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Ninety-Seven Sealed NES Mario Cartridges Sat Forgotten in a Wisconsin Storage Room Until Someone Opened the Box

By Bill Smith August 1, 2026

Photo credit: NintendoWire
Kevin Braun runs OneStopWonders, a small retro shop in Waukesha, Wisconsin, about fifteen miles west of Milwaukee. Six years ago a man walked in with a plain rectangular box and sold it to him. The seller explained that his grandfather had operated a precious-metal recovery business. Nintendo had once sent the company old NES circuit boards so the gold contacts could be melted down and salvaged. This particular box never made it into the furnace. Instead it sat in a garage for more than twenty years before landing in Braun’s temperature-controlled storage unit.

Motorola’s Moto G Play (2024) Aims to be a Steady Companion (or Backup) for the Days That Keep Coming

By Jackson Chung August 1, 2026

Some phones chase every new feature and leave most people behind. This one stays close to the ground and works through ordinary hours without complaint. Motorola built the Moto G Play (2024) around a clear idea: give people a large screen, a battery that lasts, and a camera that handles daylight without drama, all for $99.99 (was $150).

Pull Once and Watch a Ukulele Transform Into a Real Guitar

By Bill Smith August 1, 2026

Swedish maker Mattias Krantz has spent years turning ordinary instruments into strange new ones. His latest project starts as a compact electric ukulele that fits in a backpack. One firm pull on the neck and the whole thing stretches, expands, and becomes a full-size guitar while the music is still going.

Caribbean Dragon Unleashed, Apollo’s Extreme Track Hypercar Finally Rolls Out

By Bill Smith August 1, 2026

Apollo Automobil rolled its first finished production car onto the Goodwood Festival of Speed grounds in July 2026, and the machine looked ready to rewrite the rules of what a track hypercar can be. Named Caribbean Dragon, this is unit one of just ten Apollo EVOs that will ever leave the German workshop. Twenty years after the original Gumpert Apollo began deliveries, the brand has returned with something sharper, lighter, and more uncompromising than before.

Glass That Closes a Circuit When You Press It

By Jackson Chung August 1, 2026

Ordinary glass stops electricity cold. It lets light through and blocks current completely. That combination works fine for windows and phone screens, yet it leaves the material useless as any kind of switch. A thin coating of indium tin oxide changes the rules. The layer is only 10 to 300 nanometers thick, nearly invisible, and still conductive enough to carry current from one edge of a small pane to the other.