Ivan Miranda wanted to re-imagine the OneWheel, a single-wheeled electric skateboard that’s both fun and dangerous. He wanted to improve the OneWheel’s lean-to-steer mechanism by adding a second wheel. Miranda’s journey to make this two-wheeled contraption using a 3D printer, aluminum extrusions and a deadline ,is a story of creativity, chaos as well as a few near misses.
CryZENx has spent years bringing new life to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, one piece of Hyrule at a time. His latest demo dropped just days ago on October 2 and shows off Lake Hylia and Zora’s Fountain in the brand new Unreal Engine 5.7. If you have any fondness for the original 3D adventure, you’ll find plenty to get stuck into here.
Daniel, aka CNCDan, wasn’t looking to revolutionize virtual reality. He just wanted a more immersive sim racing experience without breaking the bank. His solution? A fully 3D printed VR headset built with AliExpress parts, open source software and an endless desire to mod.
Miami-Dade County just welcomed a new member to its sheriff’s fleet, and this one drives on its own. Unveiled this week among the bustle of a luxury automobile showroom, the Police Unmanned Ground Patrol Partner—PUG for short—marks the first time a U.S. law enforcement department has brought out a completely autonomous patrol vehicle. Built on the strong frame of a Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the PUG drives familiar streets without a human behind the wheel, keeping an eye out for trouble via a bank of cameras and sensors.
California’s driver’s licenses as well as ID cards are being redesigned, and the results are stunning. The state’s natural splendor is now paired with cutting-edge protection.
Mornings typically start with grabbing your keys, phone and anything else left on the counter that feels important. Adding a Bluetooth speaker to that routine shouldn’t include lugging around a brick or messing with delicate electronics. That’s where the JBL Go 4, $39.95 (was $49.95) comes in, because despite its 6.7 ounce weight it produces rich sound.
Tesla’s Optimus V3 robot is stepping into the ring with some fancy new moves and taking on Unitree’s G1 with a flair that’s hard to ignore. It starts with a basic fist touch, just like human sparring partners do before a match. This sets the stage for a 36 second video that shows the robot getting progressively more fluid with a human partner.
Photo credit: Yuri Beletsky via Harvard
A team of astronomers has captured something amazing: a picture of a baby planet, still growing, nestled in a gap in a disk of gas and dust around a distant star. WISPIT 2b is a protoplanet 5 times the mass of Jupiter and 5 million years old, which is nearly 1000 times younger than Earth. It orbits star WISPIT 2, 437 light years away and this is a first. A planet has never been seen forming in one of these ring shaped gaps, confirming a long held theory about how planets affect their surroundings.
