Since winning some award jewelry two years ago, the Life Chariot has gone on to start a family, lending its battlefield-tested platform to an incredibly versatile morsel called the Unit 1. The modular towable is a highly capable kayak trailer, rolling cargo box, pint-sized platform trailer, camper and ... whatever you need it to be. With a height-adjustable articulated hitch, shocks that appear taller than its terrain-hungry tires and a payload up to 1,100 lb, it's ready to attack extreme terrain and ensure your valuables make it in one flawless piece.

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Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: Caravan, Trailer, trailers, Cargo, Off-road, Off-grid, Abenteuer und Allrad, Adventure and Allwheel, RV

If there's one thing that we're already used to carrying around with us, it's the humble house key. The titanium-bodied KeyMaster 2.0 multitool was designed with that fact in mind, as it stuffs 18 functions into a familiar key-shaped form factor.

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Category: Outdoors

Tags: Multitools, EDC, Titanium, Kickstarter

Portable projectors can bring moving pictures to the campsite or presentations to isolated work places. Smartphones add comms and cameras to the equation. And powerbanks can keep things going. The Tank 4 Pro from 8849 combines all three, and more.

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Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Rugged, Projectors, smartphones

Dragon Tiny Homes is regularly improving, changing and iterating on its previous designs in response to customer feedback. Following the recent update of its Kemi model, the firm has now decided to revisit its affordable Avalon model, adding an all-new interior layout and some other tweaks and improvements.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

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

Catching the onset of Parkinson's Disease early can be critical to slowing the disease's progression and improving a patient's life. A new test that uses nothing more than a sample of someone's ear wax is set to do exactly that.

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Category: Body & Mind

Tags: Parkinson's Disease, ear, Chemistry, Volatile Organic Compounds

If you're keen on tracking your sleep without strapping a gadget onto your wrist, Garmin says its new armband is just the thing – and it's designed for all-night comfort.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Fitness, Garmin, Sleep, Sleep monitors

A large meta-analysis has found that the drug leading the charge in anti-aging science is just as effective in protecting cells and cognitive function as cutting calories or intermittent fasting (IF). It's the most comprehensive study of rapamycin yet.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: University of East Anglia, University of Glasgow, Age-Related, anti-aging, Aging, Disease, Alzheimer's disease, Cancer, Cells, mental health, Health

The simple act of walking every day can significantly reduce a person’s risk of developing chronic low back pain, according to a new study. But, its effectiveness depends on how long you walk for, and the speed at which you walk.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Chronic pain, Low back pain, Exercise, Walk

Eurobike 2025 is really shaping up to be the ultimate launchpad for tiny ebike motors. We've already seen the high-torquing TQ HPR60 and the magnetically geared Star Union MGM that will be pitched at bicycle manufacturers around the globe, and now we have an even tinier motor that consumers can buy directly. The all-new Kamingo is a split-component add-on e-drive that instantly turns a standard bicycle into a pedal-assist ebike. In fact, it's designed for such quick, seamless plug-and -play, riders can swap it in and out mid-ride.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: ebikes, Electric Motors, Kickstarter, eurobike-2025

Bicycle lights don't do you much good if you forget to bring them or charge them. The wÿnd helmet was designed with that fact in mind, as it features a set of hand-crank-charged lights that you simply pull out and mount on your bike whenever needed.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Helmets, bike lights, Cycling, Road Safety, Kickstarter

Imagine a 2.4-ton robotic arm wielding a six-foot-seven (2-m) circular sawblade with a 12-foot (3.7-m) reach, slung onto a truck-mounted hooklift system for easy transport. It's as terrifying as it is awe-inspiring. That's Smart Production's latest creation, built on the back of Kuka's KR Fortec 480 Ultra and called the Catonator.

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Category: Robotics, Technology

Tags: Machine Learning, Robotic construction, Tunnel, Automation

Nissan just revealed details on what to expect with its upcoming 2026 Leaf electric vehicle (EV), and it's quite a step up from the current model year.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Electric Vehicles, Nissan, Nissan LEAF

Tiny houses are usually a compromise between livability and portability, but this model offers the best of both thanks to its clever design. Its loft roofs provide full standing height in its bedrooms when stationary, and fold down to allow for easier travel.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

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

Even without noses, octopuses are able to determine which food sources are good to eat and which have gone past their prime simply by touching them. The secret, says a new study, lies with surface microbiomes and some very sensitive suckers.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Octopus, molecular biology, Microbes, Microbiome, Harvard

Chevrolet has gone and packed more horses into its fiery new Corvette ZR1X than any production model in the lineup's 72-year history. With a mighty 1,250 hp, the electrified all-wheel drive monster can go from 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) in under 2 seconds.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Hypercar, General Motors, Chevrolet, Corvette, Hybrid

A protein found in our cells has emerged as a secret weapon against biological aging, acting like a glue to repair damaged DNA and ward off neurological degeneration including that seen in motor neuron, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Macquarie University, Age-Related, anti-aging, Brain, Cognitive functioning, Cells, Parkinson's Disease, Disease

If you like portable yet capable camp stoves, then you'll probably like the FireNest. Sporting an all-titanium body, it folds flat when not in use, and can be quickly assembled to let you sear, grill, boil, or just plain ol' cook over an open flame.

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Category: Outdoors

Tags: Kickstarter, Titanium, Camping, Stoves, Folding, Modular

Variable Valve Timing isn’t a new concept in motorcycle engines. The likes of BMW and Yamaha have been using this setup in their motorcycles for a while now. Even Suzuki itself implemented it on the 2017 GSX-R1000 engine, borrowing the system from its GSX-RR MotoGP bike.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Suzuki, Engine Technologies, Emissions Control

Psilocybin, the active compound in "magic mushrooms," has seen a surge in medical research over the past few years, particularly for its potential in treating psychiatric and neurological conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Category: Psychedelics, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Alcohol, Psychology, Psychedelic Medicine

In a perfect world, everything you try to clamp in a vise would have nice straight sides. The world isn't perfect, though, which is where the Tivise comes in. It's a modern-day fractal vise with jaws that adapt to the unique shape of whatever's placed inside of it.

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Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle

Tags: Kickstarter, Tools, Titanium