Photo credit: University of Queensland
An unassuming darkling beetle hustles over a messy pile of rubble inside a lab at the University of Queensland, sporting a tiny microchip backpack. Researchers are actually steering this beetle, called “ZoBorg”, with a video game controller.
Photo credit: Makerworld
DirkMcGirk’s latest project, the Cheese Plate Keyboard, is basically a mechanical keyboard dressed up as a cheese board. Spotted on MakerWorld, this 3D-printed gem turns a regular keyboard into a charcuterie-inspired work of art. Each key looks like a slice of cheese, complete with Swiss-style holes that riff on Rob Meyerson’s Swiss Cheese Mono font.
Stepping into the world of tiny yet mighty computers, the GMKtec NucBox M7 stands out as a real gem, especially if you’re a fan of the Mac Mini’s sleek, compact form factor. This mini PC, powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (*title fixed) with 8 cores and 16 threads cranking up to 4.7GHz, packs a serious punch that can go toe-to-toe with rigs costing double. It’s a pint-sized powerhouse that fits snugly next to your monitor.
Fairphone’s carved out its own space in a world obsessed with shiny, disposable tech, and the Fairphone 6 brings a modular design that’s as practical as it is forward-looking. Scoring a perfect 10/10 for repairability from iFixit, this phone is proof of Fairphone’s mission to build devices that stick around for the long haul.
Photo credit: ItalDesign | Sebastiano Ciarcia
Back in the early ‘90s, BMW and Italdesign dropped the Nazca C2. Fast forward to 2025, and Italian designer Sebastiano Ciarcia has revived that magic with the BMW Ethos, a digital concept that gives a big nod to the Nazca C2 while adding a fresh, modern twist.
On April 20, 2025, from just 1,700 miles away, the Lucy spacecraft snapped a jaw-dropping high-res photo of asteroid Donaldjohanson, a space rock that’s been spinning through the solar system for 150 million years. Captured by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI), the image shows a rugged, stretched-out asteroid, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, looking a bit like a cosmic potato with details as small as 130 feet across.
Grant Sinclair, nephew of ZX Spectrum legend Sir Clive Sinclair, has officially unveiled GamerCard. This pocket-sized gaming device, no bigger than a gift card, easily slides into your wallet.
Samsung Display’s big reveal of the Galaxy Flex G prototype at Computex 2025 gives us a sneak peek at the game-changing Galaxy G Fold. This tri-fold concept is Samsung throwing down the gauntlet, ready to shake up the foldable smartphone scene, one currently dominated by the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate.
Back in the mid-2000s, the Nintendo DS was a handheld gaming beast, its dual screens and touch controls breaking away from traditional handhelds. But for all its magic, the DS had its limits—games stuck to its humble hardware, nowhere near the visual punch of home consoles like the PlayStation 1. Enter the DSTWO, a flashcart that somehow squeezes a full-blown PS1 emulator into a cartridge the size of a postage stamp.
