These are not your average speakers. They’re the brainchild of Rob Kalin who happens to also be the founder of Etsy, the online marketplace for handmade, vintage and one-off goods. Kalin says his aim was to restore the hi-fi as the centrepiece of the home. And, because he was unable…
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TVs that Disappear Have Long Been Sought After but this One Doesn’t Just Pivot Away, it Folds Up Too
There’s a whole world of television sets aimed at people who want something special and don’t mind paying for it. For example, there’s a 50,000 USD Bang & Olufsen called the Beovision Harmony 88 that’s not only the world’s first 88-inch 8K television set, it’s also the largest OLED screen…
Featuring the highest-resolution display yet on a VR headset, the 900 USD HTC Vive Cosmos is a PC-powered VR headset that smashes away both the Oculus Rift S (1280×1440 per eye) and the new Valve Index (1440×1600 per eye) with an LCD display that boasts 1440×1700 per eye (in addition…
Following in the footsteps of Bose who earlier this year released their first smart sunglasses, Huawei has come out with their own integrated-electronics sunglasses, which also boast a built-in mic and speakers. But they went further than Bose by developing a whole eyewear collection, in collaboration with a Korean fashion…
The human race currently throws out one million plastic water bottles every MINUTE, of which less than 7 per cent are recycled. Larq doesn’t just address this by being metal and reusable, it’s also able to magically clean itself and its contents of 99.999 per cent of harmful and odour…
Zero Mass Water has the potential to change the lives of billions of people by using the power of the sun to make clean drinking water out of thin air. Have you ever wished you could make something appear out of thin air? Well that’s exactly what Cody Friesen did,…
Unlike other e-bike manufacturers, LA-based Hi-Power Cycles don’t throw together pre-fab parts. Instead, they almost entirely craft their bicycles in-house, and in the case of their latest product, no cost was spared in its production process. Named the Revolution X, it took a team of aerospace engineers, including a former…
Uber clearly wasn’t messing around when it said it would launch a pay-as-you-go flying ride-sharing service to metropolitan skylines. Using the name Uber Elevate, they’ve now signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to create a new air traffic control system to manage these low-flying autonomous aircraft and hired Tesla’s…
Drawing inspiration from the concept of the coal miner’s canary, the Urban Canary is an electronic pet that reacts to pollution. It was designed to be carried by a child as they go about their day. The idea is that, through various sensors, it continually monitors air pollution and gets…