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The mobile entertainment industry has a tendency to make devices lighter and more immersive, blurring the line between everyday life and virtual reality. Xynavo AR glasses offer a glimpse of what the future of portable entertainment may look like, and they are currently available for backing on Kickstarter.Continue ReadingCategory: Virtual Reality, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags:

There are many approaches you can take to stop smoking, from nicotine replacement therapy to behavioral support to good ol' quitting cold turkey. None of these are easy, but it turns out that using a mobile smoking cessation app can greatly increase your chances of breaking the habit.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness and Healthy Living

Forget livable EVs – the plug-in hybrid powertrain has long been the best immediate solution for camper vans and large motorhomes. What we haven't previously considered, though, is that it could be an equally viable solution for camping trailers. Evotrex makes that case with the PG5 travel trailer, a livable power plant with a multi-source generation system developing electricity for camp life and travel. Beyond its high-tech electrical underpinnings, it's a beautifully designed trailer that encourages campers to get the most out of their outdoorsy adventures.

Even if you don't smoke, a lighter is certainly a handy tool for starting campfires – and if you're carrying one anyway, why not carry some extra functions with it? That's where the Polar lighter comes in, as it packs a compass and mirror along with an optional capsule, watch and loupe.Continue ReadingCategory: Knives and Multitools, Gear, OutdoorsTags: Ki

Anker says the latest offering from its power solutions division is the first-ever smart hybrid backup system for your entire house. The company claims its sophisticated equipment and installation program make it simple for homeowners to finally stop worrying about blackouts and outages. The kit can also scale up to keep every room powered for days.Continue ReadingCategory:

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient feature that some lineages inherited and others later lost. But new evidence suggests this is completely wrong.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: M

While this may look like a minimalist pair of titanium chopsticks, it's so much more. It's actually a modular everyday-carry tool that can shapeshift into four other different forms. And there are only a few days left to get it at its discounted rate.Continue ReadingCategory: Knives and Multitools, Gear, OutdoorsTags: Kickstarter,

As combat drones continue to move from the laboratory to the battlefield, the US Navy is exploring how to use a digitally simulated F-35 Lightning II aircraft to develop new tactics to go with the new technology.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Navy, Flight Simulators,

Nitrous oxide, informally known as laughing gas, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in people with depression in a series of small clinical trials, with symptoms easing within hours of inhaling it. The treatment involves breathing in a mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen for up to an hour.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health,

For millions of people, losing their sense of smell quietly reshapes daily life. Meals lose nuance, familiar places feel strangely distant, and critical warning signals like smoke, gas or spoiled food become harder to register. Smell’s deep links to memory and emotion make its absence especially disorienting, and once damaged, the system is notoriously difficult to restore. That challenge has led some researchers to stop asking how to fix smell, and start asking whether its information might reach the brain another way.Con