Modular

Following up on its ultralight Stealth pickup camper, Peak Performance is pushing the envelope yet again with the Nest, an equally impressive ultralight camper that combines hard walls with a super-flexible modular floor plan.

The Trail Mod trailer is one in a new wave of ultra-modular trailers that build up from bare bones to fully capable adventure wagons. It starts as a rugged utility flatbed and builds up into a capable toy-hauling micro-camper.

The second of three rugged phones announced at CES 2025 in January has now been launched. Following a Kickstarter for the monstrous WP100 Titan, mobile tech brand Oukitel has revealed the direct-to-sale WP200 Pro – with a rather unusual feature.

The whole mobile world is heading to Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress 2025, and of the raft of Xiaomi gadgets on display is a magnetic attachment aimed at giving its smartphones a photographic boost.

Repairable laptop maker Framework just wrapped up its '2nd Gen' event, where it made three major announcements – the most prominent of which is that it's now dipping its toes into desktop PC waters. It's also making a convertible laptop for students.

Four Wheel Campers looks to change the overlanding game with its crazy-modular CampOut pickup camper. Virtually every inch of the new truck camper can be arranged, tweaked and rearranged into the ultimate space for each adventure and road trip.

A wide-open cargo trailer that becomes a two-story camper, the Sportcaravan Cube 3 is a "great transformer." It alternates between sleeping, gear-hauling and base camping dominance without ever becoming a burdensome hunk of metal on the tow vehicle.

Vanexxt has created the very first camper package we've seen for the all-new VW Transporter/Caravelle. The new camper van further stands out for a modular build that transforms it from van life chariot to seven-seat family MPV in a matter of minutes.

Xpeng AeroHT is developing a stunning dual-mode transporter it calls the "Land Aircraft Carrier," a 6-wheel van built to launch a small eVTOL out its trunk. The vessel has been progressing rapidly and now has a full demo launch under its belt.

E Ink tablets are great for those who like to jot, scribble or doodle, and don't want to waste reams of paper. But even modern e-notes can be more sustainable. Supernote's 10-inch Manta model is modular, and can be upgraded or repaired as needed.

A few years ago, Verge launched a wild motorcycle with rear wheel so hollow you could stick a leg through it. Now, spinoff company Donut Lab is pursuing new applications for that motor, from stacked-rotor VTOLs to dominating multi-terrain e-machines.

Looking back, 2024 had some exceptionally cool knife and multitool launches, from ultra-sleek, reimagined pocket knives, to modular multitools with limitless customization, to hypnotizing folders that you can't help but deploy over and over.