M82, located 12 million light-years away in Ursa Major, has long been an oddball. Smaller than the Milky Way, it is five times brighter and produces stars ten times quicker than its size would predict. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope photographed this starburst galaxy in a way that feels like opening the curtain on a cosmic fireworks display.
A streamlined dream was created forty years ago, called the HP-X, when Honda teamed up with Pininfarina, resulting in one of the most renowned sports cars in history. Jump ahead to the present day, and the same crew has teamed up again, this time with JAS Motorsport from Italy. What’s their focus? The original Honda NSX, a 1990 marvel, with its rare combination of everyday practicality and supercar performance.
Fortnite players have been chasing after the promise of this moment for years now , and now we’re finally seeing that wait come to a close with a whole lot of bang – or rather a flash of laser from a flying saucer. Epic Games have hooked up with the team behind The Simpsons to bring you a full blown crossover event that drags the wacky colorfulness of Springfield into the ever-changing battle royale island. On November 1st you can expect a live event that brings the two cultural giants together in a way that feels like it was bound to happen but still feels completely off the wall.
A German engineer named Luis has made a childhood dream come true and created a 3D-printed Star Wars X-wing drone that screams across the sky at 134 mph. After 6 iterations, countless crashes, and a trip to Lake Como, Luis got his X-wing airborne and shared the blueprints so you can build your own.
More than 130 million pieces of space junk – from old rockets to exploded payloads – zoom around Earth at over 7 kilometers per second. A single paint chip coming from the other direction can punch a hole in a spacecraft’s hull or an astronaut’s suit. For decades, engineers have used the same old solution: a metal barrier born in the 1940s. Now a small company in Georgia is rewriting the rules with something deceptively simple – a tile, called Space Armor, that sticks on like a giant Post-it, yet stops disasters before they happen.
Chrono Trigger – a classic 1995 Super Nintendo game that’s still a beloved staple in the world of role-playing games. People still talk about its mind-blowing time-traveling story and it’s simply amazing pixel art. NOBL Games – a YouTuber with a real passion for the game – is giving this old legend a new lease on life by recreating it all as a modern, third person adventure using Unreal Engine 5.
Photo credit: Max Touhey / Nigel Young for JPMorganChase, Foster + Partners
JPMorgan Chase’s new global headquarters in NYC, 270 Park Avenue, is a 1,388 foot copper-colored beast designed by Foster + Partners. This 60 story building was built on the foundation of the historic Union Carbide Building, and an engineering marvel that’s both environmentally conscious a well as human-centered, housing 10,000 people.
Photo credit: MasaKee
A modder who goes by MaSaKee unveiled the world’s first NES-Boy Advance last week. This thing takes the guts of a Nintendo DSi and puts them in an NES controller shell, all wrapped in a 3D printed case. The result is a portable console that plays Game Boy Advance games on a crisp DSi screen, with the familiar buttons of an 80s Nintendo relic.
Google kind of snuck up on the smartwatch party late, but the Pixel Watch 3 (45mm) – which has been reduced in price from $299.99 to $199.99 – is a lot better for wearing every day because engineers have actually spent some time figuring out what makes a decent one. Whether you’re an Android user looking to track your runs or simply need a watch that can record runs, show heart rate, and calendar events without causing you a headache, the Pixel Watch 3 delivers with no unnecessary frills.
For years, Apple Maps has been the clean, ad-free alternative to Google Maps’ cluttered environment. No pop-ups, no sponsored pins, just directions and a sense of calm efficiency. Now, according to sources within Apple, that’s coming to an end. Paid ads may appear in search results as early as next year and may change how we discover the world.