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We've seen 3D printers used for everything from tiny houses to US marine barracks and now we can add teardrop trailer to the list too, courtesy of Lemki Robotix and iScale3D.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Trailer, teardrop trailers, 3D Printing, Camping

Siekon Motor showed an electric "Cruise Prince" touring motorcycle at the Canton Fair last week, and I stumbled upon it while walking the halls. It was all somewhat disarming really, because I've been writing about motorcycles for 50 years ... and I'd never heard of Siekon Motor.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: China, Electric Motorcycles, Motorcycle

Finding time to exercise each day is a challenge for many people, but a new study of nearly 15,000 men and women found that adding as little as five minutes of activity to get your heart rate up is enough to lower blood pressure.Continue ReadingCategory: Fitness & ExerciseTags: University of Sydney, University College London, Blood Pressure, Heart attack, Strokes, Cardiovascular, Exercise, Health, Age-Related

Who would have thought less than two weeks after taking a late look at the 2023 Toyota Kayoibako electric mini-camper van concept, Kia would release an adorable mini-camper of its own? But here she is, the Kia PV5 WKNDR. And dare are we say, this "Swiss Army knife on wheels" is even cuter than Toyota's concept, and more modular to boot. The adventurous tiny...

If you want to place a camera on a branch, signpost, railing or whatnot, there are already mini tripods with bendy legs that you can use. The Mambapod takes a different and in some ways better approach, as it sports a clamp which is integrated into one of its legs.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Tripods

A robot that can track your position on the court, serve you a range of shots, and simulate actual tennis matches has raised over $1.7 million on Kickstarter. With weeks still left in the campaign, there's plenty of time to get in on the action.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Tennis, Robot, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Sports

The entry-level adventure bike (ADV) class is heavily populated by the likes of KTM, Royal Enfield, and CFMoto’s hugely capable offerings. These 400-500cc bikes are fun, lightweight, and most importantly, affordable. Now, BMW is set to take on them all.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: BMW Motorrad, BMW, Royal Enfield, KTM, CFMoto, Adventure Bikes, Concept Bikes, EICMA 2024

Premium bike maker Flyer has launched a pair of Bosch-assisted enduro bikes with "incredibly agile handling and generous travel." The "Alpine-tested" trail-rippers promise an exhilarating ride for experienced mountain-bikers, while also offering comfort and safety to newbies.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Bosch, Enduro, Mountain Bikes, Off-road

From the Lego House to CopenHill, the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has been responsible for some of the most extraordinary buildings of recent years, so it's fascinating to see what kind of headquarters this high-profile architecture firm chooses to design for itself.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Bjarke Ingels Group, Office, sustainable design

If electrics aren't yet ready to take over in the motorcycling world, maybe forced induction could rule the next era. Honda has just dropped a revolutionary large-capacity V3 combustion engine at EICMA, with an electric supercharger.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Eicma, EICMA 2024, concept engine, electric supercharger, Supercharged

Since 2018, Chinese motorcycle outfit Benda has made a name for itself with its strikingly modern takes on cruisers. Interestingly, its smallest capacity bike is perhaps the most aggressive little 250cc machine on the EICMA exhibition floor this year.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: EICMA 2024, Cruisers

In what feels like news straight out of 2016, a Hyperloop testing facility in Europe has completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey. The milestone could bring this oft-forgotten promise of high-speed transport one step closer to reality.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Hyperloop, EPFL, public transportation, Public Transport, Vacuum Tube

Austrian aerial stuntman and all-around maniac Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a whole 'nother level in strapping on an electric propulsion system to turn himself into what might be the closest thing we've ever seen to a human aircraft. Now he's back breaking boundaries once again, this time swapping out propulsion in favor of a dramatic new foil system designed to increase...

Variable neutral density (ND) filters are handy tools for photographers, in that their opacity can be adjusted simply by rotating them. So, why not use them for adjustable-tint sunglasses? Well, that's exactly what eyewear company Lombell has done.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Sunglasses, Lenses, Eyewear

Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber acoustic/smart guitars. Now the company has taken a bit of a left turn for its first Kickstarter, with a string-free touch-enabled digital oddity called the Genie.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Digital music, Instrument, Guitar, Smart, Learning, Kickstarter

Royal Enfield’s famed 650 twin platform has been a big hit ever since the Interceptor and Continental GT came out. With the Shotgun 650 launching at the turn of the year, rumors were rife of upcoming models on this platform. Lo and behold, the Classic 650 and the Bear 650 are here.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Royal Enfield, Retro, EICMA 2024

Renault's fun-loving Twizy compact EV was spun out into a new sub-brand in 2022. Now, following a world premiere at the Paris Motor Show last month, the Mobilize Duo electric micro-car and Bento e-van have driven onto the show floor at EICMA in Milan.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Renault, Electric Vehicles, EICMA 2024, city car, Minivan, Compact

Austrian aviation company CycloTech has revealed it's building a demonstrator version of an eVTOL to showcase its propulsion system for electric flight. The firm is hoping to take the wraps off its BlackBird flying car by the end of this year, and commence test flights in early 2025.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: eVTOL, Cyclorotors, Flying+Car, Air Taxis, Personal Flight, Personal eVTOLs, Electric Aircraft

Whitelock's eye-popping 48-cylinder "Tinker Toy" was built to put a full stop on an escalating arms race in the UK custom motorcycle scene – and it certainly did, becoming one of the world's most outrageous and iconic motorcycles in the process.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Kawasaki, Guinness, World Records

Combining virtual reality and non-invasive deep-brain electrical stimulation, researchers have improved healthy individuals’ spatial memory – the kind that helps you remember where you left the car keys. The approach has great potential for treating cognitive decline due to disease or injury without drugs or surgery.Continue ReadingCategory: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Deep Brain Stimulation, Virtual Reality, Memory, Dementia, EPFL

The Harmonic Drive is a key part of countless robotic applications. Incredibly simple yet quite odd to watch, this gear system is extremely precise with an impressive torque-to-weight ratio, even if it does wobble. So how does it work?Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Transmission, Robots, Mechanical, Engineering

Utah's Zion Off-Road hit the trailer market with one of the most modular off-road camping trailers out there, a multi-stage squaredrop that allows customers to spec it from empty to fully loaded. Now it's sliding the modularity over to a simpler skeletal utility trailer/camper. The new Z2 starts out as a basic bed box, allowing buyers to build it into a precisely specced gear-stacking...

Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an existing immunotherapy could stop scar tissue formation after heart attacks.Continue ReadingCategory: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Heart, Heart attack, Heart Failure, Immunotherapy, The Immune System, antibodies, Washington University in St Louis, Regenerative

It was just a year ago that the Switchblade flying car made its first actual flight, moving one step closer to real-world usage. Based on what was learned in the course of that flight, its makers have now unveiled the design for the production version of the vehicle.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Switchblade Kamikaze Drone, Flying Cars