Robert Gcode unveiled a 3D printer few months ago that is roughly the size of a kitchen appliance – tiny enough to just place on a shelf if desired. Now the Quark has arrived, marking yet another attempt by Gcode to truly push the bounds of compact. This one measures only 100 millimeters on each side, making it small enough to fit in a pocket or balance on an open hand.
Power banks have accumulated in desk drawers over the years for numerous reasons, whether they are too heavy for pockets, too slow for deadlines, or too plain to justify the space they take up. Then along comes the Anker MagGo, priced at $56.99 (was $89.99), a 10,000mAh brick that’s Qi2 certified and snaps onto the back of an iPhone like it always belonged.
For more than two years, Beijing-based Noetix Robotics has been developing human-like walking robots, and they have now priced one cheap enough to fit into ordinary life. Bumi is three feet tall, weighs as much as a medium suitcase, and costs less than an old high-end laptop from a few years back. At $1,400, this little gadget walks, dances, and responds to directions while powered by a battery that lasts around an hour or two.
Rivian has a talent for creating cars that draw attention, but now, with its spin-off In addition, the company has used that same quiet confidence to work on something more low-key: the ALSO TM-B electric bike. And, let’s be honest, this is a machine that is intended to integrate into people’s daily lives – the kind of thing you would use to go for a quick trip to the grocery store.
Amazon’s game streaming service, has long aimed to provide high-end gaming to almost any device. However, the original edition was always treated as an afterthought, and while it showed a lot of promise, it still featured a high entry cost and a game library that only made sense if you were really into it. Fast forward to the present, and Luna has had a total redesign; now the concept is that all of this content is simply included with your Amazon Prime membership, with no hidden costs or anything, just a simple smooth experience.
Shield AI debuted its latest creation Wednesday in front of a crowd of military leaders, lawmakers, and industry watchers in Washington, D.C. The company already received a $200 million contract from the US Coast Guard last year for their smaller V-BAT scout drone, but the X-BAT puts them in heavier ground, literally: it’s a Group 5, the biggest class of unmanned aircraft, weighing more than 1,320 pounds.
A hand rolled cigarette dangles from fingers as the RV lurches backward, gravel crunching under tires that won’t listen. Four players bark directions through crackling voice chat, one searching for a spare tire while another wrestles a pulley that’s more knot than lifeline. This is RV There Yet?, the new Steam release from Nuggets Entertainment that packs a vacation’s worth of mishaps into one crazy drive home.
Rahmanshaber remembers the pocket computers of the early 2000s, but then smartphones took over, smoothing out the edges with glass screens and swipes. Now, with parts like the Raspberry Pi widely available, anyone can bring that era back in the form of the MutantC v5.1—a handheld PC you assemble yourself, piece by piece, until it feels like an extension of your grip.
