Lenovo enters the realm of robots with the AI Workmate Concept, a desk-top gadget that blends a small robotic arm with everyday office tools, powered by on-device AI to handle tasks without relying on distant servers (or the cloud).
Matthew Perks has truly outdone himself with his new invention, a highly portable powerhouse surrounded by one of the world’s brightest LEDs. The device, known as the LED supernova, takes 1.5 kilowatts of power and converts it into a dangerously eye-searing 120,000 lumens, all in a compact box weighing only 25 kg and remaining (amazingly) portable.
A new video from Pratt & Whitney has reignited controversy over the Boeing F-47, which is slated to be the 6th Generation fighter that would eventually replace the F-22 Raptor. Halfway through a short animation focusing on engine progress, an animated fighter jet arrives in flight, its two engines burning brightly as it slashes through a picture-perfect blue skies. Observers quickly identified the image as a possible portrayal of the F-47 itself, powered by Pratt & Whitney’s XA-103 engine, which is now under development.
When Billet Labs began on this project, they faced an unexpected challenge: transforming a Victorian-era antique into a functional living room display. When fully loaded with water, the finished creation weighs a massive 99 kilograms (218 pounds), combining the elegance of ancient heating technology with some seriously modern components, and its background as a Victorian radiator just adds to its charm.
People cling to their old TVs for good reason: they just function, the picture still looks nice, and buying a new TV, especially one of the larger ones, is an expensive prospect, but Amazon has stepped in and fixed things with the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, priced at $29.99 with promotion code: MAX4KFTV (was $50). This little streaming device goes into an HDMI port, you connect the power, and you’ll have access to hundreds of movies, shows, live channels, and music services.
Chevrolet pushed the Corvette C8 mid-engine architecture to its limit with the ZR1X. Engineers basically plugged in the ZR1’s 1,064 horsepower twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 and added a front-axle electric motor modified from the E-Ray but customized here. That motor adds 186 horsepower and 145 pound-feet, for a total of 1,250 horsepower, which is sent to all four wheels via an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission and a compact 1.9-kWh battery pack situated right in the center of the car. The front motor remains active all the way up to 160 mph, which is useful for dragging the strip from a stop, as only rear-drive takes over beyond that.
Carrot, a betta fish, has been promoted to tank captain thanks to a tinkerer who was determined not to let a fish become permanently locked in one location. Everything Is Hacked spent over a year developing a simple concept and gradually turning it into a reality. It all began with riffing on an old joke about a fish who gets to control the tank, and they set out to make the punchline a living, breathing entity. They were first playing with the concept of putting a simple fish bowl on a toy truck, but it felt too lazy. The major issue here was finding adequate space, as most fish want personal space to breathe, and cramming a full tank onto a small wheeled robot simply wasn’t going to cut it.
Human brain cells grown in a lab have learned to play DOOM. Australia-based Cortical Labs put on this impressive display with their CL1 biological computer, which is a really cool device that cradles 200,000 living human neurons on a microchip topped with a multi-electrode array. These neurons, derived from stem cells, float in a nutrient solution and link directly to the chip’s electrodes, which send and receive electrical signals.
In the late 1980s, a little monochrome television appeared in certain public spaces, and for a few quarters, you could see some programming on it. Known as the Vend-O-Vision, this small device transformed idle waiting into something you might pay to see.