Modern battlefields have a serious problem on their hands, as drones are making life a nightmare for ground forces worldwide. These small, troublesome machines fly in low and fast, often carrying explosives or cameras, and soldiers try to bring them down with anything they can get their hands on. The problem is that most of the time, a single bullet simply misses the mark because the targets zigzag all over the place, leaving little profile to aim at.
As our view of Earth began to fade, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman went for his phone as if it were second nature. Just hours previously, the Artemis II crew had taken four of them on a daring ride around the moon in the dependable Orion spacecraft. The commander, Wiseman, found a chance to film the entire scene through a narrow glass in the docking hatch. He took out his beloved iPhone 17 Pro Max, pressed the record button, and let it roll for a while.
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Seres developed an in-car toilet design that allows the system to fit inside an electric vehicle without taking up additional room. Engineers put the entire assembly on a movable rail connecting to the seat frame. When it is not needed, the toilet simply disappears beneath the floor. All it takes is a simple nudge or a whispered order, and it appears like a drawer.
When a drone beginner picks up the DJI Flip, priced at $299 after clipping the on-page coupon (was $439), and begins to get acquainted with it, word spreads quickly. The Flip gets that reputation by doing all the clever things that serve to shorten the learning curve while still producing footage that anyone would be glad to share immediately. Size and weight make an impression the moment you pick it up, as the whole thing weighs less than 249 grams even with the battery charged, which makes a big difference when you need to get somewhere, and at roughly 136 by 62 by 165 millimeters in its folded state, it shrinks down enough to fit into a jacket pocket or a small bag without drawing attention.
Digit is seen performing deadlifts with a 65-pound weight in the center of a lab. Agility Robotics shared the video a few days ago, and to be honest, the robot maintains a fairly steady balance and completes the task from beginning to end. Someone mentions that the new version can lift significantly more weight than the previous one, while another laughs about how it can run all day without stopping.
Curiosity got the best of one mechanical engineer, who simply had to try out this crazy idea for a jet engine, which was unlike anything you’d ever see in a normal model. The concept employs a fan that fits tightly inside a close-fitting housing and is essentially propped up by gas pressure created by its own operation. A bunch of small nozzles on the fan’s rim pump out gas, causing it to spin like crazy. Now, combustion occurs in a separate chamber that feeds hot gases into the system, which lifts and spins the fan.
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Recent leaks hint at Insta360’s next move with pocket-sized video gear. The company unexpectedly posted a pixelated preview on social media just after DJI released the Osmo Pocket 4. According to press material that has surfaced, a new device called Luna Ultra is on its way. It still fits in your pocket, as you would expect from a pocket-sized camera, but a handful of its features make it really stand out.
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According to the most recent leaks, the iPhone Air 2 will include a second rear camera, providing users with the versatility they need, something the first version lacked. According to leaks, this new model will have a 48 megapixel main sensor and a 48 megapixel ultrawide lens, all tucked neatly into a wide pill-shaped module that spans the majority of the phone’s upper back area, and because it lacks a telephoto lens, the phone retains its slim profile.
Most gamers have a foggy memory of the weird X-shaped Xbox from the early 2000s. Microsoft cobbled it together as a one-off prototype made of machined aluminum, but the actual console followed a very different path. Tito Perez, of Macho Nacho Productions, wanted to change that. His current project includes step-by-step directions so that anyone with basic equipment and an original Xbox may build their own working version in a transparent container that looks exactly like the prototype.
Remmy Evans learned via a friend that a Tesla Model 3 was sitting in some guy’s driveway in Idaho. The owner had bought it cheaply with the intention of removing the drivetrain and installing it in an old car from the 1970s, but he abandoned the plan after realizing how much time the body work would take. Evans was able to negotiate a price of exactly $2k and walk away with a rolling chassis that was still capable of moving on its own.