Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing’s SB>1 DEFIANT successfully completed FLRAA mission profile test flights, including a technology demonstration, confined area landings and low-level flight operations. If tests continue to go well, this aircraft will eventually replace the Black Hawk, especially since its coaxial rotors were able to achieve a top speed of 272 mph in level flight.
Wingsuit flying is dangerous enough when you’re out in a wide open field, but imagine buzzing the Pyramids of Giza? Considering there are typically no parachutes, just a wetted area on the diver’s body to generate increased lift, flying this close to a natural wonder of the world is death defying to say the least. However, that’s exactly what Fred Fugen, Vincent Cotte, and Mike Swanson decided to do.
The Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse is perfect for travel with its 250-hour battery life, and you can get one for $39.99 shipped, today only, originally $49.99. Weighing in at just 99-grams, it features tjhe G HERO optical sensor with 200 to 12,000 DPI sensitivity for competition-level accuracy, while LIGHTSPEED wireless technology offers super-fast 1 millisecond performance. Product page. Read more for a hands-on video review and additional information.
Our Next Energy, Inc. (ONE) equipped a standard Tesla Model S with one of their next-generation batteries and managed to set a new EV record by driving it for 752-miles on a single charge, which is double the standard maximum range. ONE founder and CEO Mujeeb Ijaz says the company aims to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by completely eliminating range anxiety, the number one thing holding back most consumers today.
God of War was finally released on Steam last week, and modders are already hard at work. DisablePP always wondered how Kratos would have looked as a younger version of himself, so what better way to do so than by removing the warrior’s beard? That’s exactly what they did, and the mod basically involved disabling the shaders for Kratos’ facial hair. As you’re about to see, it looks like an entirely different character altogether. Read more for a video demo of the mod and where to download it.
Photo credit: Devanga Borah
The Apple Car, codenamed “Titan”, is currently in development with a rumored 2025 launch date. To date, Apple has 66 road-registered driverless prototype cars on the road, but nobody knows what the actual vehicle will look like. Designer Devanga Borah came up with a bizarre pod concept that just might work as an Apple Car Nano for two people. This four-wheeled vehicle basically consists of a spherical pod that can rotate 360-degrees.
With the first 1,000-units priced at just $1,575 USD, Xiaomi’s CyberDog quadruped robot is a far more affordable version of Boston Dynamics’ $70,000+ USD Spot. Despite the far lower price tag, it’s still powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson Xavier NX platform, which is an AI supercomputer that includes 384 CUDA cores, 48 tensor cores, 6 Carmel ARM CPUs, and 2 deep learning acceleration engines. It uses an 11 high-precision sensor suite, including touch sensors, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, GPS modules, and more, for instant feedback to guide its movements.
French photographer Mathieu Stern discovered a 120-year-old time capsule in the basement of an old family home, and inside the antique box that dates back to the year 1900, were two glass plate negatives. After combing through the other items, which included coins, a paper doll, seashell, and even a letter, he decided to develop the glass plates using an classic photographic printing method called cyanotype.
You’ve probably seen the Jetson One, but now CNET provides an up-close look at this personal flying vehicle. The Swedish startup wanted to garner up some interest by posting a few videos of it in-action, and so far, they’ve received over 3,000 purchase requests, selling out of their entire 2022 allocation. Made from aluminum and carbon fiber, it’s powered by eight motors that enable the flying vehicle to hit a top speed of 63 mph. Read more for the video and additional information.
Sony’s X80J 50-inch 4K Ultra HD LED Smart Google TV could be the best entry-level set for everyday use, and you can get one for $498 shipped, today only, originally $699.99. Featuring a wide color gamut and a unique TRILUMINOS PRO algorithm capable of detecting color from saturation, hue, and brightness to reproduce natural shades in every detail. Product page. Read more for a hands-on video review and additional information.