Gadgets
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Transparent’s portable Light speaker gets the party glowing
A portable speaker and lamp in one, the Light speaker by Swedish technology firm Transparent draws inspiration from the traditional lantern
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Microsoft’s Surface Duo 2 is a newly enhanced pocket foldable
Microsoft Surface Duo 2 enters the foldable phone fray, with a host of improvements that bolster its status as a miniature workstation
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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New KEF speakers please both audio extroverts and classically minded music lovers
Two new series of KEF speakers – Blade and The Reference – take to the floor
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Tempting new technology that makes a bold visual statement
Design-led technology and gadgets on our wish list include these visual triumphs, from a distinctive portable speaker to a compelling camera
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Wellness technology: new devices for health, hygiene and clean living
Wellness and hygiene are high on our agenda right now – and technology firms are rising to current demand with everything from sanitiser dispensers to particle-counting vaccuum cleaners, automated loo seats to heart-monitoring T-shirts
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Wallpaper* wants… five new earbuds for the best audio on the move
Five new earbuds with the very latest in noise-cancelling technology, comfort and sound
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Alice Camera is a clever blend of AI, high-quality optics, and smartphone intelligence
Launching in summer 2022, the Alice Camera is designed to offer ‘the intelligence and user experience of a phone but with the image quality of a DSLR’
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Best earbuds 2022: six stylish in-ear solutions for everyone
Six pairs of contemporary earbuds you can rely on, by brands spanning established names to innovative start-ups and environmentally-focused companies
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Ten home tech innovations to enhance modern life
These ten items of home tech – from a vacuuming robot to an energy-conscious thermostat and portable air purifiers – are designed to encourage domestic bliss
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Key design innovations in the new Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook Pro
Apple’s latest round of innovations delivers a wealth of fingertip functionality – here’s what to expect from the Apple Watch 7, iPhone 13 Pro, and MacBook Pro
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Cut your own grooves with Teenage Engineering’s new Record Factory
The PO-80 Record Factory from Yuri Suzuki and Teenage Engineering is a musical toy with a serious side
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Pentaform’s AbacusBasic pares back the PC to bare essentials
A modular PC for every market, the AbacusBasic looks like a standard keyboard. It's actually a minimal PC that's been designed to help tech blend into the background – we talk to its creators
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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The little Amazon Astro is a big company’s first foray into domestic robotics
Amazon is betting big on home automation. Can the friendly-looking Astro ensure our relationship with robots gets off to a healthy start?
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Analogue Pocket puts gaming nostalgia in the palm of your hand
The Analogue Pocket is a way of replaying the many thousands of game cartridges created for Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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MOD Devices’ open-source pedals play a different tune
Berlin-based Mod Devices creates a new generation of multipurpose audio tools
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Map Project Office and Google create ambient home sensors
No more barking at Alexa and Google Assistant? Little Signals – these sculptural objects by Map Project Office and Google – are next-generation notifiers, home sensors that communicate in subtle and surprising ways
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Inside Apple Park: first look at the design team shaping the future of tech
Global exclusive! Led by Evans Hankey and Alan Dye, the Apple Design Team holds enormous sway over our evolving relationship with technology. Opening the doors to their studio at Apple Park in Cupertino for the first time, they offered us a deep dive into the working processes behind their latest creations
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Inside the design of the new Apple suite
Design details of the latest Apple drop include key updates to the internal architecture of the iPhone and HomePod mini, alongside refreshing new gemstone-inspired colourways
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Nothing Phone (1) preview: a radical reinterpretation of mobile tech
There’s much ado about the forthcoming Nothing Phone (1). In our exclusive interview, the minds behind the device tell us what to expect from a design that will ‘bring the inside out’
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Flying high with B&W’s pioneering Zeppelin, the ultimate standalone speaker
Reviewing the latest, ever-more functional iteration of the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin sculptural speaker, we speak to the brand about the secret of its 15-year success
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Beosystem 72-22 music system pays homage to best of Bang & Olufsen
Beosystem 72-22 is a beautifully crafted, collector’s edition music system that celebrates and renews Bang & Olufsen’s 1972 Beogram 4000 Series turntable, and comes in a handmade walnut gift box-cum-stand
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Brionvega’s Mario Bellini reissue is the ultimate 1970s hi-fi design
Brionvega reissues RR231 Totem by Mario Bellini, a beautiful reminder of the heyday of immersive, freestanding audio systems
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Pixel 6 Pro is ‘premium redefined’ says Google’s Ivy Ross
Ivy Ross, Google’s vice president of Design for Hardware Products, on the design decisions behind the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Nothing Ear (1) earbuds: simple, transparent, different
Nothing Ear (1) earbuds bring transparency and simplicity to a crowded market – here’s what sets them apart
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Syng is rethinking the art of speaker design
Christopher Stringer and Damon Way created Syng in just three years. Here's how.
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Nothing unveils a conceptual expression of its radical tech ecosystem
Nothing's Concept 1 earbuds embodies the company’s radical tech ethos
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Meet AirBird. The architect-designed chirping smart sensor.
Inspired by the metaphor of the canary in a coal mine, AirBird’s sensors detect C02 and humidity, and should either build up to unacceptable levels, the bird will chirp, prompting you to open a window
By Jonathan Bell Published