This Macintosh-Inspired Hub Adds SSD Storage, Ports, Shortcuts, and a Mini Screen: Hands-on at IFA 2026
Everything on my desk right now is some shade of gray aluminum, and I’m starting to resent it a little. Every dock, every stand, every…
Retro-inspired designs
This LEGO VHS Player Actually Has Cassettes You Can Insert and Remove
Before streaming queues and binge-watching algorithms rewired how we consume film and television, there was a ritual. You drove to the video store, walked the…
The Insta360 Go 3S Retro Bundle Is a 4K Action Camera With A Viewfinder That Lets You Shoot Like It’s 1965
The Kodak Charmera sold out repeatedly on the back of pure aesthetic energy, and Insta360 was clearly paying attention. The Go 3S Retro Bundle arrives…
8BitDo Retro R8 C64 Edition mouse fuses Commodore 64 nostalgia with modern gaming performance
8BitDo, well-known for its quality gaming accessories, has a strong hold on retro-themed PC accessories, such as keyboards and numpads. Their Retro R8 mouse lineup, which already has…
LEGO Gave Away This Record Player Set: Now It Sells for $50
There’s a certain kind of person who loves the idea of vinyl records without necessarily owning a turntable. They appreciate the artwork, the ritual of…
Maingear Retro98 Is the 90s Dream PC Finally Built with 2026 Hardware
Late-’90s desktops hummed under desks in beige towers that always felt heavier than they should. CRTs flickered, CD drives whirred, and somewhere in every PC…
Edifier D32 Retro Hi-Fi Speaker Hides AirPlay and 11-Hour Battery
Music has become the backdrop to almost everything, cooking, working, reading, but the hardware that plays it often looks like a leftover from a tech…
NAK Studio Imagines a Hi-Fi Stack You Would Actually Want on Display
Most Hi-Fi gear still looks like anonymous black rectangles, even in carefully designed living rooms. Serious listeners often hide their amps and speakers in cabinets…
Apple’s 50th Anniversary Gets a Retro iPhone 17 Pro Case Inspired by the Lisa and Macintosh
Spigen keeps one foot planted firmly in Apple’s past. Their retro-inspired cases have become something of a signature move, from iMac G3 translucent homages to…
AYANEO AM03 Is Designed to Display on Your Desk, Not Hide
Most mini-PCs are treated like necessary clutter, small black rectangles taped to the back of a monitor or shoved behind a stack of books. That…
MaClock Shrinks the 1984 Macintosh Into a $30 Rechargeable Clock
Nostalgia tech falls into two camps. Lazy references slap a retro logo on a modern object and call it vintage, while obsessive recreations feel like…
Starbucks China Is Selling a $28 Camera With Dual Sensors and Y2K Filters
Starbucks wants you to photograph your coffee so badly that they’ve started selling you the camera to do it with. The Seattle coffee chain has…
Keycaps Shaped Like Tiny Retro TVs Take 47 Hours to Handcraft
For anyone who spends hours at a keyboard, the desk becomes more than just a workspace. It’s a personal canvas for self-expression and creativity. Keyboards…
When Crisis Becomes Canvas: The Q Timex 1972 Time Machine Reissue Proves Accessible Design Never Goes Out of Style
When time travel costs less than your phone bill, something interesting happens to our perception of value and design. The Q Timex 1972 Time Machine…
This nostalgic building brick set brings back memories of the golden era
There’s something about brick-based and retro gadgets that gets everyone going. There have been many examples of the neo-retro creation that bring the charm of brick…
DIY project hides tiny video player within VHS tape
Our family used to have a small video rental store so things like betamax tapes, VHS tapes, and eventually VCDs bring up a certain vivid…