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Seattle's Peace Vans has built a brand around its love for classic Volkswagen camper vans, so it's not surprising to see the company jumping out of the gate with all guns blazing as the official American ID. Buzz launch draws near. The Buzz will be the first new VW van available on the American market in 22 years, after all. Peace Vans officially welcomes...

Nissan has demonstrated a new automotive paint that can drastically cool a vehicle parked in direct sunshine. Tests have shown that treated cars stay up to 21.6 °F (12 °C) cooler than untreated cars parked side by side.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Coating, Coatings, Cooling, Paint, Vehicle, Automotive, Nissan, Metamaterial, Metamaterials

Northrop Grumman is developing a layered air defense against drone swarms centered on a new rapid-fire chain gun system armed with self-guided smart ammo that can take out drones at a fraction of the cost of missile defenses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Northrop Grumman, drones, Missile Defense

Outdoor gear startup Thecatal has some unique ideas about camping. Last year, those ideas drove the design of an absolute fortress of a vehicular tent built to shelter both man and machine. Now the company has slimmed its camping conceptualizations way, way (way) down into an ultralight backpacking tent that pitches in as little as 10 seconds, stands strong against any level of wind...

Folks weakened by osteoarthritis or myositis may need help with everyday tasks like watering plants, filling the kettle or peeling potatoes. The Carbonhand robo-glove is designed to support such activities, and is now available to everyone in the US.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Gloves, Assistive Technologies

Texas Instruments has announced a new DLP display controller that's markedly smaller than previous iterations, and is designed to cater to a new wave of compact 4K UHD projectors as well as augmented-reality glasses.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags: Texas Instruments, Projectors, 4K UHD

This fire-breathing 27-liter 1,800-horsepower Roll-Royce Merlin aero engine famously powered the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Lancaster and Mosquito WW2 aircraft. It has been mounted on a trailer for demo purposes. It really is a sight to behold and feel when it shakes the ground around you.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Rolls Royce, Engine Technologies, Auction, Silverstone Auctions

The Nano Suisse is about as small as a tiny house can get while remaining a practical place to live. Recently completed by France's Baluchon, it measures a mere 3.5 m (11.5 ft) in length but has a space-saving interior layout that sleeps two and even fits a home office.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Baluchon

Using a proprietary chemical process pioneered by Canadian firm Excir, England's The Royal Mint has begun mining old circuit boards from electronic devices for gold and converting what's harvested into attractive, if pricey, jewelry.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: E-waste, Recycling, Gold, Consumer Electronics

Evidence has been building about the health benefits of probiotics. Now, new research has found that putting a tablespoon of honey on your yogurt helps the probiotics it contains to survive in the gut. It’s a win-win combination that’s both healthy and delicious.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Probiotic, Microbiome, Gut Bacteria, University of Illinois

The pace of world-changing innovation has never been quicker, and we're looking to expand our coverage, seeking talented writers around the world who can write the history of the future with passion, authority, curiosity and perspective.Continue Reading

Two innovative new developments out of the same laboratory have demonstrated that degraded cartilage can be repaired and regrown, first by using "dancing molecules" to target the proteins needed for tissue regeneration, then with the aid of a hybrid biomaterial that acts as scaffolding to encourage cartilage growth. They have the potential to do what nature can't do on its own – regrow cartilage...

ChatGPT is mediocre at diagnosing medical conditions, getting it right only 49% of the time, according to a new study. The researchers say their findings show that AI shouldn’t be the sole source of medical information and highlight the importance of maintaining the human element in healthcare.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: GPT, LLM (Large Language Model), Artificial Intelligence

Last time we looked in on aerospace motor startup H3X, it was still in the perinatal stages, with little more than renderings and big plans to create the most power-dense motors known to man. Since then, it's gotten its first round of motors out to customers and signed contracts with major players like the US Air Force and NASA. Hot off an eight-figure funding...

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have unveiled a new type of amphibious vehicle that can hover like a drone, take winged flight like a plane, then dive at high speed underwater like nothing else – called the Nezha-SeaDart.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTags: Marine Innovations, Underwater drones, Aerial, China, Amphibious

Eco Wave Power has been floating its wave energy system for more than 10 years, where the rise and fall of coastal waters drives hydraulic pistons that run a generator to produce electricity. Now the company is getting ready to build its first megawatt installation.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wave Power, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy

California-based robotics outfit Figure has today announced its second-generation humanoid robot, which is initially being aimed at production lines in commercial settings, but the company is promising a bipedal butler in our homes in the near future.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Humanoid, Figure, Robots

When you live on the Moon, your only option for commuting back to Earth or onward to Mars will be some kind of rocket. But each launch will kick up a hellstorm of debris. Building walls to contain all that mess might one day fall to autonomous rovers.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: artemis, Moon, Lunar, Mars, ETH Zurich, Robotic construction

For companies in the business of multitools, the name of the game is cramming as many tools as possible into as small a form factor as possible. Atlanta-based XEdge ticked those boxes with its Flounder multitool pendant last year and has now followed up with the Flounder 2.0.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Titanium, Everyday Carry, Kickstarter

Supercritical geothermal power holds the promise of meeting humanity's energy needs for millions of years, but how practical is it? A new analysis by Karthik Subramanian of Lux Research suggests that it may lie somewhere between improbable and impossible.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Geothermal, Power, Heating

With a base weight estimated at a nice round 550 lb (249 kg), the Stealth pickup camper from Peak Performance Campers is the lightest we've ever covered. Thanks to Peak's extruded aluminum-framed Modu-Lock component system, it's also the most versatile, readily transforming from an empty composite pop-top shell to a fully equipped base camp. Reshuffle those components to dial in comfort and adapt the...

More than 15 million Americans may be putting their liver health at risk, simply by trying to better their overall health. New research has revealed the extent of the damage being caused by taking popular botanical supplements including turmeric, green tea, the stress-relieving ashwagandha and weight-loss aid Garcinia cambogia.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: University of Michigan, Herbs, Liver disease, Health, Transplant

Most of the vehicles that were based on the Toyota Land Cruiser have seen a complete revision to follow the Land Cruiser’s new design. The Lexus GX, the closest kin to the Land Cruiser, is no exception. But it does outdo its Toyota sibling in several ways.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Lexus, SUV, Luxury, Toyota

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water purification system feeding a hydraulic lift to raise huge stone blocks to build a pyramid.Continue ReadingCategory: HistoryTags: Engineering, Construction, Building and Construction, Archeology, Water