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Tiny houses usually require a lot of compromises, but this one has fewer than you'd expect. Squeezing an impressive number of home comforts into its modest 34 ft (10.3 m) length, it includes a large kitchen and dining area, plus two bedrooms, a bathtub, a

Portable solar panels have long been a favorite of the off-grid camping and backpacking community. They are light, silent, and increasingly efficient.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Portable, Wind turbine, Camping

The winner of 2026's Shed of the Year competition isn't your typical home office or backyard bar. Instead, the top prize has gone to a lovingly handcrafted wargaming shed built by intrepid tabletop warriors.

The world's new tallest hybrid timber skyscraper has officially topped out. Named Atlassian Central, the "plyscraper" soars to an incredible height of 180 m (591 ft), not just surpassing but smashing all previous records.

Contact lens technology has come a long way. Early lenses were made from glass, and were uncomfortable to wear for an entire day. Today, lenses are made from soft materials such as silicone hydrogel and they are barely noticeable on the eye.

The US Space Force has proven it has battlefield teeth like the other armed forces by adding "Meadowlands" to its arsenal - a ground-based space weapon designed to blind, bamboozle, and blast orbital threats with electromagnetic beams.

India's burgeoning eVTOL industry has seen major advancements, investment, and partnerships taking place over the last few years. The country has just seen an indigenously produced 1,540-lb (700-kg) half-scale demonstrator wrap up its integrated flight te

A robotic bird tested in a wind tunnel may hold the blueprint for drones that can finally handle a windy day. Researchers from RMIT University (in Melbourne, Australia) and the University of Bristol (UK) have reverse-engineered the Australian kestrel (Fal

Agriculture is one of the industries that is getting increasingly affected by robotics, which totally makes sense, as farmers around the world face human labor shortages and also rising labor costs. For some crops, labor accounts for almost 50% of product

Chinese scientists have discovered a way to combine high-tech light-absorbing nano-technology with more conventional water-based carbon pigment spray to coat car bodies with a durable ultra-black finish. The result is a black that creates a 'black-hole' e