"Why should sore knees or tired lungs decide what you can explore?" Hypershell poses the rhetorical question as it launches a definitive answer: the all-new X Ultra performance exoskeleton. Designed for bigger adventures, longer distances and heavier loads, the X Ultra is what the performance exoskeleton pioneer calls its best model to date. The new wearable boosts performance with a full 1,000 watts channeled into your natural gait so you can hike, run, climb, scramble, ski and pedal for up to 65 km (40 miles) while cutting fatigue and feeling fresher when you arrive.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Exoskeleton, Wearable, Outdoors and Camping, Hiking, Backpacking, Mountaineering, Running, Skiing

The crowdfunded titanium multitools may indeed be plentiful these days, but a few do still manage to stand out. Such is the case with Clym, which sports a claimed 17 functions including a ratcheting screwdriver, adjustable wrench, pry bar and compass.

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Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Kickstarter, Multitools, EDC, Titanium

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired.

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Category: Materials, Science

Tags: Plastic, Bamboo, Biodegradable, Recyclable

Though there are a number of different layouts for computer keyboards – such as QWERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK and so on – most have rows of keys that you push down to generate letters, numbers or symbols. The latest creation from Google Japan dials in something different.

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Category: Computers, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Google, Keyboard, google-japan

This recently completed tiny house turns traditional small living on its head – literally – with an upside-down layout that places a bedroom downstairs and a living area above. Despite its compact footprint, the space-saving design makes room for a small family and even a dedicated hobby area.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Baluchon, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

For the first time, scientists have detailed how a deadly brain cancer has a unique path of progression, aggressively eating away at the skull itself – and how drugs to impede this end up making it worse.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brain cancer, Brain, Cancer, Tumor, T-cells, bone marrow

Not all scar moisturizers are created equal. A new study shows that some of the cheapest, most basic creams outperform expensive, heavily marketed products, with one budget option topping the list for moisture retention and barrier repair.

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Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Skin, Health care, Scarring, Burns, University of Adelaide

Portable power stations keep getting smarter, smaller, and more practical – and Bluetti’s new Elite 100 V2 is no exception. Essentially an updated version of the 1,800-W AC180 unit we road tested a couple of years back, the Elite 100 V2 packs a similar power punch into a dramatically smaller, lighter body. That makes it a very appealing option for car campers, off-grid tinkerers, and anyone looking to squeeze on-the-go power into a compact footprint.

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Category: Outdoors

Tags: Reviews, Power, Electricity, Portable, Camping

More an ancient tool than a groundbreaking gadget, the fire piston relies on basic chemistry to ignite a campfire with the simple pump of a hand. The new Aviator's Ember from Aerohart applies aerospace-grade materials to the age-old design, providing powerful, weather-ready fire-starting performance that carries lightly in a pack or pocket. Like an actual engine piston, it compresses air to initiate fast, furious combustion.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Engine Technologies, Fire, Survival, Kickstarter, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Backpacking

Although GoPro's Hero actioncams have featured digital image stabilization for quite some time, the company hasn't recently offered motorized gimbals … but now it's doing so again. The new Fluid Pro AI 3-axis gimbal not only tracks subjects, it also packs a light and doubles as a power bank.

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: GoPro, Gimbals, Stabilizer

Functioning a little like oversized Lego, the versatility of shipping containers ensures that architects never run out of ideas for using them as building blocks. This example, designed by Atelier-r, is a case in point and uses a pair of the metal boxes to form an eye-catching observation tower.

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Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Building and Construction, shipping containers, Recycled

Not-so-fun fact: our oceans hold 150 times more carbon dioxide than the Earth's atmosphere. Adding to that causes ocean acidification, which can disrupt marine food chains and reduce biodiversity.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Ocean, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon capture, Plastic, Chinese Academy of Sciences

It has been a long road for Buell, having first teased its Super Cruiser in February 2023. Rumors have been rife for quite some time now, but finally, the company has confirmed that production has started for its muscle cruiser.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Buell, Cruisers, Superbike, EBR (Erik Buell Racing)

For the last 14 years or so, Urban Arrow has been at the forefront of developing front-loader bikes. Now the Dutch company is evolving with the Breeze long-tail hauler, "a new way to carry your precious cargo."

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, cargo bike

Chronic stress can rewire the brain, leading to a host of mental health issues. Now, scientists believe that one small sugar-adding process may act as a switch for depression, providing new insights into mood disorders – and a new target to treat them.

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Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Institute of Basic Science, Depression, mental health, neurons, Neuroscience, Sugar, Brain

Sierra Space and NASA have renegotiated their contract for the Dream Chaser spaceplane that will allow the spacecraft to make its first orbital flight next year as a free flier instead of visiting the International Space Station (ISS).

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: Sierra Space, Dream Chaser, NASA, International Space Station

The new Explorer camper truck from German RV startup Auriga looks almost as fast and ferocious as an all-out Dakar rally rig. But while it can certainly rip down dirt roads with dust-spewing aplomb, it's really optimized for slower, more meticulous recreational travel, the kind where you link together lazy days of destination-less discovery with cozy nights around the fire. When the sun starts to hang low, the Explorer transforms into a roomy four-person lodge by way of a pop-up roof and three individual slide-outs, all activated at the push of a button.

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Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: expedition vehicles, RV, Pickup, Ford, Volkswagen, Truck, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping, Camping

Whether it's avoiding the news or checking a bank account, adults often deal with uncertainty by switching off and not seeking knowledge – even when that knowledge could be of benefit to us. Now scientists have identified just when in life we start to choose the "ignorance is bliss" path, opting for comfort rather than uncertainty.

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Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: University of Chicago, Psychology, Information-sharing, Self-Learning, Into the Great Unknown, Curiosity Rover, Decision-making, Fear

This charming tiny house is the work of French studio Tiny Binocles. Named Grand-Duc, the home features a compact but well-designed interior that punches above its weight with sleeping space for up to six people.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Drones are already very useful, but they could be even more so if they could land on vehicles without requiring those vehicles to slow down for them. A new system makes that possible, allowing for on-truck landings at speeds of up to 110 km/h (68 mph).

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Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Sherbrooke University, Truck, Flight