We love innovation. New products solve old problems and slowly change the world. But some things don’t really need it.

A patent describes a genuine, honest-to-goodness gated gear selector, but it's not a part of a manual transmission.

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology. In the formative ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tool collections rarely stop growing. This can be especially true for people who like estate and garage sales or inherited an older relative's ...

Orchids display an amazingly diverse array of flowers. One of the key drivers behind this floral diversity is that some orchid species are exclusively pollinated by a single pollinator species. The ...

Crankbrothers rely on their own clipless mechanism for their pedals. The Mallet E LS pedals are the enduro variants with longer spindles (= axles), offering a wide 57 mm q-factor. The clipless ...

The full name of the pedals is Shimano DEORE XT PD-M8120. The numerical gibberish helps to differentiate them from the cross-country variants without cages. But to keep things simple for the purposes ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? We’ve all experienced the desperation—and panic—of walking up to a locked door, ...

Of all the technology you use on a daily basis, you probably pay the least attention to the mechanical miracles that keep your home or your gym bag secure. Locks and keys have been around for ...