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Running can feel like wrestling gravity itself, every stride a gritty deal with the ground, especially if you’re nursing an injury or fighting mobility woes. The Boost 2 microgravity treadmill laughs in the face of physics, letting you jog with just a sliver of your body weight, and it’s no mere gym toy—it’s a straight-up NASA brainchild, cooked up to keep astronauts fit in the weightless expanse of space.
Satechi’s FindAll Glasses Case isn’t just a cozy home for your specs—it’s a panic-proof sidekick for anyone who’s ever lost their glasses and felt the world blur. Tucked into the company’s new FindAll lineup, this case marries sharp looks with Apple’s Find My network, ensuring your eyewear stays on the grid. It’s designed to fit most glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, though it won’t provide the charging functionality specific to those devices.
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A drone slicing through the sky is something you don’t see everyday, much less one weaving past obstacles with finesse, only to—bam!—twist its body mid-flight, tuck in its legs, and morph into a wheeled rover, rumbling smoothly over rocky ground. That’s ATMO, a jaw-dropping robot from Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST), dubbed the Aerially Transforming Morphobot, redefining robotics by blending aerial grace with rugged terrestrial grit.
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A week before the Nintendo Switch 2 hits shelves, a lucky gamer has already powered one up, giving us an early peek at the console’s startup sequence and setup process. Thanks to a short video shared online, we’re diving into what it’s like to fire up Nintendo’s next-generation console for the first time. *There are definitely spoilers for those wanting to keep the experience fresh and new.
Sony’s PS5 Slim Call of Duty Black Ops 6 bundle is a steal for $449.99 shipped, just in time for summer break. This bundle is a better value than the Switch 2 because it includes a $70 game, effectively dropping the console’s cost to around $380. It’s a spy-thriller blockbuster with a cinematic single-player campaign, 16 multiplayer maps, and even a Zombies mode where you fend off undead hordes. Product page.
Eighteen years ago, a video surfaced online that made car enthusiasts pause and stare. A sleek Lincoln Mark VIII, its doors gliding downward and vanishing beneath the vehicle, promised a future where getting in and out of a car felt like stepping into the future, literally. This was Jatech’s Disappearing Car Door, a concept that sparked curiosity and wonder but never made it past the prototype stage.
Palmer Luckey, the tech wunderkind who kickstarted the modern VR revolution with Oculus, has a knack for defying expectations. Standing in a sunlit room filled with lush greenery, he’s all smiles, arms crossed in a casual brown jacket over a floral shirt, cargo shorts, and slip-on shoes. Next to him is Mark Zuckerberg, dressed in his signature minimalist white tee and dark jeans, looking equally at ease. After years of rocky history, Meta and Anduril Industries, the defense-tech company Luckey founded after leaving Meta, are joining forces to create cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) systems for the U.S. military.
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Half a century ago, the world watched Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon through grainy, black-and-white footage that felt like a transmission from another era. Today, as humanity gears up for a new wave of lunar exploration with NASA’s Artemis program, the visuals promise to be nothing short of spectacular. High-definition video, vibrant colors, and smooth 60-frames-per-second streams are set to replace the fuzzy images of the Apollo days. But capturing these cinematic moments on the Moon’s harsh, dusty surface is no small feat. At the European Space Agency’s LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany, astronauts and engineers are rehearsing every detail, from snapping selfies in spacesuits to filming dynamic lunar walks, ensuring the next Moon landing is a visual masterpiece.
A forest clearing with a rustic cabin flickers to life on your screen. You press the W key, and suddenly, you’re walking through it, trees swaying as you pivot with the mouse. This isn’t a video game built with months of coding and a game engine. It’s Odyssey, a startup’s bold leap into what they call “interactive video”—a real-time, AI-generated world you can explore like a first-person adventure.
Minimalism in a workspace is like pulling off a magic trick, literally. For YouTube’s Basically Homeless, the hunt for a clutter-free desk sparked a wild idea: cramming a beastly gaming PC into an office chair, hiding all that power in plain sight.