Before you start touring the world and posting your #vanlife on Instagram, you need a live-in van. And that's not necessarily cheap or easy. Adventure Wagon offers a solution, though – a simple, off-the-shelf van conversion that turns the Mercedes Sprinter into a versatile adventure van.
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Educational technology company pi-top has launched an electronics design platform in the shape of a Pi-based modular laptop that's aimed at making hands-on learning simple and fun. The device also comes with an inventor's kit that includes simple and fun electronics projects.
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The Modulos Desk has been designed to cope with the changing demands of the modern workforce, with modules that bolt together to form a custom desk made up of rotating tablet docks, wireless charging zones, USB hubs and groovy pencil holders. And when the job changes, so can the desk configuration.
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The folks at Spiffy Gear have developed a modular LED lighting system that's described as being the only lighting modifier you'll need. The Spekular light bars can be used independently or together to form catchlights in a subject's eyes – including a funky star.
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Mobility is a challenging concept in Africa. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have been working on a solution that could prove just valuable to remote communities by offering a low-cost, modular and emission-free vehicle built to handle rough terrain.
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Terracamper has long been turning regular, boxy vans into versatile modular campers over in Germany. Now it's coming to North America. TouRig will be one of its partners, transforming Mercedes Sprinter and Metris vans into flexible, modular camper vans built to explore.
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If you're a regular camper, you may own a selection of tents for different situations: a lightweight tent for hiking, a larger tent for friends or family, and a winter tent too, for example. The Crua Clan is a flexible modular tent system that can serve each of those needs.
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UK-based company Ten Fold Engineering has developed a series of modular, self-deploying structures that can be instantly unfolded in under ten minutes without the need for builders, cranes or foundations.
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The ModVans CV1 modular camper van roams countrysides and cityscapes before converting back to passenger and cargo forms. When van life has to cede the stage to real life, the CV1 can handle daily commutes and errands just as well as it handles open-road adventures.
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Origami has plenty to offer the world of robotics, and scientists have again borrowed from this ancient Japanese art form to create small triangular bots that can be snapped together and folded into modular machines of different shapes and sizes.
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