From afar, this may look like an Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato at the front, but it’s actually a heavily disguised Chevrolet Malibu. Thankfully, it’s not trying to fool anyone either, as it’s officially called ‘Manta Ray’, a tribute to the supercar if you will.
When the Ford Nucleon concept was first unveiled back in 1957, nuclear technology was relatively new, and it was believed that nuclear fission technology could be made compact as well as affordable, such that nuclear fuel would become the primary energy source in the United States.
The nuclear-powered Sky Hotel is pure luxury in the sky, while an actual nuclear blast on the ground is something you don’t want to witness, especially in a damage zone. This 3D simulation by Atomic Marvel shows why you either want to be in the quick and painless Zone 5 or completely out of the damage zones during an explosion.
Released on October 19, 1995 in Japan, the Casio Loopy is a game console unlike any other you’ve seen before. It was priced at 25,000¥, ($391 USD in 2024) and marketed specially towards female gamers, mainly due to its built-in thermal color printer that could be used to create stickers from game screenshots.
While not as refined as EVA, this homemade animatronic head by Will Cogley is most certainly a conversation piece, albeit a slightly creepy one. It doesn’t have the typical skin you see on human-like robots, but rather flexible molded silicone to allow for more realistic facial expressions.
RadioShack operated over 8,000 stores in the United States, Mexico, and Canada at its peak, but was eventually acquired by the Unicomer Group, a fate not shared by Toys “R” Us. The El Salvador-based company still has RadioShack stores in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, but apparently makes memory cards now too for sale online.
An Elon Musk fan from Pakistan hired Wild Craft PTK to create a DIY Tesla Cybertruck from scratch, and the end result is the vehicle you see here. Fortunately, it only set him or her back around $10,800 USD for a miniature squished version of the pickup truck.
Lenovo’s Savior Tactical Mobile SSD is definitely one you don’t want to travel with, as it was designed to look like a hand grenade. Why would such a large multinational technology company build such a product? Well, it was to celebrate the release of the blockbuster war movie Operation Dragon in China.
