The World Humanoid Robot Games, a first time event hosted by the Beijing government, kicked off with a tech presentation that left everyone speechless. Unitree Robotics, a Chinese startup that is leading the charge in humanoid and quadruped robot research, stole the show with their 100-meter dash entry.
A white dwarf star is as dense as a city squished into the size of the Earth. Usually that’s the end of a star’s life. But sometimes they don’t go quietly. An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered a rare beast: an ultra-massive white dwarf formed by a catastrophic collision with another star rather than a steady fading.
Shipping container homes have carved out a niche for compact living, but few do it with style like Sonic Steel’s Mark T. Nestled in the coastal hamlet of Port Neill, South Australia, this two-story beauty combines three steel containers into a home that’s far from industrial.
Rainwater collection is supposed to be simple—set up a barrel, catch the drops, water your plants. But anyone who’s tried it knows the messy reality: leaves, twigs and roof grit clogging filters faster than you can say “downpour.” This clever solution by NeedItMakeIt consists of a 3D-printed self-cleaning water filter, inspired by hydroelectric systems, that promises to keep your rain barrel flowing without the hassle.
Whether you’re hosting football watch parties, gaming, or settling in for solo Sunday marathons, the right TV can turn your living room into the ultimate game day headquarters. This is where the 65” Roku Pro Series Mini-LED QLED 4K Smart TV comes in, now down to $599.99 from $1,199.99.
Storage is getting smaller and Biwin, a Chinese manufacturer, has taken it to the extreme with a new solid-state drive that fits in a SIM card slot. Measuring 15mm x 17mm x 1.4mm, this Mini SSD, also known as the 1517, is barely larger than a microSD card yet delivers speeds that rival larger drives.
Apple Watch users in the US who were left high and dry by the lack of blood oxygen on their Series 9, Series 10, or Ultra 2 can finally breathe a sigh of relief. A software update rolling out today brings back this health monitoring feature, bypassing the legal mess that stripped it from newer devices.
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.
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.
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.