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A VHS tape sits on your shelf, full of rewind buttons and Blockbuster runs, its black plastic shell a portal to a bygone era. But Reddit user CommonKingfisher has pulled off a magic trick, embedding a tiny video player inside a VHS cassette, turning a retro relic into a self contained work of art.
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Insta360, famous for their pocket-sized 360-degree cameras, is going to new heights. No longer just about filming every angle of a mountain bike descent or tropical escape, they’re taking on DJI, the consumer drone leader, with two new drones codenamed “Antigravity”.
Astronomers have been trying to figure out how planets form and a team using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has reached a major milestone: they’ve found a young planet, about twice the size of Jupiter, carving its way through a swirling disc of gas and dust around the star HD 135344B, 440 light-years away.
The Nintendo Entertainment System didn’t just define gaming in the ‘80s—it defined a generation. Its gray body, red buttons, and black stripe promised adventure with every cartridge snap. Fast-forward to 2025 and 8BitDo’s Retro R8 Mouse, N Edition, for $40, captures that retro magic with precision.
Microsoft has been quietly making laptops that look as good as the best of them and the Surface Laptop 5G for Business proves they’re not just keeping up – they’re leading the way. This 13.8-inch device is the first Surface Laptop with cellular connectivity and is for professionals who need seamless online access anywhere.
A new Pokémon series is coming and it’s a whole new approach. Unveiled at the July 22, 2025, Pokémon Presents, Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu reimagines the franchise through the stop-motion magic of Aardman Animations, the British studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.
A new trailer for Fallout: Bakersfield has dropped and it’s a fan-made project that reimagines the 1997 Fallout with a mix of retro charm and new innovation. Not a full remake of the original RPG, this mod turns the iconic, ghoul infested Necropolis into a first person shooter built on the GZDoom engine.
In 2019 John, the 3D Printing World mastermind, started a project in his garage workshop for the Midwest RepRap Festival (MRRF). After wowing the crowd with his 3D printed bearings the previous year the crowd’s demand was clear: make a printer. The result was the Mulbot, a 3D printed printer mostly made from 3D printed parts, showing what a hobbyist can do with a Prusa MK3 and endless creativity.
