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Engineering the World’s Smallest NERF Gun

Engineering the World’s Smallest NERF Gun

Mark Rober and his pals made one of the largest NERF guns ever. This time, he went in the opposite direction, putting the popular toy through the shrink ray so many times it’s only visible with an atomic force microscope. After using a compliant mechanism to engineer a simplified version that can fire a dart, he worked with scientists to make NERF guns from DNA.

Is This the World’s Smallest Working Bicycle?

Is This the World’s Smallest Working Bicycle?

The Q shows off the Big Boy, a teensy bicycle he created that’s fully functional. It has a custom-built steel frame and handlebars, rides on inline skate wheels, and has tiny pedals. And somehow, despite being a normal-size human, The Q managed to ride the thing.

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Pocket-Size Typewriter

Pocket-Size Typewriter

Typewriters might be obsolete, but devices that can print on paper are still useful. One problem with typewriters is that they’re big and heavy. Attoparsec engineered a typewriter that fits in your pocket. He took the striker bars from a typewriter and linked them together in a machined metal case with a built-in ink pad.

Testing Tiny Folding Electric Bikes

Testing Tiny Folding Electric Bikes

Over the years, there have been numerous efforts to build bikes, motorcycles, and mopeds that can fold up for ease of transport. Bikes and Beards got their hands on a couple of folding electric two-wheelers to test out how easily they open, their weight capacity, speed, and range. That tiny Himo H1 is ridiculous.

Very Smol Chess Set

Very Smol Chess Set
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This mini chess set from Arcane Science Academy has tiny laser-cut chess pieces that stick into holes on a wooden board. The board folds up and has interior cutouts for holding and organizing its pieces. Magnets and steel hex nuts hold the set together for travel.

Keyboardio Atreus

Keyboardio Atreus

This ultracompact mechanical keyboard offers comfortable typing when deskspace is tight. It measures just 9.6″ x 3.9″ x 1.1″ and has an ergonomic split-keyboard design. Numbers and special chars are accessible via the “Fun” key. There’s an optional wooden palmrest, but it does sort of defeat its space-saving properties.

OneMix 3S Yoga Platinum

OneMix 3S Yoga Platinum

Unbox Therapy shows off one of the tiniest laptops we’ve ever seen. The Xammue OneMix 3S Yoga Platinum is a powerful little Windows PC, packing up to a Core i7-8500Y CPU, and an 8.4″ touchscreen display with 2560×1600 resolution. Its teensy keyboard and pointer might be hard to get used to though.

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A Tiny Laptop

A Tiny Laptop

Austin Evans takes a look at the GPD Pocket, a ridiculously compact laptop which runs Windows 10 or Linux on a system about the size of a sketch book. Its 7″ 1920×1200 touchscreen display looks great, but it would take some getting used to that teensy keyboard.

The Four-Inch PC

The Four-Inch PC

Created by Xi3 Corporation, this 4-inch aluminum cube contains a fully-upgradeable modular PC. Runs an Athlon 64 X2 CPU, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, and offers plentiful ports.

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