Smoking

Exit Outdoor has slimmed its Fire 'n' Go pellet grill down to help it cook at even the most distant secret camping spots. The grill uses a multi-folding construction to travel small and light and an easily swappable battery pack for off-grid power.

What if we could get rid of cigarette butt litter by using them to make bricks? A team at RMIT University in Australia tried the idea out and found that not only could it reduce toxic waste, but also makes for better bricks.

San Francisco-based startup Urchin Sky equips a simple throwing knife with more than 20 different functions in the form of its Kniper multi-tool. The Kniper combines typical multi-tool elements like wrenches and drivers with not-so-typical inclusions like a tobacco pipe and fork.

FreshAir's AirGuard uses sophisticated polymer technology to detect and rat out illicit tobacco and marijuana smokers. Targeted at the hotel market, AirGuard could also be a big hit in workplaces, public housing, college dorms, jails and anywhere else where smoking is restricted.

With its Re-Barn concept, architectural planning consultancy autotroph has come up with a strategy to preserve not just one building, but a whole family: the endangered tobacco barn of Southern Maryland.

The new ZKes 453 humidor from Liebherr ensures optimum air humidity coupled with ideal storage temperatures for successfully storing and maturing cigars.

The new Kappa loudspeakers from high-performance audio brand Infinity incorporate several new technologies including an in-built distortion-reducing motor that promises clean, crisp bass at all power levels.

Taking common local food condiment, wasabi (or Japanese Horseradish), researchers at Japan's Shiga University of Medical Science, have created a unique smoke detector/fire alarm designed to aid the deaf in case of an emergency.