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Back in the day when flannel and grunge were in and the web was new, the Nissan Pathfinder was the 4x4 that many a country boy lusted after. Today, the Pathfinder has grown alongside that original audience, but a new refresh reminds us of those roots.

To transcribe a spoken conversation into text, you either have to take impossibly fast notes in real-time, or make a recording for transcription later. The creators of the Titan Note device (currently on Indiegogo) want to make this process easier with voice recognition and 360° recording.

MVRDV recently unveiled Casa Kwantes: a luxury pad with a brick facade facing the street for privacy and a large curved glazed facade facing the courtyard that offers plenty of light. Envisioned as a contemporary take on 1930s modernist design, it also boasts solar power.

​As far as test locations for Mars, you could do worse than Chile's Atacama Desert. NASA researchers have been using the site to test a rover equipped with scientific instruments needed to comb the Red Planet for signs of life, with a view to fine-tuning the tech ahead of future Mars missions. ​

We've praised the Nintendo Switch's core idea – a console that blends a home console with a handheld – but lamented its lackluster launch lineup of games. After two weeks with it, we've found it's a joy to play, despite a couple of niggles that might make it worth waiting a little longer.

Mini drones are notoriously difficult to keep hovering in one place, plus they're not known for shooting great video. Chinese startup Ruiven claims to be out to change that, however, with its new Kudrone. The tiny quadcopter shoots at a maximum resolution of 4K, plus it's equipped with GPS.

​Ever since launching the new Africa Twin last year, Honda has unleashed a worldwide promotional offensive, designed to distinguish the touring and off-road attributes its new adventure bike professes. Its latest endeavour included climbing the world’s highest volcano to a record-setting altitude.

The history of life on Earth is shrouded in shadow, but we're slowly shedding more light on where we came from. Now, newly-discovered fossils of what look like red algae discovered in India, suggest that multicellular life arose several hundred million years earlier than previously believed.

​The North American Handmade Bicycle Show has wound up for another year, bringing us a fresh batch of some of the most interesting and exquisite bikes from around the world. We attended the event in Salt Lake City last weekend, and now offer this look at some of our faves from the show.

​Last year, Yamaha unveiled its Breeze10 autonomous, radar-equipped boat for inspecting dams. Now, the company has the Water Strider – a remote-controlled, herbicide-spreading vessel to reduce the labor costs of rice paddy cultivation.

Portuguese startup Ecocubo has developed an eponymous cork tiny house. You probably wouldn't want to live in it permanently as it lacks in space and amenities, but the tiny dwelling looks well-suited for a weekend in the woods.

Some larger types might opt for a lizard or even a frog, but the great majority of spiders love to eat insects. So much so, that the world's spiders consume somewhere between 400 and 800 million of biomass each year consisting almost entirely of creep crawlies, a new study has shown.