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New 3D printing tech is set to give robots human-like muscles
May 19, 2026
| Etiido Uko
The day is coming when you may walk past a robot and not know it was a robot. Engineering has given robots skeletons, brains, and senses. Muscles, however, have remained elusive. Researchers have developed a new muscle system involving 3D printing.
New “superfuel” promises 32% boost in aircraft and rocket range
May 17, 2026
| David Szondy
CycloKinetics, a US propellant company, has unveiled a new family of superfuels for aircraft, missiles, and rockets that increase fuel performance by 32%. Aimed at the defense market, the fuels could allow vehicles to fly farther while carrying heavier payloads.
DJI's new phone gimbal gets a detachable display for remote framing
May 19, 2026
| Abhimanyu Ghoshal
With the new Osmo Mobile 8P, DJI's borrowing a handy feature from its high-end Ronin gimbals for mirrorless cameras for its latest smartphone stabilizer – and then taking things up a notch.
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The Cabarita tiny house strikes a nice balance between spaciousness and portability. Designed for small families or full-time downsizers wanting a little extra space, the home features a light-filled and open interior with two bedrooms.
Airstream trailers boast a lot of positives, but "cheap" and "lightweight" are not really among them. The new World Traveler trailer, however, is in fact a lighter, cheaper trailer that demonstrates Airstream's continued adaptation.
Huawei's XPixel million-pixel smart headlights debuted at the Beijing Auto Show with full-color projection, capable of beaming movies, games, and navigation cues onto walls and roads – while also boosting safety in bad weather.
The Manx R is a proper supersport, one that doesn’t feel like a retro cash-grab. Rather, a statement that the company wants to be taken seriously again – not just as a historic badge, but as a modern performance bikemaker with something left to prove.
The Byron Bay tiny house is a spacious model that's centered around an open kitchen and living area. The towable home also has multiple upgrades available, including an off-grid setup, and would be a good fit for small families.
Winnebago's latest launch is its most ruggedly luxurious yet. Picking up where the Revel and Ekko leave off, the Arka truck camper is prepared to spend 2 full weeks at a time in the deep, dusty backcountry. Just don't expect a spa bathroom.
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May 19, 2026Upgrade your PC with Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business and Windows 11 Pro for $134.97 — a one-time purchase that replaces recurring subscription costs with software you actually own. -
May 19, 2026 | C.C. WeissNissan keeps the factory camper vans coming. Its newest is built atop its smallest van, the Clipper kei van, which measures in under 3.4 meters (11.2 feet) long. To make it a micro-camper, Nissan relies on a basic household staple with which everyday DIY handymen have been familiar for ages: pegboard. The van's integrated peg panels serve as a simple, affordable means of holding up the bed and providing highly versatile storage organization for related (and unrelated) outdoor adventures. -
May 19, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalIt isn't easy harnessing the power of waves to generate electricity, but a Spanish engineering firm is giving it the ol' college try with a giant floating buoy. IDOM is testing its low-power wave-energy converter off the coast of Northern Spain.
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Is life really out there? A team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside, has devised a new statistical method that could serve as more than a cosmic thought experiment, potentially providing answers to the age-old question.
Could glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) nix the inflammation that drives asthma? Maybe, according to a large national study of more than 27,000 older adults, which was presented to scientists last week.
Like the spin of a cosmic coin, a unique set of particle oscillations could ultimately decide the fate of the Universe’s biggest suns. These new findings suggest that current descriptions of core-collapse supernovae may actually be incomplete.
A new study suggests that genes from the ancient human species, Homo erectus, may have been passed on to living people in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and across south-east Asia.
Advances in understanding of neuron activity and adaptation during squirrel hibernation could help inform stroke treatment and recovery.
In a study published in Science, researchers investigated traits associated with perenniality in wild rice and identified two genes that could trigger vegetative propagation in cultivated rice crops.
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May 19, 2026 | Monica J. WhiteSierro is a compact LiFePO4 home backup system designed to slip beside appliances and stay permanently plugged in, automatically switching to battery to power fridges, routers, CPAPs, aquariums and so on when the grid goes down. -
May 19, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalYou can already work and game on a virtual screen using the current crop of AR glasses – but what if you're a demanding gamer who lives for high-fidelity graphics and buttery smooth animation? Asus' goggles do 240 Hz on a 171-inch virtual display. -
May 18, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodThis one’s a biggie. Honda has just posted its first annual loss since becoming a publicly traded company back in 1957. And it’s not a small number either – Honda reported a staggering net loss of US$2.7 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31. -
May 18, 2026 | Malcolm AzaniaEPFL’s “kinematic intelligence” allows cross-robot transference of skills by combining “scans” of human action with robotic body limits. The approach could one day allow humans simply to describe desired actions without scans or new coding. -
May 18, 2026The ASUS Chromebook CM30 combines a detachable touchscreen, stylus, solid battery life, and lightweight portability for $149.99 in Grade A refurbished condition. -
May 18, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalFlossing regularly is great for your teeth, but the single-use plastic picks add to the ever-growing problem of household waste. A Swedish design team has a better solution, in the form of a sleek flosser that's made to last a lifetime. -
May 18, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalTurkey-based upstart Shark Instruments is taking the fight to higher-end guitar makers with advanced manufacturing capabilities. Its latest industry-first feature: adjustable frets.
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Scientists have uncovered an odd superpower triggered by tapping your finger to a beat – it may help you understand someone talking to you in a noisy place, like at a busy cafe. While it sounds a little woo-woo, there's emerging science behind it.
The LEO Solo just went up for preorder, pitched as an FAA Part 103-friendly (no pilot license required), single-seat personal eVTOL. It's supposedly landing in late 2025.
Hybrid commuter bikes generally aren't known for being all that exciting. That's why some cyclists are taking old speed-oriented lugged-steel road bikes that would otherwise go unused, and converting them into zippy, retro-cool city bikes. Here's how you can do it, too.
You’ve got to have a trick or two up your sleeve if you intend to break into a crowded EV market. And Indian two-wheeler startup Oben Electric has done just that by pricing its first electric motorcycle to perfection and making it available on Amazon.
Dragon Tiny Homes' Webster is well-suited to full-time living on wheels and features a spacious interior with three bedrooms, sleeping up to six people. The tiny house is currently up for sale for $85,000.
I'm a sucker for a good "reinventing the wheel" story, and David Henson's 'SurfacePlan' concept is an odd a take on one of humanity's greatest inventions as we've seen in a long time. It's designed to replace engines and drivetrains altogether.
In the South China Sea, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost entirely devoid of oxygen and, in turn, marine life as we know it.
Some people can’t get their bad cholesterol levels down, even if they take cholesterol-lowering meds. A clinical trial using a combination of existing and not-yet-released cholesterol tablets lowered bad cholesterol by almost half.