The 5 Best Tech Gadgets of May 2026
May 2026 is a good time to be paying attention. Gadgets aren’t just getting faster or thinner; the best ones this month are getting more…
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Hario’s V60 Gets Its First Real Upgrade in 20 Years for $23
The original Hario V60 is the kind of object that earns its own mythology. Released in 2004, it became the face of the third-wave coffee…
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d64 Just Packed an Entire Dice Collection Into a Tiny 1980s Computer
Tabletop roleplaying games have an accessory problem. The dice alone can take over a corner of any gaming table, each one representing a different die…
This 4-in-1 Hands-free Flashlight Clips To Clothes, Snaps to Your Phone, and Stands on Its Own
A Red Dot Design Award and a $210,000 Kickstarter campaign are two very different kinds of validation. One comes from a jury of design professionals…
Sony’s PS6 Could Triple the PS5’s Power. It Could Also Cost $800 and Land in 2029
Seven years is a strange unit of time. Long enough to finish a PhD, short enough to remember an event vividly, and apparently, exactly long…
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300W and 7 Ports: This GaN Charger Makes Every Other Multi-Port Charger Look Embarrassingly Weak
Most GaN chargers on the market right now treat 140W like a finish line. Satechi hit it with their ChargeView hub and added a wattage…
This $214 Modular Backpack System Zips Apart Into 3 Separate Bags You’ll Actually Want to Use
Everyone knows the problems a single travel pack brings. If you get one that will work for an epic around-the-world adventure, it’s too big for…
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This Stationary Tiny Home Has More Room Than Most City Apartments
Most tiny houses ask you to make a trade-off. You get the romance of compact living, but sacrifice the one thing that makes a home…
This Sculptural Glass Object Makes Flowers Feel Like a Van Gogh Painting
There is something instantly familiar about patterned glass. We have seen it in old windows, cabinet doors, bathroom partitions, and quiet corners of homes where…
Kohler’s Smart Shower Purifies and Recirculates up to 80% of Water per Shower
For a decade, the smart shower category was essentially a thermostatic valve with an app stapled to it. Not particularly useful unless you consider “Hey…
This NYC Restaurant Was Built From Materials Other Designers Threw Away – And It Looks Stunning
Interior design has a quiet problem that rarely makes it into glossy magazine spreads. Behind the polished renders and immaculate finishes lies an uncomfortable truth….
Fully working computer the size of a credit card is just 1mm thick
In the past few decades, we’ve moved from computers the size of a room to ones that sit pretty on your desk. Apple Mac mini…
Galaxy S26 Ultra Buried the Note’s Boxy Soul, and Fans Are Split
The race to make flagship phones thinner, smoother, and more visually unified has become one of the defining stories in premium smartphone design. Hard angles…
What Happens When You Let 90 Kids Design a Birdhouse
Most of us have a pretty fixed idea of what a birdhouse looks like. A small wooden box, a round hole, maybe a little perch….
This $107K Trailer Hides 400W Solar in Its Fiberglass Shell
Fiberglass travel trailers with off-grid capability are an undeniable combination. There are a few perks that make such travel trailers worth every adventurer seeking a…
The Table Clock Isn’t Dead, This Folded Steel One Proves It
The tabletop clock has been one of the quieter casualties of the smartphone era. Most people stopped owning them the moment a phone took over…
5 Best Tiny Homes of May 2026 Prove Tiny House Design Stopped Being Cute — It Became a Category
Tiny homes had a moment. Then they had another. Then, somewhere between the Instagram hashtags and the weekend specials, they quietly became something more serious….
PC Gamers Have Too Many Windows, ROG’s $199 Screen Fixes That
Gaming setups have grown considerably more complex, and the demands on screen real estate have grown right along with them. A serious session today might…
Amazon Won’t Build This Kindle Remote, So BOOX Did It for $26
E Ink readers have steadily become better at mimicking the feel of paper, but getting through a book with one still requires the same thing…
7-in-1 Titanium Ruler That Draws Perfect Circles, Measures Angles, and Works as a Caliper. Yes, Really.
EDC and stationery have been moving closer together for years. Pens became precision objects. Rulers became desk jewelry. Pocket tools started borrowing the language of…
BEYOND Expo 2026: Asia’s Biggest Tech Event Just Told the World That AI Software Was Only the Warm-Up
Every major tech conference eventually finds its thesis statement. CES landed on “everything is connected.” SXSW staked out culture-meets-technology. BEYOND Expo‘s thesis for 2026 is…
This Quebec Home Doesn’t Fight the Forest – It Disappears Into It
Certain kinds of architecture don’t announce themselves. La Maraude, the latest project by Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte, is exactly that — a compact residential dwelling tucked…