Gushi Cliff Coffee is located on a cliffside overlooking the surf pounding against the shore of Fuzhou, Fujian, in southern China. Crowds of people sit on small little platforms embedded straight into the side of the cliff, 70 meters above the thundering surf, with a view out over the water to the Taiwan Strait, where the islands of Matsu appear as a distant collection of small little lights in the night sky.
The Manya Cynus chess robot comes in a small box that opens to reveal a complete chessboard and a single robotic arm that is eager to start a game. This device, which was created by Manya Space and distributed to backers who had committed to the 2025 Kickstarter, is basically a physical chess battle against a machine that makes all of its own moves. With eight difficulty settings ranging from extremely basic to expert-level strong, it runs completely off the grid and doesn’t require you to use your phone, computer, or internet connection.
Human brain cells grown in a lab have learned to play DOOM. Australia-based Cortical Labs put on this impressive display with their CL1 biological computer, which is a really cool device that cradles 200,000 living human neurons on a microchip topped with a multi-electrode array. These neurons, derived from stem cells, float in a nutrient solution and link directly to the chip’s electrodes, which send and receive electrical signals.
A wedding was taking place in a sunlit hall deep in the heart of Turkey, complete with laughing, music, and dancing, as well as family gathering as close as possible. Guests lined up as expected, each eager to give the happy couple something unique. Envelopes containing cash and gold pieces were passed from hand to hand as usual, but one of the attendees did something unexpected.
DD Squad decided to put a classic physics demonstration to the test in the real world. They built a catapult on the back of a flatbed truck and used it to launch one of their team members in the opposite direction of the truck, which was traveling at around 50 miles per hour (81 kilometers per hour). What transpired appeared to be inconceivable, as the guy appeared to float in mid-air for a brief while before the truck sped away into the distance.
Auto enthusiast Nathan Paykin purchased a 2006 Suzuki Swift for the bargain price of AU$500 (approximately US$350) and converted it into a full-size replica of the vintage Little Tikes Cozy Coupe toy vehicle that many children most likely played with. This classic red-and-yellow Cozy Coupe now appears as a real-life car that adults can drive, complete with flames.
Bluetooth speakers exist in a variety of forms and sizes, but to be honest, most of them are quite basic; they don’t look like they could be used as headgear by a giant. JLab introduced the Blue XL Speaker Headphones last year, and it does an excellent job of blending the design of headphones with that of a speaker.
A new social media platform has emerged, and it’s an unusual anomaly in that it’s for AI agents, while their human designers may simply sit back and watch. Moltbook contains all of the typical aspects of a social network, with agents writing messages, leaving comments, voting, and even gathering in topic-based groups that will appear similar to those who have spent time on Reddit. The site was launched in late January 2026, but before you could say “AI,” over 1.5 million agents had already signed up and received their credentials.
A gas station pump computer sits quietly hidden away in a metal cabinet, processing transactions day after day, as most cars go right by without a second thought. Dave from Usagi Electric discovered one of these often-forgotten machines at a swap market and transformed it into a crazy adventure of reverse engineering. The end product is a look at 80s industrial technology that still works decades later.
