Hacker News with Generative AI: Gadgets

"How you design the beep is important." Behind the movement for calmer gadgets (arstechnica.com)
Do you miss the feel of tactile buttons on your kitchen appliances or lament car manufacturers' insistence on touchscreens? Have you ever found yourself clumsily fumbling with the door handles of a vehicle or distracted by the bright blue light beaming from your vacuum or Wi-Fi router?

Gadgets, Technology, Sound Design

7 points by PhotonHunter 36 days ago | 1 comments

I let lasers power my smart home – and I don't want to go back (theverge.com)
One morning last month, I walked into my kitchen to get a glass of water, but my smart faucet was out of battery. I went to sit down in my front room, and the shade was still shut — it was out of battery. I walked down the hall and found a beached robot vacuum — out of battery. I headed outside to feed the chickens, unlocking the back door on the way out.

Smart Homes, Technology, Gadgets, Renewable Energy

26 points by FrankChalmers 42 days ago | 18 comments

The Screamer – A yell-on yell-off light (rulethepla.net)
Don't you want to just yell at your electronics?

Humor, Electronics, Gadgets, Design

35 points by eieio 50 days ago | 15 comments

Pint-sized Thermal Master P2 gives your phone Predator vision (newatlas.com)
Compact electronics have become the norm, but there's still room for surprise. The Thermal Master P2 certainly fits in that category. It's one of the smallest thermal imaging cameras on the market, but it packs a lot of functions into its compact volume.

Thermal Imaging, Technology, Gadgets, Compact Electronics

8 points by ashitlerferad 72 days ago | 1 comments

An e-bike that charges off USB-C (theverge.com)
A fast three hours means the Ampler Nova is no April fool.

E-Bikes, Technology, Sustainability, Gadgets

23 points by thunderbong 87 days ago | 17 comments

Let Your Guests Announce Their Arrival in Style with This Piano Doorbell (hackster.io)
Makestreme designed this piano doorbell that lets visitors announce their arrival by tickling the ivories.

DIY Projects, Music, Gadgets

3 points by meilily 102 days ago | 0 comments

Hive Roaster Handheld Smoke Incinerating Coffee Roaster (hiveroaster.com)
Cascabel - Handheld Home Coffee Roaster. PREORDER HERE

Coffee, Hardware, Gadgets, Preorders

14 points by p4bl0 124 days ago | 6 comments

Reviving an old kindle pw7 as an e-ink dashboard (terminalbytes.com)
Most of us have a drawer (or a box) stuffed with old gadgets—a sort of tech graveyard we can’t quite bring ourselves to throw out. You know the one I’m talking about: that chaotic nest of tangled cables, forgotten adapters, and mysterious dongles that looks like a digital snake pit (yeah, exactly like that mess in the photo below).

E-ink, Gadgets, Retro Tech, DIY Projects, Upcycling

7 points by hemant6488 139 days ago | 6 comments

Show HN: GateOMatic – Ring 10 phones at once from your gate/buzzer instead of 1 (thegateomatic.com)
With the same system, Gate-O-Matic allows you to ring up to 10 phones at once.

Home Automation, Security, Hardware, Smart Home, Gadgets

3 points by bilalasd 144 days ago | 4 comments

Apollo Landing Keypad Shrunken into Coolest Calculator Watch (gizmodo.com)
A British startup managed to shrink the Apollo Guidance Computer down to the size of an Apple Watch.

Space Exploration, Technology, Watches, Gadgets

11 points by CharlesW 168 days ago | 2 comments

CES Proves It's Still Deeply Weird with These Bonkers Gadgets (cnet.com)
A look at the strangest gadgets from CES 2025, featuring robots and plants and things that go in your mouth.

Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Technology, Weird, CES

9 points by Sharon_Q 170 days ago | 1 comments

PixLens: A lens that turns the scenery you see into pixel art (monoli-shop.com)
Please be sure to check here for shipping information before placing your order.

Photography, Pixel Art, Gadgets

94 points by miles 185 days ago | 27 comments

Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch (theverge.com)
Not to be outdone by its longtime rival, Casio has announced its own digital ring watch that brings more functionality than Timex’s wearable that debuted last month.

Wearable Technology, Gadgets, Watches, Consumer Electronics, Technology

190 points by prvt 223 days ago | 83 comments

Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids (wired.com)
Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.

Technology, Hacking, Gadgets, Accessibility

18 points by yarapavan 225 days ago | 3 comments

Useless Machine (wikipedia.org)
A useless machine or useless box is a device whose only function is to turn itself off.

Humor, Engineering, Gadgets

6 points by squircle 233 days ago | 0 comments

USB Insight Hub (crowdsupply.com)
USB Insight Hub plugs into your computer through a USB Type-C connector and exposes three USB 3.0 downstream ports, each with a 1.3-inch screen that displays relevant information about the attached device.

Hardware, USB, Gadgets

17 points by ofrzeta 236 days ago | 3 comments

Somebody please get me this desktop wind tunnel for Christmas (thedrive.com)
Sometimes, the answer to the question no one asked is the best answer of them all. No one genuinely needs a wind tunnel to put their toy cars in, and yet that’s precisely what a startup has been working to realize since late last year.

Christmas, Gadgets, Startups, Creative Projects

67 points by PaulHoule 236 days ago | 38 comments

Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo (blogspot.com)
While everyone was waiting on news for the successor of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo released the Alarmo. A small plastic alarm clock that can wake you up with sounds from your favorite Nintendo games. While I was hesitant to buy one at first, I eventually decided to get one and look deeper into how it works.

Gaming, Nintendo, Reviews, Gadgets

108 points by zdw 240 days ago | 18 comments

Nintendo's new clock tracks your movement in bed (arstechnica.com)
On Wednesday, Nintendo announced Sound Clock Alarmo, a $99 bedside smart clock that uses motion sensors to detect when users move during sleep to keep track of sleep patterns.

Sleep Technology, Wearable Technology, Nintendo, Gadgets, Health

4 points by barbazoo 260 days ago | 2 comments

Open-Source Flipper Zero Firmware: Unlock Your Device's Full Potential (github.com/flipperdevices)
Flipper Zero Official Website. A simple way to explain to your friends what Flipper Zero can do.

Open-Source, Firmware, Security, Hardware, Gadgets

55 points by ByteSurge 271 days ago | 41 comments

Sensorwatch pro – Hackable ARM Cortex M0 brain upgrade for Casio's iconic F-91W (crowdsupply.com)
Sensor Watch Pro is the most advanced version of Sensor Watch yet. In addition to its 9-pin connector for interfacing with external sensor boards (like the included accelerometer board add-on), it adds an RGB LED, an infrared light sensor, a voltage boost for the piezo buzzer for extra volume, and a soldering-free installation experience. It’s also, as a watch, extremely accurate thanks to its software-defined temperature compensation; with fine tuning, Sensor Watch Pro can drift less than a second per year.

Hardware, Wearables, Gadgets, Electronics, Open Source

30 points by simbas 274 days ago | 5 comments

Zen and the Art of Writer Decks (Using the Pomera DM250) (antipope.org)
This is a brain dump about a gadget I acquired recently—a Japanese grey-market import Pomera DM250—and it's of limited interest so I wouldn't normally write about it here, except the manufacturer has pre-announced a kickstarter campaign, coming in the next couple of months, to sell a US/English version of the machine.

Writing, Gadgets, Kickstarter, Reviews

40 points by rcarmo 286 days ago | 14 comments

The Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tedious (theverge.com)
Typing is one of the most annoying things about having long nails. Taking out contacts is the scariest.

Fashion, Accessibility, Gadgets

58 points by surprisetalk 288 days ago | 59 comments

Flipper Zero Gets Major Firmware Update, Can Eavesdrop on Walkie-Talkies (pcmag.com)
Flipper has released a substantial 1.0 firmware update for its hobby hacking multi-tool, the Flipper Zero, bringing a number of quality-of-life improvements and expanded utility to the device.

Firmware Updates, Hacking, Security, Gadgets

242 points by CharlesW 290 days ago | 65 comments

EcoFlow's $200 PowerStream (theverge.com)

EcoFlow, Portable Power, Gadgets, Technology, Reviews

24 points by CHB0403085482 302 days ago | 7 comments

This $56 Casio watch is a retro step tracking dream (theverge.com)

Retro Technology, Wearables, Gadgets, Consumer Electronics

15 points by thunderbong 334 days ago | 9 comments

The iPod Is Back -- Kinda (raspberrypi.com)

Retro Tech, Gadgets, Music, Apple, Raspberry Pi

8 points by mikece 351 days ago | 3 comments

Goodwatch – A Ham Radio Wristwatch (2020) (kk4vcz.com)

Ham Radio, Wearables, Technology, Gadgets

131 points by austinallegro 362 days ago | 31 comments

Moaan InkPalm Plus is weird, cheap, small, and my kind of e-reader (sixcolors.com)