Watch Tesla’s Nearly-Autonomous Cars Navigate NYC Roads

An overnight software update to Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles enabled owners to drive (almost) hands-free to work this morning. The new push has upgraded the cars’ road-sensing capabilities to handle stop lights, curving freeways and even lane changes—basically everything except navigational turns (think of it as cruise-control perfected). Jalopnik took one of the refreshed Teslas onto the hectic roads of New York …

An Engineer Built a Real, Working Version of Thor’s Hammer

Electrical engineer Allen Pan has built a real, working version of Thor’s hammer, which—just like in the comics—can only be lifted by the worthy. Using a super strong magnetic field, Pan’s hammer will attach itself to any metallic surface as soon as someone grabs its handle. The only way to deactivate the device is through a thumb print scanner, which has been coded to recognize …

Test Ride: Hoverboard Technologies’ Hoverboard

Riding around on the latest self-balancing, one-wheeled wonder

The market for rechargeable rides seems to be booming as of late, especially in the self-balancing skateboard sector where new options pop up every month or so. We’ve previously covered the Onewheel, which—like its name suggests—is a board that balances itself around a wide, central tire and provides forward or backward propulsion through a gyroscopic motor. A new entrant in the category, Hoverboard Technologies, offers …