smartwatches and appeared to have cornered the market with his Pebble devices. Their E-paper displays had a seemingly infinite battery life. Fast forward more than a decade, and Migicovsky is back at it, this time with a much smaller and more focused design. He has a new company called Core Devices, and they just revealed the Index 01, a smart ring that slips onto your finger.
EngineAI’s T800 robot grabbed headlines last week after the company posted a promotional film showing it performing a variety of kicks and smashing obstacles. Almost immediately, sceptics began to question whether the entire performance was staged, citing the perfect choreography and dramatic angles as evidence of CGI trickery. Zhao Tongyang, the company’s CEO, resolved to settle the drama by gearing up in full protective gear to face the machine.
December begins with equal parts snowflakes and worry. Families are scrambling to finish décor, dinners that scorch under frantic timers, and everyone is engaging in awkward talks at gatherings. McDonald’s Netherlands tried capture the turmoil in a snappy 45-second ad titled “It’s the Most Terrible Time of the Year.”
Noki spent months assembling a dream from the past in the softly lit glow of a workshop clutterd with desk lamps and CRT monitors. His creation, a fully portable Commodore 64, is not disguised as some sophisticated modern gadget, but rather a dead-set accurate clone. The computer folds open like an old briefcase from the 1980s, with a beige plastic outer casing full of sharp lines and curves that evoke recollections of ancient office equipment.
Electric vehicles have transformed the way people travel, yet plugging in the charger remains a chore that all EV owners must endure on a regular basis. Flexiv, a robotics business based in Shenzhen, has developed a solution to this problem. They designed a rolling robot that does all of the work for you, including locating your car in a parking lot, getting the charging cable, and plugging it in.
Years from now, when someone pulls an old New 3DS XL from a drawer and connects it to this handcrafted Switch-style dock, it will feel like going back in time. The system slides down with a satisfying click, its screen blazing onto the TV in crystal-clear, high-definition HDMI, and a Switch Pro controller springs to life in your hands.
Sony debuted the PlayStation 5 roughly five years ago, but the Slim Disc Edition, priced at $449 (was $499) continues to draw crowds whenever the holiday season rolls around. The original console’s size was reduced by more than 30% to make place for this slimmer successor. It conveniently fits on a narrower shelf or next to a TV without taking up too much space.
For years, GTA Online users have been making money, avoiding cops, and living in Los Santos. Rockstar Games’ latest update, A Safehouse in the Hills, finally gives players access to those huge hilltop houses. These assets will be available on December 10 for almost all of your platforms, including the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, transforming your crew into the ultimate icons of extravagance.
Encor Design unveiled its first creation last week, a car that took the Lotus Esprit from the realm of nostalgia and dropped it solidly in the present. Meet the Series I, a restomod that combines the crisp lines of the ’75 original with the power of a late-model V8 – all encased in a carbon-fiber shell so light you’d assume it was being towed by a helium balloon. Fifty years after Giorgetto Giugiaro’s wedge first drew attention at the Paris Motor Show, a small team of ex-Lotus engineers has managed to design a car that honors every curve of its predecessor while also resolving every significant problem.
Markarian 178 lingers quietly in the constellation Ursa Major, a mere 13 million light years from our own home planet earth. As a blue compact dwarf galaxy, it’s around 5,700 light-years wide, small in comparison to the Milky Way’s vast expanse. Astronomers first noticed it in the 1960s and 1970s for its extremely bright ultraviolet glow, which Benjamin Markarian “collected” in his catalog. There are actually over 1,500 Markarian galaxies, each of which shines in ultraviolet due to the high energy processes that occur within them.