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Sophia Tung Built a Rideable Tune Thumper Radio Bike From Mario Kart World

By Bill Smith August 29, 2026

Photo credit: inb4ohnoes
Sophia Tung spent a year turning Nintendo’s orange boombox-on-wheels into a street-legal machine she could actually ride. The YouTuber and engineer, already known for deep dives into robotaxis and emerging tech, became so hooked on Mario Kart World that she decided the Tune Thumper had to exist in real life at full size. Everything on it works: speakers play music, buttons click and pause tracks, headlights and taillights fire up, the antenna stands tall, and a Nintendo Switch 2 dock sits inside the cassette-door section so you can play the game on the very bike it came from.

Strange Inventions Lab’s Reusable E-Paper Instant Camera Showcases Digital Film

By Jackson Chung August 29, 2026

Digital photos usually vanish into a folder the second you press the shutter. Maker Strange Inventions wanted a shot you could pull out of the camera, stand on a desk, and still overwrite later, so he built an instant camera whose film is a stack of tiny four-color e-paper cartridges.

Tamagotchi Ring Takes the 30-Year Digital Pet and Places it on Your Finger

By Bill Smith August 29, 2026

Bandai spent two years chopping down a Tamagotchi so that it could survive on one hand. The Tamagotchi Ring is the end result: a 28-millimeter egg with a color screen, two functional side buttons, and 30 characters taken from three decades of the same hungry little creatures that were formerly fastened to backpacks. Official pre-orders began in Japan on August 27, 2026, with boxes shipping in February 2027.

Dafotil’s Amphibious Cybertruck Puts a $30 Pool Toy Where Licensed Versions Wouldn’t Go

By Bill Smith August 29, 2026

Official remote-control Cybertrucks have shown up for years, most of them licensed, most of them expensive, and almost none of them built to float. Dafotil KT912A, priced at $30.59 (was $36), skipped the licensing fee and the premium price, then gave the angular stainless look a pair of fat tires and a sealed body that actually works in water.

AliExpress Air Project Involves Building a Working MacBook From Spare Parts Alone

By Jackson Chung August 29, 2026

Phone Repair Guru set out to answer a simple question that keeps coming up in repair circles: can you order every piece of a laptop from AliExpress, put them together on a bench, and end up with something that actually boots and works. He chose an M1 MacBook Air because the parts listings exist in volume and the board itself is compact. Packages started arriving in waves. Small bags held screws, antennas, a microphone, USB-C boards, speakers, and an audio board with its flex cable. Larger boxes contained the top case with keyboard, a trackpad, a battery, the bottom case, a display assembly, and the logic board that already carried 128 GB of storage plus a Touch ID module.