Humanoid ‘Olympics’ reveal why the US can’t compete with China’s robots
As the second World Humanoid Robot Games got under way on August 21 at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval, most of the interest has been on the machine sprinters and boxers.
USA finally gets the modular smartphone owners can repair themselves
As right-to-repair rules spread and buyers grow weary of sealed, disposable slabs, a handful of companies are betting that people will pay for a device they can actually open up and keep going for years.
HoverAir’s latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone
The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it.
Programmable photonic chip could unlock light-speed optical computing
We want faster and faster computers, and light is the fastest thing in the universe.
Blu-ray burner doubles as USB hub and card reader
Modern laptops are the thinnest they’ve ever been.
The Minimal Phone 2 encourages you to type, not scroll
Los Angeles-based The Minimal Company specializes in stripped-down phones that put just a handful of essential tools in your pocket and leave out the distracting stuff.
Your own personal poison-snooper as a wearable skin patch
An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you.
OpenAI’s Jony Ive-designed AI device targets home use
After more than a year of rumors about what legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI might be building together, we finally have a reasonably clear idea.
Dreame D30 Ultra review: Flagship-ish cleaning for not flagship dollars
My very first robovac ever, so I got a taste of the “country-club-rich-guy life,” and it did not disappoint.
Eye-popping turntable flips vinyl into a vertical spin
Though streaming rules the listening roost, physical formats like vinyl are growing in popularity.