Six astronauts float inside a metal tube traveling 17,500 miles per hour around the planet, and the loudest sound heard is the click of a folding grill cage closing. On October 31, the Shenzhou-21 capsule delivered more than just three new crew members; it also delivered a 30-pound hot air oven, which is currently fastened to the wall of the Tiangong space station’s core module. Four days later, the station smelled like Sunday barbecue.
Honda has launched the new ADV Edition of the Elevate SUV in India. At first glance, it looks like a beast, with orange stripes, blacked out trim and decals that scream adventure. But when you open the door, you’ll see a familiar face. Same old front-wheel drive, 119 horsepower engine and practical city friendly attitude that will never get you into trouble on a muddy track.
SignalRGB just proved that a real microwave can be transformed into a Battlefield 6 gaming beast capable of running at 120 frames per second – but only if you open the door of your white countertop microwave and discover a 16-inch monitor gazing back at you, framed by the original glass window. Close it up, hit the “Start” button, and watch as the turntable spins the entire motherboard around like a lazy Susan for silicon – you can transform a $40 thrift store microwave into a $2,000 gaming system with a single move.
Google’s Pixel 9 has flat sides that sort of hug your palm, like a well-worn paperback you’ve read a dozen times. The back is all glossy glass and it catches the light like a spark when you’re on the subway. But at 198 grams, this phone is light enough that you barely feel it when it disappears into the pocket of your jeans. Its matte aluminum rails and rounded corners are pretty familiar, yeah, they do kind of echo an iPhone – but then there’s that floating camera island that screams ‘this is a Pixel’.
The lights of the Las Vegas convention center floor were ablaze as Toyota pulled the covers off a machine nobody saw coming: Scion is back and this time it’s on a four seat off-road beast designed to take a beating in the sand, rocks and stillness of the wilderness. Make way for the Scion 01, a side-by-side that takes the Tacoma heart, wraps it in super tough steel and dares you to leave the pavement behind.
Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman sent a Tuesday newsletter, and the entire internet caught fire. Apple, the corporation that once offered an absurdly pricey $10,000 gold watch, is quietly working on a laptop that will cost far less than $1,000. Not a clearance sale Air or refurbished Pro, but the real deal: a brand-new MacBook with an iPhone brain inside.
Zack Nelson’s latest durability test goes inside the RedMagic 11 Pro, a gaming phone with water running through its veins. You know the one—it’s the first to put true liquid cooling on a slab of glass and metal no thicker than your daily driver. Nelson doesn’t just open it for show; he puts it through its paces first, scratching, bending and even setting parts on fire to see if the hype holds up in real world scenarios.
Nintendo kept their promise and just released the “Survive” trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond with only a month till its release on December 4th. This early glimpse offers a good combination of old and new; if you look closely, you’ll find some nice small surprises, like Samus tearing across a desert on her beloved Vi-O-La bike.
Slide your hand into a 1977 dinner jacket, and you might find a silver cigarette case, a small lighter, or—tucked beside the silk lining—a rectangle barely larger than a deck of cards. When you open the snap, the leather wallet slides open to reveal a radio. Not a toy or a gimmick, but a full-fledged AM/FM receiver from Panasonic named Mister Thin (RF-015).
A peaceful workshop in the English countryside has gone off the grid, using the same plastic tubes that end up on every sidewalk – those disposable vapes you see littered all over the place. Chris Doel, a 29-year-old engineer who enjoys getting his hands dirty among the solder fumes and 3D printers, believed the world was throwing away millions of perfectly good batteries simply because. So the guy saved 500 of them, arranged them like soldiers/dolls, and somehow wired them all to a wall, which now powers his kettle, microwave, and editing system.