Outdoors

Computing

Will New Apple Displays Optimize Themselves According To Surroundings?

11:00PM Yesterday | Jamie Condliffe

Apple’s most recent screen successes have centered around the Retina display. But a new patent suggests that Apple has been working on displays that can react to their surroundings to dynamically improve the viewing experience. More »


Geek Out

Fear The Deer — Nature’s Unstoppable Killing Machines

12:00AM Yesterday | Andrew Tarantola

Much like The Jesus, deer you do not mess with. Huge antlers, razor sharp hooves and a taste for human flesh (probably), hoofed mammals — including deer, elk and moose — can prove deadlier than you think. The Book of Deadly Animals examines their murderous ways. More »


Gadgets

The SlatGrill Is A Rearrangeable Range For Camping Bush Gourmets

1:15PM January 26, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Since dangling pots and pans over a campfire at arms length is generally inadvisable and supporting your griddle with large rocks is downright barbaric, you’ll need something else to suspend your cookware over the open flames. This ingenious modular grill should do nicely. More »


Gadgets

Crinkle Your Way Through The Great Outdoors With These High-Tech Backsacks

1:52PM December 22, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Backpacks have an inherent trade-off — the larger they are, the more they can carry. Corollary: the bigger the bag, the more it weighs. The new Quasar line from Terra Nova Equipment is both strong and light — they use the same material as yacht sails. More »


Gadgets

Ploughing Snow Feels Less Guilty With A Hybrid Snowblower

12:20AM November 11, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Cars aren’t the only thing that runs on fossil fuels, so Honda has taken some of the technology they developed for its hybrid vehicles like the Civic and Insight, and applied it to their first snowblower to feature an electric drivetrain. More »


Gadgets

New Ski Google Android Display Tracks Your Jumps, Your Friends, Your Music

9:04AM November 9, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Recon Instruments’ amazing little GPS-enabled MOD display for ski goggles is some of the coolest personal tracking technology out there. The newest — the Android-based MOD Live — slickly integrates the phone in your pocket with the data in your face. More »


Geek Out

Would You Sleep In A Floating Tent Hanging Off A Tree?

4:40AM November 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Can you imagine sleeping in a portaledge aka a floating freaking tent? It’s beyond scary. Look at it! You have to trust the tree branch, the rope attached to the tree branch, your weight and the material of the tent. More »


Gadgets

6 Tools To Sail The High Seas Like Christopher Columbus

2:00AM October 11, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Christopher Columbus was kind of a bastard. Still, here we are 519 years later celebrating his accidental discovery of San Salvador. So in honour of navigation and discovery — things that actually deserve adulation — here are six awesome nautical exploration tools, past and present. More »


Gadgets

8 Tools For Catching Big Fish In A Little River

5:10AM October 5, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Now I’m not much of a camper but I’ll gladly fish a river dawn till dusk. And if I have the opportunity to fly fishing, it’ll be with only the most baller of accouterments — like these eight top-of-the-line trouting tools. More »


Cameras

Kodak’s New Outdoor Camera Can Hold Its Breath For Two Hours

12:30AM October 2, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Sure, Kodak is quickly becoming a penny stock. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still produce a solid and rugged outdoor camcorder like the Playfull Waterproof. More »