In a first, scientists believe they have confirmed we have another sense – a “remote touch” that we share with others in the animal kingdom, like some shorebird species that can sense pray beneath sand without seeing or touching it first.
Tags: Queen Mary University of London, Sensory, Touch, Robots, Physics, Perception, Artificial Intelligence
This pint-sized tiny house only measures 172 sq ft (16 sq m) but manages to squeeze in a surprisingly livable interior suitable for one or two people to live off-grid full-time. Named Sofia, it features a clever space-saving layout that maximizes every inch of available space.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
Researchers have demonstrated how a secret weapon made in the gut, produced by consuming foods like pomegranate and walnuts, can rejuvenate the immune system in middle age, shielding us from cell damage, inflammation and chronic diseases including cancer.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, anti-aging, Anti-inflammatory, Age-Related, The Immune System, T-cells, Cancer, Chronic illness
At the bottom of the ocean, where metal-rich hydrothermal vents exhale poison, a bright yellow worm has mastered an impossible art: turning lethal elements into armor. Meet Paralvinella hessleri, the deep-sea super-worm that detoxifies arsenic by turning it into crystal.
A recently published study shows promising results from combining edible turkey tail fungus with a solution of wood fibers. The end product is a natural sustainable waterproof coating that may be be a replacement for single-use plastic food wrap and synthetic paper cup coatings.
Tags: Fungus, University of Maine, American Chemical Society, Mushrooms, Sustainability
Last year’s CFMoto booth at EICMA motorcycle expo in Milan was perhaps the hottest one at the show. At the center of all the excitement was a completely new, state-of-the-art liter-class V4 and a 'Master of Speed' superbike concept. Fast forward to this year’s EICMA, and we already have a proper superbike housing that very same engine.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: CFMoto, EICMA 2025, Superbike, V4, Prototype, Yamaha, Honda Motorcycles, Ducati
A few days ago, California-based defense tech firm Anduril concluded the first test flights of its semi-autonomous Fury fighter jet without a pilot in the cockpit. Oh wait, there's actually no cockpit in there at all.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Anduril, Fighter, Jets, Autonomous flight, US Air Force
We've heard of off-grid toilets that macerate, compost, incinerate and electro-wrap. We even stumbled on one that "super-composts" just a few weeks ago. We guess we should have expected one that processes waste into a fine fog ... but we did not. The French-designed Etteliot S is an add-on for existing dry separating toilets that automatically electrolyzes and aerosolizes urine so campers don't have to see it again later. Inspired or insane?
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Off-grid, Toilet, Camping, RV, Outdoors and Camping
You just can’t trust what you hear.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: CSIRO, Deepfakes, Voice hacking
Not many bikemakers dare to depart too much from building motorcycles. Even less so for an electric motorcycle company, especially when you have “motorcycles” in your name.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Zero Motorcycles, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles, Scooter, urban transport, EICMA 2025
How many times have we seen a bikemaker unveil an ambitious concept at EICMA, only to quietly abandon it later as if it never happened? Not Honda this time around.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Eicma, EICMA 2025, electric supercharger, Supercharger, Turbo, Prototype
When it comes to fanfares, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. I’m in Tokyo for Fender Experience 2025, a three-day celebration of all things Fender.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Fender, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Guitar, Bass guitar, Interviews
For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with strong hierarchies (kings, priests, and planners) could organize massive construction projects.
Tags: Archeology, Mexico
Nuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of converting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Category: Energy, Technology
Dutch expedition camping module specialist Bliss Mobil has launched its smallest model to date. Rather than getting tied to the likes of a large heavy-duty Mercedes Zetros or MAN TGS cab, the new Bliss 8 is designed to ride aback smaller, nimbler 4x4 chassis like the Toyota Land Cruiser or Ford F-Series. With help from an electro-actuated hard-walled lift system, it still offers the precisely organized essentials and modern comforts on which Bliss stakes its reputation, including a wireless smart home suite with Sonos audio.
Category: Expedition Trucks, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Off-road, Camping, Bliss Mobil, Toyota, Ford, Truck, Off-grid
Laser engraving has become a new hobby of mine as of late. I've been tinkering around with blue diode lasers that can engrave, but seem to function better as organic material cutters. I also have an IR laser that's good for some metals. But after running UV for a while now, it's become pretty clear that UV is the king of etching. Glavo UV lasers are unmatched when it comes to sheer speed and fine detail. Not to mention less smoke, less soot, less warping, and less "Ahhh! It's on fire again!"
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Laser Engraver, DIY, Craft, Laser, 3D Printing
Researchers at MIT have just developed a new lipid nanoparticle that super-enhances the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine in mice to a hundred times its stand-alone effectiveness, thus offering massive savings by reducing required dosages while also reducing toxicity in the liver.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Tags: mRNA vaccines, MIT, Nanoparticles
VW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap. Sadly, though, the manual transmission is only available on the sport-centric (and more expensive) GLI model.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Reviews, Volkswagen, Sedan
A climate report projects that the world's carbon emissions are on track to hit an all-time high this year, despite major advances in green tech and adoption of measures to curb pollution from the use of fossil fuels.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Crisis
A few years back, BMW teamed up with bike-maker Cube and mobility company SoFlow to prototype a funky leaning cargo e-trike as part of a mobility expo. Cube subsequently launched the concept as the Trike Hybrid in 2023, and has now added a flatbed variant to the range.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Trike, Tricycle, cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Bosch, Cube
