Engineers have managed to compress an incredible amount of audio power into a speaker that is small enough to be held with one hand. Listeners who attach the Bose SoundLink Flex 2nd Gen, priced at $119 (was $149), to a backpack or throw it in a beach bag are in for a surprise: sound that fills a patio or campsite so convincingly that you forget it’s a compact device, with no distortion or muddiness to worry about.
News surfaced earlier this week about a collaboration that will make electric vehicle charging a seamless part of people’s daily trips in China. BYD collaborated with Yum China, the company that runs all of the KFC restaurants there, to install high-speed Flash Charging stations at select drive-thrus. Owners can now get a snack and charge their battery all at once, taking less than ten minutes from walking in the door to driving away.
Way down in the belly of the Orion spacecraft is a large cylindrical module built in Europe that provides almost everything the crew requires to safely return to Earth after a voyage to the Moon. The European Service Module houses all of the propulsion systems that maintain the crew safe and comfortable until splashdown, including power, water, air, and temperature control for all four astronauts. It was manufactured by Airbus for the European Space Agency, weighs a whopping thirteen tons and measures roughly four meters across and tall.
Pokemon fans grew up watching trainers pull out sleek red Pokedex devices to learn everything about wild creatures they encountered. Now, one serious maker has transformed that fantasy into a fully functional device that is nearly identical to the ones trainers shown on the show. Mr. Volt spent months working out and creating every single part of the project on his own, minus the software.
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Leaked CAD files have brought the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 into sharp view well before its official release. High-resolution models created from internal data reveal a clamshell foldable that plays it safe and sticks to a tried-and-true formula while making one significant change, one that makes all the difference when the device is closed in your hand or pocket.
An interesting story unfolded in the world of classic Nintendo games just yesterday, and it has already sent shockwaves across all of the retro gaming groups. A mysterious buyer paid $60,000 for a cartridge containing an early prototype of Punch-Out for the NES, and here’s where things get interesting. Rather than simply taking this unusual find home and storing it, the buyer collaborated with the Video Game History Foundation to extract the game data and upload the entire ROM online.
Just like his earlier iPhone generations comparison, Marques Brownlee decided to take the same selfie using the full line of Samsung Galaxy S models, from the original S1 to the spanking new S26. In each example, the framing remained fixed in place, and he depended on the front-facing camera with everything set to default, ensuring that any discrepancies between photos were due to the hardware and software in use at the time, rather than external variables. The lighting remained similar throughout, so any variances we notice down the line are solely down to the phone’s capacity to collect and process light.
MIT engineers have created an innovative wearable wristband that can measure hand movements with super-high accuracy, even minor shifts in between. Dian Li, a graduate student, demonstrated the technology by moving her hands around as if she were in real life, and a robot hand on the opposite side of the room could duplicate every finger bend and palm tilt.
Modder dosdude1 replaced an entry-level MacBook Neo’s usual 256GB of soldered storage with a 1TB NAND flash chip from an iPhone 16 Pro. We’re all aware that Apple never allows you to order a large capacity on this specific laptop model, despite the fact that the device and phone both use the same A18 Pro processor. However, because they do, this swap is actually possible without the need for any special adapters or fancy chassis redesigns.
Apple iPhone owners are all too familiar with having a slew of chargers for their phones, earbuds, and watches, to mention a few. Belkin really came up with a clever method to help ease this mess. Their BoostCharge Pro 2-in-1 wireless charging pad, priced at $32.53 (was $80), is the perfect option. You simply place your phone on the main surface, and it snaps into place every time.