Gamers who are used to juggling several windows and controls in their games understand the need of keeping their workspace neat, but they may not always know how to fit everything in. ASUS has developed the ROG Strix XG129C, a tiny assist screen built specifically for congested workspaces. At 12.3 inches, it fits nicely beneath most main monitors and provides just enough extra area to keep everything visible, saving you from the headache of constantly switching screens.
Nintendo has announced that the price of its Switch 2 console will be increased in all key regions beginning in September. The facts were revealed in an official statement on their company website, and we now know that the Switch 2 moves from $449.99 to $499.99 in the United States on September 1. Canada will follow the same trend, increasing from 629.99 to 679.99. Meanwhile, in Europe, it’ll price 499.99 euros rather than 469.99 when September arrives. The UK pricing is still unknown, but we should receive a separate announcement later.
Aaed Musa has spent years poring over his work on robot dogs, experimenting with one project after another. For his senior design project in mechanical engineering, he assembled a small team to build CARA 2.0, a machine that travels far more smoothly and reliably than anything he has previously created. The team set some rather tough goals: keep the entire cost around $1,000, keep the weight under twenty pounds, and ensure that every single component was engineered to withstand repeated use without breaking apart.
Sony engineers dropped jaws at a TV conference in Algeria in April 1981. They brought out a completely functional setup complete with a camera, monitor, and tape recorder capable of capturing images sharper and more detailed than anyone had ever seen outside of a laboratory. NHK, Japan’s main public broadcaster, had spent years working on a new standard called Hi-Vision, which effectively gave a lot more lines of resolution than ordinary TV ever could. As a result of their close collaboration, development work moved forward at full speed. Sony introduced a full line of commercial gear under the HDVS branding in April 1984, with the HDC-100 camera and HDV-1000 recorder at the center.
Armored vehicles now roll out with thick layers of explosive reactive armor that detonate on contact and blunt older anti-tank munitions. Saab created the HEAT 758 to cut straight through that problem. The round slides into the familiar 84-millimeter Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle and carries two shaped charges arranged in sequence. The lead charge strikes first and clears a path by disrupting the reactive plates. Moments later the main charge jets forward and bores into the vehicle’s base armor.
Rumors now place these new AirPods Ultra deep into advanced testing at Apple. Internal teams wear working prototypes every day while the company checks every detail before larger production runs begin. The project has stretched across four full years, and the latest reports say the design and features sit nearly locked in place.
AeroKoi set out to answer a simple question. Could a desktop 3D printer produce train whistles that captured the exact chords once carried across fields and towns by steam engines? After months of steady work the answer arrived loud and clear through shop air at 120 pounds per square inch.
Builders looking for a compact LEGO set that feels true to its source material will find plenty to enjoy here. Speed Champions sets often stick to real-world racers, yet this one steps into film territory and nails the DeLorean from Back to the Future without missing a beat. At 357 pieces, set number 77256, priced at $23.49 (was $28), stays small enough to finish in an evening, yet every major screen detail shows up right where it belongs.
Photo credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
Landsat 8 captured the image on February 11, during the brief Antarctic summer. The satellite’s Operational Land Imager captured a view from orbit of Peter I Island in the Bellingshausen Sea, which is located at 68.86 degrees south latitude. The site, which is 400 kilometers off the coast of West Antarctica and more than 1,800 kilometers from the nearest point in Chile, feels inconceivably remote.
Bandimere Speedway in the Colorado mountains once hosted plenty of memorable runs before it shut down for good. High up at nearly 5,800 feet, the thin air tests every vehicle that rolls through the gates. On one recent afternoon a stock Tesla Model Y pulled into the staging lane next to a fully equipped Ford Police Interceptor Utility from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Both drivers lined up for a clean quarter-mile sprint, lights flashing and siren blaring from the Ford as the green lights flashed.