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Researchers Claim Your Activity Tracker May Be Less Secure Than You Think....
Holy crap, is your Fitbit giving away all your fitness data? That’s what a new study from cybersecurity researchers at the University of Toronto would have you believe. The report tested eight popular...
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Make Calls in the Backcountry, Even Without Cell Service
Last November, we told you about goTenna, a palm-sized device that pairs to an iOS or Android phone and allows you to text anyone who also has a goTenna, even without a cell or WiFi connection. Now...
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Love to Work Out With Music? You Need These Headphones.
Music makes exercise a lot better. But dealing with headphones can suck. Tangled cords or headphones that won’t stay in are a major distraction. Thankfully, Earin has finally solved all our major...
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Are Drones the Future of Search and Rescue?
One of the toughest problems facing search and rescue teams is gathering enough volunteers in those critical first few hours after someone goes missing. A hiker is lost somewhere in a large park with...
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This Naked Airplane Was Inspired by Custom Motorcycles
If you’ve been following recent trends in the custom motorcycle world, then you’ll know that minimalism is the new chrome plating. Bodywork is passé, colors are muted, and honest function is the end...
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Nixon Mission Watch
In the last year we’ve seen a lot of watches that are smart, but none of them were really built for us outdoor kids. Sure, there were plenty of rugged watches that had a smart feature or two (like...
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The $700,000 Camera Rig That’s Changed How We Shoot Action Sports
Three years ago, action-sports film maker Teton Gravity Research gambled on a new company called Gyro-Stabilized Systems (GSS) and its stabilized camera platform, which could strap to a helicopter and...
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Leica Just Released the Ultimate Anti-Instagram Camera. And We Love It.
There’s a photography term called “chimping” that describes the habit of taking a picture and then immediately going, “Oh, oh, oh,” like a chimp, while reviewing it on the camera’s LCD screen. Don’t do...
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Tested: Nikon D500
Many of us were drooling when Nikon dropped its new D5 camera at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The camera has an astoundingly high ISO rating—up to 3,280,000—but it also costs $6,500. If...
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This App Is Basically the Google Doc of the Outdoor World—And It Makes Trip...
My wife and I were a wreck the first time we took our kids camping. She was worried about bears and venomous snakes. I was worried I was going to forget the marshmallows for the s’mores. And the fuel...
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VanMoof Just Released an Unstealable Bike
VanMoof just built what they hope is the ultimate theft-proof bike. Dubbed the SmartBike, it’s a commuter that’s chock-full of anti-theft features, including a GSM/GPS tracking system that VanMoof will...
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Why the iPhone 6s Is the Only Adventure Cam You Need This Summer
The camera market has never been so stacked. There are DSLRs that pretty much see in the dark, thanks to astronomically high ISOs, and svelte mirrorless cameras with giant sensors and huge megapixels...
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Is GoPro's New Insurance Plan Worth It?
Raise your hand if you’ve ever broken your action camera. Personally, I’ve cracked lenses in mountain bike crashes and I’ve had them leak in the ocean. The problems is that we use these expensive...
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This Mapping App Makes Flying Way More Fun
The flight between London and Frankfurt isn’t all that visually interesting, but thanks to Flyover Country, I couldn’t stop looking out the window. The app uses your phone’s GPS chip, even in airplane...
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These 5 Apps Make Summer Adventuring a Lot Easier
You could argue that most of us spend too much time on our phones and that summer vacation presents the perfect opportunity to unplug. It’s a solid argument, but do you remember summer before the...
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The Four Best Weather Apps (Plus a Bonus for Storm Geeks)
Search “weather” in the App Store and you'll be bombarded with an endless scroll of options—from radar imagery good enough for meteorologists to an app that shows you a different picture of a kitten...
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Why We're Now Sharing Our Trails with Robots
No, it’s not the trailer for a new Will Smith movie. The video that surfaced earlier this month showing a humanoid robot hiking through the woods with an eight-person entourage in tow is completely—if...
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First Impressions: Apple Watch Series 2
Last week, Apple debuted the Watch Series 2, 18 months after its predecessor went on sale. It got a few big upgrades—it’s waterproof and has built-in GPS—plus a whole host of other improvements,...
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First Impressions: The GoPro Karma Drone and Hero5 Cameras
It’s been more than a year since GoPro released the Hero4 Session—a one-inch cube designed to stick to basically anything and thus expand the possibilities of POV shots. From a sales perspective, that...
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This Device Knows When You're Dehydrated
Hydration once seemed straightforward. You’re thirsty, you drink. But in the last several years, hydration has become about as complicated as immigration reform. There has been news that drinking too...
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