The 8 Best Outdoor Gear of July 2026
July is when outdoor gear gets honest. The products that looked good in product photography either hold up to real conditions or reveal exactly why…
Product Design
The Wireless Display Kit That Needs No App, No Network, No Pairing
There’s no shortage of ways to get your screen onto a larger display these days, but the experience rarely matches the simplicity it should have….
After MouthPad, Augmental unveils Vox, a privacy-focused wearable mic that lets you whisper-to-type
The most interesting interface ideas often begin where conventional gadgets start to fail. Voice assistants want you to speak up, microphones capture the whole room,…
Canon scrapped its most ambitious vlogging camera ever… Here’s what the patent reveals
Canon has filed three separate patents chasing a handheld vlogging camera, five years apart, and each one solved a completely different problem than the one…
The 7 Best Japanese Stationery Picks Of July
Japanese stationery has a reputation that precedes it, and it is earned. The paper is smoother, the mechanisms are more considered, and the objects themselves…
The 3-in-1 Wireless Charger You’d Actually Want to Leave in View
Anyone who’s deep in the Apple ecosystem knows the charging problem all too well. There’s an iPhone that needs its MagSafe puck, an Apple Watch…
Samsung and Google Are Trying Smart Glasses Again, at the Worst Possible Time
“Glasshole” entered Urban Dictionary as word of the day in March 2013, which tells you roughly how long it took society to make up its…
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra2 Is Now Thinner Than the Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Its Battery Still Grew 35%
I’ve tried on almost every rugged smartwatch worth talking about at some point, Garmin’s Fenix line, the Coros Vertix, Apple’s Watch Ultra, a few G-Shocks…
Samsung Split the Galaxy Z Fold8 Into Two Physical Personalities
The standard Galaxy Z Fold8 looks broad enough in photographs to raise a question about grip, and I arrived at Samsung’s hands on session with…
The 5 Details Every Great EDC Design Shares in 2026
Cheap knives and great knives can share a steel type, a similar price bracket, and even a similar silhouette, yet one gets carried every day…
Paper MacBook Pro: Apple’s Thinnest Redesign Now Targeting 2027, Not 2026
For the last several years, the Mac’s biggest leaps have come from the silicon inside it. Apple’s M-series chips transformed the MacBook Pro into a…
This $70 Japanese Candle Burns From the Inside Out & Lights a Room Better Than Anything Else on Your Shelf
Most candles do one thing: burn down and disappear. The wax melts, the light fades, and what you are left with is an empty vessel…
iPhone 18 Just Slipped to 2027 — Apple Splits the Launch
Nineteen years is a long time to run the same play. Every September, Apple walked out with the full iPhone lineup, shook the room, and…
5 Japanese Design Gifts for Him That Feel Like They Were Hand-Carried From Kyoto
The best gifts don’t announce themselves. They sit quietly on a desk or a shelf and earn their place over months, long after the novelty…
This Origami Pot Just Solved the 2 Things That Kill Most Houseplants
Keeping houseplants alive has become something of a modern ambition, especially for those living in smaller spaces where a bit of greenery goes a long…
This foldable outdoor chair occupies the same amount of space as a soundbar
A car may be designed to get you from one place to another, but the most memorable parts of a journey often happen in the…