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The Dakar Rally is unlike any other race on the face of the Earth. And Segway is one of the last bike makers you’d expect to find in it. There are plenty of reasons for that, but perhaps the biggest is the fact that the Chinese manufacturer doesn’t produce a single bike that is capable of serious off-road riding.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Segway, Dakar Rally, CES 2025, Electric Motorcycles, Off-road
Most people with cell phones might not ever experience what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in a dead zone. If you have, maybe you find solace in those brief interruptions without notifications. Or maybe you find yourself in an emergency and help is not on the way. Either way, the ability to connect if you need to has its merits.
Category: Technology
Tags: China, Satellite, Mobile Phones, Cell+Phone, Communications
The Cardabelle offers a contemporary take on downsizing that balances space constraints and comfort to allow up to two people to embrace full-time life on wheels, despite its modest length of just 20 ft (6 m).
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Baluchon
Your existing multitool may be cool in an outdoorsy way, but does it give you any "street cred"? Well the WingSpan … might … as it packs an adjustable wrench, tweezers, a blade, and six other tools into a butterfly-knife-type titanium body.
Tags: Multitools, Titanium, Kickstarter, Knife
AI, AI, AI … It’s everywhere, right? Well, AI has now made its way to motorcycle helmets. Gone are the days of cautious shoulder checks. Intelligent Cranium Helmets promises to provide riders with the highest level of protection by combining improved visibility, crash detection, and seamless connectivity into a single, high-tech helmet.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Helmets, Smart Helmet, Artificial Intelligence, HUD, Road Safety, CES 2025
As the production window approaches for what's described as "the world’s most efficient EV pickup," California-based startup Telo has formed a partnership with storied solar electric car maker Aptera. The latter will supply its photovoltaic cells for optional solar paneling for the upcoming compact electric truck.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Aptera, Solar Powered, Electric truck, Electric Vehicles, Photovoltaic, Compact
Long before adventure motorcycles became cool, Honda was producing a “heavy duty” minibike that was designed to be loaded up with gear and ridden almost anywhere you could imagine. It was called the Motra, which is commonly believed to be a combination of motorcycle-truck in Japanese.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Off-road, Recreational vehicle, Auction
Vacuum sealing your food is a great way to store fresh ingredients as well as prepared meals – but maybe you don't want to deal with plastic bags every time. Fresiio's vacuum sealer pulls off the same trick, but with reusable lunchboxes.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Kickstarter, Food, Cooking, Storage
Since founding TerraPower in 2008, Bill Gates has had his eye on developing a safe, efficient, and clean next-gen nuclear plant. That project, called Natrium, has already broken ground in Wyoming and has just leaped over a critical hurdle.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Nuclear, Reactors, Power, Clean Energy, Alternative Energy, Bill Gates, TerraPower
Researchers have developed proof-of-concept technology that allows people to do common smartphone tasks – listen to music, take a phone call, and order food – all by making simple, not-too-socially-awkward gestures with their feet while they’re walking.
Category: Technology
Tags: Proof-of-concept, Walk, Augmented Reality, Smartphones, University of Waterloo
A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), using lasers with a silver metal foam that's as light as air, has created the brightest yet X-ray source ever, twice as brilliant as that of anything previous.
Category: Science
An emerging new generation of ultralight backpacking tents combines compact, seriously lightweight construction with more comfort and convenience at camp. The Durston X-Dome 1+ was one recent example, and the all-new Lunar Orbiter from Six Moon Designs makes another intriguing option, complete with a wide-spanning exterior pole structure for increased volume, freestanding stability and lightning-fast setup.
Tags: Tent, Backpacking, Camping, Bikepacking, Outdoors and Camping, Lightweight
We all know that a healthy, balanced diet dominated by unprocessed foods is a recipe for gut and overall health, but scientists have now found just how one nutrient – fiber – can trigger a microbiotic chain reaction that actually shields the body from influenza and other viruses.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Influenza, Gut Bacteria, Gut health, Microbiome, Virus
Frontier Tiny Homes impressed us with its spacious extra-wide Felicity model, but with its Agatha, the firm has gone in the opposite direction and produced a compact tiny house that's more in line with smaller European models, while still being suitable for full-time living.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
DJI's simple-but-capable Neo drone is indeed kind of a big deal, but is it not quite capable enough for you? If so, you might want to check out the new DJI Flip. It sports a folding design, multiple autonomous flight modes, and a whopping 31-minute battery life.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, Quadcopter, Camera drone
Bold guitarists looking to push boundaries can go down the digital processing rabbit hole, but Verso's latest oddball build takes a more mechanical approach to shaping tones. The Sine guitar rocks movable pickups and a novel metal pad for swells and tremolo plus pedal control and expression.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Guitar, Guitar Effects
This is not your grandad's cable car gondola. Born of an amusement ride and opening to the public in 2026, this remarkably clever kiwi idea offers quick, cheap, on-demand urban transit – that's much more direct and private than public transport.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Transport, Autonomous Vehicles, urban transport, Public Transport, Electric Vehicles, New Zealand
Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Now, new research shows that a common prescription sleep aid can disrupt this essential process.
Category: Sleep, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Insomnia, Sleeping, Ambien, University of Rochester, Medication, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Glymphatic System
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has partnered with Grifols, a global healthcare company, to identify biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease well in advance of symptoms appearing. The initiative could lead to new diagnostic tools and ways of slowing or stopping the condition’s progression.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Biomarkers, Plasma
There are loads of great flashlights built for outdoor adventures, but the best light is the one you have on you. That's what makes the tiny new Ysmart Bullet2 a great choice out in the wilderness: it's small enough to fit on a keychain or belt loop, and it turns on as soon as you yank it from its magnetic base.
Tags: Flashlights, Camping, Kickstarter, EDC