The $1099 Desktop CNC That Impressed Asia’s Biggest Tech Expo
The guiding idea at BEYOND Expo 2026 was that AI software has finished its warm-up, and the main event is technology that acts in the…
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XREAL Just Partnered With Google to Build the Smart Glasses Apple Can’t
BEYOND Expo 2026 had no shortage of AI talk, but one of its most compelling hardware stories came in the shape of a pair of…
From Foldable Pilates to Shoe Robots: InnoX GCS 2026’s Best Startups
The consumer tech market has a crowding problem, mostly driven by products that try to do too much for too many people. The most interesting…
The 6.5-Meter See-Saw Sculpture Sydney Can’t Stop Talking About
Public art often asks you to stop and stare. There, Now, Here asks you to grab a see-saw and get involved. At 6.5 meters tall,…
Translation, Prompting, Agentic AI, all in 40 grams: iFLYTEK’s Smart Glasses Debut at BEYOND Expo 2026
Beyond Expo 2026 arrived with a clear message for the tech world, AI has moved past the screen and into the objects people wear, hold,…
Vizcom x Corkway Launch a ‘Cork Design Challenge’ With Winning Designs Getting Produced
Cork has spent decades being underestimated. Wine stoppers, bulletin boards, yoga mats, the occasional floor tile. Somewhere along the way, a material with genuinely remarkable…
WWDC 2026: iOS 27, macOS 27 and the New Siri App — What to Expect June 8
Steve Jobs built Apple on the idea that hardware and software had to be designed as one thing, inseparable and mutually reinforcing. Tim Cook, who…
What If City Monuments Generated Power Instead of Just Looking Good?
Public art has long served as a cultural mirror, reflecting what a society chooses to honor. As climate change intensifies and cities face mounting pressure…
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…
Burning Man 2026 Built a 300-Ring Light Tower You Have to Earn
One person shouting into an empty desert doesn’t build much of anything. But what happens when thousands of voices gather around a 12-meter tower made…
Huawei Adds 99 Diamonds to Its Toughest Smartwatch
Huawei’s latest luxury wearable explores a space the smartwatch industry still hasn’t fully resolved. Instead of presenting technology as something discreet, technical, or performance-first, the…
PITAKA Asked the World to Design Its Aramid Phone Cases. Here Are Some of the Best Entries So Far
Pattern has always been one of humanity’s most instinctive forms of expression. Before there was writing, there was weave, the repetition of motifs in cloth,…
ecal x Google Just Imagined 10 Phones Beyond the Slab
At ECAL’s collaboration with Google’s Industrial Design team, the smartphone is no longer treated as a fixed icon of consumer tech. In A Message from…
Leave It to a Jewelry House to Make the Most Beautiful Candle
When CADAR showed up at Salone del Mobile this April, it did not bring jewelry. It brought candles. And not the kind you grab in…
Bang & Olufsen Just Taught Stone to Sing at Milan 2026
Every year, Milan Design Week raises the question of what design is actually for. Not in the abstract, philosophical sense that gets debated in panel…
Bosch and ECOVACS Built a Robot Vacuum That Hides Inside Your Kitchen Cabinet… Finally!
ECOVACS has been pushing robot vacuum technology forward for years, from their bagless X11 OmniCyclone to various innovations in navigation and mopping systems. Bosch has…