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Review: 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander hits the family-SUV sweet spot
6 June 2026 @ 3:03 pm
Cars and houses have something in common: no matter how large they are, they eventually start to feel small. Toyota saw a hole in the market and is filling it with the Grand Highlander.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Weak grip linked to an early grave – and a stronger handshake won't help
6 June 2026 @ 1:49 pm
Hassan Vally, Deakin University/The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Fitness & Exercise, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: life-expectancy, Hand, Magnetoelectric antennas could transform how underwater robots talk
6 June 2026 @ 1:03 pm
Most underwater robots lose contact with the surface the moment they descend. But a new antenna technology, borrowed from the physics of medical implants, is rethinking how submarine machines talk to each other – and to us.Continue ReadingCategory: EngineeringTags: University of Florida, Why the Nürburgring-proven Toyota GRMN Corolla should excite you
6 June 2026 @ 9:03 am
I admit, I'm usually more drawn to rugged pickups and 4x4 SUVs than most other four-wheeled machines. But every now and then, along comes a hatchback that gets me drooling. Toyota's latest GRMN Corolla hot hatch just got me reaching for a towel.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Toyota, Guess which bike hides beneath this 3.9-meter-long art deco streamliner
6 June 2026 @ 6:03 am
Royal Enfields are notoriously good at being the lab rat for all kind of customization. In fact, its Shotgun 650 was itself ‘inspired by custom’ per the company… and that bike is exactly what serves as the donor heart of this gorgeous one-off creation.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Knife-edged camper slices out of the wind tunnel & into the bush
6 June 2026 @ 4:26 am
Polydrops once noted it went through more than 100 CFD simulations to finalize the thin, tapered form of its wing-like P21 family camping trailer. But apparently, it wasn't finished. Because as it ruggedized the P21 into off-road form, it also further massaged the vessel's already slippery aerodynamic profile. So whether you're worried about draining the battery of your Rivian R2 or sipping up every last drop of gas during a far-flung backcountry tour, the P21X helps ensure that doesn't happen ... and then it sleeps you and the family comfortably.MG's new flagship electric coupe looks oddly similar to a certain Porsche
5 June 2026 @ 8:00 pm
This is one of those “I swear I’ve seen that before” moments. MG has officially pulled the covers off its latest and greatest coupe, the 07, and the images are uncanny … resembling the Porsche Taycan in more ways than one.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: MG, ElectriCoreless carbon valve stem says sayonara to breaks and clogs
5 June 2026 @ 6:07 pm
Presta valves are one of those things that a lot of serious cyclists use, but perhaps secretly hate. Well, those folks might have a much more loving relationship with the Aether valve stem, which does away with a traditional Presta valve's problematic core.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Meet the Audi Nuvolari: a 217-mph hybrid supercar that no-one saw coming
5 June 2026 @ 3:17 pm
Suddenly there’s a new Audi. And it’s a head-turning, 217-mph, 1,001-bhp, hybrid supercar called the Nuvolari.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Audi, 252-sq-ft tiny house is small in size, big on livability
5 June 2026 @ 1:33 pm
With its length of 24 ft (7.3 m), the Goa is on the smaller side even for a tiny house. However, it has been carefully designed for full-time living and packs in two bedrooms, a practical kitchen, and a bathroom with a bathtub.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: