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Tiny threads stand in for major metal coils in heating breakthrough
March 15, 2026
| Michael Franco
Could tiny threads of carbon fiber do the same job as big metal industrial heating coils? A new breakthrough from researchers at Rice University says yes, and the finding could go a long way toward electrifying many manufacturing processes.
Compact tiny house fits two bedrooms and a surprisingly useful kitchen
March 12, 2026
| Adam Williams
Pickup truck campers have been growing lighter, but few come close to the new Thaircamper. The inflatable camper weighs as little as a fiberglass truck cap and inflates in mere minutes into a full alcove sleeper pod that sleeps three to four people.
Futuristic mouse snaps in half to transform into a gamepad
March 15, 2026
| Abhimanyu Ghoshal
A Bangalore, India-based hardware upstart is rethinking what the mouse on your desk can do – by splitting it in two and filling it with gamepad buttons. It's a clever bit of industrial design that hides interface elements in a familiar package.
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Pickup truck campers have been growing lighter, but few come close to the new Thaircamper. The inflatable camper weighs as little as a fiberglass truck cap and inflates in mere minutes into a full alcove sleeper pod that sleeps three to four people.
When it comes to tiny houses, space is always at a premium. However, the eONE XL Wide & Tall addresses this by stretching out wider and taller than is standard to ensure an open and comfortable interior.
Skydream Caravans aims to build next-generation travel trailers that integrate cutting-edge advances from China's new energy, automotive and smart home sectors. Its debut caravan is about to drop down like something of a terrestrial spacecraft.
A new Kickstarter project, Yarbo M is a modular robot designed to handle snow clearing, grass mowing/trimming, and debris collection – and it can quietly finish the job before you even wake up.
In an age where electric bike launches are becoming bigger, faster, heavier, and inherently more expensive, the IN10 Pro+ is the exact opposite. For under $2,000, it just might be a masterstroke!
Lampreys can stick to speeding sharks, so you'd think they could teach us a thing or two about suction. It turns out that they can indeed, as scientists have developed a lamprey-inspired suction cup that can lift over 800 times its own weight.
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March 14, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodDAB Motors has launched its very first mass-production e-moto called the DAB 1. And as the name suggests, it’s based on the exclusive DAB 1α. And unlike its predecessor, this one’s a standard run, and more importantly, significantly cheaper. -
March 14, 2026 | C.C. WeissColeman takes hard coolers in a new direction it qualifies as a world first. The Snap 'N Go series comprises nicely squared cooler boxes that stack and store neatly when full and even more neatly after instantly folding down to a fraction their size. -
March 14, 2026 | Ben CoxworthCycling is a great form of exercise for the legs and core, but the arms? Not so much. The VeloGym recumbent trike is out to change that, as it gets your upper body in on the act. -
March 14, 2026 | Michael FrancoTexas Instruments has teamed up with NVIDIA to link technologies designed to "accelerate the path from simulation to the safe deployment of humanoid robots in the real world." The partnership fuses real-world sensing tech with massive computing power. -
March 14, 2026 | Adam WilliamsDespite its length of just 30 ft, the Elderberry tiny house packs a surprisingly capable interior. The towable dwelling includes a living area with a home office, two lofts, and a spacious central kitchen. -
March 14, 2026 | Etiido UkoMany cultures explore the idea of a figurative third eye that enhances perception. Autonomous cars have a literal version: radar, working alongside cameras and LiDAR. Now, scientists are pushing the idea further by placing that third eye on the road. -
March 13, 2026 | Bronwyn ThompsonResearchers have uncovered the mechanical properties of the nanoscale "thorns" that grow inside lithium batteries, which can cause them to short circuit or even combust. This paves the way to stop these growths forming, preserving battery power. -
March 13, 2026 | Etiido UkoWhat do you get when you combine distressed offshore wind energy sites, surging AI energy demands, and not-in-my-backyard sentiments towards data centers? One company is combining all three problems into a solution: floating offshore data centers. -
March 13, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodThe first of BMW's Neue Klasse EVs debuts in the form of the iX3. It gives us a first look at BMW’s next-generation cars, while also shedding light on what we can expect from its upcoming range that will launch between now and this time next year. -
March 13, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalAdventure gear brand Outzac has a new piece of camping equipment in the works that's designed to make it way easier to pack light, in more ways than one. The Pico Pump is compact, inflates all your stuff, and can shrink your packing in vacuum bags.
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Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv designs.
The most egg-shaped of all the egg campers, the Barefoot Caravan has been wowing RVers with its shapely fiberglass for over a decade. Prices have risen quickly during that time, but now Barefoot offers the Bothy as a lighter, cheaper entry model.
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 Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question is, why do we have astronauts at all?
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.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a landmark eye drop that uses a combined dose of medication to restore age-related near-sightedness, without the need for surgery, for longer than anything else on the market – and with fewer side effects.