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…
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5 Glass Homes Where the View Is the Room
Transparent living has evolved from a futuristic idea into a defining feature of contemporary architecture. Glass homes have stepped beyond luxury statements and now represent…
Lenovo Finally Made a Mouse Worth Leaving Out on a Tidy Desk
Most computer mice spend their lives under our palms, so there’s little reason for them to look interesting when nobody’s using them. Lenovo’s 900 Transparent…
Clear-Shell Game Boys Never Made the Screen Transparent, Arduview Did
Every gadget on a desk is built to hide what makes it work. Phones, consoles, controllers, they’re all sealed slabs designed to keep the copper…
This Clear Acrylic CD Player Turns Your Music Collection Into Kinetic Art
The iMac G3’s translucent Bondi Blue shell sold 800,000 units in its first five months, which was Apple’s way of proving that exposing a computer’s…
A $2,699 Gaming PC That Doubles as a Display Case for Figurines
Cables are the dirty secret of PC building. No matter how carefully chosen the components are, or how expensive the case gets, the tangle of…
Transparent Purple Makes This $35 Phone Controller Impossible to Ignore
Touch controls on smartphones are a compromise most mobile gamers have learned to live with. They work well enough for casual games designed around them,…
The 21.5-Inch Transparent Speaker That Animates Lyrics to Match Your Music
Most home speakers today have settled into a comfortable invisibility. Whether they’re slim soundbars pushed against a wall or cylindrical mesh towers parked on a…
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Co-Designed a Synth So Good It’s Now a Collector’s Item
Transparency in tech has followed the classic arc of any design trend: radical, then referential, then mainstream, then meaningful. Nothing made it radical. Dozens of…
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…
Modded Transparent iPhone Air with a Working SIM Slot Looks Like Apple and Nothing had a Dream Child
12:28 AMHuaqiangbei operates on its own physics. The sprawling electronics market in Shenzhen is the place where flagship smartphones get dismantled, reimagined, and rebuilt into…
Camera (1) Imagines a Tactile Digicam for a Screen-Tired Generation
Most photos now live inside phones, buried between notifications and apps. A new generation has started picking up old digital cameras to make shooting feel…
5 Best Transparent Tech Of January 2026 That Just Beat Nothing at Its Own Game
Transparent technology has moved far beyond its novelty phase to become a legitimate design movement reshaping how we interact with our devices. What started as…
5 Best Transparent Audio Devices That Show What’s Inside
Transparent design has moved beyond gimmick territory into something genuinely compelling. When Nothing started showing off circuit boards through clear plastic, the tech world noticed….
World’s first transparent 4K monitor touts 5,000 nits HDR brightness and adjustable transparency
Why settle for a normal computer monitor when you can get your hands… err… eyes on a transparent computer monitor that’s designed to impress and…
Retrospekt CP-81 Portable Cassette Player Dials Up Nostalgia with Modern Style
The cassette revival is more than just a passing fad—it’s a full-on celebration of analog music, tactile experiences, and the joy of rewinding your favorite…