When you hear the words Fornax constellation, science fiction movies may come to mind, and rightfully so, but around 50 million light-years away, is the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1317. Hubble imaged it in 2025 to showcase its blue ring of young stars and help astronomers study galaxy evolution.
Allen Pan, a YouTube engineer with a love for retro projects, built an auto-trick skateboard for Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 promotion. This clever board automates tricks like kickflips so beginners can feel like pros.
Shane Wighton, the engineer behind the YouTube channel Stuff Made Here, has reinvented brownie baking with a pan that cooks brownies evenly from the inside out, getting rid of the chewy edges that spark debate among dessert lovers.
During the 1990s gaming boom, The 3DO Company wanted to redefine interactive entertainment with the Panasonic FZ-21, or 3DO M2, a planned successor to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. Designed to compete with the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 through better processing and graphics, it never made it to homes as a console, instead found a life in commercial settings.
Sitting quietly on your desk, the Beelink SER5 Max 6800U, $299 for Prime members, is a mini PC with big capabilities, despite its compact form factor. With an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor, 24GB LPDDR5 RAM and 500GB PCIe 4.0 SSD, it can handle office work, gaming and more.
Unitree Robotics, a company from Hangzhou, China known for affordable humanoid robots, has introduced the R1, a new model that takes affordability and functionality to the next level. At $5,900, this 4-foot, 55-pound robot can do cartwheels, handstands and roundhouse kicks. That’s a lot of performance for the price.
GPD, known for their small yet powerful gaming devices, is introducing the GPD Win 5 at ChinaJoy 2025. This handheld gaming PC packs high-end laptop performance into a compact design.
Apple’s iOS 26 Public Beta is here and it’s a fresh but familiar update for iPhone users. Open to anyone who wants to try beta software, it brings a Liquid Glass design and practical improvements to how you use your device.
