Pokémon Beats Pill Adds Charms Without Raising the Price
2026 is the year when Trainers everywhere celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, so we expected a lot of new merchandise, themed events, and collaborations with other…
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Your Old Barbie Dolls Actually Become Speakers and Power Banks
When I was young, a lot of my stuff was pink. Not just any pink. It had to be Barbie pink. I eventually grew into…
The Bluetooth Speaker Hidden Inside a Wood Sculpture
Most Bluetooth speakers look the same. They are round, black, rubberized, and built to disappear into a shelf or a beach bag without asking anyone…
Andover Audio’s FreePlay Is the Boombox We Always Wanted
There’s a version of audio history where the boombox never went away. It just got smaller, cheaper, and unfortunately, a lot worse. The portable speaker…
A Seoul Design Student Built an AI Speaker Around Namsan Tower
Namsan Tower stands at the center of Seoul like a declaration. It doesn’t just sit on a hilltop watching over the city; it has always…
This transparent speaker celebrates the beauty of sound engineering
There’s something about transparent gadgets and audio gear that evokes a sense of retro-futurism. Although we’ve seen a fair share of transparent speakers, this one…
A Ferrari-Inspired Speaker That Turns Motion Into Light and Sound
Some objects simply exist in a space, while others carry a presence even before they are used. ROSSO belongs firmly in the latter. It does…
The Projector Concept That’s Almost Too Beautiful to Use
Most concept designs exist to generate buzz, collect awards, and then quietly disappear. The BeoLens Horizon, a projector concept imagined by French industrial designer Baptiste…
When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different
Most speaker designs ask a pretty simple question: how do we make this thing louder and smaller? Merge asks a completely different one. How do…
IKEA’s $10 Speaker Is Tiny, But You Can Pair 100 of Them Together
Bluetooth speakers have a curious problem. The ones worth owning tend to cost real money, and the ones that don’t cost much tend to sound…
Motorola’s Bose-Tuned Speaker Automatically Follows You Room to Room
Bluetooth speakers have largely solved the portability problem and mostly failed the living room one. They tend to look like gym equipment that wandered indoors,…
This Speaker Turns Sound Waves Into Sculptural Art
There’s something deeply satisfying about a product that looks exactly like what it does. You know the feeling: when form follows function so perfectly that…
IKEA Just Made a Mouse-Shaped Speaker That Kids Can Actually Carry
IKEA’s GREJSIMOJS collection started with a dog-shaped lamp that dims when you hold its head for bedtime, turning a light switch into something closer to…
When Your Speaker Is Also a Statement: The Tresound Mini
Sometimes the best tech isn’t the loudest. It’s the one that makes you pause and actually look at it before you press play. That’s what…
DIY Spotify-to-Cassette Player Adds Analog Warmth to Digital Streaming Audio
Most audio enthusiasts fall into one of two camps: the ones chasing perfect fidelity with lossless files and the ones who swear their vinyl sounds…
JBL’s AI Wireless Speakers Can Remove Vocals, Guitars, or Drums From Any Song While You’re Jamming
Walk into any rehearsal space and you will see the usual suspects. A combo amp in the corner, a Bluetooth speaker on a shelf, maybe…