Insta360 Antigravity A1 First 8K 360 Drone
Flying a drone means making split second decisions about where to point the camera. You’re either chasing a perfect shot or cursing yourself later for missing it. Insta360’s Antigravity A1 changes the game entirely. This is the world’s first 8K 360-degree drone, a device that captures everything around it in one go and lets you decide what matters most after you land.

Arm Mobile Graphics Neural Super Sampling (NSS) Technology
Mobile gaming has always been a balancing act, as developers have to juggle sharp visuals, smooth performance and battery life, often making compromises to keep everything in check on the limited hardware of smartphones. Arm, a company whose chip designs power most of the world’s mobile devices, is changing that equation with Neural Super Sampling (NSS), paired with dedicated neural accelerators in future Arm GPUs.

Black Metal Solar Power Thermoelectric Generators STEG
Photo credit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster
Solar power has always felt like a broken promise—it has a lot of potential but never quite delivers. A team from the University of Rochester, led by optics expert Chunlei Guo, may have just changed that. They’ve created solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) using black metal that are 15 times more powerful than previous generations.

Carrera Hybrid Slot Cars
Carrera, a German company that has been making slot car toys since the 1960s, has taken racing to a whole new level with Carrera Hybrid. This new system ditches the traditional grooved tracks for a free-roaming experience controlled by a smartphone app. Available in the US from September 1 for $199.99, the starter set includes 15 track pieces—straights and curves—along with two Porsche 911 GT3 R racers scaled at 1:50.