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The traditional method of beekeeping – using heavy frames that hold the honey, and large extractors that do the harvesting – can be a grubby, physically demanding, time-consuming procedure that takes up a large amount of space along with the hazards of being stung or harming the bees. Simon Mildren, an Australian firefighter with a passion for beekeeping, has streamlined the process with the Hivekeepers Micro Honey Harvester system, which sounds like it could be ideal for the recreational or small-scale beekeeper with one to five hives.

Commissioned for a customer who wants to enjoy a nomadic retirement, the Tiny Birdy has a compact interior layout that sleeps up to two people and runs fully off-grid with solar power. The Tiny Birdy was designed by France's Atelier Bois d'ici and is based on a double-axle trailer. It has a length of 6 m (20 ft) and is finished in knotty timber for a cabin-like character, with blue aluminum accenting and roof, and a storage box outside. Its size is around average for a European tiny house, but small compared to most North American models, many of which can easily exceed twice the length.

If you work on cars, furniture, or electronics often, it helps to have a good set of screwdrivers handy. The Revolver S from EDC upstart IdeaSpark fits six driver bits into a rugged little titanium body to make it easy to carry these wherever you go, with a precise ratchet mechanism to boot. Around the size of a C battery at 1.69 inches in length (43 mm) and 1.22 inches in diameter (31 mm), it resembles the chamber or cylinder of a revolver. Undo the top, and you'll find six standard 1/4-inch bits securely held in place by magnets: PH1, SL4, SL6, T20H, T8H, and H3. These screw into the top of the Revolver S when it's time to go to work. An included extension helps you deal with screws that are a little hard to reach.

You might be more familiar with it as a versatile fibrous material or the staple food of giant pandas , but bamboo has now entered the health-food realm thanks to the first review into its dietary benefits. Those include aiding blood sugar regulation, fighting inflammation and improving gut health. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) have assembled the first review that assesses existing scientific studies into bamboo, the fastest growing plant on the planet. While it's a common ingredient in many Asian diets, it isn't that well known for its nutritional value.

I wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t heard of Great Wall Motor Company (GWM) by now. But you probably have heard about Souo S2000, the monstrous eight-cylinder, two-liter cruiser bike from China. Now it’s reportedly coming to the US. We covered the radical motorcycle back in 2024 when it first broke out, and safe to say it had a lot of people talking. And when you have a 2-liter boxer eight-cylinder engine on a production motorcycle that’s linked to an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, it is bound to.

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, which scientists long viewed as evolutionarily neutral since vitamin C from diet compensated for the loss. But new research suggests that the deprivation of this essential molecule was not an innocuous evolutionary shift but actually a clever defense against parasitic infections. “One of the reasons that we lost this metabolic gene, which makes an essential molecule that turned this into a vitamin, is that metabolically our bodies are adapted to work to deal with infections, including parasite infections,” Michalis Agathocleous at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center told New Atlas. “There is a very strong benefit to vitamin C deficiency in an animal that's infected with parasites.”

When you think about it, it's kind of crazy that pro cyclists are capable of exceeding the urban speed limit for motorized vehicles, yet the only protective gear they wear is helmets. That's why one company has now developed a wearable airbag system. Appropriately known as Aerobag, the setup is made by a Belgian firm of the same name. It's designed for use by professional cycling teams, and will in fact be used by the Netherlands' WorldTour Team Picnic PostNL for training this season, and possibly for races. Other teams are reportedly in the works.

Even a device as simple as a computer mouse still has plenty of room for improvement. Modern versions are becoming lighter, more ergonomic, and often even look nothing like their traditional counterparts. The NanoFlow i2 Air incorporates some revolutionary features and is now available for backing on Kickstarter. It is claimed to be the world’s smallest horizontal mouse, measuring 31 × 39 × 75 mm (1.22 × 1.54 × 2.95 in) and weighing just 35 g (1.25 oz), which makes it smaller than your earbuds case. It takes up very little space, fits easily in a pocket, and can be used on almost any surface.

Though I'm using my fingers more, most of the time I pluck the strings of my guitars with a pick. Most of them have been made from plastic, but I've tried metal and even small coins. But never titanium – which makes the ResoTi an intriguing project. This titanium guitar pick is currently raising production funds on Kickstarter , and comes from the same folks responsible for the successfully crowdfunded BladeNex knife – MIH (which stands for Make It Happen).

Instead of focusing on your sore arm after your next vaccine, you might want to think good thoughts. A new study that trained people in the power of positive thinking showed that the practice can significantly boost antibodies created by the jab. You've certainly heard of the placebo effect , the idea that believing in a cure actually makes it work – even if it's nothing more than a sugar pill . Researchers at Tel Aviv University recently decided to see if that very effect – basically, thinking positively about a treatment – could affect actual medicine, which, in this case, consisted of hepatitis B vaccines.