In Review: Dream Arcades Magic Arcade
I’m in love. The Dream Arcades Magic Arcade is that good. It’s a $999 DIY arcade cabinet with two controllers and a rollerball that can …
Author: John Biggs
John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times.
This Etsy store is selling neon from Blade Runner
If you’re the kind of person who a) loves Blade Runner and b) has a massive wall to put a giant neon sign on, this …
A $79 mechanical keyboard? Why not
There are keyboards and then there are mechanical keyboards. Mechanicals are clacky monstrosities that sound like jet planes taking off in Zoom calls and they …
In Review: BenQ’s MOBIUZ EX3415R Ultrawide Curved Gaming Monitor
The EX3415R is a curved, ultrawide 34-inch gaming monitor with a 3440×1440 QHD resolution and a 144Hz response time. This makes it a powerful high-end …
Dell releases a 4K webcam so you’ll look awful (or great) on Zoom
Dell wants us all to moustourize. Their latest camera, the $199.99 4K UltraSharp, is a USB-C webcam that features a Sony STARVIS CMOS 8.3-megapixel sensor …
Watch the Spot robotic dog dance for its new masters
Since Hyundai bought Boston Robotics, Spot has been learning some new moves. In this video, the robotic dog is dancing along to BTS’s “IONIQ: I’m …
New material looks like Chex, is stronger than Kevlar
An insanely strong new nanomaterial could replace steel and Kevlar in surface coatings. The material, created by researchers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich, is …
In Review: The Retrospec Jax Rev Folding Electric Bike
I’m a big fan of electric bikes. New York is, in theory, a bike-able city, but in practice getting from Brooklyn to Manhattan is quite …
This robot uses spider joints to wiggle around
As if robots weren’t weird enough, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and at the University of Boulder in Colorado have created …
In Review: The Fender Jazzmaster Acoustasonic
I’m a guitar lover so when I had the chance to try the Fender Jazzmaster Acoustasonic I didn’t think twice. What more could you want? …