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This $2K electric dirt bike looks like a toy – it isn't

September 28, 2026 | Utkarsh Sood
The Sykeruns X7 looks like a toy that has escaped from an ambitious backyard workshop. It might be small and skinny, but then you read the numbers: 57 mph (92 km/h) top speed and 162 lb.ft of claimed torque. I can assure you, it’s no toy.

Tiny house goes XXL with single-floor apartment-sized interior

September 28, 2026 | Adam Williams
With its supersized dimensions, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Acadia shouldn't be referred to as tiny at all. The home on wheels includes a pair of bedrooms and not just one but two bathrooms, all arranged on one floor.

Palm-sized pocket axe brings its own fire starter to the pit

September 28, 2026 | C.C. Weiss
An axe so tiny, you could actually fit it in a pants pocket, the Axvant looks at first to be some kind of model or novelty toy. But it's an actual micro-axe made to complete modest tasks around camp and yard. In fact, it's even a multitool.

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This spacious park model "tiny house" really isn't so tiny. Instead, it provides an experience closer to a small cottage on wheels, with a large porch and an open, light-filled interior arranged entirely on one level.
There's no denying that cargo trailers are great for transporting your stuff, but they do occupy a lot of garage space. The Faltos trailer offers a solution to that problem, as you can just fold the thing up like an accordion between uses.
Researchers in Germany have developed a system for fabricating wood-based floor slabs that replace traditional reinforced concrete slabs in construction. They're impressively strong, and use only a third of the concrete needed in conventional slabs.
Though it's not quite a bona fide glass house, this tiny house comes pretty close. It features huge amount of glazing, providing an open and light-filled interior that's arranged entirely on one floor.
Like something of a squarer Dutch answer to the ageless Airstream, Lume emerged in 2018. Its latest trailer launch introduces a number of firsts for the brand, inviting campers to enjoy loads of fresh air with a slide-out kitchen and pop-up roof.
Massimo, a powersports and recreational vehicles manufacturer from Texas, has just created an incredibly retro, incredibly tiny pickup that looks like something straight out of the 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' movie. And it only costs $3,000.

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Small camping trailers are great for a lot of reasons, but they usually fall very short on one highly critical spec: a bathroom. The latest Encore ROG trailer solves the bathroom issue in a rather bold way, and it's a much better small camper for it.
While we may still not have flying cars, robot butlers or food replicators in our possession, you can now order something else you may have long dreamt of. It's called the Photon Matrix, and it uses lasers to track and kill airborne mosquitoes.
Having a Swiss Army knife is all fun and games until you find yourself wanting to see in the dark, start a fire, drink water straight from a stream, or heck, even charge your phone. Enter the Lifesaber.
You’ve got to have a trick or two up your sleeve if you intend to break into a crowded EV market. And Indian two-wheeler startup Oben Electric has done just that by pricing its first electric motorcycle to perfection and making it available on Amazon.
A bacterium from the gut of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving the way for an entirely new approach to treating cancer.
All I wanted to do was get rid of my glasses, but when my local laser eye surgery clinic recommended some odd-sounding, advanced Presbyond treatment developed by Zeiss, I said sure, if that's what the cool kids are getting. Here's what's happened.
It was cold – but nowhere near what I expected; I’ve been colder in an outdoor swimming pool in Australia. It's part of a global feedback loop, the scale of which I only began to comprehend when I saw this remarkable continent for myself.
This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party. We caught up with the CEO and Chief Product Manager before rocking the Tele's big night out at the Ryman Auditorium.