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Cancel out distracting background sounds with these Paww WaveSound 3 noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones. A built-in microphone lets you make or receive calls, and they’re easily foldable for storage. Save 46% off the original price in The Awesomer Shop.

Make the most out of your MacBook and any computer with a USB-C port with the Kingston Nucleum USB-C hub. It has two USB-A 3.1 ports, two USB-C ports, an HDMI port, an SD card slot and a microSD card slot, all in a compact package.

This convenient window mount plugs into your car’s power port and automatically charges your Qi-compatible phone whenever you set it in the holder. Features a rotating, adjustable grip, and a 180-degree telescoping arm so you can fine-tune your phone’s position.

Vivo’s Apex concept smartphone manages to stretch the screen to nearly the entirety of the front with clever workarounds. The phone’s fingerprint sensor and speaker are both beneath the display, while its front facing camera pops up from the top.

The Ploota is an automatic and reusable flotation device that you wear around your neck. It can detect when you’re in danger of drowning and automatically inflates its bladders using the replaceable CO2 canisters. You can also trigger it manually.

The world’s loudest portable Bluetooth speakers are now 40% louder. The Soundboks 2 is powered by three 72W amplifiers, and pushes out up to 122dB of volume. It also has a new all-black durable case. Its battery is still removable and lasts up to 40h per charge.

There are video screens everywhere, from our phones to our watches to our thermostats. Universal Everything and Kouhei Nakama envision some of the form factors that screens might take in the future. Can you imagine an aquarium filled with OLED illuminated fish?

Locate and know the exact color you desire with this high tech optical sensor. Scan objects, surfaces, dyes, fabrics and match it with a brand name paint color in a library with more than 28,000 hues, shades, and colors. Get it for 30% off the regular price in The Awesomer Shop.

If you thought that Sophia the robot was creepy before, check this out, as the humanoid AI sings Bjork’s All Is Full of Love, which by no coincidence featured a singing robot in its video. Skip to 3:48 for the performance, which we suspect was aided by Vocaloid.

Sony’s Xperia Ear Duo are wireless earphones that keep your ear canal open, so you can still hear the outside world even while the earphones are on. They have touch controls and microphones for playback and your mobile device’s personal assistant.

Pay what you want to learn the ins and outs of hacking, and use what you learn to help secure your personal or business computer systems from evildoers. This extensive online series offers in-depth technical training, and is another great deal in The Awesomer Shop.

Caterpillar’s Cat S61 is an Android phone that has an air quality sensor, a FLIR infrared temperature sensor and a laser rangefinder for calculating distance and area. It’s dust-, water- and shock-resistant. It runs Android Oreo and has a USB-C port.

While there’s little argument that digital audio provides a TECHNICALLY better experience than vinyl, the analog grooves of vinyl records do offer some interesting advantages over CDs and MP3s. Science teacher Steve Mould explains some of vinyl’s unique benefits.

The Lucnt SRL 1 is a bicycle brake light that can alert the people behind you when you’re slowing down. When you’re moving, the light continuously blinks. But when you slow down, its lights get brighter and turn into a steady glow, similar to a car’s brake lights.

Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 got his hands on a vintage 1980s Telcon Zorba, an early “portable” CP/M-based PC, and demonstrates just how far we’ve come in the last 30 years, along with a little round of ZORK, still considered to be one of the greatest adventure games of all time.

Jaguar’s first ever pure EV, the AWD I-PACE has dual motors making 394 hp, a 0-to-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds, 240 mi driving range, a lightweight aluminum structure, 50/50 weight balance, active air suspension, a luxe cabin with room for five, and SUV-like cargo space.

Love Hulten’s amazing PET De Lux was inspired by the OG of PCs: the Commodore PET. It mimics the PET’s cassette tape deck and chiclet keyboard, but inside the beautiful wooden case is a modern computer that emulates multiple classic video game systems.

Custom gadget shop ColorWare has a pair of NES-themed controllers for the Nintendo Switch. Both its Joy-Con set and Pro Controller are decked out in the NES’ black and gray color scheme with red ABXY buttons.

Sony’s “entry-level” professional mirrorless camera continues to punch well beyond its weight. The A7 III has a 24.2MP back-illuminated full-frame sensor, 5-axis image stabilization, 50-204800 ISO range and can shoot HDR-compatible 4K video.

Yamaha’s robotic motorcycle features technology which enables it to not only self balance and, but to drive and bank without a rider. The bike can already race at speeds up to 200 km/h (~124 mph), and Yamaha hopes it can one day keep up with pro racers.

This gadget combines an AM/FM/weather radio, a 130-lumen flashlight, and a 2600 mAh battery for charging mobile devices. Its radio and flashlight can be recharged via handcrank or solar energy. It also has an ultrasonic whistle for alerting search and rescue teams.

Softorino YouTube Converter 2 (SYC 2) downloads and converts videos from YouTube and many other video and music sites. You can make videos, music or ringtones for Macs, iOS devices and even iPods. It supports subtitles, one-click playlist downloading and more.

Block tracking requests from your device while keeping your data safe and saving bandwidth with a Lifetime Premium Subscription to Disconnect. The VPN service not only masks your location, but encrypts your data, and improves access to geo-restricted content.

Canon’s new Speedlite 470EX-AI camera flash has a fully automatic bounce function. Point it at your subject and its mechanism will automatically position and maintain the optimal angle for flash bounce. It also has a semi-automatic mode.

Huawei’s MateBook X Pro has a nearly bezel-less 3000×2000 13.9″ touchscreen, made possible thanks to its webcam’s placement. The camera is hidden in a false button in the middle of the row of function keys. It can also be configured with the NVIDIA MX150 GPU.