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For over 20 years, Jetboil has offered some of the most streamlined backcountry stove systems available for backpackers, paddlers and other gram-counting muscle-driven explorers, delivering hot meals to fuel groundbreaking expeditions. Now it's pushing ahead into the expanded future of fast, light cooking with the Trailcook series. Designed for meals more ambitious than rehydrated bag-boil, the new all-in-one stove family simmers, sautés and stir-fries real meals together ... even in the most remote shadows of hard-to-reach bac

Owning a house and maintaining a yard all year round can feel like having a second job. Homeowners usually end up with a garage filled with various equipment: a lawn mower, snow blower, shovels, and tools for clearing fallen leaves. Currently available on Kickstarter, the Yarbo M attempts to combine all those individual tools into one compact robotic platform that can automatically do all the yard work.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home,

Despite its modest length of just 24 ft (7.3 m), the Premium Vista packs an impressive amount of features inside. Its space-saving interior includes a well-stocked kitchen, plus two loft bedrooms.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: Building and C

I've seen a lot of cool hardware for making music over the last couple of years, but none of it is quite as focused on the pure joy of playing an instrument like the Tembo.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech,

Robinson’s R66 Turbinetruck looks like many other light cargo helicopters, yet something about it seems a little off. But what? Oh, right – instead of a cockpit, the aircraft has a pair of clamshell doors and no place for a crew.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Sikorsky,

Pickup truck campers and camping toppers have been growing lighter and lighter through smart, compact design, but few approach the featheriness of the Thaircamper. The inflatable camper weighs as little as some fiberglass truck caps, but instead of barely offering enough space to sleep one or two people with little headroom, it inflates in mere minutes into a full alcove camper that sleeps three to four. Truck camping just got much easier, lighter and cheaper.Continue Reading

Lampreys are able to stay securely attached to whales and sharks as they hurtle through the ocean, so you'd think they could teach us a thing or two about suction. It turns out that they can indeed, as scientists have developed a lamprey-inspired suction cup that can lift over 800 times its own weight.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Biomimicry,

While the rest of the eFoil industry seems to be quietly shrinking its designs – smaller boards, lighter motors, more discreet profiles – Hydroflyer went the other way entirely, bringing a dirt-bike sensibility to electric hydrofoiling and building what's claimed to be the quickest, most powerful eFoil on the planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Hydrofoil,

Sonos just launched its new Play wireless speaker, bringing back the moniker for its portable range from over a decade ago.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech,

When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks – and it's inspired by both a dolphin and a sea urchin.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: