Let’s face it, hunger management can be a pain when you’re simply bored, but this strange Tansan drink from Japan aims to solve that issue. How so? It contains psyllium husk fiber that solidifies in your stomach, turning into a gel of sorts.
Located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, this Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy NGC 4951 tilted diagonally, with thick, cloudy spiral arms wrapping around the core. These arms are filled with pink patches marking new star formation, depicted as young blue stars.
First released on July 1, 1979 in Japan, the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 was touted as the world’s first low-cost personal stereo. This metal-cased blue-and-silver music player definitely didn’t come cheap, as it retailed for $150, or $648.90 in 2024.
GXO announced that it has officially entered a multi-year agreement to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid robot at their SPANX facility to help with a variety of repetitive tasks. Standing 5′ 9″, this bipedal robot will be launched with Agility Arc, which a cloud-based automation tool designed to simplify the deployment lifecycle, from facility mapping to operational management.
Long before Switch Online, there was Satellaview for Nintendo’s Super Famicom, which is essentially a satellite modem. This Japan exclusive peripheral was released on April 23, 1995, and allowed users to access games, magazines, and more through satellite broadcasts provided by St.GIGA.
Home flight simulators are nothing new, but if you just so happen to be a multi-millionaire with lots of expendable income, the Dogfight Boss F/A-18C motion cockpit should be added to your shortlist. Put simply, it consists of a fully wired cockpit for Digital Combat Simulators (DCS), complete with mixed reality goggles and a Motion Systems 3Dof platform.
With sealed first-generation iPods selling for north of $29,000 USD, it’s only fitting that some fans are building their own alternatives using much more affordable Raspberry Pi boards. Developer Dr. Hatch is one of them, and opted to use a $6.99 Waveshare 2.13″ (250 x 122) E-ink display instead of an LCD on the ePiPod.