Portable

Whether it's an impoverished nation, a battlefield or a disaster site, there are places where doctors have to perform surgery outside of a sterile operating room. That's where the SurgiField system comes in, as it's basically a miniature pop-up O.R.

While it's nice to have ice cubes available for cold drinks on hot outings, bags of store-bought ice often melt too quickly and take up cooler space. The Evo Icer offers an alternative, in the form of a portable battery-powered ice cube maker.

Eeva is a small, water and energy-efficient machine designed to sit where your laundry basket would normally sit – bedroom, bathroom, or even in an RV or caravan – no hoses required. It'll get a load of laundry washed and dried in 90 minutes.

At the same time it's been launching portable kayaks, Oru has been quietly working to apply its origami construction to other products. It's now introducing camp furniture that packs small and flat, quickly building into a multifunctional campsite.

Sleeping on a cliff face is one way to soak up the great outdoors, but most of us like a little comfort at the campsite. That's why portable power stations are such a great piece of kit. We've been putting Bluetti's latest offering to the test.

Although video games are more popular than ever, there's still something to be said for good ol' board games. The Infinity Game Board gives them the high-tech treatment, by providing access to over 100 of them on a system-specific touchscreen tablet.

Late last year, XGIMI revealed a new portable projector ahead of a showing at CES 2023, which featured the company's Intelligent Screen Adaptation tech. Now the MoGo 2 Pro Full HD model has gone up for pre-order, along with a 720p series sibling.

Roland has announced the FP-E50, a portable piano and creativity workstation that's designed as an easy intro for beginners while including enough advanced features to keep the pros happy, including Roland's flagship synthesis engine.

LG has added another Full HD LED projector to its CineBeam range. The compact and lightweight Smart Portable Projector can throw 120-inch entertainment, runs LG's smart TV platform and can pair with two Bluetooth speakers for stereo sound.

Earlier this year, we reviewed XGIMI's Aura laser projector and walked away mighty impressed. But it's not what you'd call portable. With CES 2023 just around the corner, the company has announced the battery-powered MoGo 2 Pro.

Synth wizards Critter & Guitari have launched a successor to the company's first product – the Pocket Piano – in the shape of a portable music box called the 201, which sports six sound engines, a built-in speaker and a bunch of funky wooden keys.

A watercraft quite unlike others, the Portless Catamaran is a large inflatable that rides to the water in a motor vehicle. It quickly inflates into a dual-deck cruiser and lounge propelled along cleanly and quietly by a small electric outboard.