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Although rooftop tents are designed to make camping easier, setting one up in the rain or late at night can still be a hassle. The Air Cruiser was designed with that fact in mind, as it goes up without much more than a single button-push.Continue Readi… Continue reading Air Cruiser inflatable rooftop tent pops up with the push of a button
When we looked at the TRT 140 Air inflatable rooftop tent that Dometic recently introduced to the US market, we happened upon another newly introduced tent with inflatable bones. The Pico FTC is the brand’s most compact tent and has the Swedish gear ma… Continue reading Dometic ups its swag with backcountry-ready, pico-size inflatable tent
Bike helmets can be bulky things to carry around, which is why we’ve seen ones that fold or collapse when not in use. The Inflabi takes yet another approach, however, in that it simply gets deflated and rolled up.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, Tra… Continue reading Inflatable bike helmet packs small, weighs little and takes the hits
Swedish brand Dometic has long been an inseparable part of the leisure vehicle market, its appliances and accessories featuring in RVs around the world. More recently, it’s been going lighter and faster, pushing deeper into the overland, modular camper… Continue reading Dometic pumps up camp with panoramic Air inflatable rooftop tent
Way back in 2016, startup GoBoat introduced an odd-looking boating craft that sat the single occupant in the middle of a huge inflatable ring, and could be collapsed down for transport on land. Now the company has launched the much-improved Gen 2.0 PWC… Continue reading Inflatable motorized GoBoat packs down into a carry bag
If you’ve ever tried piloting a quadcopter drone, you’ll know that they invariably end up running into walls, trees or whatnot … often getting damaged in the process. An experimental new inflatable-body drone, however, just bounces off obstacles – plus… Continue reading Inflatable drone bounces and perches instead of crashing and hovering
Since the 2019 Hymer Vision Venture concept van, inflatable roofs have been slowly creeping into the RV industry. Erwin Hymer integrated them into production soon after that concept, installing different variants on the Bürstner Lyseo Gallery motorhom… Continue reading Inflatable pop-up VW camper van creates high-rise RV comfort
People suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often have difficulty raising their arms, due to deterioration of cells in their brain and spinal cord. A new wearable system is designed to help, utilizing a pair of under-arm balloons.Continue… Continue reading Soft-robotic wearable helps people with ALS to raise their arms
While most people wear a PFD (personal floatation device) when boating, such is typically not the case when they’re swimming in open water. A new prototype wristband is designed for such scenarios, as it features floatation airbags that can be manually… Continue reading Smart smartwatch band deploys airbags to keep its wearer from drowning
A watercraft quite unlike others, the Portless Catamaran is a large inflatable that packs small enough to ride to the water inside a motor vehicle. At water’s edge, it quickly inflates into a dual-deck cruiser and lounge propelled along cleanly and qui… Continue reading Inflatable 2-story e-catamaran party lounge packs down into car trunk