BYD Yangwang Altior Luxury EV

BYD’s Yangwang Altior Brings Coach Doors Gold Accents and Extreme Range to Electric Luxury

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BYD Yangwang Altior Luxury EV
BYD opened pre-orders for its Yangwang Altior after a global debut in Abu Dhabi, placing the four-seat electric sedan in the same conversation as long-established ultra-luxury models from Rolls-Royce. Measuring 5,600 millimeters in length with a 3,500-millimeter wheelbase, the car stretches farther than a standard Rolls-Royce Ghost and offers 1,209 millimeters of rear legroom along with a 532-liter boot. Coach doors open roughly 80 degrees up front and nearly 90 degrees at the rear, with umbrella storage built into the door panels for a more deliberate entrance.

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M2Slim Kit PS2 Slim SSD Drive Mod

M2Slim Kit Lets You Add an Internal M.2 SSD to the PS2 Slim Without Sacrificing the DVD Drive

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M2Slim Kit PS2 Slim SSD Drive Mod
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions just put the new M2Slim kit from Seakip through its paces on a PS2 Slim, and the results show how far a compact console from 2004 can stretch when the right hardware lands inside it. Early Slim models still carry the original IDE traces Sony never fully removed, and this kit takes advantage of that leftover circuitry to bring a modern M.2 SSD into the chassis while the flip-lid disc drive stays completely operational. You end up with one machine that can boot games straight from solid-state storage and still spin original discs when you want the real thing.

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NASA X-70 Fractal Experimental Aircraft Teaser

NASA Teases X-70 Fractal to Speed Up Testing of Advanced Aircraft Maneuvers

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NASA X-70 Fractal Experimental Aircraft Teaser
NASA pulled the curtain back on its newest experimental aircraft this week at the UP.Summit held at Kennedy Space Center. The X-70 Fractal arrives as a crewed research platform built to let teams test advanced flight controls and aircraft maneuverability in actual flight rather than relying only on ground rigs or computer models. Administrator Jared Isaacman described it as a high-performance tool that will keep researchers flying and learning while they move from one experiment to the next.

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Slow Mo Guys Burning Wire Wool Sparks

Slow Mo Guys Capture Billions of Sparks from Burning Wire Wool on Bike Wheel Using High-Speed Camera

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Slow Mo Guys Burning Wire Wool Sparks
Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy returned to an old favorite, this time scaling the entire idea far beyond earlier versions. They loaded fine steel wool into small wire cages, attached those cages to a bicycle wheel, and spun the wheel at full speed after lighting the wool with a torch. Earlier attempts had relied on hand spinning or a simple fan; the bike wheel pushed the speed and volume of sparks into a different range, with the stated goal of filling frames with more sparks than the camera sensor held pixels.

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