Khadas Just Made a $199 Amp That Snaps to Your iPhone Like a Wallet
Portable audio has long been a game of compromise. DAC dongles give you a modest step up from your phone’s built-in output, but connect anything…
This $400 Tablet Comes With a Stylus, a Case, and Eyes That Don’t Hurt
Screen time on tablets has never been higher, but comfort hasn’t kept pace. Most tablet displays are still optimized for brightness and color gamut, with…
A $420 Phone Just Proved BlackBerry Fans Have Been Right All Along
Physical keyboard phones have been largely absent from the mainstream market for the better part of a decade. The touchscreen revolution swept them away so…
A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor
Facial recognition has become one of the fastest-growing forms of infrastructure in public life. Cameras in airports, transit systems, retail spaces, and city streets capture…
Tablets Sound Bad, So Motorola Just Put 9 JBL Speakers in One
Entertainment tablets have come a long way in terms of screen quality, but audio often tells a different story. Most of them ship with a…
Forget Tracking Kids After School, This Cute Device Lets Them Check In
Working parents of school-age children face a particular kind of worry during the hours between the end of the school day and the end of…
Artefilo Makes Home Objects From Elephant Grass and Hospital Cabinets
The sustainable home goods market has a specific credibility problem. Products marketed as eco-conscious often get there through incremental adjustments, reducing a percentage of virgin…
The Fridge Screen Your Family Can Update From Anywhere Without Texting
The shared household notice board is one of those ideas that never quite works the way it’s supposed to. Paper notes fall off, whiteboards get…
Funnels That Harvest Rain and Solar Power While Shading a Public Plaza
Water scarcity and urban heat are two separate crises that public infrastructure rarely addresses together. Most public spaces are designed primarily for social use, with…
The One Thing Fine Dining Can’t Control Is Temperature, Until Now
Temperature is one of the few things in fine dining that no one fully controls once a dish leaves the kitchen. A perfectly cooked piece…
This Pen Case and Desk Stand Are the Same Object, and It’s Magnetic
The pen case is one of those objects that nobody seems to have genuinely rethought. The standard design is a zippered pouch: pens go in,…
This $125 Glowing Pay Phone Charges the Smartphone That Killed It
The pay phone had a specific place in the urban landscape, usually on a corner, usually a little battered, and always surrounded by some combination…