Kumiko, Japan’s centuries-old woodworking craft, interlaces meticulously cut wood into breathtaking geometric designs, all without nails. A maker who goes by [Paper View], was enchanted by kumiko’s elegance but lacked the years to perfect it. Their clever workaround? A 3D printer.
Sony’s PlayStation 2, the best-selling console ever, reshaped gaming in the early 2000s. Now, in 2025, a programmer named MeraByte has managed to run Windows 95 on this aging game console.
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Shanghai’s Zhangyuan neighborhood, a 140-year-old maze of tight alleys and Shikumen-style homes, just pulled off an engineering stunt for the ages. The Huayanli complex—7,500 tons of century-old buildings—was hoisted and shuffled across the city by 432 tiny robots, each small enough to fit in your hand, in a jaw-dropping technological dance.
Cassette tapes, those chunky ‘80s and ‘90s throwbacks, are sneaking back into the spotlight. Riding the wave of vinyl’s comeback and the allure of tangible media, Maxell’s MXCP-P100 portable cassette player is an interesting blend of old-school aesthetics and new-school tech. This $90 gadget plays your long-forgotten mixtapes and beams their fuzzy charm to Bluetooth headphones, feeling like a time machine you can juice up with a USB-C cable.
In a world chasing razor-thin laptops, GPD’s MicroPC 2 sticks a middle finger to the trend. This pocket-sized beast doesn’t just shrink a laptop—it reinvents what portable computing can mean. At a tiny 6.7 by 4.3 by 0.9 inches and a featherlight 490 grams, it’s less a laptop and more a techie’s Swiss Army knife, built for IT pros, field engineers, and gadget lovers who want power on the go.
Beyblades, those spinning tops that turned kids’ playtime into epic arena showdowns, thrive on barely controlled chaos. But Jon Bringus, an inventor with a knack for breaking boundaries, has cranked these toys into overdrive, creating a heart-pounding, slightly reckless spectacle with 3D printing and some serious engineering skills.
Humanoid robots used to be the kind of thing you’d only see in big-budget projects, but now they’re showing up in garages and basements, thanks to the Berkeley Humanoid Lite. This open-source, 3D-printed installation from UC Berkeley’s engineering crew is as welcoming to newcomers as it is innovative, coming in at under $5,000 and ready to shake up how we interact with robotics.
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A gamer going by YusufK80 has lit up the internet with a wild setup: an ASUS TUF gaming laptop flipped upside down to play Counter-Strike. “I’ve been running it like this for ages, especially for FPS games like CS, and it’s honestly great,” they shared, explaining how the topsy-turvy position gets the screen closer to eye level and clears desk space for a proper keyboard and mouse.
One-Netbook is set to finally launch the OneXSugar Sugar 1 on Indiegogo next month, an Android-powered handheld that’s as wild as it is inventive, rocking a dual-screen, shape-shifting design that feels like a tribute to Nintendo DS fans.
A 2004 Toyota Prius, reborn as a Tesla Cybertruck-inspired police car spoof called the “Cybercop,” fetched $4,550 at a charity auction on eBay, with all proceeds going to support families of fallen officers. Crafted by Johnny Lange, a Utah gearhead who hauls specialty vehicles for a living, this wild creation is half bonkers, half brilliant—a rolling testament to DIY grit and car-world humor.