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This Tiny Speaker Promises Better Sound When You Attach an Empty Soda Bottle

The solution to few of life’s problems can be found at the bottom of a bottle, except, maybe, the poor sound quality from tiny wireless speakers. The creators of the portable Sodapop speaker promise that by simply attaching an empty soda bottle, you can increase its loudness and bass by almost 10 decibels. They can’t…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 4

It Really Was Easy to Make My Old SNES Controller Wireless

It’s not often a company creates a product that undercuts a more expensive option it’s still selling, but that’s what 8BitDo has done with its new DIY controller upgrade kits. Instead of completely replacing a wired controller with a Bluetooth alternative, you can now easily upgrade your existing hardware with wireless functionality so you can…

Gaming Andrew Liszewski Sep 3

Sony Can Keep Its Plastic Dog, This Robotic Raptor Is My New Perfect Pet

With the first Jurassic Park, we were all content to just stare in awe at what appeared to be living, breathing dinosaurs onscreen. But four sequels later, we now want to do more than just look at dinosaurs, we want to play with them too. Science has yet to deliver the goods, so Mattel has…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Aug 30

Garmin’s New Fitness Tracker Has a ‘Body Battery’ Feature That Tells You When You’re Too Tired to Exercise

If you compare all of the ~$100 fitness trackers currently available, you’ll find a lot of similarities when it comes to their hardware, design, and functionality. So to make its new vívosmart 4 stand out, Garmin has instead tried to innovate on the software side by using all of the data the wearable is tracking…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 30

Samsung’s New External SSD Transfers Data As Fast As it Transfers Money From Your Wallet

An external drive is the easiest way to boost the storage capacity of your computer, but at the cost of bulk, convenience, and speed. There’s not a lot to be done about the added bulk or pain of wrangling cables, and while an external SSD usually can’t compete with the transfer speeds of having a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Aug 28

I Felt More Like Tony Stark Than Iron Man While Building and Programming This Superhero Gauntlet

For almost seven years now, littleBits has been cleverly getting kids to learn about tech with programmable electronic building blocks that make anyone an instant hardware hacker. Its latest kit also promises to turn kids into superheroes like Iron Man, but its real appeal is instead making you feel like Tony Stark as you build,…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Aug 24

Australia Hopes to Strong-Arm Tech Companies Into Giving Up That Precious Encrypted Data

Last year, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull became the subject of ridicule when he insisted his country’s laws would “prevail” in a war with mathematics to ensure law enforcement’s access to encrypted data. Now we know what the anti-encryption law says, and legislators have apparently changed tactics but learned very little. Like the Department of…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones Aug 14

Your External Hard Drive Can Finally Join Your Computer’s Trippy Light Show

If you’re someone who can’t work, play, or kill time online without your desktop PC blinding you with a spectacle of flashing LEDs, ASUS will now let your external hard drive join the desktop rave. The company’s new FX HDD drive includes its own set of LEDs, illuminating a circuit trace pattern that will sync…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 13

Intel Says It Made the ‘World’s Densest’ SSD By Cramming 32-Terabytes Into the Shape of a Ruler

You probably haven’t touched a 12-inch ruler since your grade school days, but think back to how that makeshift sword felt in your hand; that’s roughly the same size as a new solid state drive from Intel that stacks 64 memory cells atop each other to create a dense 3D grid packing 32-terabytes of storage.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Aug 9

If You’re Lazy and Live Alone, You Need This Motorized Handheld Dish Scrubber

If you find yourself living in a small apartment without a dishwasher, live alone, or have a roommate that’s as lazy as you when it comes to kitchen cleanup, there’s finally a better solution that doesn’t involve just tossing all your fine china once it gets dirty. This handheld motorized scrubbing brush does all the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 8

Aspiring Avengers Can Now Build Their Own Superhero Gauntlet

Released ahead of The Last Jedi, littleBits’ Droid Inventor Kit let aspiring Jedis build and customize their own astromech droids—even if they didn’t have the Force. The company’s new Avengers Hero Inventor Kit takes a similar DIY approach, but instead of robotic sidekicks, kids can design and program their own superhero gauntlet. If you’re not…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Aug 1

You Can Build This Creepy, Crawly Robotic Centipede Yourself—and Then Stomp It Back to Hell

Designing robots that emulate how creatures move and walk helps us not only understand the world around us, but also improve how automatons of the future will get around. But on the other hand, that same research has given birth to this creepy centipede robot toy that squirms around on 18 flailing legs like a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 27

This Kit Lets You Make Your Old SNES Controllers Completely Wireless

For five years, 8Bitdo has been creating near-perfect wireless clones of your favorite classic gamepads, improving the experience of emulating retro games on modern devices. But if near-perfect isn’t perfect enough for your discerning gaming tastes, the company is now selling kits that should make it dead easy to upgrade your original Nintendo and Sega…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 17

Watch a Guy Build a Brand New, Completely Obsolete Gaming PC With 20-Year-Old Parts

On June 25, 1998, Microsoft released Windows 98. It didn’t come out with quite as much fanfare as Windows 95 did, so to commemorate the OS’ 20th anniversary, YouTuber Shelby Jueden built a gaming PC using brand new, in the box, 20-year old components, as well as an unused copy of Windows 98. If you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 16

It Looks Like Segway’s New Owners Finally Found a Way to Make Segways Fun

Watching videos of people flipping and falling off of two-wheeled hoverboards like the Segway miniPro is endlessly fun, but actually riding one and risking your neck? Not so much. According to Abacus News, however, Ninebot has created a kit that converts the miniPro into a steerable go-kart, eliminating the risk of falling and increasing the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 16

You Can Now Use Wireless Headphones With Your Nintendo Switch Thanks to This Dongle

If your smartphone of choice has forced you to upgrade to wireless headphones, you probably hate having to swap them out for a corded pair when you want to play your Nintendo Switch with a little privacy. The portable console doesn’t come with Bluetooth, but a tiny dongle called the Genki does, theoretically making it…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 13

This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch Gets One Thing Very Right

One of the most interesting gadgets I’ve tested in the past few years was the Matrix PowerWatch: a fitness-tracking timepiece powered only by the wearer’s body heat. The battery-free technology was neat, but the watch’s limited functionality wasn’t. Matrix Industries’ new PowerWatch X promises to be a more useful and capable wearable, but even with…

Accessories & Wearables Andrew Liszewski Jul 11

After 60 Years, Brio Has Reinvented Its Toy Trains for the Future

Brio’s magnetic wooden trains are as iconic a toy as Lego bricks or Hot Wheels cars. Traditionally kid-powered, a few years ago electric motors were introduced to the line, but this year Brio trains are being upgraded with smart features that allow them to interact with tracks and playsets. Don’t hit the panic alarm just…

Other Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 9

This Neural Network Instant Camera Turns Everything You Shoot Into Cartoon Doodles

Photographers who still shoot on film claim they like the lo-fi, grainy aesthetics of the medium. But by that logic, they should be throwing hundreds of dollars at Dan Macnish who created a custom instant camera that converts what the camera’s lens sees into crude, stick figure doodles. Remember Google’s Quick, Draw! online game that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 3

Heat Stroke Is Making Me Desperately Want This Giant Motorized Umbrella for My Car

Spend too much time in extreme summer heat and you’ll find yourself doing strange things. A week ago the idea of a gigantic umbrella for my car would have seemed laughable, but after a weekend of climbing in and out of unbearably hot vehicles, the Lanmodo seems like it should be a standard feature on…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 3

This Tiny Speaker Promises Better Sound When You Attach an Empty Soda Bottle

It Really Was Easy to Make My Old SNES Controller Wireless

Sony Can Keep Its Plastic Dog, This Robotic Raptor Is My New Perfect Pet

Garmin’s New Fitness Tracker Has a ‘Body Battery’ Feature That Tells You When You’re Too Tired to Exercise

Samsung’s New External SSD Transfers Data As Fast As it Transfers Money From Your Wallet

I Felt More Like Tony Stark Than Iron Man While Building and Programming This Superhero Gauntlet

Australia Hopes to Strong-Arm Tech Companies Into Giving Up That Precious Encrypted Data

Your External Hard Drive Can Finally Join Your Computer’s Trippy Light Show

Intel Says It Made the ‘World’s Densest’ SSD By Cramming 32-Terabytes Into the Shape of a Ruler

If You’re Lazy and Live Alone, You Need This Motorized Handheld Dish Scrubber

Aspiring Avengers Can Now Build Their Own Superhero Gauntlet

You Can Build This Creepy, Crawly Robotic Centipede Yourself—and Then Stomp It Back to Hell

This Kit Lets You Make Your Old SNES Controllers Completely Wireless

Watch a Guy Build a Brand New, Completely Obsolete Gaming PC With 20-Year-Old Parts

It Looks Like Segway’s New Owners Finally Found a Way to Make Segways Fun

You Can Now Use Wireless Headphones With Your Nintendo Switch Thanks to This Dongle

This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch Gets One Thing Very Right

After 60 Years, Brio Has Reinvented Its Toy Trains for the Future

This Neural Network Instant Camera Turns Everything You Shoot Into Cartoon Doodles

Heat Stroke Is Making Me Desperately Want This Giant Motorized Umbrella for My Car

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