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A year after turning the Ford Tourneo Custom into the "most flexible vehicle in the world," Germany's Vanexxt has done the same with the Volkswagen Caravelle. It's the very first camper package we've seen for the all-new Transporter/Caravelle, making its debut just a few months after the van's world premiere. The Vanexxt Caravelle further stands out for a pieced-out modular build that transforms it...

BMW Motorrad has an impressively wide range of offerings in its stable. From the single-cylinder 310cc G 310 GS to the mammoth 1,802cc R18, there’s a bike in there for every kind of buyer … and every kind of market, too.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: BMW, BMW Motorrad, KTM, Triumph

Online multiplayer cycling platforms can be a lot of fun, but that fun is definitely diminished if you can't keep up with the other riders. That's where the Smash Your Fitness system comes in, as it prioritizes cycling skill over muscle strength.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Fitness, Cycling, Gaming, Exercise Bikes

Electric-bike brand Heybike has launched a competitively priced adventure ebike. The Alpha sports chunky fat tires for city riding and beyond, terrain-soaking adjustable front squish and a mid-mount motor with torque sensor.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Off-road, Pedal-assisted, CES 2025

Ammonia has enormous potential as a fuel of the future, but most current production methods make it a dirty source of energy. Yet a new method from MIT that would derive the compound using the Earth's rocks and natural heat cleans it up considerably.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Ammonia, Clean Energy, MIT, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The struggle is very real for folks learning to play piano, so much so that many abandon study when faced with painfully slow progress. Music tech company Roli is offering new hope with the introduction of the Roli Piano with integrated generative AI coaching.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Piano, Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Keyboard, NAMM

If you're one of the 13% of American adults who has taken a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, you may know that while fat seemingly melts away, so too does muscle. And if you're not one for weights, or have other conditions preventing a new training regimen, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy...

A breakthrough new AI model is able to detect the presence of different lung diseases from ultrasound videos, with 96.57% accuracy, and it is even able to distinguish whether the abnormalities are due to pneumonia, COVID-19 or other conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: AI in Health, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Personalized Medicine, Charles Darwin University, Lung, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pneumonia, Artificial Intelligence

A coughing, sneezing, 3D-printed model of the human nose and upper airway has provided researchers with a better understanding of how airborne infections are transmitted. The knowledge will aid in developing effective ways of reducing that spread.Continue ReadingCategory: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Airborne, Infections, Lung, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Hobby's Beachy RV lineup has been recapturing the surfy, sun-soaked coastal vibes on which the original Volkswagen T2 camper vans built their long, storied history of global adoration. In fact, we'd say Beachy caravans and camper vans better encapsulate those vibes than anything Volkswagen has made in years. The newest Beachy 420+ adds even more verve to the family, using a multifunctional floor plan...

Starlink isn't the only American company trying to offer direct-to-cell satellite connectivity. AST SpaceMobile has been working at it for years. In fact, AST was the very first company in the world to "phone home" from space. Now it's looking to provide 100% coverage of the US through a partnership with AT&T and Verizon before going global.Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: Satellite, Cell+Phone, Phone, Communications

Cafe racers are a work of art. These motorcycles originated in Britain in the early 1960s as modified sports production models. Since then, they've become a mainstay in the stable of most manufacturers … except Honda. That may soon change, however, as the Japanese giant recently filed real photographs of a prototype cafe racer.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Honda Motorcycles, cafe racer, Patent, Concept Motorcycles

Your GoPro may be all very well and good, but can it shoot in two directions at once? The Soocoo S50+ can, allowing it to serve as a cycling actioncam, rearview camera, and accident-recording dashcam.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Actioncam, Video Cameras, Cycling, Kickstarter

The electric mobility specialists at Tomofree have launched on Kickstarter to fund production of a "sleek, dynamic marvel" called the BEE Electric Scooter. The sit/stand e-scoot can get up to 31 mph, features dual suspension and rolls for 28 miles per charge.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Scooter, Electric Vehicles, Kickstarter

Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a revolutionary new version made by NASA and Goodyear. The mesh cage design can take a beating and roll right on.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: NASA, Goodyear, Space exploration, Mars, Rover

The latest gadget that fuses biotechnology and wellness is about to hit the shelves, in form of a pair of US$139 brainwave-synching earbuds that uses your own body's data to shape your quality of sleep. Whether it's a peaceful night's sleep or helping you to nap when you want, where you want, they could be a game-changer for anyone who has trouble getting enough...

New details have been revealed on what is arguably Saudi Arabia's most ambitious current architecture project: the world's new tallest skyscraper, which will rise to an incredible height of over 1 km (0.62 miles) in the Red Sea port city Jeddah.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Saudi Arabia, Skyscrapers, World's Tallest

In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine polar scientists after 14 months isolated at a remote station in Antarctica. The data revealed striking structural brain changes, with a number of crucial regions actually shrinking during their time spent alone at the distant outpost.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags:...

If you were the sort of kid who got an expensive Christmas present and spent the whole day playing with the box it came in, the Swiss clockmaker L’Epée 1839 has your dream package – and it doesn't even have anything in it, yet costs US$12,000.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Watches, Luxury

As 3D-printed architecture continues to mature from niche proposition to disruptive technology, housing developments are beginning to roll out worldwide. Following pioneering projects like Wolf Ranch and the Community First! Village in the US comes another in Ireland, which was printed in impressive time.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: House, Housing, Building and Construction, 3D Printing

More than just a world-renowned manufacturer of reliable cars, Honda declares itself the world's largest engine manufacturer. Yet, despite a deep, seven-decade history of building engines for everything from small lawn tools to aircraft, the marque has long been just as well-known for a common engine it didn't build: the V8. That all changed a year ago when Honda put its first-ever commercial V8...

As science wrestles with the thorny job of proving, defining and understanding human consciousness, one pioneering startup aims to apply cutting-edge theories of consciousness to AI models – and create the first sentient AI. This is wild stuff.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags: Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, Futuristic, LLM (Large Language Model), Robotics

Benda had one of the most promising stalls at last year’s EICMA, with its 250cc NapoleonBob bobber hailed as one of the biggest attractions. I covered its outlandish inline-four naked LFS 700 a while back too – the company has a seriously wide range of bikes on offer.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Benda, China, Cruisers, Retro

Titaner's new Mix 3.0 ain't your average ruler. The clever dual-scale device boasts attributes such as an extendable measurement system, a measuring caliper, a magnetically retained pen, and a slide rule for performing calculations.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Titanium, Kickstarter