Category: Gadgets

A dispatch from inside Sony’s prototype electric car

[ad_1] The car isn’t meant for use on public roads, but we know it can be driven. It’s been tested, and briefly cruised onto the stage during Sony’s CES press conference earlier this week. According to Sony’s Tatsuya Koeda, the next stage in the development of Vision-S is to figure out how the autonomous driving […]

Citizen’s Alexa smart speaker is like a Sonos One with an analog clock

[ad_1] The Alexa-powered smart speaker is the more interesting of the two, even though it wasn’t officially announced. It’s called, well, the Citizen Smart Speaker. It kind of looks like a slightly fancier Sonos One, with a Citizen timepiece wedged on the front. All of the controls will be similar to those with Alexa speakers, […]

Samsung’s Galaxy Home Mini is finally landing in early 2020

[ad_1] Assuming Samsung doesn’t delay the device, that means you’ll finally be able to get your hands on a Bixby-powered speaker more than 18 months after Samsung first announced the Galaxy Home. We initially saw the device at the company’s Note 9 event in 2018. Minus a brief appearance at last year’s CES, we’ve heard […]

OnePlus phones will optimize charging based on your sleep habits

[ad_1] If you have access to a OnePlus 7 or OnePlus 7 Pro and the company’s Open Beta software, you check out the feature by pulling down the notification shade on your phone, tapping the cog icon to launch the Settings app and then tapping on the “Battery” heading. You’ll then see a toggle to […]

Ergatta isn’t the first connected rowing machine, but it is the prettiest

[ad_1] This being Engadget, I’d like to pause here and say a few words about the hardware. And this is important, because the machine really is gorgeous. Other than the electronic bits, it’s made of cherry wood, sourced and built in the US. (The company itself is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.) This is a tank-based […]

Mercedes unveils crazy Avatar-inspired concept car

[ad_1] The Mercedes-Benz AVTR (advance vision transportation) is inspired by Avatar. Even the name is a nod towards the movie. The show car is an EV and can drive forwards and sideways. The vehicles is a rolling light show with displays that spread out beyond the dash. the vehicle has no doors and is supposed […]

Korg’s Wavestate resurrects a classic ’90s synth for the modern age

[ad_1] Part of what made the Wavestation so unique was its wave sequencing, in which several samples could be crossfaded together to create evolving timbres. That allowed it to produce rich cinematic sounds (though with a distinct ’90s vibe) with just a single key press. The Wavestate picks up the same capability, including the ability […]

Watch Panasonic’s CES 2020 press conference in 7 minutes

[ad_1] Okay, but what about everyday gadgets? Well, the company carved out some time for a slew of wireless headphones including a Technics pair that uses “Dual Hybrid Noise Cancelling Technology,” as well as digital and analogue processing, for what it calls “true wireless” sound. It also hyped up a gaming speaker co-developed with Japanese […]

You can actually buy Origin’s new ‘Big O’ console and PC monster

[ad_1] The 2020 ‘Big O’ puts a custom gaming PC and a single console — a PlayStation 4 Pro or Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, depending on your preference — inside a dual-chamber Corsair Crystal Series 280X case. (Yeah, we would have preferred an Xbox One X too.) The new machine uses original console hardware, […]