Most people would have tossed the red Nintendo 3DS XL the moment they opened the package. Bought for twenty-seven pounds and already looking like it had spent years outdoors, the handheld arrived with a rusty hinge, a body that bulged open, no battery, and clear signs of serious water damage. Elliot of The Retro Future saw something worth saving instead.
Garkus walked into his local Subway and walked out with the exact machines that used to show footlong prices and cookie deals. Staff were swapping the old digital menu boards for newer ones, and the discarded units headed straight into a trash pile until he asked if he could take a few. Three Advantec DS081 media players and four commercial displays later, the experiment began.
NASA has just released a time-lapse video of the Psyche spacecraft approaching Mars, passing within 2,864 miles of the surface, and then pulling away after using the planet’s gravity to gain speed on May 15. The sequence, built from photographs taken over a month, shows Mars as a narrow dazzling crescent that expands and recedes behind the craft. Sunlight scattering through the dusty landscape led the crescent edges to shimmer and spread wider than intended, giving spectators a unique perspective rarely seen in missions.
Mimic Robotics, based in Switzerland, revealed their Mimic Hand M1 this week. This robotic hand, designed to resemble human operation, allows you to carry on with your daily tasks without breaking a sweat. The drives are neatly hidden away in the lower arm, together with a control system that travels through the forearm to the pulleys and bearings via tendons. This shape allows the hand to remain compact while still exerting significant force and completing difficult tasks smoothly.
Power stations have long sold themselves on big capacity numbers that look good on paper. Real use often tells a different story once the unit sits idle between fridge cycles or conversion losses start eating into the total. Anker’s SOLIX S2000, priced at $599.99 (was $1,200), aims straight at that gap with a 2,010 watt-hour LiFePO4 pack designed to deliver more of its stored energy to the things that actually need it.