Awesome Tech

Like the Slow Jo watch, Scott Thrift’s Today clock has a 24-hour dial, which means its hour hand makes only one rotation per day. The relaxing and contemplative clock face was inspired by the view from 30,000ft. Available as a desk clock or a wall clock.

While much of the dialogue in Oscar Sharp and Ross Goodwin’s short film reads like an episode of Bad Lip Reading, it’s still fascinating to see what happens when you program a neural network to write a science fiction screenplay, after teaching it about the genre’s greats.

Bushnell’s latest golf GPS watch is pre-loaded with data for over 35,000 courses. It auto-detects holes, and provides at-a-glance readings of front, center, back, and hazard layup distances, and an integrated step counter and odometer. Lasts up to three rounds per charge.

Niklas Roy made getting beer a lot more fun. He cobbled together a remote-controlled platform that can carry a standard-sized beer crate (or any similarly sized item) out of plywood, electronics from an RC car, windshield wiper motors and casters.

Bose finally has a pair of wireless active noise-cancelling headphones. The QC 35 has the same noise-cancelling tech as the beloved QC 25, but can connect to devices via Bluetooth or NFC as well as with its cable. It lasts up to 20h per charge on wireless mode.

Designed by Kram/Weisshaar for SapienStone, the Smart Slab is a discreetly high-tech table. Underneath its ceramic tabletop are inductive cooking, cooling and heating elements that let you cook and eat on the same surface, as well as keep food warm or cold.

This compact metal chassis analog amp not only looks awesome, it sounds great too. The Gemtune APPJ PA1501A offers Class A amplification using a pair of 6AD10 tubes, and is the perfect complement to your turntable and bookshelf speakers. In silver or black finishes.

The Venture is a Bluetooth speaker and a two-way radio in one. It has a clear sight range of 3mi and works with both other Ventures and conventional walkie-talkies. It’s also dust–, snow-, sand- and water-resistant and lasts up to 12h per charge.

A limited edition of what is arguably the perfect speaker. The Klipschorn’s vaunted folded horn design uses the surrounding walls and floor to create a life-like range of low frequencies. This edition features an enhanced horn and exclusive walnut veneer, grille and nameplate.

The Zenfone 3 Deluxe is an Android phone with a 5.7″ 1080p Super AMOLED display, an all-metal body with a nearly invisible antenna, a Snapdragon 820 CPU, up to 6GB RAM, up to 256GB storage and a 23MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and laser autofocus.

Upgrade your MacBook storage without having to crack open the case, and without a bulky flash drive. This microSD card adapter mounts flush inside your laptop’s SD slot, and is finished in aluminum just like your Mac. (microSD card not included)

Dan Cases’ upcoming Mini-ITX PC case fits many full-sized graphics cards despite measuring only 8″x 4″x 12″, thanks to an included 3M PCIE riser and an efficient design that separates the GPU from the other components. Compatible GPUs here.

It’s been on sale for a couple of months, but now the Xbox One’s starting price has officially been permanently reduced to $299 from $349. The affected bundles are the Name Your Game bundle, the Gears of War bundle and the Quantum Break bundle.

The Lapdog is a keyboard tray that fits Corsair’s K70 and K65 keyboards. It has a built-in 11″x 11″ mouse pad, a removable memory foam underside cushion, four USB 3 ports and a cable management compartment.

Its promo video is cloying, but the idea of a personal robotic assistant for under $600 is certainly cool. The Zenbo can play games and tutor kids, provide reminders, control your home, monitor security and more. Even better, developers can create their own apps.

The ZenBook 3 has Apple squarely in its sights. It weighs just 2lb and is just 0.46″ when closed, making it lighter and thinner than a MacBook. Yet it packs serious specs, including a 12.5″ 1080p display and up to a Core i7 CPU, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. Drops Q3 2016 for $999+.

Interested in Amazon’s personal assistant devices? The company made a website that lets you talk to its virtual assistant to see if you’ll find it useful. Just log in with your Amazon account.

SpaceX just launched a communications satellite to space using its Falcon 9 rocket. For the third time in a row, the rocket’s first stage booster landed in the ocean on a drone ship. This brief time-lapse from an onboard camera shows the booster’s descent.

Inside this ’60s-inspired console’s walnut body is a Debut Carbon turntable, a tweeter, a 6.5″ woofer, a 200W amplifier, a 100W subwoofer, an AirPlay receiver and two aux inputs. It also has a built-in minibar with whiskey glasses and room for 150 vinyl records.

Varsity Tutors’ new iOS app lets you hire and learn from private tutors on the go. The app lets you communicate via video-chat, written messages as well as topic-specific content. There are tutors for over 200 subjects, including several practical topics.

A record player that streams to Sonos and Airplay devices as well as over Bluetooth. It can even turn your Spotify account into a radio channel by streaming music through the service. The catch? It has no wired output options.

A set of high tech bike lights that hold in place with powerful magnets. The headlight and rear brake light offer bright turn signals, and the rear light also projects a laser perimeter on both sides of your bike. A power-saving mode adjusts their intensity based on ambient light.

This simple, yet incredibly useful gadget for frequent flyers securely holds a drink and your mobile device on airplane seat backs without having to open your tray table. Holds smartphones and tablets up to 7-1/2″ tall, and includes an attachment for holding cans.