Engineers are always experimenting with new ways to reinvent the computer mouse. Most new products target users seeking compact or unconventional alternatives, whether it’s a wearable ring or an origami-inspired design.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Mouse, Keyboard, Voice, Disability, Remote Control, Smartphones, Computer
Most CD players are designed to hide the disc and its mechanisms inside a dark plastic box. SYITREN’s RM1 Kickstarter project takes the opposite approach, turning the hardware itself into a mesmerizing part of the recent renewed interest in physical music formats.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, CD Player, Transparency, Retro, Bluetooth, Music Streaming
The winner of 2026's Shed of the Year competition isn't your typical home office or backyard bar. Instead, the top prize has gone to a lovingly handcrafted wargaming shed built by intrepid tabletop warriors.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Portable fans are a great way to beat the heat that's bearing down on us in more places around the world lately. This upcoming model packs an extra feature that could help cool you down in a pinch.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: EDC, Cooling, Battery, Travel, Outdoors and Camping, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter
If you're someone who likes to fall asleep listening to sound, be it a podcast, music or a rainy soundscape, your options have been limited if you want to avoid next-day ear pain or disturbing anyone you share a bed with. One company has actually solved both issues.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Sleep, Insomnia, Audio, Reviews, Well-being
Looks like every tech firm worth their salt's gotta make AI glasses, and Samsung's finally ready to throw its hat in the ring.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Glasses, Smart Eyeglass, Artificial Intelligence, Samsung
Back in 2023, Chevrolet announced it was pulling the plug on the Bolt. Despite overcoming early battery recalls to post record sales figures, GM retired the hatchback to retool its factory for electric trucks and sunset its aging battery platform. Now it’s back, but for only the 2027 model year, Chevy says. That’s sad because this is a really good EV.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Chevrolet, Battery Electric Vehicles, SUV, Reviews
Welcome to dystopia – or perhaps better spelled as dystopAI: harassment, humiliation, grooming, sextortion, suicide, and fraud cases exceeding $1.5 billion in 2025. Because humans have an extremely difficult time spotting the difference between authentic images and deepfakes, the crisis is all the more difficult to stop.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Fraunhofer, Deepfakes
Electronics nerds and indie hackers are going to love this. The Pocketbyte is an upcoming portable computer you can endlessly customize to serve as a music player, gaming handheld, or even a personal digital assistant out of the 1990s.
Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
A radically new concept in VTOL aircraft design has made its debut with the first flight of Sikorsky's Nomad 100 rotor-blown wing prototype. Announced during the Farnborough International Airshow, the milestone marks the official takeoff of the Nomad family.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Aircraft, Farnborough Airshow
The innards of modern vehicles are increasingly locked behind digital firewalls and subscription-based diagnostics. Automakers have deliberately restricted access to what used to be easy car maintenance jobs for DIY owners and indie mechanics.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Diagnostic tools, Maintenance, DIY, Repair, Tablet
While everyone needs technology of one sort or another, certain people shrink from any stigma associated with it. In fact, those people may be less likely to let others see them using that tech no matter how much they need it, even if that wearable technology is as widespread as eyeglasses.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
"I'm going to call it Yaffle." That was the final line of my June New Atlas article, Domesticating AI: It's not coming, it's already here. It was a throwaway remark after spending some time with Home Assistant's increasingly capable AI voice assistant, Nabu.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Computers, Coding, Programming
You could be forgiven for thinking that this extraordinary design was dreamed up for the set of some kind of sci-fi movie. However, it's actually a real proposal for a major new mixed-use cultural building.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Building and Construction, MVRDV, sustainable design, Rotterdam
I think we can all agree that proper, boxy SUVs are having a bit of an identity crisis. There was a time when they were slow, lumbering machines that traded speed for the ability to crawl over rocks and wade through rivers. Today, it seems every manufacturer wants one that can do all of that and embarrass a supercar at the traffic lights.
Category: Automotive, Transport
One of London's most famous landmarks is an engineering marvel that was once the tallest skyscraper in Britain. Celebrities and royalty spent their evenings there, and thousands visited it, yet for decades it officially did not exist. This is the BT Tower.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Communications, Skyscrapers, History
The Acemate S10 is one of the most ambitious tennis training products to hit the market so far. Unlike a conventional ball machine, even one that can move around the court, this robot coach is designed to behave more like a human opponent – zipping across the court to reach your return shot, then firing a ball back to you.
Category: Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Tennis, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Outdoor Technology, Training aid, Training, Exercise
I love my wireless headphones, but their batteries have a limited lifespan, and the other components might well outlast 'em. It turns out that a gaming hardware brand might have the best solution yet for our battery woes.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Gaming, Battery, Wireless
Coffee gear brand Mago Maga hopes its latest product can simplify bean roasting for even the most discerning coffee fans – with a little help from AI.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Coffee, Kitchen, Kickstarter, Artificial Intelligence
RedMagic has made its intentions very clear: It wants to dominate portable gaming. And the Astra 2 tablet sets the bar high, sitting in the Goldilocks zone between phone screen and full-sized tablet – and performing as good as it feels in hand.
Category: Electronics, Consumer Tech, Technology
