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If you've ever hankered after a hydrogen-powered business jet, your wait might not be much longer. French aerospace startup Beyond Aero's BYA-I One aircraft has completed its Preliminary Design Review, pushing it along the path to certification.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Hydrogen-powered,

The Kimbo camper has always felt to us less an RV and more a stylish backcountry hut or woodsy cabin secured to a pickup bed. That's partly because of the striking all-hard-sided aluminum build, partly because of the Dickinson mini-fireplace flickering away inside, and partly because of the cozy, rustic layout Kimbo has managed to carve out of a tiny space. It all combines into an ultralight camper that feels truly homey. Now, Kimbo adds to that homeyness, expanding out a couple of feet to create a more fully equipped roaming micro-home for full-size trucks.

With a smooth body and inverse Wharncliffe blade-shaped handle, the Doodler from Knafs is an instant classic – a slim, folding gentleman's knife built for everyday carry (EDC) in and beyond the office. As sleek as that handle is, it still manages to house a cache for an even lighter, slimmer tool that promises to come in handy quite regularly, if not every single day. It's not quite a complete multitool, but the wildly slim Doodler is a dual-purpose instrument that you'll be glad to have in your suit jacket pocket.Continue Re

EDC (everyday carry) creators continue to explore ways to combine as many tools as possible into compact formats. Joat 2.0 is the second-generation multitool from Hong Kong-based company Comandi. It combines 10+ functions within a compact, durable titanium body using a modular design.Continue ReadingCategory: Knives and Multitools, Gear, OutdoorsTags:

A 200-sq-ft (18.5-sq-m) tiny house doesn't sound like a lot to work with, but the Sledhaus 200 is more capable than you might expect. Its compact interior sleeps up to two people and starts at a relatively affordable price too.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags:

In the late 1990s, molecular biologist Yoram Eyal, and colleagues at The Volcani Center in Israel, identified the key gene and enzymes responsible for producing the bitterness compounds in grapefruit. Now, using the genome editing technology CRISPR/Cas9, the team has inactivated the gene in a type of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) to eliminate that bitter taste.Continue ReadingCategory:

Bimota remains one of motorcycling’s most uncompromising niche manufacturers. The Italian bikemaker has never chased volume, producing motorcycles in extremely limited numbers with obsessive attention to detail. And this one follows the same ideology.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Bimota,

For more than two decades, giant viruses have unsettled one of biology’s most fundamental boundaries: the line between simple viruses and complex cells. With genomes rivaling some bacteria, and gene sets that resemble those of eukaryotes (cells with membrane-bound nuclei and other internal compartments), they have forced scientists to rethink how cellular complexity may have emerged. A newly discovered giant virus now sharpens that debate, offering fresh clues about how the defining feature of most complex life, the nucleus, may have evolved.

More than half a decade since it began exploring the idea of entering the EV market, Sony has axed the two electric cars it was slated to begin shipping soon.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Sony,

Lockheed Martin has given "pop up" a whole new meaning. Instead of plopping down a shipping container to create an instant cafe, the company used a 10-ft standard container to house a compact GRIZZLY launcher and fire a Hellfire missile.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, EngineeringTags: Lockheed Martin,