Awesome Tech

The heavy duty Samsung Galaxy S8 Active has a shatter-resistant display and a metal frame that protects the phone from shock, vibration and scratches, in addition to being dust- and water-resistant. It also has a larger battery (4,000mAh) compared to the standard S8.

Hydra-Light lanterns and flashlights use a replaceable power cell that activates when exposed to saltwater (or water with dissolved salt). Dipping the power cell for just 10-15s gets you 100+ hours of light. There will also be Hydra-Light USB chargers.

Want a really cool drone? The GoPro Karma is easy to fly, easy to carry, and offers exceptional image quality. Now you can win a Karma drone, along with a GoPro Hero 5 camera, valued at $1099. Simply drop by The Awesomer Shop today and enter to win. (Contest ends 8/24/17)

Paweł Zadrożniak’s retro-mechanical orchestra The Floppotron is back with another great cover. Listen up as it performs a Bee Gees’ disco classic. If you prefer something a bit more modern, he also dropped a cover of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger this week.

Mophie’s new Powerstation USB-C XXL has a USB-C charging port, perfect for charging modern laptops and other USB-C devices such as the Nintendo Switch. It has a 19,500mAh battery and supplies up to 30W of power. It also has a 2.4A USB-A charging port.

Kikkerland’s Fiets are a pair of push button LED lights – one white and one red. You attach them to your bicycle using the silicone straps. But they also come with hook and loop straps so you can wear them or hang them on your bag.

Caliper’s wristwatch has a circular slide rule around the dial. Turn the slide rule using the crown to multiply or divide. The watch has a self-winding movement, a stainless steel case and a sapphire glass crystal. It’s water-resistant up to 328ft.

IKEA teamed up with Solarcentury to start selling and installing solar panels and batteries in homes in the UK. Prices start at around $3900. Customers will save up to $450 per year with just the solar panels, and up to $730 when paired with batteries.

MyCharge’s AdventureUltra has a 13400mAh battery, two USB ports, one USB-C port, and a 45W 110V AC outlet – enough to charge most ultraportable laptops. It also supports passthrough charging and stores its charge for up to 1 year.

The Ticwatch S (Sport) and E (Express) are the newest smartwatches from Mobvoi. The S has an integrated watchband with the GPS receiver inside the band for better reception, while the E has swappable straps. They both run Android Wear 2.0 and are water- and dust-resistant.

A fantastic concept design for a cassette player with a slick and minimal playback mechanism. Sure, the sound quality of cassettes leaves a lot to be desired, but the sheer novelty of such a player might make us dig out our old ’80s mix tapes once again.

Firefox Send is a free experimental service from Mozilla. Available on any modern browser, it lets you share files up to 1GB. Aside from encrypting the file, Send will delete it when it’s downloaded once or if 24h have passed, whichever comes first.

Petcube Bites is a pet camera that also lets you remotely dispense treats. You can fling treats up to 6ft away using its companion app. It has a 1080p camera with a night vision mode, a two-way speaker, and a dishwasher-safe treat container.

Stereolithography or SLA 3D printers are great for making small, smooth and highly detailed objects. Bill the Engineer Guy breaks down the components of an SLA DLP 3D printer to explain how it works in his typically engaging and accessible approach.

Camera maker Red is confident enough to take pre-orders for its mysterious “holographic” Hydrogen smartphone with barely any information about the gadget. Until now. MKBHD got his hands on three Hydrogen prototypes, and he came away impressed.

It may still just be in its infancy, but Hyperloop One is definitely making progress with their high-speed transportation system. They recently sent their mag-lev test capsule rocketing down its vacuum-sealed tube at a top speed of 192 mph. Their goal is 670 mph.

Massdrop’s exclusive headphones are an absolute steal. Based on HiFiMan’s 400 series, the 4XX features the company’s vaunted planar magnetic drivers. It also comes with Focus-A velour earpads. You can get a portable amp with the money you save.

The All Controller is a gamepad that connects to PCs, consoles and mobile devices over USB or via a Bluetooth dongle. Aside from its all encompassing compatibility, it also stores macros and custom configurations, making it easy to switch between devices and games.

While you can buy an off-the-shelf wooden mouse these days, we much prefer handcrafted items, like the one that ThisWoodwork made from scratch, using an existing plastic mouse as a rough form for creating a sweet pointing device, complete with a wooden scroll wheel.

The FA-5 penlight was made exclusively for astronauts in the Apollo and shuttle missions. It proved particularly useful in the infamous Apollo 13. Barbolight’s replica retains the flashlight’s brass alloy construction but adds LEDs and water resistance up to 300ft.

In less than 15 years, a new player in the car industry managed to convince America that electric cars can be stylish and practical. With the coming of the Model 3, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk hopes to tack on the last crucial adjective: attainable.

Art by Rens says what we’re looking at is a real-time render of an environment that was produced using the Unreal Engine and Nvidia’s VXGI lighting system and off-the shelf graphics cards. It’s so realistic that you’ll question its veracity. But this reality is 100% digital.

AC Worldwide makes Bluetooth speakers based on movie and TV franchises. Their latest project? A shiny polished alloy replica of the T-800 endoskeleton head, with built in Amazon Alexa integration, and an app-controlled HD camera in one of its light-up eyeballs.