Awesome Tech

Outdoor Technology’s Chips headphones were originally made to fit inside snow helmets. This new set of headgear and headgear accessories – including a headphone frame and a beanie – make Chips more versatile.

Upgrade your bicycle into a hybrid electric just by installing the Omni Wheel. It has a built-in 350W motor and a rechargeable battery. It fits on most bicycles, has five assist levels and lasts at least 15mi per charge.

Twelve South’s stylish and stealthy case is now available for the new iPhones. As always, it’s bound in genuine leather and has book-like accents on its spine. It also has pockets for cards and cash and comes with a protective case.

This Windows app will help you with one of the great Holiday traditions: checking up on your relatives’ computers. It can install, update or do both with over 100 applications, from Flash to iTunes. There’s also a paid version for businesses.

The successor to the Bold 9900, the BlackBerry Classic has a 3.5″ touchscreen, the dependable BlackBerry keyboard and trackpad, an 8MP rear camera and access to both BlackBerry World and the Amazon App Store. Skip to 2:34.

LG demonstrates the clarity and razor-thin bezel of their 4K UHD televisions, by setting set up scenes designed to deliberately perplex and entertain cats and dogs. So much more fun (and expensive) than a laser pointer.

The LG 34UC97 is a 34″ 21:9 3440 x 1440 IPS display. Its curved shape works wonders from a computer monitor viewing distance. It has HDMI, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 2 inputs and comes with a neat screen splitting app.

Les Baugh lost both of his arms in a freak accident about 40 years ago. Now scientists from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have fitted him with two robotic limbs, which can be controlled wirelessly using his own thoughts.

The ASUS ET2323 is a cutting edge all-in-one PC. It has a 23″ 16:9 1080p touchscreen, a base with built-in Qi wireless charger and NFC chip, a TV antenna jack, HDMI in, HDMi out and a gesture sensor that works up to 16ft away.

The ToneWoodAmp is a portable effects accessory for acoustic guitars. It lets you add different effects and boost the sound without the need to plug in to an amp. You can swap effects and use MIDI instruments via its mobile app.

The TorrX smart ball pump has an automatic mode. Just enter the target BAR or PSI and it will automatically inflate or deflate the ball until the target pressure is reached. It uses a standard needle and can inflate up to 15 PSI.

Jaguar Land Rover’s augmented reality concept includes vehicle pillars that show what’s directly behind them, a ghost car for navigation and various heads up displays such as traffic light timers and parking locators.

The diminutive TEAC AI-101DA aims to pack audiophile grade sound in a 7″ x 7.5″ x 2″ aluminum box. It’s got a 2x26W class-D amp, a USB DAC, and Bluetooth wireless streaming. Go for the HR-S101 bundle if you need speakers.

A demonstration of a mechanized platform which can perfectly balance a ball in its center no matter how hard its human master attempts to defeat it. Its motion control system can also make the ball follow precise paths on demand.

If you loved the Lumen bicycle’s retro-reflective coating but wish you could have it on your bicycle, hit up Hub Powderworks. They can coat your bike’s frame in the same grey coating that sends light back towards its source.

Pinć (“pinch”) is a headset for the iPhone 6/6+ and similarly-sized Android 4.1+ phones. It comes with two motion sensing rings and an app that lets you navigate your phone, browser, YouTube and more in a VR environment.

Looks like someone beat the folks behind WriteBoard. Smart Kapp is a dry erase board that streams its content to computers and mobile devices. You can take snapshots of the board and download them via a USB drive or the mobile app.

An electric typewriter with a 6″ E-ink screen, a mechanical keyboard, enough memory for over a million pages, built-in Wi-Fi for cloud backups and a USB charge and sync port. Its battery lasts over a month per charge.

Hush not only uses memory foam to provide passive noise cancellation. It can also play soothing background noise to block out more unwanted sound and help you relax. Pick from different background noises using its mobile app.

Voiceboard is a presentation system that converts PowerPoint documents into an interactive slideshow. Use the supplied Nod ring and the Bluetooth headset to control your presentation with gestures or voice commands.

The US Navy’s Laser Weapons System (LaWS) is a ship-mounted beam weapon. The 30kW weapon fires an invisible infrared beam that is powerful enough to take down drones and speedboats while reducing collateral damage.

The YotaPhone 2 turns its E-ink screen from a gimmick into a genuinely useful feature. Its monochrome rear display is now touch-enabled and can mirror the main display. It’s already out in Europe and drops in US and Asia in Q1 2015.

Abyss’ extravagant audiophile headphones use planar magnetic transducers to produce sound like nothing else out there, with a huge, open soundstage and replication of every sonic detail. Add another $4K for the ideal headphone amp.