A Student Just Designed a Self-Driving Beehive for Cities
Bees are in trouble, and we’ve known this for a while. Colony collapse disorder, habitat fragmentation, pesticide exposure, urban sprawl cutting off foraging routes. The…
Product Design
This LEGO Bob the Builder Set Just Unlocked a Memory You Forgot You Had
There are television theme songs that live in your nervous system long after the show has faded from memory. “Bob the Builder, can we fix…
The $66 Cup That Finally Solved Why You Keep Forgetting Yours
We’ve all been there. You leave the house, get halfway to the coffee shop, and realize your reusable cup is sitting on the kitchen counter…
These 5 Speakers Are So Beautiful They Could Hang in a Museum – and They Actually Sound Amazing
For years, high-end audio meant choosing between performance and aesthetics, often leaving enthusiasts with bulky, utilitarian “black boxes” hidden in corners. Function ruled, and beauty…
Your EDC Flashlight Is Missing 4 Modes: VEZERLEZER Has All 5
Most flashlights spend more time in a drawer than in a pocket. The ones people actually carry tend to earn that habit by being genuinely…
5 Best Beach Gadgets That Don’t Look Like They Were Designed by a Sunscreen Brand
The beach has a design problem. Everything made for it arrives wrapped in the same visual language: neon plastic, logos scaled for visibility from twenty…
This $23 Titanium Carabiner Hides a Secret EDC Knife Inside It And Weighs Next To Nothing
I don’t sing enough praise of titanium as a material. It’s the strongest metal known to humankind, but at the same time, it’s also anti-corrosive,…
The Umbrella That Makes Kids Chase Their Own Shadow
Most sun safety products for kids follow the same playbook: bright colors, cartoon prints, maybe a fun shape. They’re designed to appeal to parents, not…
This Retro Arcade Machine Folds Into A Furniture Cabinet Right Out Of Pottery Barn
You bring home a new piece of furniture. It’s a handsome, mid-century modern style cabinet in a rich walnut finish, and your partner is frankly…
The 5 Best Tech Gadgets of June 2026
June has arrived with a lineup that doesn’t bother hedging. Each gadget on this list makes a clear and distinct point: about privacy, portability, or…
A Designer Spent Ten Years Perfecting the Most Beautiful Pill Organizer You’ll Ever See
About ten years ago, designer Adam C Miller made a pillbox for a close friend living with an invisible illness. The standard option available to…
An Ex-Alibaba Exec Spent 12 Years Building the Smart Glasses that Google Couldn’t
The story of Google Glass is a well-worn legend in Silicon Valley. It was a product so far ahead of its time that it became…
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…
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…
8 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts So Good He’ll Think You’ve Been Planning for Months
Father’s Day is the holiday most people intend to prepare for and don’t. June arrives, the week narrows, and suddenly you’re looking at a browser…
Four Print Heads, One Machine, No Belts. The LightMake L4 is your Desktop 3D Printer on Steroids
For years, one of the biggest tradeoffs in desktop 3D printing has been clear. You could chase larger builds, faster motion, or multi-color capability, but…