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How Well Do Google Maps Work Offline? Absolutely Flawlessly.
The Google Maps app is awesome—until it isn’t. On back roads without a cell signal, you were better off with a trusty topo or paper atlas. That changed a few weeks ago when Google announced that its...
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Your GPS Is Lying to You About Distance
In September, researchers from Austria and the Netherlands published a study titled “Why GPS Makes Distances Bigger Than They Are,” which explored the fallibility of navigation devices. But while the...
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SkiLynx: the Best New Ski App for Keeping Track of Your Crew on the Hill
Say you’re at Squaw Valley, out with friends for a day of skiing. You somehow split from the group, and trying to text or call your buddies proves pointless. Nobody is checking their phones. They’re...
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The 4 Best Rugged Cases for the Apple Watch
Your Apple Watch isn’t as rugged as it should be. It’ll resist sweat, rain, hand washing, a post-workout shower, and, according to the company, a submersion of up to 3.3 feet for 30 minutes. But you...
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The Chapstick-Size Tool Changing Backcountry Search and Rescue
At the 2015 Interbike trade show, POC Sports debuted its Tectal Race, the first-ever mountain bike helmet with a built-in Recco rescue reflector. Until this fall, the system had only been used in snow...
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How the Top Companies Torture-Test Their Drones
On a windy day in March, Warren Linde, Robert Blank, and Brent Holbrook, the co-founders of Mountain Drones, partnered with members of the Telluride Ski Patrol to fly a UAV loaded with mock explosives...
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Qardio Core Is the World's Most Advanced Heart-Rate Monitor
Most heart-rate monitors capture just some of your heart beats, then create an average to provide workout data. That system works just fine for training, but Qardio wants to make it even more accurate...
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Blaze, Fitbit's New Watch, Is Actually Pretty Good
According to sales numbers, Fitbit bested Apple last year to remain the top fitness wearable in the market: through the third quarter of 2015, Fitbit delivered 4.7 million devices compared to Apple’s...
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Lumo's Shorts Will Improve Your Posture
Improving your posture is key to becoming a better runner. Trouble is, that's not easy to do unless you have a coach. Lumo (creator of the anti-slouch Lift sensor) wants to fix that problem with its...
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With the Varia Vision, Garmin Debuts the Most Wearable Smart Sunglasses Yet
We’ve written about the Recon Jet. And on Monday, Massachusetts-based electronics company Kopin announced new technology that could make smart sunglasses—which tend to be bulky, awkward, and...
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Giro and Bell Debut World’s First Smart Helmets at CES
Glue an action camera to your helmet and, if you crash, it could go through the lid like a rock through butter. Last spring, Sweet Protection announced its Grimnir, the first helmet certified to...
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Why Volkswagen’s New Electric Budd-e Isn't a True Camper
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped at GoWesty outside San Luis Obispo to discuss upgrading my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia camper. Founded over a decade ago by a VW fanatic named Lucas Valdes,...
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Nikon Drops an Action Cam Unlike Any We've Seen
Nikon's finally built an action cam. It’s called the KeyMission 360, and as you can guess from its name, it shoots 360-degree video.That’s nothing new, of course. There are a handful of other...
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Under Armour Wants to Rule the Wearables Market
This month, Under Armour announced a full wearables portfolio to match its collection of fitness apps. The company's new hardgoods suite, called HealthBox, debuted at the Consumer Electronics show and...
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Why Fitbit's New Alta Fitness Band Makes Perfect Business Sense for the Company
Last month, Fitbit released the Blaze, a beefed-up wearable meant to challenge the Apple Watch. But, keeping in mind that not everyone needs all that functionality and might not want to spend so much...
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Inflatable Vests Are No Longer Just for Big Wave Pros
When it comes to safe surfing, nothing trumps knowledge and experience. But over the past five years, as big-wave surfers have pushed the boundaries of wave riding and paid the price with unprecedented...
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In the Future, Wearables Will Meld with Your Skin
The great enemy of activity trackers is accuracy. If your wristband isn’t tight enough and the sensor separates from your skin, the device can’t monitor heart rate. The more it shakes and rattles, the...
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How the Centriphone Ski Video Was Made
Ski porn videos tend to all look pretty similar, with sweeping views of big lines and face-shot close-ups. But a new 360-degree film, which professional Swiss freeskier Nicolas Vuignier shot by...
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Will a New Communications System for Our National Parks Save Lives?
Last September, seven people were killed when a flash flood ripped through Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park. While visitors are given safety information when they pick up their permits, including...
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Droners.io Matches You with the Drone Pilot You Need
Say you’ve got something you want to film. A first ascent. An epic snowboard or downhill run. A mysterious pointbreak you somehow discovered. What do you do? Your idiot friend got a quadcopter for...
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