Fans of the 1990s X-Files sci-fi series now gain a fresh way to revisit its world through bricks. A designer from Brisbane named Brent Waller first shaped the concept years ago as a personal project. He started with Mulder’s office during a rewatch in 2014 and later expanded the idea to include more scenes from the show. The submission won a spot in LEGO’s 90s Nostalgia Challenge on the Ideas platform, leading to this official release.
A palm-sized drone flies through thick fog, artificial snow, and near-total darkness, dodging poles, transparent plastic sheets, and tree trunks without a single camera or laser. Its only guide is sound. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute built the system, called Saranga, by copying the way bats find their way in caves. The result is a lightweight, low-power approach that keeps working when vision-based sensors simply stop.
In 2001 a green-armored soldier woke up on a mysterious ring and changed everything for console shooters. Twenty-five years later Halo Studios has torn that entire campaign down to the studs and rebuilt it in Unreal Engine 5. Campaign Evolved is not a simple polish pass. Every corridor, every beach, every Forerunner structure has been constructed again from scratch. Side-by-side footage now circulating makes the gap impossible to ignore.
Matty Benedetto keeps finding new ways to turn everyday habits into elaborate projects. This time the Vermont designer behind Unnecessary Inventions has built a portable snack safe that stays shut until its owner logs a set number of steps. The idea is simple enough. Load a treat, dial in the calorie count, close the lid, and start walking. Only after the counter hits zero does the door release.
