🌞 Solar cells get energy conversion boost

by Adam Williams

Designed to maximize comfort in a compact footprint, the Currumbin combines a smart layout with some well-thought-out features to create an off-grid-capable tiny house suited to full-time life on wheels.

by Omar Kardoudi

An AI-powered suit developed by PhD students at the University of Chicago teaches physical skills by literally moving your muscles for you with electrical pulses. No pre-programming needed – it reads the situation and adapts on the fly.

by C.C. Weiss

The Freedom Camper pod is back, and this time it launches in its biggest, boldest spec to date. The new XL model grows out of any and all pickup truck boxes, requiring a utility trailer or flatbed to serve as a spacious, comfy mobile RV solution.

by Etiido Uko

Disaster sites vary as widely as rescue missions. Using robotics often requires multiple robots to survey, climb, lift, or manipulate objects. Athena unites all these capabilities in a single, rugged, autonomous platform built for search and rescue.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

The new BTL50 flashlight from EDC brand Imalent is a lot more versatile than most other models designed for outdoorspeople, thanks to a clever feature and its surprisingly compact build.

by Stefan Ionescu

The Trim House in Vilnius, by KWK Promes, turns strict building limitations into a bold triangular design, blending privacy, daylight, and garden space with minimalist interiors and a dramatic spiral staircase.

by David Szondy

Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (REGENT) has completed the maiden flight of Squire, an autonomous variant of the company's Wing-in-Ground Effect Seaglider aircraft that's being pitched to the US military for logistical duty.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Anbernic makes a wide range of gaming handhelds whose designs leave nothing to the imagination, with the usual arrays of controller buttons alongside or below a display. With its upcoming device, it's taking a more discreet design direction.

by C.C. Weiss

The Freedom Camper pod is back, and this time it launches in its biggest, boldest spec to date. The new XL model grows out of any and all pickup truck boxes, requiring a utility trailer or flatbed to serve as a spacious, comfy mobile RV solution.

by Etiido Uko

Disaster sites vary as widely as rescue missions. Using robotics often requires multiple robots to survey, climb, lift, or manipulate objects. Athena unites all these capabilities in a single, rugged, autonomous platform built for search and rescue.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

The new BTL50 flashlight from EDC brand Imalent is a lot more versatile than most other models designed for outdoorspeople, thanks to a clever feature and its surprisingly compact build.

by Stefan Ionescu

The Trim House in Vilnius, by KWK Promes, turns strict building limitations into a bold triangular design, blending privacy, daylight, and garden space with minimalist interiors and a dramatic spiral staircase.

by David Szondy

Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (REGENT) has completed the maiden flight of Squire, an autonomous variant of the company's Wing-in-Ground Effect Seaglider aircraft that's being pitched to the US military for logistical duty.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Anbernic makes a wide range of gaming handhelds whose designs leave nothing to the imagination, with the usual arrays of controller buttons alongside or below a display. With its upcoming device, it's taking a more discreet design direction.

by Jay Kakade

Baby caterpillars have figured out how to get themselves the royal treatment in certain ant colonies – getting carried around like precious cargo, fed on demand, guarded and being rescued from danger – by posing as queen ants.

by Chelsea Haney

Researchers have identified a hybrid photoreceptor in the eyes of fish that carries traits of both rods and cones – a combination that doesn’t fit either category. It suggests the retina may be far more flexible than scientists have long assumed.