This Self-Sustaining Building in China Grows Food on Every Floor, And It Was Built On A Farmland Plot
China loses farmland to urbanization at a pace that makes most planners nervous, and the usual architectural response is to pour a slab and move…
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A Forgotten Modernist’s Sonoma Masterpiece Finally Gets the Restoration It Deserved
Tucked into the rolling hills of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, a 14-acre estate carries the kind of stillness that most people spend a lifetime…
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YAWN Just Made the Only Nightlight With a Personality Crisis
Most nightlights exist to disappear. They’re meant to be small, soft, forgettable little things that plug into walls and glow just enough to keep you…
Meta better be worried. Qwen’s affordable AI Smart Glasses have cameras, speakers, and even a built-in display
It was one of the more audacious moves at MWC 2026. Right across the aisle from Meta’s smart glasses booth at Fira Gran Via, Alibaba’s…
This Tiny Rugged Phone Has a 152° Action Camera and GoPro Mounts
Action cameras are great until you realize you’ve left yours at home. Phones are always with you, but most of them are too big, too…
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A 113-Year-Old Patent Just Became the Most Creative EDC Pocket Multi-Tool of 2026
MetMo has a very particular way of working. The Leeds-based engineering team finds a mechanical concept from history that was ahead of its time, studies…
iGarden’s Hyper-portable Swim Jet Turns any Backyard Pool Into a Lap Pool for $699
Here’s a question: what if your backyard pool could moonlight as a personal aquatic gym, wave pool, and lazy river – all without any permanent…
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This Square Phone Rotates Open to a BlackBerry or Game Boy Setup
Smartphones have gotten pretty good at being the same thing. Every year, they get a little taller, a little thinner, and a little more difficult…
The Kids’ AI Tool That Ends With Crayons, Not Screens
Most conversations about AI and children go one of two ways: either we’re told to be terrified, or we’re told to embrace it fully and…
This 12-Foot Mirrored Cone Turns Desert Sand Into Living Art
Picture a tall mirrored cone rising from a circle of sand in the middle of the desert. You step in, drag your feet, draw patterns,…
8 LEGO Architecture Sets So Good They Belong in a Museum, Not a Toy Aisle
There was a time when LEGO sets lived in toy chests and were dismantled by Tuesday. That time is officially over. Today’s LEGO releases, along…
This $65 Ergonomic Split Keyboard Folds to Fit Your Jacket Pocket
There’s a particular kind of misery that comes with typing long documents on a tablet. The glass surface gives nothing back, autocorrect wages a quiet…
IKEA’s $10 Speaker Is Tiny, But You Can Pair 100 of Them Together
Bluetooth speakers have a curious problem. The ones worth owning tend to cost real money, and the ones that don’t cost much tend to sound…
Rotary Tools Can Damage Fine Details, HOZO’s 13,000 SPM Micro Sander Cleanly Sands 3D Prints and Miniatures
Scroll through any Gunpla forum, 3D printing subreddit, or miniature painting Discord, and you’ll find the same complaint surfacing like clockwork: detail sanding is the…
Glyph Lights? Tecno Put Actual Plasma Lightning Inside One Of Its Phones At MWC 2026
While Nothing flits with Glyph Matrixes and Bars, Tecno decided to infuse the soul of Thor into its latest phone concept. Dubbed the Pova Neon,…
Kia to soon roll out its first pop-up PV5 production camper van for ultimate future of EV adventure
We definitely live in a world of adventure enthusiasts who demand more from their vans than meets the auto maker’s desire. Which is one of…
Nothing Phone 4a Pro: Metal Build, Glyph Matrix, and a Price That Actually Makes Sense
The ink on Barcelona was barely dry when Nothing pulled everyone back to London. The Phone (4a) had its big MWC moment just days…
Dreamie Built a $250 Alarm Clock to Replace Your Nightstand Phone
I keep my phone on my nightstand. You probably do too. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about 87% of us do, and…
IKEA Built A $4 Stick-On Light That Lasts 6 Months
IKEA has always had a knack for making you feel clever. You walk into the store needing a bookshelf, and you leave with a bag…
This Rugged Phone Ships With 2 Batteries You Can Hot-Swap
Dead battery anxiety is real, and for most people, the solution is either a power bank they forgot to charge or a desperate search for…
This Self-Balancing Electric Bike Rolls on a Single Giant Ball and Moves in Any Direction
James Bruton’s latest creation stands out even among his many engineering oddities and builds on the kind of inventive spirit that we saw in his…
This $300 Lamp Looks Like Melted Metal and Runs for 10 Hours
I’ve always believed that the best lighting doesn’t just illuminate a room. It changes the entire mood of a space, the way a good film…