Nintendo woke their fans up bright and early this morning for an all-new Nintendo Direct, which was fully focused on what the upcoming animated The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has to offer. Shigeru Miyamoto hosted this presentation, which provided us with a new look at what’s to come as well as a slew of great updates on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The true show-stopper came with Yoshi’s first full reveal.
Beer kegs should be able to maintain carbonation for weeks due to the pressure they hold. Ryan and his team at Project KegRocket looked at one and immediately imagined something completely different, such as a pair of tanks containing the components for an actual rocket flight. Early on, the team decided to use conventional stainless steel beer kegs as propellant containers because, let’s be honest, they’re a convenient starting point.
Travis Pastrana, the stunt driving icon, arrived at Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, England, this past September, with a sense of anticipation. For three days, he was able to put the pedal to the metal in a specially rigged Supersports, the first of its kind, tearing it up across campus and the Dream Factory on the real factory grounds, with no closed racetracks or imported sets.
Review units of the Retroid Pocket 6 have now begun to arrive in the hands of creators, giving us our first detailed look at this highly awaited Android handheld console. Despite a few production setbacks, everything currently appear to be on track to ship, and early impressions are exactly what a lot of retro gaming lovers have been hoping for.
The ancient Egyptians were able to accomplish some incredible feats in flatness within their stone work, which continue to amaze engineers and historians to this very day. IntoTheMap takes a technical engineering approach to this to see if it can be explained, and how their flatness is actually achieved with the resources available to them.
The Osprey Farpoint 70 backpack, priced at $138 (was $230), is a great option for long-term travel. You’ll want a single backpack that can accommodate everything, from clothes to electronics, and Osprey designed this pack to do exactly that. It has a 55-liter main compartment that can be coupled with a 15-liter daypack that snaps out to give you a total capacity of 70 liters.
Photo credit: Chris Williams
On January 19, 2026, NASA astronaut Chris Williams took amazing images of an aurora while floating high above the Mediterranean Sea onboard the International Space Station. The final sight is breathtaking, with blazing green and red light ribbons arching along the Earth’s edge and European city lights glittering like stars beneath, with a view north from the Italian coast to Germany.
Researchers at EPFL in Lausanne, in partnership with MIT, have developed a cutting-edge robotic hand that far outperforms typical fixed arm setups. This device can just drop off, walk around on its own across various terrains, pick up objects, and return to its original spot with ease, all while accomplishing jobs that other robotic systems fail to complete.
The LEGO Group and Crocs have formed a multi-year agreement to bring the iconic snap of their plastic bricks to the world of everyday footwear. The partnership was announced this week, and it is all about creating products that combine Crocs’ ultra-comfortable, adjustable footwear with LEGO’s creative construction mentality.
People usually go for store-bought batteries because they are less expensive and easier to use, but when performance is critical, custom work is the way to go. A worn-out lead-acid battery in a midsize electric ATV prompted one builder to replace the factory pack and start over using LiFePO4 cells. The chemistry has some obvious advantages: it has a better energy density than traditional lead-acid batteries, provides consistent power delivery even when the pack is low on charge, and is far safer than many other lithium varieties.