Apple’s latest Chinese New Year short film, a ten-minute clip titled ‘Glad I Met You’, arrived right in time for the celebration, shot entirely on iPhone 17 Pro. Director Bai Xue and TBWA\Media Arts Lab Shanghai collaborated to combine live-action footage with Buck’s stunning stop-motion animation.
Portable input devices are all about compact keyboards and mice that allow you to type as well as navigate on the move with your laptop or tablet, but let’s be honest, an iPhone normally goes unnoticed in this conversation… until one incredibly creative modder, KoStard, threw a wrench in the works.
Genesis has introduced the X Skorpio Concept, a beast capable of charging across even the most harsh deserts with far more power than expected, as well as a generous dose of refinement. This off-road creation represents a daring new path for the company, combining a wealth of high-performance expertise with a level of luxury typically found exclusively on smooth roads.
In January, many people get off to a good start by setting goals for better health habits or just getting to their destinations on time. It all boils down to consistency rather than making a huge adjustment, which is where the Apple Watch Series 11, priced at $299 (was $399), comes in handy. It now stays on your wrist at all times and does not require you to fuss with it continually. By combining dependable tracking, subtle reminders, and a longer battery life, it makes making progress each day feel effortless rather than arduous.
Japanese Tuner Dynasty took a look at the Nissan Caravan, a boxy, no-nonsense van designed for hauling cargo, and thought, “Why not?” Let’s see if we can bring some of the iconic GT-R Nismo style to this basic family hauler. The end product is the Alive GT-V kit, which consists of a collection of bolt-on parts inspired by the classic R35 GT-R Nismo.
A DIY metal 3D printer powered by a laser welder brings industrial-grade additive manufacturing far closer to the garage than anyone imagined. Maker Cranktown City acquired a 2000-watt fibre laser welder from Skyfire and installed it on an outdated 3D printer frame salvaged from a defunct insole-printing business. The ultimate result is solid metal items produced layer by layer with welding wire as the “ink,” demonstrating that very strong lasers often found in factories can now be used on projects at home.
Westwood Robotics has just released their new and improved THEMIS Gen 2.5, a full-size humanoid robot that has made significant progress, literally, in terms of its ability to hold objects while in motion. Unlike your ordinary humanoid robot, this one continues to walk while performing the work at hand, rather than coming to a halt. Westwood is claiming it as the first commercially viable device to truly deliver on dependable manipulation on the move, and recent evidence shows that they aren’t just blowing smoke.
AYANEO has just launched pre-orders for a handheld gaming powerhouse that fits comfortably into a jacket pocket. The Pocket S Mini is only 6.6 inches long, 3.1 inches wide, and 0.73 inches deep, weighing a mere 10.8 ounces, but despite its size, it refuses to compromise.
James Warner once owned one of those giant Kodak picture-making machines that dominated every drugstore and big-box retailer in the 1990s and early 2000s. You’d walk up to it, insert a memory card or CD, scroll through all of the photographs on the screen, select the ones you liked, maybe add a cool border or some color correction, and walk out with your freshly printed photos just a few minutes later. These machines provided rapid pleasure at a period when home printers struggled with quality and affordability.
Hubble’s stunning views of distant galaxies continue to surprise us, and this latest photo of NGC 7722 serves as a gentle reminder. This lenticular beauty is a true head-scratcher, as it’s located in the constellation Pegasus, a good 187 million light-years away, and it combines characteristics from two sorts of galaxies that you’d expect to see separately. There are the graceful arms of a spiral and the smooth, rounded profile of an elliptical, but NGC 7722 stands out with a pristine disk, no spiral arms, a bright central bulge, and an outside halo that simply glows.