Tiny Wooden Living Units Stack Into a Three-Story Tower
At Ljubljana Castle, three wooden rooms stack into a slender tower, their angular ends pointing toward the city. This built installation from 2017 demonstrates Living…
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NOX Cordless Lamp Lets You Carry the Beam Without the Base
Cordless table lamps let you move the whole fixture, but sometimes you only need to take the light. Studio Apure’s NOX makes that distinction with…
Fairbuds 2 Earbuds Let You Swap Worn Batteries Instead of Buying a New Pair
Wireless earbuds have come a long way, ever since Apple started the trend of removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from smartphones. Most sound fine or…
Tilta’s modular iPhone case lets you swap a card holder for a kickstand
Phone cases have become accessories with accessories, from folding stands to little wallets stuck on the back. Useful as those extras can be, you might…
FUSEBOOX’s Hidden Home Office Slides Away After Work
Putting a laptop away doesn’t solve every problem with working from home. A video call still needs some privacy, and recording a voiceover beside the…
Razer Wolverine V4 Pro has four back buttons, but none have to stay
Extra buttons on a game controller can be handy, at least until they get in the way of holding it. Razer’s Wolverine V4 Pro gives…
The Eggshell Lamp You Can Rearrange So You Never Buy Another
I have a soft spot for lamps, but less patience for the way we buy them. Pick a shape, pick a spot, and hope both…
This Roman Column Vase Treats a Single Stem Like the Main Event
Flower vases are meant to put the focus on floral arrangements and disappear into the background. But while that may work for large bundles like…
MAKERphone 2.0 Assembles Like LEGO, Calls Like a Real 4G Phone
Most phones arrive finished, sealed behind glass before you open the box. MAKERphone 2.0 flips that script. It ships as loose parts that only become…
Power Banks Make You Pick a Size, Trozk T3 Lets You Build One
Most power banks force a single decision at checkout: buy the huge one for peace of mind, or the tiny one for your pocket, and…
The Mac Mini Belongs on a Desk, This Build Runs It From Your Hands
Most people who outgrow a Mac Mini just buy a bigger one. One builder went the opposite direction, gutting an M4 Mac Mini down to…
Finally, One Tower Replaces Your Speaker, Lamp, and Wine Fridge
Anyone who has tried to furnish a studio apartment knows the specific defeat of running out of surfaces before you run out of gadgets. The…
The 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Is the LEGO Set of Gaming Controllers
Most controllers ask you to adapt to them. The 8BitDo Ultimate 3E flips that arrangement entirely, building a controller around the idea that your hands,…
The Drawer That Actually Becomes 5 Portable Trays
Most storage furniture in an American home falls into one of two categories: too heavy to move without hurting yourself, or too flimsy to trust…
Hisense Just Made an E Ink Phone With a Color Screen That Snaps Off
Every smartphone screen is a compromise, built to do everything reasonably well and nothing perfectly. The Hisense A10 Ultra rejects that premise outright. Instead of…
Most Gaming Handhelds Make You Choose, But the Win Max 3 Doesn’t
Most handheld gaming PCs ask you to accept a single, fixed compromise between power, battery life, and weight. The GPD Win Max 3 refuses that…