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…
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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…
Bang & Olufsen’s New Speaker Concept Is a Ritual, Not a Device
Most speakers are designed to disappear. They sit on a shelf, blend into a bookcase, or hide in a cabinet, quietly doing their job until…
Forget Lithium. Algae Might Be Powering Your Devices Next.
Every time I replace a battery, I think about where it ends up. A AA battery in a remote control, a watch battery in a…
Replace 100 Tutorial Videos With This One Smart Keyboard
If you’ve ever tried to learn Photoshop, Illustrator, or pretty much any serious creative software on your own, you know the ritual. Open the app,…
Smart Glasses Run Hot. A 1mm Fan Might Finally Fix That.
Smart glasses have a problem they don’t talk about enough, and it has nothing to do with design or battery life or social awkwardness. It’s…
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…
The 7 Best Desk Gadgets & Tools of July 2026 for College Students
A dorm room desk is rarely designed. It arrives with the furniture package or gets assembled in the first week, and everything that lands on…
Gen Z Is Buying Old iPods to Quit Spotify. Fiio’s $50 Hi-Fi MP3 Player Does It Better.
I tried to listen to an album last week. The whole thing, start to finish, like a functioning adult in the 90s. I made it…
Rogbid SpinR is a rugged, budget-friendly smartwatch with optical scroll wheel for navigation
Rogbid believes traditional crowns are so dead. The watches now need mouse-style scroll wheels because, why not? If you think that’s a good idea, and…