Collapsible Bonfire pit puts wood fire cooking power in your pocket

Open-fire cooking you can carry anywhere, the new Alpha Bonfire from Japanese startup The Brand Labo collapses flat into a smartphone-sized package small enough to drop in a pocket. It carries easily by foot, luggage or light vehicle, building into a m… Continue reading Collapsible Bonfire pit puts wood fire cooking power in your pocket

Wetting agent douses underground “zombie” fires with great efficiency

Raging fires are generally bad news, but smoldering peat fires can do more environmental damage and present unique challenges for those trying to extinguish them. Researchers in the UK have come up with a new formula for tackling these so-called “zombi… Continue reading Wetting agent douses underground “zombie” fires with great efficiency

Firetent kit carries like pack of cards and sparks a teepee fire

From basic crumpled paper and dryer lint, to waxed volcanic rock and recycled thermoplastic, there’s far more than one way to spark a warming blaze, and it seems there’s always another just around the corner. The new Firetent from Canadian firm Coast S… Continue reading Firetent kit carries like pack of cards and sparks a teepee fire

Graphene tractor beams could one day redirect lightning strikes

Lightning strikes are a major trigger for wildfires, including the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia, California and other regions this year. An international research team has now demonstrated a method that could effectively control whe… Continue reading Graphene tractor beams could one day redirect lightning strikes

Closely Examining How A PG&E Transmission Line Claimed 85 Lives In The 2018 Camp Fire

In 2018, the Camp Fire devastated a huge swathe of California, claiming 85 lives and costing 16.65 billion dollars. Measured in terms of insured losses, it was the most expensive natural disaster of the year, and the 13th deadliest wildfire in recorded history.

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Ultraportable cook system turns campfires into backcountry kitchens

With its original lightweight, collapsible Grill and folding Fire Safe, Wolf and Grizzly already offers some of the most portable, lightweight campfire cooking gear out there. Now it’s launching something a little more comprehensive. Its new Cook Syste… Continue reading Ultraportable cook system turns campfires into backcountry kitchens

Hackaday Links: August 23, 2020

Apple, the world’s first trillion-dollar company — give or take a trillion — has built a bit of libertarian cachet by famously refusing to build backdoors into their phones, despite the entreaties of the federal government. So it came as a bit of a surprise when we read that the …read more

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A Song Of Fog And Fire – Taking A Look Inside A Rubens’ Tube

The dark winter months are still a bit ahead of us, but with night returning even to the northernmost places, it might be a good time to get your next mood lighting project started. Despite the ubiquitousness of LED strips, cave-time nostalgia makes it hard to beat the coziness of …read more

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