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Gonzo waterless RV toilet gizmo vaporizes urine clean out of base camp
November 15, 2025
| C.C. Weiss
We've heard of off-grid toilets that macerate, compost, incinerate and electro-wrap. We even stumbled on one that "super-composts." We guess we should have expected one that turns pee into a fine fog ... but we did not. Inspired or insane?
Biomimetic marching robot brings Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" to life
November 12, 2025
| Malcolm Azania
Unlike TARS in the movie, TARS3D doesn’t need human puppeteers to move. Its biotranscending morphology delivers “multiple previously unexplored locomotion modes,” and further exploration offers a “promising pathway for multimodal robotics”
Can we finally 'e-RAIS' the threat of sonic deepfaking?
November 15, 2025
| Malcolm Azania
Individuals, corporations, and even governments are under threat from digital deception to defraud dollars and destabilize democracies. The new RAIS system could help stop such fraud, by sniffing out AI voice emulators.
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November 15, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodZero has ventured into the scooter segment with the electric LS1. Unveiled at this year’s EICMA moto show in Milan, the e-scoot is all about making electric two-wheelers accessible for more people.
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November 15, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodHonda has revealed the V3R 900 E-Compressor Prototype, following up on the electronically-blown forced induction V3 motor that it introduced at last year’s EICMA. Honda states it’s a 900cc motor with the "performance of a 1,200cc engine."
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November 15, 2025 | Barry DivolaFender guitars were iconic from the get-go, so what does the newly launched American Professional Classic series bring to the table? I’m in Tokyo for Fender Experience 2025 to find out.
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November 14, 2025 | David SzondyNuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of converting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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November 14, 2025 | C.C. WeissBliss Mobil has launched its smallest camper module. Rather than being tied to a large HD truck chassis, the new Bliss 8 hard-sided pop-up cube rides aback smaller, nimbler 4x4 chassis like the Toyota Land Cruiser or Ford F-Series.
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November 14, 2025 | Joe SalasXlaserlab's E3 is a fast, ultra-detailed UV galvo laser that makes engraving clean and easy with the help of AI and computer vision – no soot, no warp, and no "oh no, it's on fire again!" moments.
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November 14, 2025 | Malcolm AzaniaResearchers at MIT have just developed a new lipid nanoparticle that super-enhances the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine in mice to a hundred times its stand-alone effectiveness, reducing required dosages while also reducing toxicity in the liver.
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November 14, 2025 | Aaron TurpenVW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap. Sadly, though, the manual transmission is only available on the sport-centric GLI model.
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November 14, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalA climate report projects that the world's carbon emissions are on track to hit an all-time high this year, despite major advances in green tech and adoption of measures to curb pollution from the use of fossil fuels.
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November 14, 2025 | Paul RiddenA few years back, BMW teamed up with Cube and SoFlow to prototype a funky leaning cargo e-trike as part of a mobility expo. Cube subsequently launched the concept as the Trike Hybrid in 2023, and has now added a flatbed variant to the range.
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