A fresh new fan film by Secondhand Movie Co takes Star Wars back to its roots and reworks them with absolutely no production value. The original 1977 film had a budget of little under eleven million dollars, which is roughly equivalent to sixty million today. However, this version must make do with microscopic fraction of that, or ten dollars. As a result, the sets, costumes, and the majority of the props are built out of cardboard.
Electronics prices keep climbing, which makes it harder than ever to find a capable 4K drone that feels worth the money. The DJI Neo priced at $139 (was $199), stands out by offering stabilized video, smart flight modes, and true ease of use at a starting price near two hundred dollars, with frequent sales bringing it even lower.
Astronomers just received the largest and sharpest visible-light portrait ever assembled of the Milky Way’s central bulge. The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope produced this six-gigapixel mosaic during a single day of observations in March 2025, packing more than sixty million stars into one frame along with dark dust clouds and pockets where new stars are forming.
DEEP Robotics built its latest firefighting tool around the X30 quadruped platform and gave it a high-pressure pulse water cannon. The result lets crews attack flames in places too unstable or toxic for people to enter right away. Instead of rolling in with heavy hoses and facing immediate danger, operators stay back and direct precise bursts of water or foam while the robot handles the close work.
Ramy RC has created something that blurs the line between model aircraft and full-scale engineering. His new Airbus A380 replica stretches 29 feet long with a 32-foot wingspan and weighs 800 pounds ready to fly. This 1/8-scale machine stands roughly 10 feet tall at the tip of its vertical stabilizer. It wears Lufthansa’s special centennial livery and has already completed multiple flights, including one that reached 103 mph.