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DJI, the heavyweight champ of drones and action cams, is diving headfirst into the 360-degree camera scene with the Osmo 360, ready to take on the Insta360 X5 and GoPro Max 2.
James Dyson, the genius behind bagless vacuums and bladeless fans, has set his sights on a surprising new challenge: strawberries. In the lush fields of Lincolnshire, England, Dyson Farming’s 26-acre glasshouse is shaking up agriculture with a mix of robots, renewable energy, and a laser focus on doing things smarter.
NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission was once a bold dream to scoop up Martian dirt and bring it back to Earth, but it slammed into a brick wall due to skyrocketing costs nearing $11 billion. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace heavyweight with 50 years of Mars know-how, has unveiled a new budget-friendly plan that cuts the price to under $3 billion.
Hunting for an audio version of that rare book from your local bookstore can feel like chasing a shadow. Meet PageParrot, a brilliant DIY creation by Nick Bild that turns any physical book into an audiobook in seconds.
Konami’s Silent Hill f broke through the mist at Anime Expo 2025, held in Los Angeles from July 3 to July 6, with a panel that gave fans goosebumps. A sneaky in-engine cinematic trailer, filmed by an attendee despite a no-cameras rule, gave a spine-chilling peek into this psychological horror comeback. Slated to hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 25, 2025, the game’s ready to drag players into a haunting story set in 1960s Japan.
Jumping into the jam-packed world of dash cams, the VIOFO Dash Cam A119 Mini 2 is a little dynamo that delivers big-time value for its price. This compact device boasts a STARVIS 2 IMX675 image sensor, grabbing super-clear footage whether it’s bright daylight or pitch-dark night.
Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has always been a grueling test of human grit, where climbers push their bodies against thin air and punishing conditions. Now, DJI, the king of consumer drones, has dropped a jaw-dropping video of the Mavic 4 Pro drone soaring in one unbroken shot from the North Col Glacier at 6,500 meters to 8,800 meters, just a stone’s throw from Everest’s summit.
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An unassuming darkling beetle hustles over a messy pile of rubble inside a lab at the University of Queensland, sporting a tiny microchip backpack. Researchers are actually steering this beetle, called “ZoBorg”, with a video game controller.
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DirkMcGirk’s latest project, the Cheese Plate Keyboard, is basically a mechanical keyboard dressed up as a cheese board. Spotted on MakerWorld, this 3D-printed gem turns a regular keyboard into a charcuterie-inspired work of art. Each key looks like a slice of cheese, complete with Swiss-style holes that riff on Rob Meyerson’s Swiss Cheese Mono font.