TechEBlog -

Maker Builds CardboardXR With Five Dollar Parts to Challenge Apple Vision Pro

By Jackson Chung November 7, 2026

A brand new Apple Vision Pro still starts at $3,699 before taxes, and even a used unit rarely drops into easy reach for most people. Brenpoly decided that gap was wide enough to test something far simpler. He took a modern smartphone, a 3D printer, and a pair of old Google Cardboard lenses that still sell for about five dollars, then turned them into CardboardXR, a working mixed reality setup that delivers six degrees of freedom tracking, camera passthrough, surface detection, and hand gestures.

Hookshot Pulls the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time Remake Straight Onto Windows PCs

By Bill Smith November 6, 2026

One day after Nintendo put the rebuilt Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, a project called NotRexed Hookshot already lets owners of the game run it as a regular Windows program. NotRexed, the same developer behind earlier native ports of other Nintendo titles, posted early screenshots and then opened the full source on GitHub. Anyone with a matching copy of the remake can feed the files into the tools and end up with an executable that launches the adventure without an emulator sitting in the middle.

FlexiQuad Drone From ETH Zurich Survives Collisions and Still Flies at High Speed

By Jackson Chung November 6, 2026

Luca Girardi and Stefano Mintchev spent years at ETH Zurich’s Environmental Robotics Lab refining a four-rotor drone that looks more like a bright orange ring than a conventional flying machine. Rotors, batteries, and the flight controller sit evenly spaced around that soft loop, with nothing in the middle. When the prototype hits an obstacle the frame gives way sideways, soaking up energy before springing back. Vertical stiffness stays high enough that the motors still push the craft through the air without losing control.

BPS.space Attempts to Capture a Supersonic Selfie Camera View from 30,000 Feet

By Jackson Chung November 6, 2026

Joe Barnard of BPS.space wanted more than a standard high-altitude rocket flight. He aimed for a rocket that would climb to roughly 30,000 feet while hitting Mach 2, then eject a small camera pod near the top so it could film the drogue parachutes opening from outside the vehicle in slow motion. That third-person view has stayed out of reach for most amateur rocketry work because the timing, forces, and recovery all have to line up after the vehicle has already endured heavy acceleration and vibration.

BLUETTI FridgePower Keeps Refrigerators Running Smoothly Through Unexpected Power Cuts and Camping

By Jackson Chung November 6, 2026

Power cuts turn ordinary kitchens into a race against spoiling food, and BLUETTI built FridgePower, priced at $899 (was $1,699), as a direct answer for households that treat a working refrigerator as non-negotiable. The unit packs 2,016 watt-hours of LiFePO4 battery into a case only about three inches thick, so it sits on top of a fridge or mounts on the wall beside it without demanding a permanent chunk of floor space.