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In 1989, a curious hybrid landed on the shelves of Kmart and Sears stores in the United States, a device that merged the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with a 19-inch CRT television. Known as the Sharp Nintendo Television, model 19SV111, this rare piece of hardware blended home entertainment with gaming. Few units remain today, and their scarcity has turned them into collector’s gold, fetching prices upwards of $1,500 on eBay.
OnePlus consistently delivers high-performance devices at a fraction of the cost of its competitors. With the OnePlus Pad 3, the tablet aims to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPad Pro and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab series. “The OnePlus Pad 3 merges premium hardware with smart software and AI to create the ultimate tablet experience; it completely redefines the Android tablet market for 2025,” says Kinder Liu, President and COO of OnePlus.
Who remembers when SEGA first introduced the Visual Memory Unit (VMU) for the Dreamcast back in 1999? It is basically a memory card that doubled as a pocketable gaming device with a monochrome screen and basic controls. Fast-forward to 2025, and 8BitMods has modernized this iconic peripheral with the VMU Pro.
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Paris in June hums with innovation during Vivatech 2025, and this year, a peculiar vehicle steals the spotlight. AEMotion’s Dual, a four-wheeled micro EV, zips through the city’s narrow streets, tilting like a motorcycle yet promising the safety of a car. This prototype has been a decade in the making, and designed to turn heads.
Tesla’s Optimus, and other humanoid robots, may soon be able to feel, literally. How so? A newly developed robotic skin capable of mimicking human touch. This marks a sensory leap forward, as in a single-material marvel that detects pressure, shear, and temperature in one seamless package.
The 27″ Sony INZONE M10S OLED gaming monitor is designed for both professional as well as casual gamers alike, and you can get one for $714 shipped, originally $1,099.99. A 1440p OLED panel running at a blistering 480Hz refresh rate anchors the M10S, and its 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time means pixel transitions are near-instantaneous. Product page.
Gears of War: Reloaded has stormed back into the spotlight, and its multiplayer beta is delivering a chain-saw-revving experience fans are most certainly familiar with. Put simply, this is a reimagined beast, rebuilt for modern platforms with far more polish than the original.
