Weekend Edition: Towable motel room optimized for off-grid living

Polydrops' new off-grid-ready P17A teardrop trailer, Hyundai's latest take on the walking car, and Archer Aviaton's billion dollar eVTOL deal head up our look back at the week's top stories. Enjoy the New Atlas Weekend Edition! [Outdoors]( [Polydrop camping trailer optimized for EV towing and off-grid living]( [As with past Polydrops, the P17A has a pair of gullwing doors for easy two-person entry and exit]( In 2019, Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as a sharp-angled mobile personal space. Now it's back with a more comfortable trailer specced out like a towable hotel room, complete with off-grid solar power system and all-weather HVAC.  [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Archer Aviation takes billion-dollar eVTOL order from United Airlines]( [Archer has taken a billion-dollar provisional eVTOL order from United Airlines, with an option for a further half billion in the future]( Meet the Maker. This is our first look at Archer Aviation's 12-rotor eVTOL air taxi, but it won't be the last. United Airlines has put in a provisional billion-dollar order for a fleet of 200 of these beasts, expecting a commercial launch in 2024.  [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Hyundai's wild robot-car-on-legs gets an unmanned, air-liftable cousin]( [The TIGER looks pretty zippy on a smooth piece of road, but when the legs come out it can get over, around or through just about anything]( Hyundai is adapting its jaw-dropping Elevate platform for unmanned and autonomous missions. The TIGER keeps the chassis design and extraordinary articulating wheels-on-legs, and offers a modular platform to carry loads across the roughest terrains.  [Read more]( [Energy]( [Vestas reveals offshore turbine with world's largest sweep]( [The Vestas V236-15.0 MW offshore turbine will go into prototyping in 2022, followed by serial production in 2024]( Denmark's Vestas is looking to become an industry leader in offshore wind, and has introduced the V236-15.0 MW turbine to take the fight to GE. The new design's blades offer the largest swept area in the world.  [Read more]( [Space]( [Astronomers identify most distant known object in the solar system]( [An artist's impression of Farfarout (bottom left), the new record holder for most distant known object in the solar system]( For a long time, Pluto was the farthest object we knew in the solar system, but it’s a cosmic stone’s-throw away compared to more recent discoveries. Now astronomers have confirmed the most distant world of all – the appropriately-named Farfarout.  [Read more]( [Automotive]( [First prototype of Microlino 2.0 electric microcar built and tested]( [The design team reports much improved handling compared to the Microlino 1.0]( We first heard of plans for an electric version of the BMW Isetta bubble car back in 2016. Production of the Microlino was pegged for 2019, but underwent a design overhaul instead. Now Prototype Nr. 1 has been completed and taken for a test drive.  [Read more]( [Medical]( [Protein discovery promises powerful new muscle regrowth treatments]( [Researchers have discovered an enzyme that could aid in the repair of muscles]( Researchers have discovered a novel protein that can trigger the proliferation of muscle stem cells and promote healing, offering hope not only to those who have torn a muscle, but also the elderly and those suffering severe muscle wasting diseases.  [Read more]( [Energy]( [Electricity-free radiative system cools buildings and heats water]( [An artist's imagining of the new radiative cooling system]( Air conditioners and other cooling systems are among our biggest consumers of electricity. Now researchers have developed a hybrid device that can not only cool buildings drastically without using electricity, it captures solar energy to heat water.  [Read more]( [Environment]( [Elon Musk throws $100 million at carbon removal in biggest XPrize yet]( [Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is funding a $100 million competition for carbon removal]( Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stumped up $100 million for a new XPrize competition that takes aim at the problem of carbon pollution, with hopes of unearthing technologies that can remove it from the atmosphere and ocean.  [Read more]( [Outdoors]( [Claw 2.0 upsizes world's smallest EDC multitool... slightly]( [It's creators claim the Claw 2.0 is the world's second smallest multitool]( After finding success with the original Claw, selling over 100,000 of what "may be the world's smallest multitool," its creators have taken on board customer feedback and gone bigger and better with their latest everyday carry offering, the Claw 2.0.  [Read more]( [Architecture]( [Luxury home disappears into rugged Greek landscape]( [NCaved's sunken design was partly chosen to shield the house from strong coastal winds]( It would be easy to miss the NCaved house among the rugged landscape of Greece's Serifos island if you weren't paying attention. Designed by Mold Architects, the home takes its place so well in the rocky hill that it seems to be part of it.  [Read more]( [Motorcycles]( [Indian ditches the funky fender and strips back the Chief for 2022]( [The Indian Chief gets stripped right back for 2022]( For its 100th anniversary, Indian Motorcycles has re-imagined its Chief cruiser, dropping the iconic flared fenders and bulky headlight shrouds to create a handsome, minimalist cruiser that'll find its full expression in the works of customizers.  [Read more]( [Military]( [DARPA begins development of LongShot air-launched combat drone]( [DARPA has initiated a new program to develop an unmanned aircraft capable of carrying multiple air-to-air weapons]( Looking to extend the combat range of its aircraft and keep human operators removed from danger, DARPA has kicked off the development of a new missile-equipped, air-launched drone under its LongShot program.  [Read more]( [Outdoors]( [High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents]( [The Assaut 2 Ultra is designed to squeeze snugly against the mountain]( Samaya defines an assault tent as a "tent intended for bivouacs in extreme environments." It pulled out all the stops to make its new Assaut 2 Ultra that very tent, an extreme-conditions freestanding Dyneema tent that leaves behind every extra gram.  [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Audi unveils its all-electric e-tron GT performance saloon]( [The Audi RS etron GT makes its world premiere at the Celebration of Progress digital event]( More than two years after teasing the electrified grand touring concept at the LA Auto Show, Audi has finally pulled back the curtain on its first electric sportscar, the e-tron GT, available as both a GT base model and high-performance RS variant.  [Read more](  You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile](  |  [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2021 Â