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Plenty of camper vans have been designed to promote Swiss Army levels of multifunctional performance, but the all-new Album from California's Vanspeed takes the theme to new heights. What looks like your typical, unassuming Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper van from outside is actually a transforming wonder, split into multipurpose zones that fold, drop, swivel, expand and remove to do everything you need, exactly when you need it.Continue ReadingCategory:

Lifestraw is at it again. The company has made some of the world's lightest, slimmest wilderness survival filters for decades. Now it launches a new lightweight leader that makes its past releases look downright chunky ... relatively speaking. The all-new Sip Essential takes the company's longstanding personal filter straw format and halves weight, ensuring that even the lightest-traveling speed hikers and mountaineers don't find themselves up a creek without a filter.Continue Reading

It’s been a while since Royal Enfield revealed its all-electric offshoot called the Flying Flea. It’s been a long way since then, with regular updates, spy shots, and launch details dropping from time to time.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric Motorcycles,

Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport this month will be greeted by a surprise friend waiting for them in the arrivals hall – a giant fluffy orange cat sleeping right in the middle of the bustling space.Continue ReadingCategory: Holiday Destinations, OutdoorsTags: Hong Kong, Cats,

Years of research and development, precision manufacturing, extreme testing, constant monitoring, and dozens of failsafes all go into preventing thermal runaway in batteries. Now, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are proposing a shockingly simple solution: batteries that simply cannot catch fire.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, EngineeringTags:

Austrian e-bike maker Esel is bringing its stunning ash wood frames to the city for the first time with the new eUrban. The model launches with three international design awards already on the shelf – including the German Design Award 2026 – and two builds aimed at riders who want something different from the carbon-and-aluminum mainstream.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles,

In January 2023, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health in Germany noticed that an infant monkey known as a sooty mangabey had developed reddish skin lesions across its forehead, chest, and legs. Within 48 hours, the animal was reported dead. Over the following weeks, nearly a third of the group's 80 members developed similar lesions, and four infants died. The outbreak was caused by the mpox virus (MPXV).Continue ReadingCategory: Biology,

Rolls-Royce has just unveiled Project Nightingale – its second electric car after the Spectre, which the company is building to order for discerning customers who enjoy driving with the top down.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Roll

Strange times in the electric vehicle (EV) world at the moment. While the technology behind electric cars continues to gather momentum, the sales numbers are showing mixed results. On one hand used EV sales are nearing record growth, but new EV sales are actually in decline.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles,

When we first caught wind of Thule's all-new Widesky rooftop tent (RTT), we took the model name to imply a large, clear stargazing skylight on par with Inspired Overland's fully transparent roof. We had the idea of open views correct, but instead of a skylight, Thule's latest RTT encourages panoramic viewing in a different way, one we haven't seen on other rooftop tents. In doing so, it creates a high-riding space in which you'll want to spend both waking and sleeping hours.Continue ReadingCategory: Tents