Awesome Tech

Samsung’s 55″ and 65″ 4K TVs should be available for pre-order any minute now, and while they’re not cheap, they’re much less than their 85-incher. They offer 3840 × 2160 pixel resolution, HD upscaling, and Smart TV 2.0.

The Dyson Hard not only has a naughty name, it also combines the Digital Slim cordless vacuum cleaner with a mop head, making it easier to clean hard floors. Its head and neck are detachable so you can use it as just a vacuum.

Unlike Google Glass and other smart glasses, GlassUp is not useful on its own. Its purpose is to serve as your smartphone’s second screen. It relays information from a phone to the center of your point of view.

(NSFW: Language) We like to keep a cool head, but some pesky garden bugs could really use some termination with extreme prejudice. Like many awesome gadgets however, the tiny but mean UH-60 is obviously too good to be true.

Boston Dynamics continues its work on robotic world domination, with a highly advanced 330-pound robot capable of walking, balancing and climbing stairs like a human, and to eventually take on the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

The Lumia 1020 has a 41-megapixel camera sensor and a Xenon flash. Its version of Windows Phone 8 comes with a special camera app that lets you adjust focus, shutter speed, white balance and more. Demo here.

Queens of the Stone Age is releasing their latest album on an 8GB flash drive that’s also a bottle opener. It also includes freebies like photos and music videos. They even made a cheesy infomercial starring SNL’s Fred Armisen.

360 Electrical makes outlets, power strips and surge protectors with sockets that can rotate. This enables you to fit multiple plugs or adapters. They also sell surge protectors with sockets that swivel up to 160º. Demo here.

Qualcomm envisions what the world might be like if we didn’t have our mobile gadgets. Yes, even without technology, we’d still find a way to play Angry Birds and use Twitter and Facebook – though we’re not quite sure why.

This aluminum iPhone case has a substantial camera-like grip, while adding a rotating set of lenses for fish eye, wide angle, telephoto and macro shots. Also adds a tripod mount. Choose from silver, red, purple, blue, or black.

Invented by Steve Hollinger, the Squito is a ball-shaped throwable camera. It takes 360º panoramic videos or pictures and has built-in image stitching and stabilization. The Darkball variant uses infrared and thermal imaging.

A display peripheral for Garmin’s Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 apps. The HUD connects to mobile devices via Bluetooth and displays traffic information on your windshield using a lens or a transparent film. Apps sold separately.

A case made of a plastic bezel and wooden strips from a skateboard factory. The strips are laminated and milled then filed, sanded and oiled by hand. The bezel comes in black or white, but the color of the wood strips vary.

The KAN200 Anakonda is a modular and flexible speaker for locations where there’s no space for bulky audio equipment. Measuring 6.6ft. long, you can connect up to 32 modules and drive them all from just one amplifier.

A pair of headphones with a solar panel on the headband. The power that the panel gathers is stored in two batteries inside each ear cup, then harnessed via a USB port. It can also be plugged in to store power for later use.

An awesomely creepy robotic insect created using 3D-printed legs, 26 servo motors and special software algorithms which help it emulate the leg movements of a real spider. Arachnophobes, don’t hit the play button.

Like the MōVI M10, STABiLGO is a camera stabilizer, except it’s designed for GoPro cameras. It has a 32-bit CPU, a gyroscope, silicone wires and a body made of carbon fiber and ABS plastic. Watch demo footage here.

The EOS 70D has a 20.2 CMOS APS-C-sized sensor, DIGIC 5+ image processor, 3″ LCD and a new autofocus technology that should appeal to amateur filmmakers. It also has a mobile app that can be used to shoot and manage photos.

Developed by ShopBot Tools, the HandiBot is a CNC machine that’s small and light enough to take where your raw materials are, and not the other way around. Use it to cut, machine, drill and carve using a mobile app.

A tiny Bluetooth tracker with a unique feature. If your Tile-tagged item goes out of range of your iOS device, mark it as missing and your Tile will reach out to any nearby iOS device that has the Tile app. Its location will then be sent to you.

Ziphius is an aquatic drone that is controlled with an Android or iOS device. It can swim up to 6mph for up to 1 hour per charge. It can send live video from its 720p camera to a mobile device up to 300ft. away.

A look at some of the secondary features of the PlayStation 4, including the much-hyped video sharing, messaging, the PlayStation Store mobile app and staggered game downloads. It may also make you squint excessively.

Sony revives the phablet wars with the Xperia Z Ultra. If nothing else, this Android phone is a marvel of engineering: a 6.4″ 1080p screen in a 6.5mm thin body (the iPhone 5 is 7.6mm thin). It’s also waterproof with LTE and NFC support.