If you’re a custom motorcycle builder and there’s one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be Japan’s Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. It’s the crème de la crème of custom shows, being the place you want to be if you want to spot some of the most insane bike builds.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Royal Enfield, Custom Bikes, Choppers, Japan, Twin-engine
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was created for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team, which will be competing for the Dakar crown in just a few weeks. The Shiver x Expandable 6x6 motorhome is an intensely rare combination of rally-supporting grit, off-grid autonomy and spacious luxury living.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Transformable, RV, Modular, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Off-road, Off-grid, Travel, Dakar Rally
Snowmobiles are an effective means of moving across the snow and ice, but for many tasks they're … well, they're more of a vehicle than you need. The Snowdog is a simpler alternative, and it's now available in an electric model known as the SnowdogX.
Category: Snowmobiles, Toys, Outdoors
Tags: Snowmobiles, Winter, Electric Vehicles
Sending a rover into space to explore other celestial bodies comes with a dizzying array of challenges, and one of the most complex is ensuring the vehicle doesn't break down out there.
Tags: Space exploration, Moon, Rover, Wheel, KAIST
Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT and Stanford takes a unique stab at changing that, with a robot that uses vine-like tendrils to do its lifting.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: MIT, Stanford University, Robot
A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving the way for an entirely new approach to treating cancer.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Cancer, Tumor, Microbiome, Bacteria, Gut Bacteria, Cancer Tissue, Frogs
Ever fly Economy and felt like you were being tortured by the seat? It turns out that you're not being fussy, the seats really are horrible from an ergonomic point of view, which is why you're suffering. Oh, and that might be by design.
Tags: Ergonomic, Aircraft, Seat, xxShowcase
Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Robots, Police, Traffic, China, Artificial Intelligence, Humanoid
When nights stay warm, the body struggles to cool down, a key signal for drifting into deep sleep. Heat doesn't just shorten sleep; it disrupts its rhythm, sparks dehydration, and keeps the nervous system on alert.
Category: Sleep, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Sleep, Climate Crisis, Heating
There aren’t many cars with appeal as enduring as the original Honda NSX. Its beautiful, low-slung styling, the sheer dearth of examples you can find today, and its genuine ability to compete with European sports cars all contribute to its legend. Now, 35 years after the first-generation NSX came into being, the sports car is receiving a beautiful, and more importantly, purposeful, makeover.
Category: Automotive, Transport
When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as – that's right – it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.
Tags: Kickstarter, Camping, Modular, Tree
Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans. It's reengineering the flagship truck for 2026 as an extended range EV (EREV), with a gas generator in tow.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric truck, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Truck, Extended-range
It proved to be a fun year for tents. We tracked new tent designs of all styles, shapes and sizes a little more closely than we have in the past and saw a whole lot of innovation and activity. The year brought the further expansion of high-performance freestanding ultralight tents from boutique brands, the preponderance of covetable inflatable tents ranging from backpack size to multi-tent base camp size, the refinement of comfier, fuller featured rooftop tents, and the launch of a few flat-lying hammock tents designed for increased comfort and stability, from ground to air. Here's a look at our staff and reader favorites from 2025.
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Tent, roof-top tent, Best of 2025, Camping, Inflatable, Outdoors and Camping, Backpacking
The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of severe, long-lasting droughts that dried rivers across the Indus Valley more than 4,000 years ago.
Tags: Archaeology, Weather, Evolution, Egypt
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin'se entire surface that results in a threefold risk of developing melanoma. It puts beyond doubt the dangers associated with using these devices.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Northwestern University, UV light, UV lamp, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, DNA, Age-Related, Skin
Electronics that can't be easily dismantled for recycling aren't very eco-friendly, nor are petroleum-based adhesives. Scientists have set about addressing both issues, by developing a switchable adhesive made mainly of rose oil.
After peering in at the Freedom Camper (née Tusca Hitchhiker), we were wondering if we'd see more wheel-less camper pods hit the scene. Well, we now have an answer and an official Freedom competitor that hails from a brand that specializes in building tiny campers in various shapes and forms. The all-new Tiny Camper Co. Stubby slide-in camper gains a curvier teardrop-size shape while offering the same versatile truck-to-trailer functionality. And it does so for an even lower base price.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: teardrop trailers, Camping, RV, Truck, Pickup, Trailer, Outdoors and Camping
Could you imagine being able to "feel" the images on your screen? UCSB researchers have made this sci-fi-like idea a reality. They've developed a display where pixels physically rise off the surface when activated by laser light.
Category: Technology
Tags: UC Santa Barbara, Tactile, Display, Laser, Touch, Light, Graphite
The Duna was commissioned by a customer who wanted to experience the comfort of a city apartment in a rural setting. This off-grid tiny house definitely fits the bill, and combines space-saving design with the maker's trademark timber craftsmanship.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Timber
