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Custom-Built Game Boy Camera Photo Booth Shines at Pixelated Wedding Party

By Jackson Chung July 23, 2025

Photo credit: Sebastian Staacks
Sebastian Staacks, a physicist and maker of interesting tech, has turned a retro relic into a wedding photo booth. His Game Boy Camera photo booth is a lo-fi delight for his cousin’s wedding. He’s built five photo booths for family events, including his own. For this one, he tapped into his cousin’s love of vintage gaming and chose the 1998 Game Boy Camera as the star. This DIY favorite features a 0.014-megapixel monochrome sensor that produces 128×112-pixel images.

Forget Electric Scooters, the Segway GoKart Pro 2 at $1,499 Feels Like a Heist

By Bill Smith July 23, 2025

Segway’s GoKart Pro 2, priced at $1,499 (originally $2,500), is a go-kart that redefines the category where competitors are as expensive as a used car or disrupt entire neighborhoods with their noise. This electric beast combines speed, adaptability and fun without the noise of gas powered models.

AppleCare One Offers A New Way to Protect Your Apple Gear for $19.99 Per Month

By Jackson Chung July 23, 2025

Apple has launched AppleCare One, a new device protection plan that bundles coverage for multiple devices into one easy package. For just $19.99 a month you can cover up to three Apple devices—like an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch—under one plan.

Pristine 2001 Acura Integra Type R with 4,800-Miles Hits $120K at Auction

By Bill Smith July 23, 2025

A 2001 Acura Integra Type R in Phoenix Yellow is up for auction on Bring a Trailer and getting a lot of attention from auto enthusiasts. As one of only 1,173 made for the US market in 2001 and with only 4,800 miles, bidding has already reached $120,000 with 2-days left, surpassing the 2022 record.

Maingear Retro95 is Essentially a ’90s PC with a Modern Soul

By Jackson Chung July 23, 2025

Step into a time machine, but don’t plan to stay in the past. Maingear’s Retro95 PC is a brilliant paradox—a computer that looks like it belongs next to a 1990s CRT monitor and a stack of floppy disks, yet roars with the performance of today’s most powerful gaming machines.

Engineer Builds iPhone Case That Instantly Adds USB-C to Models with the Lightning Port

By Jackson Chung July 23, 2025

Ken Pillonel, the Swiss robotics engineer who likes to challenge Apple’s walled garden, is back with another innovation: a snap-on phone case from his Obsoless brand that turns the Lightning port into USB-C on compatible iPhones, no tools or expertise needed.

Volonaut Airbike’s Latest Flight Proves It’s a Real-Life Flying Motorcycle That Defies Gravity

By Jackson Chung July 23, 2025

Tomasz Patan, the genius behind the Jetson ONE, has done it again – the Volonaut Airbike is real and it’s a jet powered hoverbike. Test flight footage from a mountain valley shows this prototype flying smoothly over a misty landscape with a near supernatural ease.

This VHS Tape Plays Itself, Thanks to an Embedded Screen

By Bill Smith July 22, 2025

Photo credit: CommonKingFisher
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.

Insta360’s “Antigravity” Drones Leak Ahead of Official Reveal, Set to Offer New Angle on Aerial Video

By Jackson Chung July 22, 2025

Photo credit: Photo Rumors | Mauro Tandoi
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”.

A New World Takes Shape as Astronomers Catch a Planet Being Born with the ESO’s Very Large Telescope

By Jackson Chung July 22, 2025

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.