5 Mar
Flashlight, GPS, walkie talkie, Bluetooth & USB all-in-one tool

On your next action/adventure foray into the jungles of Guatemala, forget bringing a flashlight, GPS and walkie talkie. Just bring a FOGO. This proposed all-in-one adventure gadget also comes Bluetooth ready, houses a USB backup battery, and — for those of you ready to rough it like the rabid survivalists that you really are — […]


Cobra Electronics is a respected old-school name in the mobile-communications industry. After all, these are the guys who invented the CB radio if you can copy that. And now, the trusted Chicago-based electronics producer (and maker of many a quality fuzz buster) has released the Cobra Airwave Series, a new line of Bluetooth-friendly wireless speakers. Among […]


It’s not that any eardrum dilettante or amateur musicologist out there doesn’t want analog sound. But a digital file is a lot easier to handle than lugging around some big-ass tube amp octupussing its cables all over the place like trip rope. The folks at Tubecore, however, seem to have finally figured out the best of both […]


29 Aug
6 hours of wireless music synced up to your iPhones & tablets

As awesome as old school boomboxes are (which is clearly, very) they have way too many shortcomings to make them rationally usable, no matter how ironically 80s you want to be. The giant train of D size batteries, the size and weight of the players, the lack of mp3… pretty much everything. Logitech’s UE Boombox […]


22 Aug
Only 77 of world's most technologically advanced bicycle made

Aston Martin teams up with venerable British cycle builder Factor Bikes to craft a 2-wheeled ode to Aston’s halo vehicle: the highly exclusive One-77 hypercar. Taking their Factor001 cycle as the base for this automotive themed bike, Factor has increased the bike’s tech extensively, adding button-controlled LED lights imbedded into the seat tube, a “motorsport-derived […]


22 Mar
Lost In A Supermarket tests Nike's athletic tech gadget motivator racing on frozen Swedish lakes... how much Fuel will it earn?

We just got a Nike FuelBand delivered to our offices, and we have to admit we’re both stoked and a bit perturbed. We appreciate the preview, but what exactly are you trying to tell us Nike? I mean we know the Fat Tire and Balvenie has its waistline effects, but dammit we’re working on it! […]


20 Jan
The 930kg, 250 horsepower coupe with 25 miles to the gallon

Mastretta Cars’ MXT aims to be the first high-performance sports car born from Mexican soil. The 2-seat, mid-engined gunner is “engineered to deliver outstanding performance through mechanical excellence,” according to manufacturers. “Every system, every component was engineered to make the driving experience an absolute thrill.” Built in Toluca, Mexico, the MXT is powered by a […]


11 Jan
A 620-horsepower, $225,000 US-born thoroughbred

Incubating since 2009 in the Michigan city of Holly, American coachbuilder Falcon has finally unveiled the production version of its F7 Series I supercar. Centered around a specially tuned naturally aspirated 7.0L V8 LS7 engine plucked from the Corvette, the F7 — like the Zenvo ST1 Supercar — is taking its inspiration from a decade […]