Technology

If you enjoy minimalist design in your tech, you're going to want to take a closer look at CMF's first portable speakers. Available in two sizes, they resemble milk cartons – in the best way – and have me wanting all four colorways.

What do lobsters and golf have in common? Apparently, lobster shells! Researchers at the University of Maine have found a way to turn them into affordable and environmentally friendly golf tees.

In 2013, space historian William B. Cade found an anonymous report claiming a “very intense magnetic disturbance” was responsible for a train delay in England in 1841. When scientists looked into it, they found one serious hole in the story.

With Vaonis' smart telescopes, you pick a target on your phone, and the scope's built-in brains find and track it. Now comes Atlas, a modular version that lets you swap optics as your stargazing ambitions grow.

The For Me Buds 2 sleep earbuds shrink to a 10.4-mm profile for side sleepers, pair hybrid ANC with adaptive sound masking, and use on-device AI to tweak your sleep sounds overnight without sending biometric data to the cloud.

Your eyes blink roughly 14 to 20 times a minute, and every one of those movements is wasted energy. Engineers at Northwestern University have found a way to put that motion energy to work, powering a pair of battery-free health-sensing glasses.

Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed what they describe as a lightweight, whisker-based tactile sensor that gives drones the ability to navigate and explore their surroundings through gentle touch.

The Zero is as unattractive a power bank as you'll ever find. There's a good reason for that, though: you can take it apart, swap out weak cells for fresh ones when the time comes, and keep using it for way longer than any other power bank will last.

Apple's HomeView combines entertainment, AI and smart home control in one attractive little package. But can it make the smart home genuinely smart?

If Google's screenless health tracker is too basic for you, the company's got another wearable for your wrist: the Fitbit Edge. It's got a large display and a few new tricks – but there are a couple of missteps worth knowing about before you upgrade.