. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Pennsylvania State University , Crops , Plants , Agriculture

Whether you're on a bike or in a car, potholes are a problem. Maintenance is costly and labor intensive, but authorities in the UK have successfully tested an autonomous machine designed to detect and seal surface cracks that can grow into potholes – which could save time and money. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport , Transport Tags: Autonomous Vehicles , Electric Vehicles , Prototype , Repair , Road

One of the reasons tiny houses are getting so big lately is that a lot of people want the flexibility of downsizing, but without needing to rough it in cramped and uncomfortable homes. Modern Tiny Living does a good job of balancing the need for portability and comfort with the Sangja, which has a length of just 28 ft (8.5 m) but is actually very livable and features a master bedroom with standing space, a well-proportioned living area, and even a bathtub. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Tiny Footprint , Micro-House , House , Home

A genetically edited pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living patient for the first time. Reports indicate the man is doing well a few weeks on, raising hopes for a wider pool of donated organs in future. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Organ donation , Animals , Human , kidney , Transplant , Massachusetts General Hospital , Surgery

NVIDIA has partnered with Hippocratic AI to develop AI-powered ‘healthcare agents’ that have already been shown to outperform other large language models and human nurses in specific tasks. Will these agents help ease the global healthcare worker shortage, or will they lead to more problems? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: LLM (Large Language Model) , Artificial Intelligence , Health , NVIDIA

Venus may be a hellscape by our standards, but there’s a chance that some forms of life could evolve there. A new MIT study has now found that the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in highly concentrated sulfuric acid – which Venus’ clouds happen to be made of. Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: Life , Extraterrestrial , Venus , MIT , Amino Acids , Chemicals , Chemistry , Sulfur , Evolution

The first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde retired two decades ago has taken to the skies. On March 22, Boom's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft , Transport Tags: Boom , Supersonic , Test Flights , Aviation , Flight , Plane , Airlines

The Ioniq 6 is the least logical progression from Hyundai’s well-done Ioniq 5 crossover. But it works. Really well. Going from an SUV to a sedan seems counterintuitive, given the way the automotive market seems to shun sedans. Yet this is one of the best sedans we’ve driven lately. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Hyundai , Electric Vehicles , Sedan , Car , Plug-In

A new AI-based system allows coral reefs to be 3D-mapped faster and easier than ever before. It could prove integral to saving threatened reefs, by letting scientists study them both onsite and at their computers in their labs. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: EPFL , Coral , Mapping , GoPro

Long known for making rugged, simple gear that just works, Australian overlanding company ARB has really been upping its design game in recent years. Last year, it followed up its awesome flip knife-like camp kitchen with a unique spin on the go-anywhere small trailer, and this year it's bringing some extra comfort and class to the world of rooftop tent camping. The all-new hardshell Altitude is loaded with RV-style upgrades not often seen individually on an RTT, let alone packaged all together. These include a push-button electric lift system, staircase-inspired step ladder, and neatly integrated auto-shutoff lighting. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors , Lifestyle Tags: roof-top tent , Tent , Camping , RV , Off-road , ARB