Inventor Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions is back at it again, and this time, he decided to build an iPhone 16 Pro Max Case that doubles as a second (or third if you include the smartphone’s front-facing camera) digital camera.
Gaming headsets with UV-reactive strips are one thing, actual wood that glows in the dark is another. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology have created just that with the help of a fungus.
A super stretched Ford Bronco is more novel than functional, while the new all-electric Ford Puma Gen E is the complete opposite. Priced from around $38,770 USD in Germany, this 3,426 pound EV packs a single electric motor making 166 hp and 214 lb-ft of torque, enabling it to hit 62 mph in 8.0 seconds.
The Logitech G303 Shroud Edition Wireless Gaming Mouse was designed for those into Esports, and you can get one for $69.99 shipped today, originally $129.99. At just 75 grams, this mouse pairs well with low-sensitivity DPI and makes aiming faster, elevating gameplay to the next level. Product page.
Remember the Touch Bar found on Apple MacBook Pros between 2016 – 2021? Well, it’s been revived as the Flexbar. Put simply, ENIAC turned it into a standalone 10-inch aluminum bar-shaped device with a 2K AMOLED display that can be connected to a computer, tablet, or smartphone via USB-C cable.
There’s the Mitsubishi 4000GT concept, and then this 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR with just 461-miles on the odometer that just sold for a whopping $161,000 USD. This completely unmodified special edition example is a rarity to say the least, as only 3,667-units are purported to have been produced.
Sure, the Dyson OnTrac may tout 55-hour battery life, but these AI noise-cancelling headphones developed by University of Washington researchers can create sound bubbles to isolate conversations. These sound bubbles enable people within a radius of up to 6.6-feet to talk with reduced interference from other speakers or noise outside the zone.
While not as novel as this Jensen Huang signed NVIDIA RTX 4070, the new Intel Arc B-Series (Battlemage) – the B580 and B570 – graphics cards are designed to offer best-in-class value for performance at price points that are accessible to most gamers. These cards can also accelerate AI workloads, thanks to the Intel Xe Matrix Extensions (XMX) AI engines that power the newly introduced XeSS 2.
