Only one of these tech "sports" is real. Can you guess which?
Have you heard of the Quantum Cable Untangling Contest, or the VR Headset Balance Race? How about the World Server Throwing Championship?
Burn beautiful images onto CDs with ones and zeros, no LightScribe needed
From trash to treasure
You have 30 minutes: Where would you hide a USB drive from the FBI?
Weekend Open Forum returns with a challenge
Touchable 3D holograms are now a reality in world-first breakthrough
Reach out and touch something
Forward-looking: A team of scientists has successfully demonstrated the world's first interactive 3D holographic display, enabling users to physically interact with virtual light projections. If commercialized, this technology could be immensely useful in education – just to name one example.
Garbage truck driver rescues dumped 32-core Threadripper PC with RTX 2080 Ti
It only needed some cleaning, a new power supply, and new storage
Meet the robot with a detachable, self-crawling hand
A robotic hand that crawls around like Thing from The Addams Family
Techno fashion: You can now buy a plastic handbag with an embedded GPU for $1,024
"GPU Purse" also sells a a H100 version for $65,536
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer highlights Keanu Reeves as new nemesis Shadow
Sonic and Dr. Robotnik, an unlikely team
Tank sim fanatics build multi-person rig with working hatches and ammo loading system
The tank even 'fires' filled soda bottles
Collector earns Guinness World Record for simultaneously connecting 444 consoles to a single TV
A spreadsheet is needed to keep track of everything
Remember when Sony released a Bravia TV with a built-in PlayStation 2?
Don't feel bad if you don't -- It was released 14 years ago and only in the UK
Fake OS update screens let procrastinators buy extra break time
Careful not to get yourself fired
Lego contraption shatters mouse-clicking speed records at 70+ clicks per second
You've seen hamsters spinning in wheels, now get ready for a mouse supercharged by a wheel
WTF?! You don't often see Lego being used to build parts that you can use with your PC, but Lucas, the man behind YouTube channel Lucas-Dynamics, took on that challenge by building what he calls the world's fastest autoclicker using nothing but toy bricks.
Programmer creates AI-powered image generator for Commodore 64
It works, but is very slow
Homemade mini supercluster combines 256 RISC-V microcontrollers
Ballin' on a budget
Boston Dynamics bots could revolutionize the live entertainment industry
Spot looks far less creepy when dressed up as a fluffy dog
In brief: It's not Halloween, but that isn't stopping Boston Dynamics from putting one of its robots in costume to help drive home an important point: Spot can be used for far more than remote observation jobs or tasks that are too dangerous for humans.
This precision crafted manual transmission pen features a functional clutch
A novel writing utensil
Viewing a color E-ink display under a 230x digital microscope
A close-up look at micro capsules
13-year-old wins science fair for attempting to demonstrate Archimedes' fabled "Death Ray"
The teen had an 'Eureka!' moment with just four pieces of glass and a lamp
This real-world Pokédex identifies pocket monsters using ChatGPT and AI voice cloning
In context: A YouTuber recreated a real-life working version of the Pokédex from the 1990s anime series. For those unfamiliar, the Pokédex was a red camera-like device that Ash used to identify Pokémon. The gadget would analyze the creature and then vocally tell Ash its name and description.
New vapor coating technique lets you run a computer under water
Turn a Raspberry Pi into an amphibious micro-computer
The Xbox Series S mid-life refresh is a toaster?
Or is Microsoft trying to say that an Xbox Series S refresh is toast?