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Pokémon’s HD-2D Dream is One Fan’s Unreal Engine 5 Kanto That Game Freak Should Use

By Bill Smith December 7, 2025

Pokémon has always been about using your imagination rather than becoming entirely immersed. Those old-school Game Boy sprites, with their blocky graphics, didn’t require fancy ray-traced reflections to make you feel like the 10 year old ruler of the Pokémon universe, catching them all. Then there’s NIONX, a French YouTuber who has no prior expertise with 3D modeling or Unreal Engine 5, but has now released an amazing HD-2D reconstruction of the Kanto area that looks exactly like the remake we’ve all been waiting for.

Apple’s Grip on F1 Brings Racing into the Stream, Teases New Interface

By Bill Smith December 7, 2025

F1’s engines are gearing up for a significant shift in the United States next year. Apple recently signed a five-year deal to become the series’ sole broadcaster, and they are making all session footage available on their Apple TV platform. That means everyone with the basic $12.99 monthly membership will be able to watch all 24 races, practice runs, qualifying heats, sprint events, and the works for free. And the best part? There are no additional payments, and no advertisements to disturb the action.

Viwoods AiPaper Reader C is a Phone That Reads Like an E-Ink Book

By Jackson Chung December 7, 2025

Viwoods debuted the AiPaper Reader C to slip neatly into a pocket right alongside your regular phone, but with a screen designed for long reading sessions without all the usual glare or battery drain. They brought out this device as a follow up to their earlier black and white model, and this time they’ve swapped in a color display which makes a big difference when handling comics, mags and illustrated guides. At $349, its placement really is where e-readers meet basic mobile tech, and the end result feels like a nice companion for everyone who’s just had it up to here with scrolling through endless feeds.

You Could Either Pay Tolls, Or Attempt to Evade Them with This License Plate Spy Gadget

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

A driver’s dashcam captured a brilliant blue Lexus GS sliding beneath a toll gantry in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with a rather strange effect. For a single second, the sedan’s license plates seemed completely blank, with no numbers or letters visible.

Engineering Student Builds Flying Sword Drones, Stunts Ensue

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

A young engineering student in China has created a really interesting drone that resembles a slim sword and simply hovers there in silence, responding to the sweep of your hand. There are videos all over the internet depicting it rising off a table, circling a room, and even flipping through the air before landing in a waiting palm.

How One Modder Turned a Desktop Staple into GPU Chill by Injecting Ice Cold Water

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

Water cooling for desktop computers has been around for a long time, serving as a savior for high-end workstations prone to overheating during marathon gaming sessions or intensive use. Graphics cards, on the other hand, have always relied on air-based solutions, with fans and metal fins providing all of the cooling they require. That all changed when one tinkerer had the brilliant notion to remove a normal CPU cooler from a shelf and repurpose it for his GPU instead. Running frozen water directly through the heatpipes allowed him to not only cool the GPU but also significantly increase frame rates.

LimX’s Oli Takes a Gritty Stroll Through the Rubble, Proves Humanoid Robots are More Than Just Novelty

By Jackson Chung December 6, 2025

LimX Dynamics, based in Shenzhen, has finally made a significant breakthrough with their humanoid robot Oli. At 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 121 pounds, this machine has long promised to offer more than just sterile lab test results. And, based on the footage published thus far, Oli is capable of delivering. It’s been put through its paces on a simulated construction site, with loose sand attempting to suck it under, boards attempting to shift out from under it, rocks protruding as if waiting for some clumsy robot to come along and get trapped, and piles of debris searching for an opportunity to trip it up.

Hangzhou’s New Street Sentinel is a Traffic Robot That Steps Up to Guide the Chaos

By Jackson Chung December 5, 2025

Hangzhou, home to a stunning 12 million people who are continuously speeding around town on motorcycles and in cars, has had one major issue: getting traffic to flow smoothly at crossings. However, a new high-tech traffic officer has recently appeared at the intersection of Binsheng Road and Changhe Road in the Binjiang area, and it has sparked much discussion among locals. They’ve named it Hangxing No. 1, and it’s a genuine oddity: a 1.8m-high traffic robot with arms sticking out at all directions.

Northrop Grumman’s Project Talon Takes Flight in a Crowded Sky

By Jackson Chung December 5, 2025

Northrop Grumman unveiled Project Talon in the vast hangars of the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert. This unmanned aircraft is ready to team up with fighter jets, transforming solo missions into coordinated raids that protect pilots and provide them a competitive advantage. Northrop’s engineers and the magicians at Scaled Composites have been pounding this prototype into shape over the past 15 months, and in just nine months, it will make its first flight.

Apple AirPods 4 with ANC Offer Open Ears and a Quiet World for $99

By Jackson Chung December 5, 2025

Apple has a talent for removing the annoyances from our everyday routines and replacing them with a refined sense of style. Consider earbuds: for years, you had to select whether you wanted them to be incredibly comfortable or super quiet. You choose open designs that allowed the world in, or sealed tips that kept you completely out of touch, even in a packed subway. With the AirPods 4, which have active noise cancellation, now available for $99 (was $179), all of that sounds like old history.