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The most innovative flip blade of 2025 may not be a knife. CRKT has bravely taken one of its most unique folding knife designs and adapted it into a sleek, compact axe that packs safely without a sheath and flips into full-on chopping mode in milliseconds.

This impressively sustainable fish market is topped by a huge timber roof. It weighs 2,500 tons and consists of 594 individual engineered wood beams, topped by aluminum panels designed to resemble fish scales.

We knew the Stockman Rover was a special little hunk of micro-camping the minute we saw it. It's gotten even more special in its second generation, bringing on a multipurpose swivel griddle, Redarc power system, and integrated wine rack.

If you want to stop potholes from forming in asphalt roads, you've gotta get 'em while they're still just tiny cracks. A new self-healing asphalt could one day do that very thing, utilizing spores obtained from moss.

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a futuristic-looking cultural center. The eye-catching building will be defined by a sculpted aluminum facade that's designed with local wind conditions in mind.

If you're going to be carrying a compass anyway while out in the wilderness, why not carry one that performs multiple functions? That's the idea behind the Loki-Nav compass, which also packs a mirror, magnifying glass, and tinder-making wood file.

Though it only has a length of 17 ft, the Beau River Tiny House has been designed to maximize sleeping capacity. The compact model features an "upside-down" layout that sleeps up to six people, at a squeeze.

On a mission to inflate all kinds of RVs, X Gloo is working on an inflatable pop-up roof for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. And it's making the interior of the air-insulated walls into one of the homiest bedrooms the camping world has seen.

The Marrangaroo tiny house has been created to allow a small family to live off-the-grid in comfort. Measuring just 27.6 ft in length, it features a well-designed interior layout that maximizes the limited space available.

Following the tragic partial collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in early 2024 due to a container ship collision, a new plan has been put in place to build its replacement, which is designed to last for 100 years.