Computer scientist and self-proclaimed hardware hacker Tom Tilley picked up a $5 Paw Patrol toy at a thrift shop, but it reminded him of the Super Hang-On arcade machine. So, he decided to turn the toy into a functional game controller, with the help of a Raspberry Pi Zero.
There’s the Oukitel RT8 tablet, and then the ultra rugged TANK 3S smartphone, which not only comes equipped with a 15,600mAh battery, but also a built-in 120Hz DLP projector. Priced from $509.99 USD, the base model sports a 6.79″ LCD screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of internal storage, a triple rear camera (50MP Main + 64MP Night Vision + 8MP Telephoto), and a 50MP selfie camera.
A Game Boy Color sewing machine? Yes, it exists, and called the Singer IZEK 1500. Put simply, this sewing machine came bundled with the handheld console, a built-in Link Cable and a small number of Game Boy Color cartridges for sewing design patterns onto clothes, like Mario Family.
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Elon Musk is known for this spontaneity, but this gigantic bust of his head might be taking things too far. As for who might have created such an Elon Musk statue, some are saying it is a fan group looking to profit off his image in the form of NFTs.
You’ve seen Caviar’s Galaxy S24 Ultra Cybertruck Edition, now check out something just as extreme, possibly the world’s first and only machine gun-equipped Tesla Cybertruck. This example purportedly belongs to Ramzan Kadyrov, current Head of the Chechen Republic.
Ibrahim Al-Nasser from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been playing video games for as long as he can remember, and now, a Guinness World Record to go along with his collection. He is now the official title holder of having the ‘most game consoles connected to a single TV’.
Industrial Inspection and Consulting (IIC) says they can now use a CT scanner to reveal exactly what’s inside unopened Pokemon packs, or more specifically, the holographic cards. The method involves extracting the shape of the Pokemon due to slight density differences in the cards and foils.
