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Smart scope's spinning sensor fights Earth's spin to erase star trails
September 09, 2026
| Omar Kardoudi
Draco, DwarfLab's new smart telescope, solves deep-sky astrophotography's oldest headache with a sensor that physically spins to cancel out star trails caused by Earth's rotation. It needs no equatorial mount, no guide scope, and no polar alignment.
Double origami camper cube brings bathroom and king bed to small vans
September 07, 2026
| C.C. Weiss
The new Cubivan Camping System is a very different style of camper-in-a-box module. It expands out the van and down to the ground to create a full kitchen and bathroom. Add the hard-walled origami roof, and you make a full camper out of a tiny van.
Budget-friendly tiny house doubles down on simple small living
September 08, 2026
| Adam Williams
The tiny house scene has gone from cheap and cheerful to large and high-budget in recent years, but Dragon Tiny Homes' upgraded Sora 20' is an outlier. The affordable home has a space-saving interior that sleeps up to two people.
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Dragon Tiny Homes' custom Vista tiny house has a compact 24-ft-long footprint while packing in some notable features, including an open living area with a home office, plus a full kitchen, and two bedrooms.
"American excess" is a simple term that points out the US tendency toward conspicuous overconsumption. Despite its big Ford badge, though, the new Kerkamm Ranger Super Duty RV isn't American excess at all. It's German excess ... and it's glorious.
Xiaomi’s REDMI Note 17 lineup brings 7,700- to 10,000-mAh batteries to four mid-range phones, led by a Pro Max promising three-day endurance, 100W charging and up to six years of battery health for longer ownership.
Some bikemakers die. Others refuse to stay dead. Bultaco belongs firmly in the latter camp. The Spanish marque disappeared from the industry decades ago, but now, after years of fits, false starts and attempts to resurrect the badge, it's back!
You can’t brighten a room with darkness, you can’t dry a towel by soaking it, and you surely can’t cool things with heat. Right? Well, maybe. Scientists have just built a solid-state cooling device that can use heat to generate cold.
Epoxy is one of materials science’s great unifiers, bringing various materials together to form composites. However, it makes material recovery for recycling very difficult. Scientists have created an additive that enables the material to let go.
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September 08, 2026Most bottle washers are built around bottles. Momcozy's D8 takes aim at a harder problem: tiny feeding accessories and irregular pump parts, using dedicated precision jets to reach narrow spaces where milk residue can linger in daily feeding routine. -
September 08, 2026 | Etiido UkoFew things make the career jump from regional cuisine delicacy to robotics actuator. Yet, in research vaguely reminiscent of RoboCop, scientists have used skeletal muscle from a literal frog leg as an actuator to control a tiny robotic manta ray. -
September 08, 2026 | Mike McRaeAs somebody who was born on Friday the 13th, Jeffrey Rosenthal felt he had a personal interest in determining whether there were any correlations to justify in the first place, or if our suspicions are a case of confirmation bias.
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September 08, 2026 | Maryna HolovnovaEngineers continue to draw inspiration from nature. Scientists from New York University have developed a robot that resembles a fish, and can be easily scaled up or down in size to explore different water bodies. -
September 08, 2026 | Monica J. WhiteXGIMI recently previewed its AURA 3 Series at IFA 2026. The lineup is headed by the flagship Aura 3 Max, alongside the slightly less powerful Aura 3 Pro. XGIMI is referring to the pair as the world’s first 4K/120Hz ultra-short-throw projector series. -
September 08, 2026Some AI tools are better for certain jobs. Toggling between tools is a waste of time, but settling for less than the best is not an option. 1min.AI gives you the best of both, with lifetime access to dozens of AI models for a one-time fee of $69.97. -
September 08, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalThere are many ways to purify water out in the wilderness so it's safe to drink. This new piece of kit makes it arguably more convenient than any portable device for the job. -
September 07, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodThe B300 Pro is my second Sihoo chair. It’s a $289.99 ergonomic office chair with more ways to adjust to your body than some motorcycles have to adjust their suspension. But if you spend eight hours at your desk, you might as well make it comfortable. -
September 07, 2026 | Mike McRaeExercise helps us sleep better, so researchers wondered if it could also protect our memory from the corrosive effects of not enough slumber as well. Turns out, the results suggest a kind of biological cheat code that protects our brains. -
September 07, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalIf you find it hard to focus or stay present in the moment, you can now buy a device that tells you just how often your mind drifts elsewhere. That's the thinking behind the first wearable from a wellness startup called Atlas.
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Looking forward to a future where laser beams replace power lines, DAPRA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program has set new records for transmitting more power wirelessly over longer distances.
Despite the headlines, there’s limited evidence that using large language models – like Claude and ChatGPT – is rotting the brain. But there’s enough cause for concern.
Back in 2014, e-mobility company AEMotion set out to "combine the agility of a motorcycle with the safety profile of a four-wheeled vehicle." After much prototyping, its two-person tilting creation is up for pre-order ahead of production next year.
Researchers have analyzed clinical trial data and ranked 12 different non-drug physical therapy treatments for knee osteoarthritis, based on their effectiveness in reducing pain and stiffness, and improving physical function.
Dragon Tiny Homes' Fairfax model is one of the most affordable tiny houses on the market. With a length of just 16 ft, it won't suit a large family, but it could be a good fit for a vacation home, or as a guest house.
It's double-barreled, it uses lasers instead of LEDs, and it's machined from a solid block of 6061 aluminum alloy. Come meet the Lumitwin DL700 flashlight, which belts out two converging beams up to a distance of 2 km (1.24 miles).
There's a new contender for the US Navy's F/A-XX Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and it looks like something out of Batman's hangar thanks to a peculiar triple-fuselage design.
After leaving the competition scrambling with the launch of a powerful ebike drive system in 2024, DJI brand Avinox is set to do it all again with a second-generation flavor designed to beat every rival on power, torque, and weight.