Awesome Tech

An amazing demonstration of Fanuc’s robots working together on an assembly line, sorting and organizing objects with amazing speed and accuracy. If only Lucy and Ethel had robotic assistants like these.

Cobi is a modular system that adds modern features to bicycles. It has a smartphone dock, a thumb controller, an automatic headlight and rear lights/turn signals. Its mobile app has a map, stat trackers, a theft alarm and more.

Nintype is a third-party keyboard that lets you type up to 130 words per minute on any iOS 8 device. It lets you swipe through letters using two fingers, call up shorcuts with flicks and more. Its animations are a sight to behold. Tutorial here.

“The [Apple II’s] retail price was $666.66, because I as a mathematician like repeating digits.” Personal computer pioneer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talks about the early days of the company in this rare interview.

(Strobe lights) The Nemen L.E.D. jacket has optical fibers woven within its fabric to let the light from 12 LEDs spread throughout the jacket. The nylon and steel outer fabric is coated with a transparent film that enhances the lighting.

Your favorite swimmer will love the great sound and fit of Underwater Audio’s Swimbuds Sport Headphones. Four different styles of earbuds are included so surfers, runners and bikers aren’t left out. Need a waterproof player? They’ve got you.

The JBL Horizon is designed to be your bedside buddy. Aside from a speaker, the Horizon also has an alarm clock, an FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, a 3.5mm jack, two USB charging ports and an ambient light.

The Keewifi router makes it easier to connect devices to your network. Hold a Wi-Fi-enabled device close to the router and it will be logged in. You can also connect devices via its app or using the traditional password method.

Pyro is a remote-controlled and wrist-mounted flash gun – a prop used by magicians and theater performers to shoot fire using nitrocellulose. It can be controlled from up to 30ft. away and can shoot up to four small fireballs per charge.

The Light Bandit is a solar-powered lighting system. It uses mirrors, optics, and electronics to gather and focus sunlight, which you can then redirect indoors using optical fibers and special lighting fixtures.

Amazon’s cutting edge warehouses are now filled with Kiva robots, which ferry shelves around the warehouse. The robots allow items to be stocked and retrieved much quicker than when human workers had to walk up and down the aisles.

An easy to apply mobile device screen protector. Just clean your device’s screen then push the Simple Snap mold over your device until it snaps off. Available for iPhone 5/5S/5C/6/6 Plus, iPad Air/Mini and Samsung Galaxy S4/S5.

A high-end tablet at a competitive price. The Jolla Tablet has a 7.85” 2048×1536 display, a 1.8GHz Intel quad-core CPU, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage and a 3400mAh battery. Its Linux-based Sailfish OS supports Android apps.

The PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition bears the dull gray color and the four-color logo of the original PlayStation and is etched with the PS button icons. The edition is limited to only 12,300 units. Available 12/6/14 in US & Canada.

An all-in-one beer brewing machine. Newbies can simply order ingredients from Brewie and let the machine handle the rest, while experienced brewers can use their own ingredients and tweak Brewie’s parameters to their liking.

An all-in-one amplifier designed to be compact, simple and affordable. It provides up to 50W per channel and has a 192 kHz/24-bit DAC. It has analog and digital coaxial inputs, a USB input and a Bluetooth aptX receiver.

HP enlisted talented menswear designer Michael Bastian to create a smartwatch which looks like a real designer watch. Offers iOS and Android compatibility, notifications, music control, calendars, and an impressive 7 day battery life.

DTI claims that its Mission Critical monitor can display glasses-free stereoscopic 3D with no sweet spots and no compromise in resolution and brightness. It alternately flickers the video feed for the left and right eye to create the effect.

We’ve teamed up with Bitbanger Labs to give away one of their Pixelstick Light Painters valued at $325. This RGB LED bar can be loaded with any image to produce amazing long exposure stills and time-lapse videos. (Ends 12/8/14)

9to5 Mac compared Google and Apple’s dashboard interfaces for their mobile devices. CarPlay (4:45) seems less elegant than Android Auto. Regardless, both seem to be just as distracting as using your phone while driving.

A modular coffee brewer. Use Evolve 3.0 to make coffee as a stovetop brewer, as a pour over brewer or as a French press, thanks to its three reusable stainless steel filters. The 500ml jug has double-walled insulation to keep coffee hot.

A stylish leather belt that doubles as a gadget charger. The XOO Belt can hold a total of 2,100 mAh of charge, so you can top up your phone while it’s in your pocket. The ratchet mechanism lets you adjust the belt in 0.25″ increments.

Onecue lets you use gestures to control your appliances. It works with devices that use infrared or Wi-Fi remote control, no wires needed. However, like a standard remote it will need line of sight for infrared transmissions.