Engineers at Unitree decided to test their latest robot upgrades the old fashioned way: by hitting it in the face. In a recent demo, the company’s G1 humanoid robot gets a chest-high kick and back shove, and falls each time but gets up before the dust settles. That’s thanks to a new feature called Anti-Gravity mode, which improves the robot’s balance.
Holiday travel means pure chaos, a time when a second screen could turn a cramped tray table into a makeshift office, or so we think. KYY’s 15.6-inch 1080p FHD USB-C portable monitor, priced at $69.98 (was $99.99), fits the bill here, slim enough to forget it’s in your bag, but large enough to do real work.
Luxury, from the weight of a fountain pen to the subtle sheen of a leather-bound diary, has always felt heavy in the hand. Montblanc, the company that makes those tools, has spent years perfecting the art of putting thoughts on paper. Now, with the Digital Paper, they’re fully invested in the world of screens that mimic paper’s patience.
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is back from the dead. After being cancelled in 2024 and pissing off scientists and lawmakers, NASA has contracted Blue Origin to take this golf cart sized rover to the moon’s south pole in late 2027. This is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and is a big step towards unlocking the moon’s secrets and paving the way for humans to live off the land in space.
A thousand light-years away, in the constellation Perseus, a cosmic nursery is humming with life. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have imaged IC 348, a star-forming region in our Milky Way, and it’s a beautiful picture of galactic creation.
