Sony’s WH-1000XM5 noise-canceling wireless headphones, priced at $250 (was $400), feature 8 microphones and two processors to read the environment and instantaneously adjust to whatever noise is there. When you lift off, say from an airplane, distracting background noise disappears, while office banter or city traffic fades into a distant hum that no longer draws your attention.
At this month’s New York International Auto Show, visitors crowded around a bright yellow van. The vehicle, painted in a typical yellow cab pattern with a sign atop that reads “TAXI,” looked ready to pull away from any Manhattan curb. Kia refers to it as the PV5 New York Taxi concept, and it is a full-size electric van that has been redesigned in collaboration with BraunAbility to make it easy for wheelchair users to enter and exit.
Nostalgia strikes anyone who spent hours staring at a computer screen in the 1990s, when hard drives produced a mechanical symphony. These drives would start spinning with a low whir, clicking every time you accessed a file, and finally shutting down with a gentle clunk. Then came solid-state SSDs, which stored data in total silence.
Australian researchers have built the world’s first quantum battery that completes every part of an energy cycle from start to finish. Dr. James Quach was the main force behind this at CSIRO, and he collaborated with colleagues at RMIT University and the University of Melbourne to complete the research. Behind the scenes, engineers shaped the battery as a multi-layered organic microcavity and sent a laser beam across open space to add energy wirelessly.
Robots equipped with Generalist AI’s new GEN-1 model have evolved into the ultimate automation workhorses, capable of completing the same simple tasks repeatedly without fail. You can witness in real time as one arm folds shirts row after row, carefully placing each one neatly into a basket, while another robot services robotic vacuums.
When you step into the 2026 Mercedes EQS, you feel as if you’ve entered another dimension. Nothing connects the mechanical workings of the car anymore. Instead, you have a steering-by-wire system. This means that all of your steering wheel movements are detected by sensors and relayed to control units, which then instruct the actuators on how to make the wheels respond to your commands.
Last month, engineers at a Chinese startup successfully launched a gigantic 57-foot robotic arm into space, and its performance has really impressed thus far. The arm is capable of handling the precision work required to maintain satellites operational for an extended period of time, and it has already demonstrated this without any major issues.
LCLDIY set out to create a portable computer / laptop that embodied the gritty feel of a civilization being rebuilt after disaster strikes. That’s exactly what he’s accomplished with this monster, a massive, heavy beast of a device that appears to have been assembled from spare pieces gathered from the local hardware shop.
Security cameras have become commonplace in many neighborhoods, but their footage frequently leaves us scratching our heads and wondering what actually happened. That’s where the Wyze Cam Pan V4, priced at $45 (was $60), comes in, and its straightforward objective is to provide footage that will make sense later on. The camera records in sharp 4K (3840 by 2160 pixels each frame), so you may expect clear images of faces, clothes, license plates, and so on.
Ari Motors’ engineers have been working on the Ari 458 Pro, a compact electric camper that is redefining people’s perceptions about short vacations. At only 12.5 feet long and 4.9 feet wide, this vehicle fits into a conventional parking place and can even fit into narrow roadways where larger motorhomes cannot. You can park it almost anywhere and yet have enough room to make a spontaneous stop at a lake or a forest clear-cut, without having to worry about hookups and whatnot.