The founder of Trayvax wallets and Kimbo campers, Mark King, brings together the worlds of everyday carry (EDC) and overland adventure with his latest product, the Trayvax Ration. Something of a vehicle-adventure survival tool, the Ration packs a single-burner cooking kit next to an organizer for supplies like food, bottled water, utensils and multitools. It’s like a modern-day mess kit […]

Microsoft Edge could be getting a bit of a performance boost. Now in testing with the Canary version of the web browser is a new “Performance Mode” option, which helps optimize your browsing experience for speed and efficiency. Though the feature is currently hidden away in Edge Canary Build 91.0.856.0, Microsoft’s official in-browser description for the feature seems quite promising. […]

Despite their squat stature, bookshelf speakers can rather stand out among the reading material and ornaments that might inhabit your typical living-room library. Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound Emerge is different, and can take its place well among the hardbacks and paperbacks on your library shelf. “The vision for Beosound Emerge was to create the slimmest speaker possible that could still […]

Sometimes there are places in a home that could really use a ceiling or wall light, but that it isn’t worth hard-wiring one into. Well, that’s where the German-made, suction-mounted Neozoon lamp is designed to come in. Created by Munich-based product designer Lukas Heintschel, the Neozoon consists of an aerospace-grade aluminum body that houses the electronics, a 3D-printed polyamide handle, […]

It’s easy for us to forget that our computers are equipped with “electronic eyes,” potentially watching us at all times. Scientists are now exploring the dynamics of the relationship, with a creepy – but fully functional – human-eye-like webcam. Known as the Eyecam, the one-off device was designed by a team at Germany’s Saarland University, led by postdoctoral researcher Marc […]

Devices that mimic the natural process of photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy, could one day help us tackle a number of environmental issues. Scientists have now demonstrated a new type of technology that can not only replicate this process to produce clean hydrogen fuel, but undergo morphological changes during use that […]

A team from Georgia Tech has just announced a world-first: a 3D-printed rectifying antenna the size of a playing card that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals and use it to power devices, turning 5G networks into wireless power grids. Wireless communications put a lot of energy into the air, and over the years we’ve covered a number of […]

Chewing gum: it’s a type of plastic pollution that we’re just not talking about enough. Most modern chewing gums are made from synthetic plastic polymers that don’t break down or biodegrade. That means when you toss your used chewing gum on the sidewalk or stick it underneath a bench, you’re littering. Not only that, but chewing gum is commonly mistaken […]

We can all agree that there’s nothing worse than pulled muscles when there’s work to be done both personal and professional. The Kitta Percussion Massager gives the deepest massages on the market and it’s on sale for $120 with code KITTA30. This baby uses high-performance brushless motors to get those hard-to-reach places easily and effectively. Perfect for any part of […]

Sony offered a glimpse of its first 360-degree audio speakers back at the online-only CES 2021 expo in January, with two units based around the company’s 360 Reality Audio spatial audio tech that’s reported to create “ambient room-filling sound that immerses listeners in their favorite music.” Now the SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 are up for pre-order. The 360 Reality Audio spatial […]