Can you imagine a bike that pulls from the front and pushes from the back...A French outfit called Furion is testing a wild Yamaha MT-07 prototype...They have slapped an electric motor on the front wheel to give it all-wheel drive...It pumps out a massive three hundred Newton metres of torque...That is serious grunt for a mid-sized bike...And everyone from RideApart to New Atlas, NDTV and even YouTube and Facebook are talking about it...The system adds about fifteen kilowatts of electric power to the front...Bringing the total hybrid output to roughly sixty nine kilowatts...It uses a smart controller called the Eversor to manage traction...And it grabs twenty seven percent of kinetic energy back when you hit the anchors...The battery is a clever little lithium-ion pack tucked in the rear...A world champ already gave it the thumbs up on the track...Furion reckons they will have a limited run F1 model out soon...And they want to license this tech to other brands by twenty twenty nine...It is a sweet way to get extra grip without the weight of a massive EV battery... ... See MoreSee Less
NeoSander: Mini Electric Reciprocating Detail Sander...Have you ever wanted to sand the tiniest nooks without losing your mind...The NeoSander is a sweet little cordless tool that ditches clunky gears for a linear motor that hits thirteen thousand strokes per minute...It moves so fast that the tiny vibrations are cancelled out by a counterweight... making it easy for people to stay steady while working on delicate models...You can adjust the stroke length from zero point six millimetres to one point eight millimetres... giving you a linear speed of up to seven hundred and eighty millimetres per second...It comes with eight head shapes and eight grits... which are colour-coded so you don't get confused about which is which...The kit even includes foam sandpaper that handles curves better than a standard flat sheet...It also doubles as a tiny reciprocating saw for small cuts... and the whole thing is roughly the size of a large marker...The Kickstarter pledge price was about $184 for the NeoSander Premium Combo...... See MoreSee Less
The Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta 01... is the world’s first winter tire... with on-demand grip...Ever wondered if your car could have mood rings for feet...Nokian just dropped the Hakkapeliitta 01... which uses sweet tech to make studs pop in and out... based on the temperature...These tires are the first of their kind... and honestly feel like a total save for people who hate noisy roads...They give you ten percent better grip on ice... but also manage to be thirty percent gentler on the asphalt...The engineers spent years testing these in places like Ivalo... where it is often minus thirty degrees Celsius...It is a pretty sweet deal because you get safety when it is freezing... and a quiet ride when things thaw out...They even used canola oil and pine resin in the mix... so you are being eco-friendly while staying on the road...Expect to see these hitting the shops in the northern hemispheres autumn twenty twenty six for a few thousand US dollars per set...For those of us who hate chains... do you think these tyres might work in the snowfields downunder?... ... See MoreSee Less
Taara Beam... It's internet shot between pole mounted units that shoot light...Ever wondered if your internet could lose the wires and still be fast...Taara... a Google spin off... just shrunk a massive wireless system into a photonic module about the size of a finger...That is roughly 8 to 10 centimeters of pure magic...They are ditching the digging and expensive radio licenses for invisible light beams...Their new Taara Beam sends data at 25 gigabits per second over distances up to 10 kilometers...That is totally sweet...Since it is built on silicon... it gets better and cheaper just like your phone chips...It is perfect for linking up data centers or office buildings in a snap...People are already using this tech in over twenty countries to jump over mountains and rivers...With global data center spending headed toward seven trillion dollars... these light beams are a total game changer...It is pretty wild that we are finally moving data at the speed of light through thin air...... See MoreSee Less
Ready to spend over $1,500 hundred dollars on a phone that can basically hide your secrets?...Samsung's new S26 lineup is here and the Ultra is looking pretty sweet with its fancy privacy screen that blocks nosy people from peeping at your business... You know... when you're checking your messages in Church...This 214 gram beauty is only 7.9 millimeters thick and uses clever pixels to keep your display visible only to you...Under the hood... everything is way faster for people who haven't upgraded in years...They’ve also added a sweet Ocean mode for underwater shots and some fancy AI that acts like a digital assistant...The S26 Plus and its smaller sibling get slightly better batteries... but the Ultra is the real star with its 17.5 centimeter screen and faster charging...It is a solid polish on a classic design... even if your wallet feels a bit lighter afterward...... See MoreSee Less