Sony MDR-3R over-ear headphones revive nostalgia of the Walkman era
Remember the Walkman headphones from more than four decades ago? Well, the nostalgia is revived as Sony has brought back over-ear headphones for a generation…
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The P1 Terminal is the Severance computer I’d actually want to use
Severance did something no tech company has managed in decades: it made people want a trackball again. The MDR terminals on Lumon’s severed floor, with…
The “Desktop 95” Watch is a love-letter to the greatest Windows OS of all time
There was a time when a computer’s biggest annoyance was a progress bar inching slowly or a dial-up modem screeching and hissing its way online….
SOOOT Box Prototype Turns Punched Paper Cards Into Audio Controls
Starting a podcast shouldn’t require navigating past messages, notifications, and whatever else your phone has decided needs attention. Of course, that phone also holds the…
The 8 Retro-Inspired Gadgets Of October 2026 That Bring Back the Rituals Smartphones Replaced
Turning a radio dial asks something different of your hand than tapping an app. So does loading a game cartridge, pressing a calculator key, or…
ADHD ONE Lets You Answer iPhone Calls on a DIY 1980s-Style Brick
Answering a call on your smartphone can easily turn into checking messages, opening an app, and forgetting why you picked it up. ADHD ONE keeps…
Divoom Astrotoo Is a Desktop Speaker Dressed as a Retro Computer
Desktop speakers usually have a pretty straightforward job and an equally straightforward appearance. That makes sense when all you want is music, but it doesn’t…
Atari Made a $219 Retro Console You Can Actually Write Programs On
There was a time when a computer invited you to do something before it told you what to buy. The Atari 800XL was built for…
Retro Song Bird Is the Record Player Game Boy Cartridges Deserved
Game Boy cartridges usually wait in a drawer until you feel like playing something again. But sometimes it’s the music you miss, not the game….
ModRetro’s $149 Handheld Has Nothing to Hide, Including Its Circuits
Retro handhelds have a habit of hiding modern electronics inside shells that pretend time stopped decades ago. ModRetro’s transparent Chromatic does the opposite and pays…
The Record Player That Skips the Vinyl and Plays Falling Water
A vintage turntable earns its warmth from ritual, the small act of placing a needle and watching a disc spin. The Retro Water Drop Ambient…
Camp Snap’s 110D Looks Like 1973 and Still Skips the Screen on Purpose
Camera design spent the last two decades chasing thinner phones and bigger screens, so a company deciding to revive a boxy, finger-length shape from the…
9 Retro Audio Gadgets Bringing Cassettes and CDs Back From the Dead
Streaming gave us convenience and took away everything else. No album art worth holding, no ritual of pressing play, no object that tells you something…
Laptops Sealed Computers Shut, ARTISAN ALTO Snaps Them Back Open
Home computers used to snap open like toolboxes, cartridges sliding in for a new game or a new skill. That idea mostly disappeared once sealed…
Cyberpunk 2077 Just Got a Commodore Collab That’s Absurd and Logical
The original Commodore 64 launched in 1982. Cyberpunk 2077, the game, is set in 2077. The gap between those two years is roughly the entire…
The Cassette Revival Has Had a Player Problem, and FiiO Just Fixed It
Vinyl already had its big cultural moment, dragging turntables and record stores back into the mainstream. Cassette tapes, quietly and without much fanfare, have been…