Gadgets

HSN is looking for the next big American consumer product. Today, 100 makers and entrepreneurs from around the U.S. will pitch their products for a chance to win airtime on…

HSN’s first pitch-off competition goes in search of the next big consumer product

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between science and technology ó almost all the time when it has to do with the brain. But this research from MIT that…

This new brain-scanning technique is literally mind expanding

Bellabeat, the maker of a line of health trackers aimed at women, has sold over 400,000 units of its first health tracker known as the Leaf – a name given…

Bellabeat Leaf’s new wearable and app help women tackle stress

If you have an iPhone other than the 6 Plus or 6S Plus, chances are that you run out of battery pretty frequently. In a world where background updates, location tracking,…

This leather wallet has a built-in battery to charge your iPhone

A committee of industry representatives appointed by the FAA turned in recommendations suggesting a four-tiered system for classifying drones and how they may (or mayn’t) interact with crowds.

FAA committee proposes official categories for drones that fly near crowds

Razer’s Ripsaw is far from the first game capture card, but it leapfrogs the competition nicely and takes aim at a growing population of streamers who are willing to pay…

Razer takes aim at game streaming community with Ripsaw capture card

French startup Rythm, which makes a tech-infused headset it claims improves sleep quality, announced Tuesday that it’s raised over $11 million from private investors and public grants.

Rythm raises $11M to pursue sleep-improving neurotechnology

After years of build up and pre-release developer kits, the first deliveries of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started arriving this morning. Join us as…

Watch us unbox and poke around the Oculus Rift for the first time

Part of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class, REVL just launched a smart action camera that solves the two worst things about action cams: shaky footage and a cumbersome editing…

The REVL Arc is a 4K smart action camera with a built-in gimbal

You might have noticed something puzzling if you’ve been keeping an eye on the crowdfunding space: A large number of seemingly promising crowdfunded hardware startups fail to deliver. The list…

3 pitfalls that can sink any crowdfunded hardware startup

Called the X-Prize for music the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition pits multiple musicians and makers against each other at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts. A group of judges…

Watch Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

With the emerging ecosystem of connected devices – often dubbed the “Internet of Things” – consumers are rightly worried about the security and privacy implications associated with always-on hardware in…

Ex-Mozilla Team Unveils “Sense,” An Intelligent, Secure Hub For The Smart Home

At New York’s Toy Fair trade show over the weekend, Mattel unveiled its new, $300 3D Printer, the “ThingMaker,” which will allow children to print their own toys at home. The…

Mattel Unveils ThingMaker, A $300 3D Printer That Lets Kids Make Their Own Toys

Amazon may be leading the internet-of-things market when it comes to push-button ordering via hardware devices like its Dash grocery scanner and Dash buttons, but it’s not without its competition.…

Hiku’s New Connected Grocery Scanner Lets You Order Groceries From Walmart And Peapod

The BOLT is a uniquely designed, all-white player offering 4K support as well as a revamped user interface that introduces new features like the ability to skip commercial breaks on recorded…

TiVo Unveils BOLT, A Modern, 4K-Ready DVR Designed For The Streaming Era

How can any company compete with iPad when it comes to being the preferred tablet for children, thanks to the App Store’s large selection of educational apps and age-appropriate games? Amazon’s strategy, to date,…

Amazon Tempts Parents With A $100 Tablet For Kids

Slingbox was one of the first companies to re-envision how consumers thought about watching television by introducing hardware that allowed users to view their media remotely over the Internet. Today…

Slingbox Debuts Its M2 Set-Top Box For “Cord-Stretchers,” Now Comes With Free Mobile Apps

While walking through startups at Eureka Park at CES with Darrell Etherington doing live interviews with founders, I forced him to chat with Photonic, a startup that makes nifty orbs…

The Phonotonic Lets You Make Beats By Dancing

With only weeks of holiday shopping remaining, eBay today has rolled out a new product category on its U.S. marketplace which features a collection lifestyle products and other items from…

eBay Debuts “Innovators Collective,” A Tech-Focused Section Featuring New Lifestyle Products, Electronics And More

This gift guide has been produced by the team at Everyday Carry, a site that lets gadget fiends share their favorite gear. You can check it out here. The Ridge…

A Gift Guide From The Team At Everyday Carry

The crowdfunded fitness tracker Moov, built by former Apple engineer and HALO game designer Nikola Hu, Microsoft Research vets Meng Li (now Moov CEO) and Tony Yuan, has raised $3 million…

Fitness Tracker Moov Raises $3 Million For Its Wearable A.I. Coach

Ubooly is demoing on stage at Disney’s Accelerator Demo Day, but it’s not the company it was when it entered the program. The startup has renamed itself to “Smart Toy,”…

Ubooly Acquired As It Rebrands To Focus On Building Smarts Directly Into Toys

The Equil Smartpen 2 gives you a Bluetooth-connectede pen, a charging case, and a little receiver unit that actually records what you write from the edge of whatever paper you’re…

The Equil Smartpen Puts Your Physical Notes And Doodles In The Cloud

New, first-time parents are terrified that they’re going to somehow accidentally hurt their baby – they will drop the child, or hit that weird soft spot on the baby’s head.…

Starfish Aims To Prevent Accidental Heatstroke Deaths By Alerting Parents To Children Left In Cars

There are a number of gadgets, both new and old, that allow parents to geo-locate their children – or let puppy parents track down a wandering Fido – but many of…

Findster’s GPS Tracker Locates Missing Kids Or Pets, Without A Monthly Fee

Everyone knows they should be drinking more water to stay healthy and hydrated, but actually remembering to do so can be a challenge. In fact, 43% of Americans drink four…

The Hug, A Water Bottle Sensor And App, Helps You Stay Hydrated

The last LG phone I owned was the LG Shine in 2008 and I never thought I would want an LG phone after that. Since then I’ve owned mostly Samsung…

LG G3 Review: Ultra-thin Bezels And A Quad HD Display Brings A New King

I’d think this was just a clever April Fools joke, if it wasn’t the middle of July. Motorola and VivaLnk have made a temporary tattoo that can unlock a smartphone,…

This Temporary Tattoo Can Unlock Your Phone

American children spend five to seven hours per day staring at screens, TV and otherwise, according to data published by the National Institutes of Health. This leads to increased risks…

Kudoso Is A Router That Rewards Your Kids With Facebook Time For Studying, Doing Chores
Hardware

Ring MyBell

4:33 am PDT • June 23, 2014

If you’ve ever nearly ended up under an SUV or been doored by a sleepy minivan-driver, you’ll appreciate the MyBell. Designed by the folks at MyBell.co in Brooklyn, the $99…

Ring MyBell