Concrete surrounds us as the backbone of our cities, but what if the walls of your home could store enough energy to keep your lights on, your fridge running, and your devices charged? At MIT, researchers have turned this wild idea into reality, creating a new kind of concrete that doubles as a battery.
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Natalie the Nerd has spent years reverse engineering old Game Boy motherboards and mapping them out onto detailed schematics. When Nintendo and LEGO released their $59 display set—a brick built Game Boy—she saw more than just a shelf ornament.
In the early 1980s, a strange beast called the Vectrex carved out its own niche among the giants of home gaming. Unlike the colorful sprites jumping across TV screens from Atari or Intellivision, the Vectrex drew lines in bright green vectors directly on its own nine-inch screen. Now, four decades later, a new team in France has brought that back and shrunk it down to pocket size. Meet the Vectrex Mini, coming to Kickstarter next month.
Charlotte is basically an eight legged robot made with Earthbuilt Technology that doesn’t use hammers or pull beams; it builds walls layer by layer, turns dirt and waste into homes before sunset twice.
Honda has unveiled a racing version of the Prelude this week, a track only car aimed at the Japanese Super GT series in 2026, called the Prelude-GT GT500. Engineers at Honda Racing built this prototype to replace the Civic Type R GT500 which has been struggling against the established competition. Early images show a carbon fiber body that mirrors the street car but with much more attitude.
The Ring Indoor Cam (2nd Gen), at just $24.99 (half off its original $49.99 price), is a little white disc that gives you a clear, no-fuss window into your space, ready to mount on a shelf or stick to a wall.
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A team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst developed an artificial neuron with the same size, power consumption, and performance as the real thing. This device produces electrical signals, responds to drugs such as dopamine, and even communicates with genuine heart cells.
The 2026 Tesla Model Y Performance has landed in the US and it’s the fastest Model Y for those who want it. The only downside is it starts at $57,490 which is $12,500 more than the base Long Range RWD and $8,500 more than the Long Range AWD. It’s also $2,500 more than the Model 3 Performance which can go 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
