Grill some hot dogs while charging your smartphone. Brew coffee and read your Kindle without worrying about the battery dying. With the BioLite CampStove, these things are possible. The CampStove burns wood and, through a thermoelectric generator, sends power to a USB port.
Citizens of notoriously smoggy Zhengzhou could breathe a little easier – for a few minutes, at least – thanks to a local travel company’s promotional gimmick. Staffers brought 20 big blue bags of fresh air collected 120 miles (300 km) away at Laojun Mountain to the east-central Chinese city and distributed it to grateful mask-wearing residents.
The snow melt is running into rivers, giving the grass its first glimpse of sunlight in months. It’s warm enough to trade your down parka in for a light jacket, and, any day now, wildflowers will light up the meadows. It’s spring, people. Who else is amped to camp?
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The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), Refshaleøen Holding, and the
IT University of Copenhagen have teamed up for a grandiose competition
to discover a fantastic idea for a beautiful public art instillation
that will double as a source of renewable and green energy. The best
design gets built, and the inventor behind it earns $20,000!
While it may seem a bit ridiculous to get a 4 year old his/her own
phone, there are times when it would come in handy and give parents added peace of mind. Enter the FiLIP.
Yo dawg, I heard you wanted some chopper in your chopper so we installed a Rolls-Royce/Allison C20B type helicopter turbine engine in this one-off, modified Triumph Rocket 3 motorcycle!
Edgar Mueller is an artist that creates way more than your ordinary sidewalk art.
Bell’s new molding system creates made-to-order helmets for wannabe MotoGPers.
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With spring finally in the air, it’s time to grab your phone and go outside. No, not so that you can check your email on a hike, but because there are plenty of other ways that the little computer in you palm can actually make the outdoors more fun. We’ve rounded up some of the best stargazing, hiking, and wildlife apps right here.
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The Glowfaster smart jacket is the latest contender in ‘health
conscious’ wearable technologies. This innovative idea utilizes health-tech features (heart rate sensor, GPS tracking) and presents them in a new,
motivational, way. With other wearable technologies on the horizon, how will the Glowfaster stack up?
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