A humanoid robot head made in China has left people stunned with its ultra realistic facial expressions.

This face is the work of robotics company AheadForm, and it gives ‘Uncanny Valley’ a whole new meaning.

The company is aiming to improve how humans and robots interact, through the use of humanoid robots.

All we can say is that this is awe-inspiring and unnerving in equal measure.

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Plans for the humanoid robot face from China

AheadForm is ambitious in its aims to enhance human-robot interactions by creating robots with realistic facial features.

This includes moving eyes and synchronized speech, enabling them to express emotions.

The company believes this will make interactions flow more naturally.

Well, you know, as naturally as a conversation between a human and a robot could flow.

Usually we’d just expect robots to carry out day-to-day tasks for us, like household chores.

But this company is aiming for something greater.

To create these human-like facial expressions, the company combines self-supervised AI algorithms with bionic actuation technology.

“We develop advanced bionic humanoid robots that integrate self-supervised AI algorithms with high-DOF bionic actuation, empowering future AGI to express authentic emotions and lifelike facial expressions,” the company said.

The company is showcasing its technology through what it calls the ‘Elf Series’.

And no, these elf-eared robots are not a tie in with Wētā Workshop for The Lord of the Rings – although that would be very cool.

One such model, called ‘Xuan’, looks like an Elvish princess straight out of a fantasy novel.

This robot has a full body ‘crafted with sculptural precision’.

“Xuan is engineered to captivate attention and spark emotional resonance,” AheadForm wrote.

“Beyond her expressive presence, she embodies aesthetic and artistic collectible value — a fusion of cutting-edge robotics and timeless elegance.”

The age of robots has arrived

Everywhere you look, robots are becoming more and more advanced.

Whether it’s shifting into liquid like the Terminator or outrunning humans, these bots aren’t slowing down anytime soon.

But don’t think that robots are solely outcompeting humans – they’re also helping us a whole lot.

Take the example of Tilly Lockey, a 19-year-old from the UK, who has bionic hands that she can control with her mind.

Technological advances may have an initial shock factor, but they’re also encouraging signs of our own progress.

To see AheadForm’s robots in action, you can head over the company’s YouTube channel.

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This 1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet is one of the rarest examples in the world and has held up incredibly well, albeit with a new Wimbledon White paint job hiding its triple-black identity.

Ford released the first Mustang all the way back in 1964, and it’s still in production today, making it the marque’s longest-running nameplate. 

Since then, more than 10 million Ford Mustangs have been sold, but that’s not to say there aren’t some super–rare examples out there. 

Like this 1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet that has recently been snapped up by a collector.

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Why this 1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet is a super rare find

The Cobra Jet was fitted with a powerful 7.0-liter engine and was a rarer option than your stock standard ‘Stang. 

Ford pulled the plug on the Cobra Jet in 1970, with just 3,489 models being sold that year. 

Of those, only 203 were convertible, like this example that recently appeared on Nate’s Classic Cars YouTube channel. 

Making this particular model even rarer is the fact that it comes with air conditioning, something Nate says makes it one of only two such cars ever produced. 

However, it also comes with a triple black color scheme: black paint, black top, and black interior – making it a one-off. 

In the clip, Nate revealed that the car has been restored and repainted, and these days is finished in Wimbledon White.

Aside from the new coat of paint, the Mustang is pretty much all original, including its Cobra Jet engine. 

Not only that, but it still runs and drives, making it an even more incredible find.

What’s next for the rare Cobra Jet?

The one-of-one 1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet was discovered in a garage in Indiana, alongside some other highly desirable vehicles, including a Shelby GT500 convertible. 

Nate snapped it up, but unlike his usual finds, which end up being sold on, he’s decided to hold onto the Cobra Jet, and who can blame him?

The car enthusiast plans to restore the Mustang to its factory specifications, including its triple-black color scheme. 

We’re just glad such a rare and stunning Mustang has ended up in the hands of someone willing to give it the attention it needs. 

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NASA could use laser beams to communicate with astronauts on future missions to Mars, after successfully testing its Deep Space Optical Communications system.

Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, is a laser-based communication system that could completely change space exploration. 

If it works as expected, the technology could be used for communication during manned missions to Mars. 

But to get to that point, DSOC has to be tested, and NASA has come up with a smart way to do that.

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New NASA communication system uses laser beams

NASA is gearing up to launch its manned missions to Mars, with the US space agency claiming it could happen within the next decade.

As you might expect, blasting folks off to land on the Red Planet requires a lot of training, with four astronauts recently agreeing to sign up for a year-long study that will see them face ‘realistic resource limitations, equipment failures, communication delays, isolation and confinement, and other stressors’.

Alongside training people, NASA is also working on new technologies like its Deep Space Optical Communications system, which uses laser beams to send information.

To test the system, the US space agency has been using its Psyche spacecraft as it travels on its 257 million-mile journey to an asteroid situated between Mars and Jupiter.

Psyche was launched in October 2023 and is expected to reach its destination, an asteroid also called Psyche, in 2028.

However, its time on the journey isn’t being wasted, as NASA has used it to test its new communications system.

DSOC was first used in November 2023, when the spacecraft sent data via its transceiver to the Hale Telescope at the Caltech Palomar Observatory in San Diego, California, from 10 million miles away. 

Then, in April, it was able to send data, including ‘digital pet photographs’, 140 million miles from the Psyche spacecraft’s communication system to Earth and back again. 

The DSOC system has ‘exceeded expectations’

In a new update, the space agency has said that DSOC has managed to ‘exceed project expectations’ and is helping to set up the ‘foundations of high-speed communications for NASA’s future human missions to Mars’.

“NASA is setting America on the path to Mars, and advancing laser communications technologies brings us one step closer to streaming high-definition video and delivering valuable data from the Martian surface faster than ever before,” acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said.

“Technology unlocks discovery, and we are committed to testing and proving the capabilities needed to enable the Golden Age of exploration.”

Exciting stuff.

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The Yungas Road, aka Death Road, located in Bolivia, is a 37-mile stretch of road that is widely regarded as the most difficult highway in the world, and the world’s most dangerous road.

Known as the Camino de la Muerte, the road featured on BBC Top Gear in the Bolivia Special, which showed off just how dangerous the road is, with it carved into the side of mountains.

A slight mistake could see you fall right to the bottom, yet this terrifying road was actually a very important route.

It did serve a purpose, and it has been around since the 1930s. Yet somehow, its reputation has seen it become a local attraction.

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When was Death Road originally built?

The Camino de la Muerte was originally built by Paraguayan prisoners of war, following the end of the Chaco War in 1935.

Originally, the road was to connect the Yungas region and La Paz, the economic and political center of Bolivia.

Sadly, many prisoners died while building the road, and many have also died trying to navigate it.

Bolivians regularly used the road for the movement of goods from La Paz’s highlands to the lowlands.

With no alternative in place, cars, lorries, trucks, and bicycles all used the Camino de la Muerte.

In 2007, however, a new road was built – a paved bypass allowing drivers to avoid this infamous route.

That signalled the end of it as a primary route through Bolivia.

The Camino de la Muerte is still open today.

Incredibly, the road itself is still open, albeit without as much traffic as previously.

Tourists love to tackle it in various vehicles, and the 40 miles of tricky road do offer some spectacular scenery.

Prior to the opening of the bypass, around 100 people would die on the road every year.

In 2025, that number is massively reduced to 30-40.

Tourists still flock to the Yungas Road, however, eager to experience it for themselves and take in the scenery.

There are even organized biking tours on the road for those who want something more official.

But the reputation of this stretch of Bolivian dirt is likely to stick with the Camino de la Muerte forever.

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A Dubai royal once commissioned Mercedes to make a one-off supercar that proved to be the fastest car in the world and became a Monterey Car Show award winner – but you’ve likely never heard of the Lotec C1000.

Back in 1995, the McLaren F1 reigned supreme in the supercar industry.

Capable of 240mph, the F1 topped the likes of the Bugatti EB110 Super Sport, Lamborghini Diablo VT, and Ferrari F50.

But Dubai Royal and current Emirates Airline CEO Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum commissioned the fastest car in the world from Mercedes and Lotec, and it blew the automotive industry away.

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Dubai Royal commissioned the Lotec C1000 as the fastest car in the world

The title for the fastest car in the world has changed hands this week, with the Yangwang U9 Xtreme usurping the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport.

Capable of over 300mph, the BYD supercar took the throne and became one of the very few icons to hold this accolade.

But back in 1995, a one-off production car held top spot on the charts, after Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum commissioned the Lotec C1000 as a one-off supercar.

Costing Mercedes and lesser-known German brand Lotec around $3.6m to make, and boasting 1,000hp, the one-off supercar is capable of 268mph

That surpassed the McLaren F1 at the time, although it was never proven on a track.