Awesome Tech

A medium-sized 3D printer geared for ease of use and versatility. Aside from printing and scanning, FLUX will gain additional functions from other toolheads, such as a laser cutter/engraver. Its modular assembly makes for easy repairs.

An international effort 10 years in the making has resulted in another giant leap for mankind. The Rosetta Mission’s Philae lander has touched down on comet 67P/C-G, which is currently about 310 million miles from Earth. Take that Kerbals!

MartinLogan’s upcoming flagship speakers. The Neolith has a room-filling 22″x 48″ electrostatic transducer. It also has a 15″ rear-firing woofer and 12″ front-firing woofer. It will reportedly go for $80K per pair. More here.

Similar to Homeboy, Arlo security cameras are completely wireless. They send video to a mobile app using your Wi-Fi network and have internal batteries. They’re also weatherproof so you can put them both in and out of your house.

The Rutledge Edition of Twelve South’s BookBook cases feature leather covers that are tanned and finished by hand – no two covers will look or age the same. Available for the iPad Air/Mini and MacBook Air/Pro/Retina.

Amazon Echo is an omnidirectional Bluetooth speaker and a personal assistant. You can ask it to make lists, get the news, search the Internet and more using simple voice commands. Currently on an invitation-only release.

A landing pad that doubles as a charger for drones and other multicopters, including the Parrot AR.Drone, DJI Phantom and Aibotix X6. It uses a battery plug-in and gold-plated contacts to charge as fast as conventional chargers.

Tech startup Energous is developing a router that can charge mobile gadgets from up to 15 feet away – without wires. They hope to put the tech into restaurants, coffee shops, appliances and other devices to juice you up remotely.

From the makers of Cubelets comes a more advanced modular robot kit. MOSS uses magnets embedded in each block along with steel bearings to create connections. There will also be Artist Series sets with themed paint and graphics.

A protective case for the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 that comes with a pair of thin stereo speakers. It lasts up to 7 hours per charge, and because it pairs via Bluetooth 4.0 it can be used to play audio from other devices as well.

Kuna is an alternative to standard outdoor lights. Aside from being a stylish lamp, it’s also a discreet security system. It comes with a webcam, a microphone, a motion sensor and an alarm that you can all control through a mobile app.

A matchbox-sized woofer that you clip onto your body. It amplifies low frequency sound and turns it into vibrations, giving headphone users extra depth and feedback. It has three vibration levels and works with 3.5mm jacks.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen an interesting camera from Kodak, but its digital imaging partner has a neat trick up its sleeve. The Pixpro SP360 action cam can shoot 360º panoramas through its fisheye lens. Example videos here.

Pop Chart Lab’s The Insanely Great History of Apple 3.0 is a chronological checklist of the tech giant’s 534 products, from the Apple I to the iMac with 5K Display. It even comes with System 6-style rails for mounting. Zoom in here.

Velodyne Marine’s Martini 1.5 is a motorboat with an active suspension system which keeps its deck and cabin level as it skims across choppy waters, improving marine safety, and bringing sea-sickness to its knees. More at WIRED.

A slim smartwatch that tracks heart rate, steps, calories burned, UV exposure, sleep and has a guided workout. It also receives text messages and other notifications, and has a built in GPS. Works w/ Windows Phone, iOS and Android.

The MacBook Air of gaming laptops. The base model “only” gets you a 1366×768 screen, Core i5 ULV CPU, GTX 860M GPU & 8GB RAM, but it’s the most sensible build. If you’re willing to spend more you might as well get something else.

Sitting in between the new Moto X and the Nexus 6, the Droid Turbo has a crazy 5.2″ 2560×1440 AMOLED display backed up by a 3900 mAh battery. It also has a 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 CPU and 3GB RAM. Coming to Verizon on 10/30.

Our curiosity is piqued by the UI for the upcoming Apple Watch. While waiting for the real deal, programmer Lucas Menge prototyped the same experience on the iPhone, and it seems way better than pages full of icons. Source here.

The Fire TV Stick aims to combine the benefits of Chromecast and dedicated media streaming devices. You can use it on its own, but it can also mirror the screens of Miracast-enabled devices and stream from a few iOS and Android apps.

A concept for an electronic whiteboard. The WriteBoard is a 27″ 1080p LCD touchscreen that comes with a marker-sized stylus. Anything you write on it will be sent to other WriteBoards as well as to connected mobile devices.

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoPlay A2 Bluetooth speaker packs stereo sound in a compact form. It has two 3″ drivers, two 0.75″ tweeters and two 3″ passive bass radiators. Its battery lasts up to 24h and can be used to charge other devices.

A wireless indoor security camera that mounts via a magnetic base and connects to your iOS or Android device over Wi-Fi. It has an alarm, a motion detector and a camera that takes 640×480 video. Video here. More here.