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James Channel Unpacks the Cheap Famiclone Sold as the Latest Windows System

By Bill Smith October 11, 2026

James Channel recently got hold of a small box that promised the latest Windows system, complete with a keyboard, mouse, and enough software to turn any living room into a home office. What arrived instead was a Famiclone, one of the countless unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s original Family Computer that flooded markets across Asia and beyond during the late 1980s and 1990s. These machines used a single chip to recreate the hardware that once powered Super Mario Bros., and manufacturers kept producing them long after the patents expired because they were cheap to build and easy to sell to families who could not afford a real computer.

Blade Runner 2099 NYCC Trailer Shows a Dying Replicant and Fugitive Hunting Missing Souls

By Bill Smith October 10, 2026

Prime Video unveiled the full trailer for its limited series Blade Runner 2099 at New York Comic Con on Saturday, introducing a Los Angeles rebuilt fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049. Replicants have won an uprising that had been building across the films, leaving humans as second-class citizens in a city no longer shaped by their hands. All eight episodes arrive together on the streamer November 25.

MIT’s Innovative Shape-Sensing Sheet Softly Maps Every Bend And Twist During Therapy

By Jackson Chung October 10, 2026

MIT engineers have developed a flexible sheet that senses and digitally rebuilds its own three-dimensional form as it bends and twists. The material embeds soft optical fibers in a stretchable silicone base, arranged in a carefully chosen zig-zag pattern that runs throughout the sheet. Each fiber consists of a clear rubber core wrapped in a dark outer layer of the same material dyed black, with one side of the core deliberately roughened during fabrication.

ChaosBench’s Giant Working N64 Controller Turns Mario Kart Into a Full Body Workout

By Bill Smith October 10, 2026

Nintendo 64 controllers already look chunky next to modern pads, with three grips and a stick planted in the middle. ChaosBench took that layout and enlarged it until ordinary button presses turned into arm movements that require real force.

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 Delivers Solid Health Tracking and Endurance Matching Apple Watch Series 12

By Jackson Chung October 10, 2026

Google introduced the Pixel Watch 5, priced at $379.99 (was $430), a couple of months ago with the same familiar round case as its predecessor, yet the 45mm version carries meaningful refinements that let it compete directly with the Apple Watch Series 12 for daily wear. The aluminum housing uses recycled material and measures 45 by 45 by 12.3 millimeters while weighing 36.7 grams without the band. A domed Actua 360 AMOLED display reaches 3,000 nits of peak brightness under Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, remaining readable outdoors and switching between 1 and 60 Hz depending on content. Water resistance reaches 5 ATM and IP68, covering swims and everyday exposure without requiring special care.