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Sea sponges serve as inspiration for strong, lightweight metamaterials
October 02, 2026
| Malcolm Azania
Venus’ flower basket glass sponges can live many years far below the surface of the ocean. Composed of lightweight, durable silica structures, the pipe-shaped organisms are also providing a great opportunity for aircraft and architectural biomimicry.
Visionary coupe self-cleans the emissions EVs still create
October 01, 2026
| Omar Kardoudi
Electric cars don't cough out exhaust, but their tires and brakes are still shedding an invisible haze into the air. A team of Dutch students has built a concept that traps those particles with a static charge like a balloon grabbing lint.
Reimagined milk crate is a stealthy multitool meant to save your skin
October 01, 2026
| C.C. Weiss
A multifunctional contraption for camping and overlanding, the Rock Tamers Traction Crate looks simply to be a new milk crate design. But its name betrays a critical 2nd function: delivering traction to rescue you from a frustrating off-road debacle.
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October 01, 2026This $32.97 (reg. $418.99) bundle pairs Windows 11 Pro with a perpetual license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021, giving one compatible PC the operating system plus Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more.
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October 01, 2026 | Emma SchneckAs Aedes aegypti spreads further across the world, can natural mosquito “birth control” fight some of the world’s most fearsome diseases?
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October 01, 2026 | Omar KardoudiShift Robotics' Moonwalkers Dusk are the lightest motorized shoes the company has built and the first to come in sizes that actually match your feet. They glow as you go, and an upgraded AI learns your stride in about 10 steps.
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October 01, 2026 | C.C. WeissThe newly debuted Alite camping trailer from Aliner is about as small, light and simple as hard-walled towable living gets. The resurrected micro-camper weighs less than 700 lb, sets up in 30 seconds and becomes a tiny A-frame for escaping it all.
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October 01, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalDesktop accessories brand Cololight is working on an interesting addition to gamer setups: a pair of speakers that appear to float around your head to create a more immersive experience while you get destroyed in your favorite competitive shooter.
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October 01, 2026 | Ben CoxworthWhile wrist-mounted dive computers certainly are handy, they can still be awkward to look at when you're underwater in full scuba gear. The Arex One mask offers an easier alternative, as it puts your dive data right in your field of vision.
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October 01, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodIf you want blind-spot detection, rear collision warnings, or adaptive cruise control, you generally have to buy a premium motorcycle that'll set you back thousands of dollars. Indimate's aftermarket radar lets you do it for $399.
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October 01, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalFlashlight brand Rodman is back with an updated version of its tiny ED08 model from last year. While it was already easy to carry, the new one features better LEDs and an improved build – at nearly the same cost.
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September 30, 2026 | Mike McRaeFiring up the world’s most powerful laser at Romania’s Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), a team of physicists generated a beam of high-energy particles called muons to image an object through concrete.
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September 30, 2026PDFs preserve documents well but are much less flexible when you need to change them. SwifDoo PDF Pro brings editing, conversion, OCR, and other PDF tools into one Windows app, and it’s on sale for $34.99 (reg. $129).
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