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Budget e-mobility brand Engwe announced a new ebike series at CES 2025 earlier this month, stepping into premium build territory with the Mapfour commuter. The N1 Air and N1 Pro models have now been detailed, each built around a "high-grade carbon" frame.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, City

Some more details on Saudi Arabia's transformative Neom gigaproject have been revealed, including its ambitious timeline and how people will actually go about living in its incredible futuristic city, the Line.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Neom, Saudi Arabia

Eight years after Pebble wound down its beloved smartwatch business, the wearable is set to rise from the ashes and adorn your wrist in the near future.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Smartwatch, Wearable, Pebble

Eureka's new flagship robo-cleaner goes to impressive lengths to look after itself, automating as much of its maintenance as possible so you don't need to. We've been living with this plucky robot for a few months now.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Reviews, Vacuum cleaner, Robots, Cleaning

The US AI giants got a wake-up call this week, when fledgling Chinese firm DeepSeek wiped a record-breaking trillion dollars off the value of heavyweights like Nvidia and OpenAI. The technology's gatekeepers are rattled – and they have good reason to be, as DeepSeek's model R1 shows how the costly existing roadmap is no longer the only way forward.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags:...

It's not often you get two household names in one headline, but that's what happened at Mecum's annual collector automobile auction season kickstarter in Florida this week, with a who's who of motorsport stacking the provenance of the same car.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Auction, RM Auctions, Porsche

A phase 3 clinical trial has shown that adding a targeted immunotherapy drug to chemotherapy dramatically improved – almost doubled – the cure rate for patients with the most common kind of breast cancer. The findings suggest adopting a new treatment paradigm for the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Breast cancer, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, clinical trials, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Here's an interesting build we bet no one on this great green planet had on their 2025 automotive prediction sheet: a Land Cruiser-inspired tiny MPV turned camper that doesn't quite camp. It's the all-new CLS-Fox "Landcroomy" from Japanese tuning shop ESB, and while it's woefully ill-equipped for an all-out backcountry camping trip or overlanding expedition, it definitely exudes "road trip" vibes like few other...

After 10 months of flight testing, Boom Supersonic has announced that it will make the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 prototype tomorrow at 7:45 am PST in the skies over the Mojave Desert in California. Here's how to watch.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic, Flight Tests

Augmented reality comes to deep-sea divers, thanks to the US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Coda Octopus's Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system. The setup turns any standard diving hard helmet into a digital information center.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: US Navy, Diving, Scuba, Underwater, Communications

We've already seen analog wristwatches that incorporate astronomical models, tell time via screws, and let you make Dick-Tracy-type phone calls. The Snake Watch still manages to stand out, however, as it comes with its own moving mechanical snake.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Wristwatch, Kickstarter

If you're in the dark about which flashlight to add to your EDC kit, the GR35 from Imalent has a lot going for it. Besides its claimed output of 2,800 lumens, this new model features a slim build that should slip easily into any pocket – and it comes with its own charging case that doubles as a power bank. How's that for handy?Continue...

Usually, whenever you spot a custom build with a sidecar, you’d expect it to be based around a Honda, BMW, Harley, or maybe even a Triumph. Revival Cycles definitely had a different plan with this crazy, neon-laden sidecarcross!Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Ducati, Sidecar, Custom, Dirt Bikes, Crazy

The beauty of an electric surfboard is that you don't need to be pulled behind a speedboat to have fun on the water. But learning can still be tough. Awake's RÄVIK Explore has launched "to open the thrill of electric surfing to everyone – no matter their skill level."Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Surfboard, electric surfboards, Sports

In a quest to offer portability while maximizing floorspace, we've seen tiny houses that can pop out, expand upwards, and even take off their roof. However, this extraordinary towable dwelling takes the novel approach of inflating its upper floor to sleep up to six people.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

China has achieved a major milestone in the quest for practical commercial fusion power. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei, Anhui Province has set a new record with a 1,066-second sustained fusion reaction.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: China, Nuclear Fusion, ITER

We put a lot of trust in the authorities responsible for keeping our drinking water and food safe to consume, but at the end of the day, apart from setting up some kind of home testing laboratory, there's not a whole lot – beyond sight, smell and taste, or buying a water filter – we can do to help guarantee it. Well, until now.Continue...

Researchers have discovered how a particular protein affects the growth and spread of colon cancer in humans. The study not only improves our understanding of why this type of cancer can be aggressive in some people, but it also highlights a potential treatment target.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Colorectal cancer, Protein, Metastasis, National University of Singapore

Some readers may remember Avvenire – a company that split from Canadian firm Daymak and launched its own three-wheel roadster back in 2023. Now, Avvenire is accepting pre-orders for its versatile 3-in-1 Combat ebike.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes, Snowmobiles, Off-road

A Singapore startup recently launched an electric mobility concept that looks like an unhappy marriage between an office chair and a mobility scooter. The Strutt ev1 sports a sensor array and smart algorithms that feed into a built-in drive-assist system.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Prototype, Mobility, Chair, Obstacle avoidance

Brain-computer interfaces may allow paralyzed people to perform basic actions such as eating and typing, but … well, there's more to life than eating and typing. That's where an unprecedented new BCI comes in, as it has allowed a man to fly a virtual drone just by thinking of moving his fingers.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Brain-computer interface, Thought-control, Stanford...

You've probably heard that Salmonella is most commonly transmitted through food or water contaminated by the bacteria of the same name. A new study suggests that if you've got a pet dog, chances are you're susceptible to catching it from them, too.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Salmonella, Dogs, Health care

If you’re into motorcycles, you’ve most likely heard about the likes of Nissin and Showa. They’re two of the most well-known motorcycle parts manufacturers and, coincidentally, both of these companies come out of Japan. But only a select few among you would have heard of Hitachi Astemo – the parent group of both companies.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Braking, Engineering, Japan, EICMA 2024

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity." That adage applies indoors as well as out, which is where an experimental new material comes in. It absorbs humidity within rooms, reducing the need to run power-hungry ventilation systems.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: ETH Zurich, Humidity, Minerals, Comfort