Electric scooters have largely avoided any serious design ambition. The category is dominated by folding aluminum stems, plastic covers, and an aesthetic that prioritizes manufacture…
Noise-canceling headphones have become the default answer to the mismatch between music and the world around you. The premise baked into every iteration of that…
Rhythm games went through a period where they were everywhere, then went quiet, and now they’re back in a way that feels more persistent than…
Returning from a grocery run with multiple bags in each hand is one of those small, everyday annoyances that people have accepted as inevitable. The…
Touch controls on smartphones are a compromise most mobile gamers have learned to live with. They work well enough for casual games designed around them,…
Laser engravers have always come with a catch. Getting one typically means dedicating a chunk of workspace to it, running a cable to the nearest…
The pen used to be one of those things you’d stuff into a bag without thinking. A Pilot G2, a free hotel pen, whatever happened…
The nightstand has become a staging ground for technology. Between a phone, a white noise machine, a lamp, and whatever book you’re pretending to read…
TVs have stayed mostly where you put them. Whether wall-mounted or parked on a stand, they tend to define the room around them. Portable screens…
Rugged smartphones have always carried an inherent compromise. They’re built to take punishment, so manufacturers typically bulk them up with thick rubber borders, angular shapes,…
Chess has had a genuine cultural resurgence lately, finding its way into cafés, offices, and living rooms that wouldn’t have bothered with it a decade…
Screens keep getting sharper and brighter, though the one complaint that never goes away is eye fatigue. LCDs and OLEDs are impressive, but both still…