Awesome Tech

The Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge both have a liquid-cooled quad-core CPU, 4GB RAM, a dual SIM slot that doubles as an SD card slot, a 2560×1440 AMOLED display (5.1″ for the S7, 5.5″ for the S7 Edge), a 12MP f1.7 rear camera and IP68 dust- and water-resistance.

One of the cooler toys to turn up at the 2016 New York Toy Fair, Tyco’s nw remote-controlled Terra Climber has pairs of grippy wheels that rotate on pivot points, which work along with a tail-like appendage, allowing it to climb stairs.

The ZappLight is a compact bug zapping lamp. It fits in most light bulb sockets and consumes only 10W of power. You can toggle between the white LEDs, the zapper or both of them turned on.

Canon continues to impress with their latest prosumer DSLR. The EOS 80D packs a 24.2mp APS-C sensor, 45-point autofocus, 100% viewfinder coverage, a flexible clear-view monitor, up to 7fps burst mode, 1080p/60 video, Wi-Fi and NFC support.

As technically awesome as the iPad Pro’s Pencil accessory is, Apple’s quest for minimalism omitted anything to store the $99 stylus in. 68º’s handmade wooden pencil case provides a cozy home for the Pencil, one spare nib, and its charging adapter. (Thanks Stephanie!)

A 7″ tablet designed to bring old vehicles up to speed with modern features found in newer cars, such as hands-free calling, music streaming, voice-activated navigation, a backup camera, collision warning, vehicle diagnostics and more.

Contrary to Redditor tytyvm’s experience, this isn’t the most amazing useless machine we’ve ever seen. But it’s quite witty and has a variety of sassy responses hidden in its tiny body.

Bookman’s rechargeable bicycle lights are visible both straight ahead and from the side, thanks to their curved design. Their silicone strap fits up to 40mm poles. The front light lasts up to 35 hours per charge while the rear light lasts up to 10 hours per charge.

We’ve been building The Awesomer on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, a true MacBook Pro killer. Our system packs a sharp and accurate 4K slim-bezel display, 6th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GTX 960M graphics, Thunderbolt 3, 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD, and is crazy fast for work or play.

Inspired by the ability for their cars to park themselves, Nissan Japan created an office chair with the same capability. Watch as the army of robotic chairs finds their way back to their homes in this clever promo video. Now can we see it with people in the chairs?

The Forerunner 235 is the ideal runner’s watch, with wrist-based heart rate tracking, GPS and GLONASS capabilities for accurate activity and distance tracking. Also offers smartphone notifications, customizable watch faces, and cloud-based history and stats tracking.

Microsoft’s upstart Garage initiative released Fetch!, a fun iOS app which uses sophisticated AI tech to identify the breed of dogs using photos you upload. It’s pretty accurate when it comes to dogs – though the results when uploading human portraits are pretty silly.

An awesome CGI animation from Brothers and Sisters in which a moving image from The Avengers is turned to liquid, then moves across the house to another TV to sell the concept of Sky Q’s Fluid Viewing service, which lets viewers resume paused shows on another TV.

Helcy is a leather bag that doubles as a laptop stand. It uses a pair of straps to create an adjustable and sturdy base. The bag is water-resistant and has room for your laptop charger, a keyboard, a mouse and other small items.

Autonomous proves that you don’t need to spend thousands to own a great motorized standing desk. Its top of the line desk has bells and whistles like a personal assistant, but its basic model has all the essentials, including a lap desk-style ergonomic surface.

To show off the long range flight abilities of their carbon fiber Vendetta FPV racer drone, Team Blacksheep flew the speedy UAV to the top of some very tall buildings – including the 2,722 foot-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

A pen that combines several useful functions in one pocket-sized device. In addition to working as a ballpoint pen, it’s got a 16GB flash drive, a phone charging cable (Lightning or MicroUSB), a 1000mAh battery, and a capacitive stylus built in. Save 30% in The Awesomer Shop.

The Tiny Cloud is about 2.5 times smaller than the original Cloud lamp and doesn’t have a motion sensor or a subwoofer. But it has the same Bluetooth speaker and light-up features and costs about 1/6th the price. You can control multiple clouds as one unit.

Jonathan Morrison put together a modern, minimalist and crazy expensive desk setup that fits the style of fellow tech reviewer MKBHD. Skip to 4:39. The highlight is definitely the angular Furtif desk. Check out the video’s description for links to the showcased products.

Mylo is a men’s fashion app that suggests outfits based on the clothes you already own. Pick the items that are similar to your clothes and shoes and it will suggest outfits based on style, weather and occasion. You can also consult a stylist and buy clothes within the app.

A brief, but cool demonstration of GoPro’s upcoming drone, the 4K-capable Karma, as freestyle skier Bobby Brown appears to toss the flying contraption into the air, and it follows his ride downhill at Aspen Snowmass. Sign up at GoPro for a chance to win one of 100 drones.

Tesla Motors’ latest ad is a real-world demonstration of the Model S’ optional Autopilot technology. When you’re on the highway you can activate cruise control, automatic steering and automatic lane changing. The car can also park on its own.

Roger Anderson was fed up with telemarketers, so he developed custom software which is designed to waste human and robo-callers’ time. The end result is both useful and hilarious. Sign up and support the project on Kickstarter. More sample calls on YouTube.