Lenovo and Motorola have recently introduced Qira, a personal AI assistant that connects their laptops, cellphones, and everything in between. Qira debuted at CES 2026 in Las Vegas and is essentially their solution to the existing jumble of AI interactions dispersed over a variety of devices.
The DJI Avata 2 Fly More Combo, priced at $789 (was $929), is at the top of the list for first-person-view flying, and it’s no wonder given its great blend of ease of use, strong performance, and sensible design. As soon as you put on the DJI Goggles 3, you are engaged in the action. The headset provides a crystal clear, low-latency image directly from the drone’s eye, and its 155-degree field of view allows you to shoot some pretty sweeping panoramas in pin-sharp detail.
Arkansas vehicles traveling through highway construction zones will soon face an entirely new level of scrutiny, and it has arrived a little earlier than intended. Work zone cameras that are now catching speeders will begin checking to see if someone is distracted while driving by a cell phone or other handheld gadget in mid-January 2026.
The Vera C Rubin Observatory has finally achieved a significant scientific breakthrough, due to the massive digital camera known as the LSST at its heart. Astronomers have discovered an asteroid called 2025 MN45 that stands out in a significant way: its rotation is simply incredible. To give you an idea of how big this object is, it measures approximately 710 meters across. That’s approximately the length of eight full-size American football fields stacked end to end, and it spins once every 1.88 minutes.
Photo credit: Jake Davis
Wildlife filmmaker Jake Davis placed ten high-end Sony cameras around a red squirrel’s food stash in Yellowstone’s high-elevation woodlands. This project had been years in the making, beginning with a simple desire to film grizzly bears and eventually turning into a deep curiosity with the intricate web of life that revolves around a single resource: whitebark pine cones.
In the early 1990s, Japan created a remarkable ship that moved over water without the use of propellers or turbines. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries completed the project in 1991 and called it Yamato-1. It made its inaugural excursion across Kobe Harbour under its own power in June 1992, marking a historic milestone as the first full-sized ship to cruise along using magnetohydrodynamic propulsion to transport people.
A little piece of paper, roughly 7.5 by 3 inches, is carefully tucked away, looking like new, and graded Mint 9 by PSA/DNA. This temporary check from Wells Fargo, dated March 16, 1976, bears the number “1” and represents the first withdrawal from Apple Computer Company’s original bank account. Steve Jobs signed it with his initial name in lower case, Steven Jobs, and Steve Wozniak countersigned with his full name. It’s made out for $500 to Howard Cantin.
Autoliv and Tensor unveiled an innovative new steering wheel that folds completely into the dashboard, which they demonstrated at CES 2026. This innovation addresses one of the most pressing practical issues with high-level autonomous vehicles: put the car in Level 4 mode, where it does all of the driving for you but only under certain conditions and without human intervention, and the wheel simply vanishes, giving passengers more knee room to stretch their legs or do some work.
A USPS electric cargo trike sits in the snow, its back box modified much beyond its humble origins as a postal delivery. Matt Spears, an outdoorsman with a passion for designing weird rides, is behind this, and he has the track record to prove it. He got one of these old machines for a cheap after it had been written off in a crash, and effectively converted it into a rolling snow shelter. This camper will keep a guy warm and toasty through an Alaskan winter storm overnight.
Banana Gear Studios has created a fully-automated LEGO car factory, which is one of the most impressive projects to emerge in recent years, or at least in our eyes. This time, instead of spitting out a single, simpler LEGO car, the factory produces three in fast succession, each gliding off a ramp as a fully completed model.