Google Built a Translation Device That Doesn’t Need Google’s Own Cloud
Real-time translation has quietly become one of the most useful things AI can do, and most of the solutions doing it well are deeply dependent…
This Mod Made a Steam Machine Faceplate Charge Your Steam Controller
The Steam Machine has swappable faceplates, which is a genuinely good idea that Valve doesn’t appear to have fully exploited. The concept is essentially that…
The Luxury Hotel Concept That Works Like a Food Truck for Wilderness
Luxury hotels have always had a location problem. The kinds of places that would make the most extraordinary backdrops, remote desert plains, rolling highland meadows,…
Phones Turn Reminders Into Distractions, This Magnetic Display Won’t
Smartphones have made information permanently accessible, but that accessibility comes at a price. The same device that shows you a reminder also delivers a notification…
The $33 Box That Locks Your Phone and Judges You for Opening It Early
Screen time management has spawned an entire industry of apps, built-in focus modes, notification filters, and weekly usage reports that most people glance at and…
Motorola’s Patent Isn’t a Phone You Wear, It’s a Watch You Unfold
The idea of merging a smartwatch and a smartphone into a single device has been floating around the industry for years, mostly because the obvious…
A $150 Portable Espresso Machine That Heats Its Own Water in 135 Seconds
Good coffee and travel have never really gotten along. At the hotel, there’s that sad drip machine on the counter producing something closer to warm…
Someone Stuffed a Full Retro Console Inside an NES Controller for $17
Most original NES controllers haven’t seen active duty in decades. They survive in storage bins and attic boxes, physically intact and perfectly functional as controllers,…
Camera Batteries Go Missing, So This $70 One Tracks Itself
Camera batteries are one of those accessories that photographers never think about until something goes wrong. They’re small enough to vanish into the bottom of…
A $2,699 Gaming PC That Doubles as a Display Case for Figurines
Cables are the dirty secret of PC building. No matter how carefully chosen the components are, or how expensive the case gets, the tangle of…
A Coin-Sized Disc Just Reinvented the Multi-Tool Nobody Could Fix
The multi-tool has been around long enough that most people have developed a frustrated relationship with it. You carry one because having a blade, a…
Chuwi Just Put a Real Performance Chip in a $469 Tote-Bag Laptop
Mini laptops have never quite shaken the reputation of being underpowered novelties. The appeal is undeniable: a real Windows laptop that slips into a small…