This App-Controlled Air Conditioner Automatically Adjusts to Your Habits

This App-Controlled Air Conditioner Automatically Adjusts to Your Habits

If you’re in the market for a new air conditioner and you (and the heat) can wait till May, the Quirky+GE Aros is an app-enabled, Wi-Fi-connected window unit that combines Nest-like features with an 8,000 BTU cooling system.

    



At SXSW, the Next Big Thing May Be No Thing at All

At SXSW, the Next Big Thing May Be No Thing at All

Every year, just before South by Southwest Interactive starts, the froth starts churning. Everybody begins wondering what this year’s breakout hit app will be. What if there isn’t one?

    



This Propane Tank Alerts Your Phone When It’s Empty

This Propane Tank Alerts Your Phone When It’s Empty

If you fall on the charcoal-is-better-than-propane side of the grilling fence, you won’t care much about Quirky’s Refuel App-Enabled Propane Tank. But if you like to cook with gas, it’ll seem like a godsend.

    



Google Selling Motorola at Multibillion-Dollar Loss

Google Selling Motorola at Multibillion-Dollar Loss

Less than two years after its acquisition, Google is ditching Motorola. Chinese electronics maker Lenovo is buying the hardware firm for close to $3 billion.

    



This One-Wheeled Electric Motorcycle Actually Feels … Safe

This One-Wheeled Electric Motorcycle Actually Feels … Safe

It takes a special kind of magic to make an electric motor unicycle not terrifying to ride, and Ryno Motors has somehow pulled it off.

    



Onewheel Is One Wheel Away From Being a Hoverboard

Onewheel Is One Wheel Away From Being a Hoverboard

The 25-pound Onewheel isn’t just the unicycle version of a skateboard. This electrically-powered, self-balancing board can reach a top speed of 25mph. It can also probably hurt you very badly.

    



This Throwable Camera Ball Snaps 360-Degree Aerial Photos

This Throwable Camera Ball Snaps 360-Degree Aerial Photos

To operate Panono, you simply throw it in the air. The ball has a sensor inside that recognizes when it has reached the apex of its airborne journey. At this point, it automatically fires all the shutters at once, capturing …

    



The First Look at the New Oculus VR Prototype

The First Look at the New Oculus VR Prototype

Every time virtual-reality company Oculus brings a prototype of its Rift headset to a show, it takes another big step forward. And the protoype at this year’s CES may be the biggest leap yet.

    



This Isn’t Just Another iPad Stylus, It’s a Sophisticated Drawing Tool

This Isn’t Just Another iPad Stylus, It’s a Sophisticated Drawing Tool

Designed to work with the iOS sketching app Paper, and built by the same people, the Pencil stylus has two ends: You draw with one and erase with the other.

    



Some of These Lifesaving Tools Are Real, Some Are Fake. Which Is Which?

Some of These Lifesaving Tools Are Real, Some Are Fake. Which Is Which?

Three of these gadgets could save you; the rest are pure fiction.