There's a rebellion underway against the always-on, infinitely-scrollable nature of the smartphone. Younger shooters in particular are reaching for more tactile, intentional ways to capture everyday life, from phone-free concerts and clubs to a renewed love of lo-fi, washed-out aesthetics. Instant film, with its limited shots and instant physicality, fits that mood perfectly.
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In 2028 Los Angeles will become the first city to hold the (modern) Olympic Games for a third time, following previous runs in 1932 and 1984.
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Category: Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Olympics, Infrastructure, Sports, public transportation, Transport, Logistics
Honeybees routinely travel up to 2 miles (3 km) from their hive in search of food before returning home, with remarkable accuracy. Relative to body size, this is comparable to a human traveling hundreds of miles and finding their way back without a map, compass, GPS, or smartphone. Despite possessing brains smaller than a sesame seed, bees accomplish this feat with astonishing efficiency. Now,…
Think speakers are a simple paper cone that vibrates to translate electrical signals into sound? Like much of the tech we feature, there’s rather more to it these days – as the European debut of a new high-end wireless speaker system from Scotland has just demonstrated.
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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Hi-fi, High-resolution, Bluetooth…
Rather than has folks on customer-facing or collaborative setups having to constantly swivel a monitor around for people on the other side of the desk, Philips has launched a dual-sided business monitor with a Full HD screen front and back.
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Category: Computing, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Philips, Monitor, Display, Screens
Leica has been in the premium imaging business for more than a hundred years. After testing the waters with a few industry partnerships, the iconic brand launched its first smart projector in 2022. Now the range is expanding with the addition of the Cine Compact 1.
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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Leica, 4K UHD, Laser, Projectors
Imagine putting on a VR headset and suddenly finding yourself standing between rows of tomato plants. You can walk the aisles, crouch beside a struggling seedling, and check its soil moisture and temperature in real time. That’s the idea behind a system developed by engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York: a digital twin, or live 3D replica synchronized with real-world…
The latest compact smartphone camera from Thermal Master may look a fair bit like its earlier pocket-sized model we covered, but looks are deceiving – and the new P4 makes some pretty big advances that you'll see as soon as you plug it in.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Thermal Imaging, Artificial Intelligence, Digital imaging,…
When I first saw the Woojer vest about seven or eight years ago on Kickstarter, I remember thinking that it sounded fun, but maybe a little gimmicky. Either way, I wanted to try it. So when Woojer recently reached out and asked if I wanted to review it, I said, "Heck yeah, send it over!" Now that I have it and have spent many hours using it in various scenarios, I think I've concluded whether…
Despite garnering unflattering nicknames like "the snow shovel," "the boat paddle," and "the plank" for its simplicity and no-fuss design when it was introduced to the public in 1951, the Fender Telecaster has proved to be an incredibly versatile instrument that morphs depending on who is playing it.
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Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Fender Telecaster,…
While it’s not exactly a household name, Boox tablets have steadily made their way into the e-reader market that’s long been dominated by Amazon’s Kindle. But the Boox Go 10.3 Lumi makes a strong argument for reading tablet of choice, because it’s much more than just a device to read a book on.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: E-book, E-reader, E-Ink, E-Paper,…
When I reviewed the Luba 2 AWD 3000HX in September, I was seriously impressed. It's quiet, very capable, kind of fun, and made me feel like a neighborhood hero while sending it from house to house mowing everyone's yards.
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Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Lawnmower, Lawnmowers, Reviews, Garden, Autonomous
Portable projectors nothing new, but as the tech has steadily improved in recent years, they've become great tools for comfy viewing in TV-unfriendly places. Lately, we've seen a push toward smarter, more self-contained designs, including Yaber's portable projector with built-in Google TV and Aurzen's own tri-fold Zip pico projector, both of which try to cut down on the fiddly setup that usually…
Hobbyists may have wished for a third hand at times, when having to pause work in order to reset a vise clamp, but AxiGlide – a dual-axis vise currently on Kickstarter – offers a new angle on how such devices work.
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Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Tools
Portable projectors have come a long way from the simple movie-night gadgets they used to be not so long ago. Recently, companies have been adding features like built-in streaming platforms, better speakers, automatic setup, and outdoor-friendly designs.
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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Karaoke, All-in-one,…
I've always felt like the Kindle could do with a better way to flip ebook pages. DuRoBo might have solved exactly that problem, with a little dial on the side of its compact E Ink device.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: eBook, Kindle, E-Ink, ePaper, Reading, Android
This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party.
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Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Fender, Fender Telecaster, Guitar, Features, Interviews
Don't sweat it if you didn't know there's such a thing as a wearable air conditioner. It's not a miniature version of the real thing in your home, and only a couple of brands make this sort of thing, so they haven't yet gone properly mainstream.
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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Sony, Air Conditioners, Gadgets
Gaming monitor refresh rates have been steadily climbing over the years: from 144 Hz to 240 Hz, 360 Hz, and beyond, with each jump promising a slight visual feedback edge for competitive players.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: LG, Gaming, Monitor, Screens, Performance, HD
Sony's celebrating the 10th anniversary of its flagship 1000X series of headphones with a special release, the 1000X The Collexion.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Sony, Noise-Canceling
Anker's audio hardware brand Soundcore has expanded its Liberty lineup of wireless earbuds with a new feature-packed model aimed at productivity nerds.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Earbuds, Earphones, Translation
If you’re a fan of Buster Keaton’s 1928 silent film The Cameraman, and are intrigued by his portrayal of a street photographer who processes his own film, then you might want to check out the Alfie BOXX camera currently on Kickstarter.
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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Film Cameras, Retro
After giving us a preview ahead of this year's CES, Samsung's just launched its new Odyssey G8 (the G80HS, to be specific), which it claims is the first-ever gaming monitor that's capable of an incredible 6K resolution.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Monitor, Gaming, Samsung
With the new Osmo Mobile 8P, DJI's borrowing a handy feature from its high-end Ronin gimbals for mirrorless cameras for its latest smartphone stabilizer – and then taking things up a notch.
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, Gimbals, Photography, Cameras
Though many of us take grid power for granted, if it goes down for any reason many of us are left in the dark. The Sierro is a new compact home backup system designed to keep your most important devices, like your fridge, router, or CPAP machine, running through an outage.
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Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Battery, Backup, Power,…
You can already work and game on a virtual screen using the current crop of augmented reality glasses – but what if you're a demanding gamer who lives for high-fidelity graphics and buttery smooth animation?
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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Games, Asus, Glasses, 3D Glasses
Flossing regularly is great for your teeth, but the single-use plastic picks add to the ever-growing problem of household waste. A Swedish design team has a better solution, in the form of a sleek flosser that's made to last a lifetime.
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Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Product alternatives, sustainable design, Dental, Teeth, Kickstarter
Turkey-based upstart Shark Instruments is taking the fight to higher-end guitar makers with advanced manufacturing capabilities. Its latest industry-first feature: adjustable frets.
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Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Guitar, Modular
What better place to pull the covers off of your latest and greatest pocket camera than the Cannes Film Festival? "By unveiling the Osmo Pocket 4P at one of the most prestigious stages in global filmmaking, DJI signals a bold evolution of the Pocket series from a creator tool into a cinematic imaging device capable of professional-grade storytelling," says the company.
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Fraimic wants to turn AI art into something you can put on your wall, rather than forgotten images somewhere in your phone's gallery. And honestly? That's a pretty neat idea.
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Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: E Ink, E-Ink, AI Art and Music, Creative AI, Home decor, Reviews