Motorbike riders have been clamoring for an augmented reality (AR) enabled bike helmet for years, hence the long-running and infamous Skully debacle. But now Singapore-based startup Whyre have come up with a simple way to make any bike helmet smart, using an attachment which can overlay AR information on a helmet’s visor. They showed off the Argon Transform, as its […]

Merging synthesized sounds with rocking riffs on a guitar might involve installing a MIDI pickup, or plugging into a stomp box or blending the two in post production. Now the UK’s Lucem Custom Instruments has collaborated with Seattle’s Tracktion Corporation for an interesting concept guitar that has a BioTek 2 synthesizer built in. The Spirit Animal has a BioTek 2 […]

If you want to capture video footage with yourself in the shot, you can plonk a smartphone on the end of really long selfie stick, instruct your camera drone to follow you around or get someone else to handle the filming. Now China’s Remo Technology has launched a new videocam at CES 2019 in Las Vegas that uses AI to […]

Many of us suffer from sleep deficiency and/or poor quality sleep. That being considered, CES 2019 is really shaping up to be a great year for sleep tech. One of the companies aiming to help us rest better is Urgonight, which is showing off its non-invasive headband at the show, aiming to help train our brains to sleep better. Developed by […]

Back in 2016, Australian manufacturer Knog successfully Kickstarted its quirky Oi, a streamlined ring-shaped bicycle bell that encircles the handlebars. Now, the company has introduced the new-and-improved Oi Luxe. Like the original Oi, the Luxe consists of an injection-molded stainless steel inner mounting ring, over top of which is suspended the CNC-machined half-ring-shaped resonator (aka the “ringer”). A spring-loaded thumb-operated […]

A key goal when it comes to designing everyday carry items is combining maximum utility with minimum inconvenience, and the form of a credit card is proving an increasingly popular way to get the job done. The Lynx from Jho Knives is a titanium-coated implement shaped to slide in and out of a wallet for slicing and dicing when needed, […]

It’s no secret that conventional plastic drinking straws are very eco-unfriendly. Manufactured in the billions, they’re typically only used once, and then end up in landfills or the ocean. Finnish startup Sulapac is attempting to address the problem, with marine-biodegradable straws. Developed in partnership with renewable materials company Stora Enso, the new straws are made from Sulapac’s patented 100-percent biodegradable […]

HUMM, a San Francisco-based tech company, has developed the Edge headset, a wearable electrical stimulation device that the company claims can boost learning and memory. The device consists of a headband that delivers electrical stimulation to the brain, and using it for just 15 minutes is reported to provide certain cognitive enhancements for at least one hour. In an increasingly […]

Since its humble one man startup beginnings in 1999, Pedaltrain has mushroomed into a global brand that has everything guitarists need to create a travel home for their effects pedals. But once you’ve attached your power brick, distortion and modulation stomps with Velcro, you may find that there’s little or no space for a board tuner. Now there’s a chromatic […]

While bicycle U-locks may provide better security than their cable counterparts, the things can be a hassle to carry around in a backpack. The EverLock was created in response to this problem, as it’s actually built into the bike’s seatpost. Developed by UC Berkeley students Andrew Shacker, Dennis Tan and Erica Gao, the EverLock consists of a main crossbar (which […]