It may never reach the iconic heights of the Volkswagen California or Ford Nugget, but it's hard to think of a single vehicle that better embodies the bold, free spirit of off-road tiny van life than the Mitsubishi Delica. With its compact mini-camper dimensions, classic single-box shape, and history of sporty 4WD trims, the van has become a cult classic and popular camper base around the globe, even in the US where it only sold as new for a few years over three decades ago. But at this year's Japan Mobility Show, the Delica cedes the stage to an even cooler Mitsubishi camping rig, a futuristic concept combo that expands into a multi-room base camp.

Continue Reading

Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: Mitsubishi, Concept Cars, Concept Vehicle, RV, Trailer, trailers, PHEV, Van, Kei Cars, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, japan mobility show 2025

This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on October 29, 1945. The Biro may seem unremarkable, but it fast became part of our everyday lives and revolutionized communications.

Continue Reading

Category: Technology

Tags: Writing, Features, 2025 Updates

Thinking about printing your own custom apparel? I put the Procolored F13 DTF printer, oven, and press package through its paces to see if it’s worth your hard-earned cash – or just another overpriced hobby trap.

Continue Reading

Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle

Tags: Print, Printer, Clothing, DIY, Reviews

Insta360 launched its powerful X5 action cam just a few months ago, and it's already got another model in its 360-degree lineup to tempt adventure junkies.

Continue Reading

Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Cameras, Actioncam, Insta360, 360-degree

Sitting has often been referred to as the new smoking thanks to its negative health benefits. For the first time ever, according to researchers in England, the flavanols in cocoa have been found to block its detrimental effects on blood vessels.

Continue Reading

Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Heart health, flavanols, University of Birmingham, Cardiovascular disease, blood vessel, Blood Pressure

Tucking in behind a heavy truck as it crawls along the highway could soon be quite an attractive option for EV drivers. Early results from a wireless charging pilot in France show that coils embedded in the road are capable of transferring "more 300 kW of instantaneous power."

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Electric Roads, Wireless Charging, Electric Vehicles

After about a decade in the works, Palo Alto-based robotics company 1X is nearly ready with its Neo humanoid, which is designed to help you with housework and other tasks around the home. It'll ship sometime next year, and you can either pre-order one to purchase it outright, or pay a monthly subscription fee.

Continue Reading

Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Robots, Humanoid, Tele-operation

A surprising trigger for hair regrowth may lie in the body’s fat cells. Researchers have shown that mild skin irritation can trigger fat cells to go into panic mode, sending signals to dormant follicles that can fuel new hair growth within weeks.

Continue Reading

Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: National Taiwan University, Baldness, Hair, Stem Cells, Fat cells, Inflammation, Skin

Texas-based Janta Power has just snagged US$5.5 million in a round of seed funding to continue the deployment of its pivoting solar power towers. The vertical design and smart tracking functions of the towers offer big improvements over flat panel arrays.

Continue Reading

Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Solar Power, Green+Energy, Photovoltaic

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

Continue Reading

Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Supersonic, NASA, X-Plane, Lockheed Martin, Aircraft

Possibly one of the world's most underrated camper conversion companies, British shop Wheelhome has long been designing some truly unique mini-camper vans and trailers, including cool little solo campers that might inspire you to go it alone into the wild. This time around, it's really outdone itself, building a hybrid rooftop tent/pop-up camper specially developed to hug the arched roofline of the Tesla Model 3. After a thorough shakedown around Iceland, the rooftop pod is evolving into a more practical micro-camping trailer that can be towed by virtually any vehicle.

Continue Reading

Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: electric-camper, roof-top tent, RV, Caravan, Trailer, trailers, Camping, Outdoors and Camping

Triumph's making it even harder to choose a naked steed for the streets from its stable, with the introduction of the Trident 800. It's the capable Trident 660's bolder sibling with more power and better components, and with more throwback-y roadster styling than its bug-eyed cousin, the Street Triple R.

Continue Reading

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Triumph, Naked bike

Influential UK firm Heatherwick Studio has been commissioned to transform an island in Seoul, South Korea, from a neglected wasteland into a lush public park. The ambitious project, named Soundscape, will feature an elevated trail, greenery filled buildings, and more.

Continue Reading

Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Building and Construction, Thomas Heatherwick, South Korea

Sharp sells all kinds of electronics, from TVs to air conditioners. It seems to be getting increasingly serious about entering the electric vehicle (EV) market with the second iteration of its 'LDK+' concept, which takes an unusual approach of being 'part of your home.'

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Sharp, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Internet of Things

There's growing evidence that a Mediterranean diet can provide relief from symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), offering people more variety and easier adherence than the current frontline treatment of a low-FODMAP plan to treat the condition.

Continue Reading

Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: University of Sheffield, Diet, Irritable bowel syndrome, Nutrition, Gastrointestinal, Inflammation

The absolutely bonkers 1,195cc V-twin RC8 R was discontinued in 2015, and since then, KTM hasn’t really had a proper, fully faired production sports bike. Until now.

Continue Reading

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: KTM, Superbike, Supersports, Racing, Sportsbikes, Ducati, Yamaha

Did you know it rains on the Sun? Not water, of course. It's solar rain, which occurs in the Sun's corona, the outermost layer composed of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.

Continue Reading

Category: Space, Science

Tags: Sun, Astronomy, Weather

Sure, a home weight room would be nice, but not everyone has the space or funds for one. xplate is the latest product designed to address that problem, by stuffing a modular weight training system into a case that can be taken anywhere.

Continue Reading

Category: Sports, Lifestyle

Tags: Exercise, Fitness, Modular, Kickstarter

The new Hex from New Zealand company KEA Outdoors looks like an unassuming folding EDC (everyday carry) knife upon first glance. It has a bright, grippy handle for convenience, a razor-sharp half-serrated, half-straight drop-point blade for cutting versatility, a thumb stud for fast, simplified deployment, and a lanyard hole for easily stringing up. But that lanyard slot is more than meets the eye, carrying a handful of functions within a simple rotating wheel-like design, creating a different style of multitool.

Continue Reading

Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Outdoors and Camping, Survival, Multitools, EDC, Camping, Backpacking, Folding, Knife

Nike has been working on some strange new ideas. The first is a pair of shoes that activate your mind body connection through receptors in your feet. The second are powered sneakers. Oh, and there's also an inflatable coat and a super-cooling shirt.

Continue Reading

Category: Sports, Lifestyle

Tags: Nike, Shoes, Smart shoes, Exoskeleton, Jacket, Shirt, Athlete, Fashion