DietSensor food-scanning app wins CES 2016 Innovation Award Honors

SCiO, the handheld sensor that works with DietSensor app, uses spectrometry to chemically analyze food and show you the nutrients in your diet.

News         May 11, 2019

14 genius gadgets to keep you charged on the go

There are a ton of charging options available, from the palm-sized battery packs to candle-powered accessories. Here are a few of our current favorites.

Products         January 15, 2019

Must-haves for your 2015 outdoor adventure

The great outdoors beckons. Upgrade that camp fire into a stove that turns firewood into a USB charge; grab a Titan Match to get it started, and some Bugs Away clothes to sleep through the night.

Products         January 15, 2019

The world’s first smart, electric, self-inflating stand-up paddleboard

Get on the water in less time than it takes to inflate a paddleboard with a traditional hand pump, and go twice as far with the motor assist.

News         February 21, 2018

First dual-chambered bike tire is our pick for most innovative award winner at Interbike

Low tire pressure helps traction, but can lead to tire punctures and dinged rims. The Schwalbe ProCore tubeless system's two chambers negate those problems.

News         February 21, 2018

With sensors and a gimbal, the Revl Arc adds more to the average action cam

With a first-of-its-kind gimbal and a wealth of sensors -- not to mention auto-editing features -- the Revl Arc is one smart action camera.

Videos         January 11, 2018

Is Puma’s new robot runner faster than Usain Bolt?

Puma's BeatBot is like a lure for human greyhounds. Racing a robot seems like either a recipe for embarrassment or the best training ever.

News         January 5, 2018

Livia zaps away lady pain, now shipping to U.S. Indiegogo backers

Livia is a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation machine -- TENS machine -- a cute, portable, and discreet one designed for women.

News         July 13, 2017

Marc Pro electronic muscle stimulator speeds workout recovery

The Marc Pro is an EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) intended for training applications. It tweaks the concepts of a TENS machine, introducing a unique waveform that helps rejuvenate muscle tissue and speed recovery.

News         June 16, 2017

Be seen to be safe with the Lumos Aster backpack

Lumos' Aster backpack for bike commutes is designed to light up the night like a car and make sharing the road easier and safer.

News         November 13, 2016

Lightmode’s helmet kits make you look like a Tron cast member

LightMode's customizable helmet kits let riders make their own light designs, giving gear that stolen-from-the-Tron-set look.

News         November 8, 2016

Livall's new smart cycling helmets are more stealthy and less flashy

Livall's new road and mountain helmets have a more serious look about them with fewer LED lights, a new shell design, and built in heart-rate monitoring.

News         October 17, 2016

Not just a bike computer: The Vudu7 V has a camera, speakers, headlight and more

The Vudu7 V "all-in-one" bike computer packs all the features you might expect from a high-end smartphone, but it's less expensive than a new iPhone.

News         October 17, 2016

NextDesk's new exercise bike fits office life the way your other bike doesn't

NextDesk's newest weapon against a sedentary day at work, the Velo, is the exercise bike made to fit office life the way a real bike does not.

Smart Home News         September 26, 2016

Coros’ smart cycling helmet doubles as a pair of bone conduction headphones

The Coros Linx smart cycling helmet has built-in bone conduction to let riders hear the world around them as well as music, navigation, and ride stats.

News         September 19, 2016

Step in time with Stepp, the new three-piece runner's wearable

Most running trackers can't correct form in real-time. With varied sensor placement, STEPP can track a greater range of motion than other wearables.

News         September 13, 2016

Beakor combines seven bike gadgets into one must-have device

With a live rearview, automatic recording looping, and accident alert system, Beakor is like a black box mounted on your bike.

News         August 24, 2016

COBI, the future of biking takes routes in a whole new direction

Biking navigation systems are multiplying, but few are also a basic e-bike panel, bike light, and app aggregate, and they don't handle routes like COBI.

News         July 10, 2016

The crazy fixed gear bike that drifts without turning is up on Kickstarter

The Trocadero Fixie's frame disarticulates on the downtube, allowing the rear of the bike to twist side to side while shrinking the turning radius.

News         July 9, 2016

This collar is like a FitBit – Medic Alert combo for your fur baby

Most animals hide when they're sick or in pain. But they can't hide from the sensors in the PetPace collar, which acts like a Medic Alert/Fitbit combo.

News         June 7, 2016

The Carbon SUV e-bike is basically a powered mountain bike on steroids

It blends the terrain-mastery of a dirt bike with a comfort of a fat bike and an e-bike's ease of use. It's like an SUV-bike with a cool form factor.

News         May 27, 2016

Two bad-ass climbers scale Everest without extra oxygen, share it all on social media

Mountaineers Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards climbed Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen and shared their experience on Snapchat and Strava.

Health & Fitness         May 25, 2016

This water bottle fills itself by harvesting moisture from the air (Update: it probably doesn’t work)

Fontus, the self-filling water bottle up on Indiegogo, is the subject of a new video explaining why it won't work efficiently enough to keep people alive.

News         May 23, 2016

Meet the guy who ran away from Wall Street to build bikes

SPCARBON recently made a full carbon bike for Red Bull Racing Eyewear, and its president just launched Blueprint bikes offering beautiful planned builds.

Features         May 13, 2016

Chemists create a DNA thermometer 20,000 times smaller than a human hair

Scientists at the University of Montreal made a nanothermometer of DNA that uncurls to tell the temperature. It's totally invisible to the naked eye.

News         April 29, 2016

Here's why you need the hands of a surgeon to beat Flappy Birds on hard

Touchscreen gaming is just not as precise as having a controller or keyboard. Researchers made people play Flappy Bird to find out exactly why.

News         April 29, 2016

Could these electronic glasses change a blind person’s life?

12 year old Christopher Ward Jr. was born sight-impaired, but his life changed after trying a pair of eSight glasses. There was only one catch.

News         April 29, 2016

New Android malware disguises itself as a Chrome update

A new infostealer is lurking out there, waiting to infect your Android OS. The malware dresses in an update's clothing and even hides in the Play Store.

Mobile         April 29, 2016

It may look like a car, but it's way better for you and the planet

Velomobiles let bikers ride even in winter, but usually look like an escape pod. Not PodRide; with four wheels it looks more like a car.

News         April 29, 2016

Nintendo's new controller patent takes Wii "U" very literally

No, it's not the Xbox 360 steering wheel, it's Nintendo's new controller patent. It looks like a cartoon magnet, a horseshoe, or a big "U".

News         April 25, 2016

This flexible camera takes crazy images

This video shows what pics might look like if you could bend your camera. A research team made a flexible camera lens array so, eventually, you can.

News         April 17, 2016

Oscar is a 3D-printed organic Lego set … and it’s creepy as hell

The Modular Body, a 56-video series, introduces Oscar as a 3D-printed modular body. There's no telling how long it would live, were it really alive.

News         April 16, 2016

This health app makes Fitbit look like a basic calendar

Where other suggestion software assumes people of a certain weight or activity level are more or less the same, Shae looks at a person's epigenetics.

Health & Fitness         April 14, 2016

These little hex-shaped nubbins are a bike thief’s worst nightmare

Hexlox are a little magnetic nubbins that lock inside standard bolts, making the bolt impossible to turn. They are a first for handlebar security.

News         April 14, 2016