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Adjustable mountain bike bar lets you change width back and forth
October 23, 2026
| Ben Coxworth
Having handlebars of the proper width is important, not least because if you end up making your bars narrower, you can't widen them again … or can you? German company Newmen Components is now offering an adjustable-width bar for mountain bikes.
Thor's cheap B+ camper upsizes van life to mini-motorhome proportions
October 21, 2026
| C.C. Weiss
Thor Industries has spent the 2020s growing its lineup of camper vans. Now it's moving further into the Class B+ segment with the all-new Ford-powered Rize+, a nimble, broad-shouldered shuttle-home for all types of seasoned RVers and first-timers.
Armored phone first in class with periscope telephoto lens
October 23, 2026
| Monica J. White
Blackview says that the XPLORE 6 rugged phone is the first in its class to sport a periscope telephoto lens, "bringing flagship-level imaging, performance, and AI capabilities into the rugged smartphone category."
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Leatherman’s latest limited edition, the new Picnic tool lives up to its name with a proper waiter-style leveraged corkscrew and five additional tools designed for picnics, tailgates, camp cookouts and other culinary affairs held away from home.
The Wildscape is around mid-sized for a tiny house nowadays. However, its clever layout makes this towable model seem larger than it really is, squeezing a netted hangout area and even a home office inside.
Built for tough DIY jobs that make you want to call it quits, the new Knipex TwinGrip XS plirs feature three sides of jaw-clamping power. They loosen stripped bolts, hold hardware steady, and quickly handle problems that disrupt your daily handiwork.
MeTool has packed a versatile multitool for outdoorspeople into a pen – making it easy to carry a bunch of essentials on you at all times. The SceptriX features a sturdy titanium build that's made to brave the elements, and it looks the part too.
With its roomy interior, this XL model offers an experience that's closer to an apartment on wheels than a typical tiny house. It includes lots of living space and can sleep up to eight people under one roof.
The zero-electricity, hand-cranked Divya washing machine is ideal for impoverished or remote regions. By cutting labor time up to 75%, the unit unlocks massive human potential of millions of women who are otherwise chained to drudgery.
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October 23, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalA startup based in New Zealand has devised a great way to take your bicycles with you on your next adventure, and you won't need to lift a thing. The Goover Bike Rack can hold up to three bikes, and simply rolls up to your vehicle for quick hitching. -
October 23, 2026 | Adam WilliamsVagabond Haven's Helena is not for those wanting to travel with their home, but if light-filled, comfortable living on one level sounds good, the non-towable tiny house has a lot going for it. -
October 23, 2026 | Ben CoxworthIt's already difficult trying to get eyedrops into your own eye – now, try to imagine doing so in the zero-gravity environment of space. That's why scientists have designed a facial patch that does the job … and it could be utilized here on Earth. -
October 23, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodSmall motorcycles equal big business, and it seems like moto companies are finally acknowledging that. The latest move comes from BMW Motorrad, which has now launched a third model on its new 450cc platform in the form of the F 450 RR sports bike. -
October 22, 2026 | Mike McRaeUnderstanding the hidden rivalry between quantum states and waves caused by electron holes could bring us ever closer to a holy grail in modern engineering. -
October 22, 2026TL;DR: GeMicrosoft 365 Personal costs $99.99 a year. A lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus gives you six of the same apps without the monthly fees. Right now, a lifetime license is on sale for $49.97.t Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with a lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024, now $49.97 (reg. $249.99). -
October 22, 2026 | Etiido UkoNo matter the shape they come in, from thin metal rods to large parabolic dishes, antennas are typically solid structures. In work that would delight any Star Wars fan, scientists have now created an antenna from a plasma beam. -
October 22, 2026 | C.C. WeissHow many times is the screwdriver on your multitool too small or large for the task at hand? Ant Design has a solution: its ultra-slim Apex V2 driver has a flip-out bit-holding arm and space to store a magazine of up to 14 bits. -
October 22, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalDainese's just made what's arguably the smallest and lightest motorcycle airbag vest on the market. It's pulled this off by ditching the bulky battery that every other vest comes with, and runs off power from your phone instead. -
October 22, 2026 | David SzondyBritain wants to keep space tidy, so the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded a £61-million (US$81-million) contract to remove two defunct UK satellites from orbit between 2029 and 2032 using manipulator spacecraft launched from the Shetlands.
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Transport produces 28% of the greenhouse gas released in the US, and nearly a quarter of that comes from heavy vehicles – more than from passenger cars. Revoy attacks the problem with a smart dolly that creates a hybrid semi truck with two heads.
Archeologists say they have solved the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved monoliths scattered across high-altitude slopes and pastures where no ancient settlements ever existed. It's a story of worship and water.
Fumbling with bindings is nobody's idea of a good time, especially in the cold and the snow. That's why snowboarder Brendan Walker created the Machina MagIC Ride System, which replaces traditional snowboard bindings with magnets.
The world's oldest human fingerprint has been discovered at an archaeological site in Spain. The fingerprint was dated at 43,000 years old and is believed to have come from a Neanderthal.
Dinosaurs may be long extinct, but 2025 made it clear that they’re anything but settled science. New fossils, reanalyses of famous specimens and increasingly sophisticated tools have helped us learn more about how they lived, moved, fed and evolved.
You could be forgiven for assuming that this pyramidal skyscraper project was a still from a sci-fi TV show, or perhaps another render that's never going to go ahead. But it is indeed real, and it's begun the early stages of construction.
This week, talk of the AI bubble bursting has intensified with Google top executive Demis Hassabis throwing some fuel on the fire while discussing the release of the tech company's Gemini 3 model. He also thinks some players will weather the storm.
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.