Most pocket knives marketed as “modern classics” just swap out the handle material and call it progress. The actual mechanism stays exactly what it was in 1950, which works until you realize modern steel exists for a reason. Price: $124.99 Where to Buy: Case Case’s new Crossroads series takes the opposite approach. The XR Sod […]
Case Brings S35VN Steel to the Classic Sod Buster Jr in New Crossroads Series Read More
Your TV’s built-in speakers can’t handle Super Bowl audio. Thin screens don’t have room for drivers that can reproduce crowd noise, commentary, and stadium sound at the same time. What sounds fine when you’re watching alone turns into a mess when your living room fills with 20 people all trying to hear what the announcers
Super Bowl LX: The Gadgeteer’s Guide to the Ultimate Home Theater Read More
ARTICLE – Instant cameras freeze moments, but this one records them, converts the footage into a scannable code, and prints both on film. The Fujifilm instax mini Evo Cinema captures up to 15 seconds of video, lets you pick a single frame, then embeds a QR link on the print that plays the clip when
Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema Turns Video Into Instant Prints With QR Code Read More
Roxon has announced the Flex Titan, a plier-based multitool that taps into two separate modular ecosystems simultaneously. It’s the company’s most robust modular platform to date, built for users who’ve been requesting something tougher than Roxon’s current lineup. Price: TBD Where to Buy: Roxon The tool launches later this month with reinforced construction and dual
Roxon’s Flex Titan Takes Modular Multitools Into Heavy-Duty Territory Read More
Most gaming displays are solving for screen tearing, but Samsung’s betting that competitive players have already moved past that baseline and are now stuck choosing between resolution and ridiculous frame rates. That’s the tension driving this G-SYNC Compatible certification across its 2026 OLED TVs and Odyssey monitors. The real question isn’t whether these screens sync
Samsung’s New Gaming Monitors are Pushing Refresh Rates Past 1,000Hz Read More
ARTICLE – The open ear category keeps getting treated like a temporary trend, but that reading feels off now because the shift toward unplugged ears isn’t slowing down. People want to stay connected without losing awareness, and that balance is harder to strike than it sounds, which is why so many open ear designs still
Open-Ear Audio Shifts From Niche to Normal Hear, and ASUS Wants In Read More
The EDC knife market has spent years perfecting the tactical folder formula, and it shows. Walk into any knife shop and you’ll see rows of near-identical black folders competing on steel grades and lock mechanisms while looking increasingly similar. That competence created a gap for knives that solve the same problems with different approaches, and
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ARTICLE – Most portable gaming devices use widescreen displays because smartphone makers spent the past decade normalizing that format. AYANEO’s Pocket S Mini rejects the trend completely, shipping with a 4.2-inch 4:3 screen at 1280 × 960 resolution instead of the 16:9 or 16:10 ratios dominating handheld screens. Finding suppliers willing to manufacture 4:3 displays
This Retro Gaming Handheld Uses the Screen Ratio Everyone Else Stopped Making Read More
ARTICLE – Watch brands usually reserve sapphire for the crystal covering the dial, where scratch resistance directly protects legibility. Casio’s been placing it on the bezel ring instead, a decision that prioritizes premium aesthetics over pure utility. The new Casio Oceanus Manta OCW-S7000F-2A follows this approach with a bright blue sapphire bezel and a two-tone
Casio Put Sapphire on the Bezel Instead of Where Most Watch Brands Do Read More
ARTICLE – Smart rings earned their credibility by doing less. Strip away the screen, the buttons, the notifications, and you get a device that tracks sleep and heart rate without demanding attention every hour. Rogbid’s new Fusion breaks that pattern by cramming a 0.49-inch OLED screen onto a ring, turning it into what looks like
What Happens When You Add a Display to a $50 Smart Ring Read More
Lighter usually means pricier in the EDC knife world, where material engineering gets expensive fast. Price: $202 Where to Buy: Spyderco Spyderco’s new Para Military 2 Lightweight breaks that pattern in both directions. The knife weighs 2.8 ounces and costs $202, down from 3.8 ounces and $265 on the original, which sounds impossible until you
Spyderco Just Made Its Most Popular Knife Lighter and Cheaper at the Same Time Read More
Phone wallets get marketed as minimalist solutions, but they usually feel like compromises. You’re reducing what you carry by adding something to your phone, which only makes sense if the thing you’re adding is thin enough to forget about. MOFT’s new Trackable Snap-on Phone Stand & Wallet is 0.25 inches thick, holds two cards, folds
MOFT’s Trackable MagSafe Wallet Fits Two Cards Without Adding Bulk Read More
Most people buying Bluetooth speakers pay for brand equity they don’t need. JBL charges $120 for outdoor volume, Sony asks $150 for weather resistance, and you’re getting features that matter less than the badge on the grille. The Xiaomi Sound Party bets you’d rather have 50 watts of Harman-tuned audio at $83 (China) than pay
Xiaomi’s Sub $100 Bluetooth Speaker Runs 50 Watts With Harman Tuning Read More
The cold isn’t letting up. New Jersey is facing one of its harshest winters in years, and the forecast shows more of the same: sub-freezing mornings, wind chills that cut through layers, and no meaningful warm-up in sight. When winter drags on like this, hand warmers stop being a nice-to-have and start feeling necessary. Price:
Why This OCOOPA Hand Warmer Looks More Like Jewelry Than Winter Gear Read More
REVIEW – If you follow my contributions to The Gadgeteer, I recently reviewed an auto hat heat press…and I wasn’t very enthused by it. HTVRONT offered their A300 Auto Hat Heat press, so let’s how it stacks up, and if it changed my view of designing hats! Spoiler: The A300 is another quality piece of hardware
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ARTICLE – Smart locks usually get Matter certification months after launch. Brands announce compatibility, ship the hardware, then file for certification when nobody’s watching. Dreame went the other direction with their Navo Smart Lock A10, which just appeared in the CSA’s official Matter device database before the company’s even confirmed pricing or availability. That’s the
Dreame Navo Smart Lock A10 Gets Matter Certification Before Anyone Expected It Read More
ARTICLE – Motion gaming never really went away. It just lost the living room. Microsoft’s Kinect vanished into obscurity, Nintendo’s Wii gathers dust in closets, and for years families had few options to get kids moving without unplugging the console entirely. The Nex Playground changes that calculation. Price: $249 Where to Buy: Amazon, Walmart, Target,
This $249 Nex Playground Motion Gaming Console Outsold Xbox Read More
ARTICLE – Portable screens have solved mobility but never sound. You can wheel a display anywhere, prop it up, stream whatever you want, and still end up reaching for external speakers because the built-in audio sounds thin and flat. Nework’s MoveMate Hi-Fi Portable TV targets that specific gap with a 27-inch touchscreen on a wheeled
Nework’s MoveMate Hi-Fi Portable TV Prioritizes Sound Quality in Mobile 27-inch Design Read More
Most keychain multi-tools live on your keys for about three weeks before you quietly migrate them to a drawer. The weight feels wrong, or the profile snags on pockets, or the whole setup becomes this jangling mess you can’t ignore during meetings. It’s not that the tools lack capability: they’re often packed with functions you’d
7 Multi-Tools That Actually Fit on a Keychain Read More
ARTICLE – Most people still think a scale’s job is to tell you one number. That’s the entire friction point here: weight alone doesn’t tell you much, but the industry spent decades convincing everyone that stepping on glass and seeing digits is what health tracking looks like. It’s reductive, and it’s why so many people
This Smart Scale Tracks 13 Body Metrics Most People Ignore Read More
