This 3D-Printed Macintosh Replica Is Actually a Voice AI Assistant
Smart speakers have become some of the most visually forgettable objects in modern homes. A cylinder, a puck, a fabric-wrapped drum, placed wherever the Wi-Fi…
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This $172 Raspberry Pi Handheld Doubles as a USB Keyboard
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module has always been more useful as a component than as a standalone board. Stripped of the standard ports that make…
DIYer turns tiny GameCube keychain into a fully-functional controller
Controllers come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the gamers’ needs, and most importantly, their holding comfort. Things get really interesting as a lot…
This $30 Gadget Gives Claude a Face That Reacts to What It’s Doing
AI assistants have mostly lived inside screens, and that’s been fine, until you’re deep in a coding session and Claude is quietly running shell commands,…
The Orion PDA Runs on Sunlight and Ignores the Internet by Design
The smartphone has become so dominant in daily life that it’s hard to remember what it felt like to carry a device that did only…
This pocket-sized cyberdesk built inside Altoids Tin is a portable workstation for geeks
What do you do with your Altoids tins after devouring the mints? Maybe for keeping your coins, hand it over to your mom for storing…
Fully working computer the size of a credit card is just 1mm thick
In the past few decades, we’ve moved from computers the size of a room to ones that sit pretty on your desk. Apple Mac mini…
6th-Gen iPod Nano powers triple-display workstation, and it actually works
Move away from the largest computer case mod for a moment and give the 6th-generation iPod Nano a moment of fame again. Before you start…
You Can Play Pokémon Gold on Your Wrist, Thanks to a 2-Year Build
Retro gaming handhelds have had a genuine second life in recent years. Original Nintendo hardware has been cloned, shrunken, and reimagined into increasingly unhinged form…
A Burned-Out Xiaomi Phone Now Runs Gemini AI Inside a Retro TV Case
The smart home speaker market has settled into a familiar aesthetic. Smooth cylinders, matte finishes, and understated designs meant to disappear into a room are…
The Xbox Prototype That Cost $18K Now Takes Just a Spool of Filament
There are hardware designs from the early 2000s that still stop people cold, and the original Xbox prototype is near the top of that list….
Two Makers Just Built the Pocket Linux PC Big Tech Refused To Make
The commercial laptop market has gotten good at making portable computers slim and powerful, but it hasn’t quite figured out what to do with people…