Viral Fridays: The “Sgnl”, A Smart Strap That Allows You To Make Phone Calls With Your Fingertip

Welcome to Unbox’s “Viral Fridays” where we feature weirder than usual tech and geek related news to cap out the week. Today, we’re doing a two-part special on fun gadgets and gizmos being launched through the wacky crowdfunding world of Kickstarter. Wanna look like you’re cleaning your ear while you’re talking to somebody remotely via your […]

Viral Fridays: WELT, the “Smart Belt” for Fashion and Health

Welcome to Unbox’s “Viral Fridays” where we feature weirder than usual tech and geek related news to cap out the week. Today, we’re doing a two-part special on fun gadgets and gizmos being launched through the wacky crowdfunding world of Kickstarter. What’s a “WELT”? Basically, it’s a “smart belt” that tracks its user’s health information and […]

Viral Fridays: New Fabric Uses the Sun and Wind to Power Devices

Welcome to Unbox’s “Viral Fridays” where we feature weirder than usual tech and geek related news to cap out the week. Here’s an interesting breakthrough in the field of “smart energy” development. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a fabric that utilizes the renewable force of the sun and the wind to […]

Snapchat Announces Connected Sunglasses Called Spectacles

Another Thing to Charge During the Evening Snapchat made two announcements today. First they are rebranding as Snap Inc. and they’re calling themselves a camera company, moving away from the “social networking site” category. Secondly, they announced that they’re going to start selling video-sharing sunglasses called Spectacles. The connected Sunglasses will retail for $130 and […]

Viral Fridays: Chinese Billionaire’s Son Buys Eight iPhone 7s for Pet Dog

Welcome to Unbox’s “Viral Fridays” where we feature weirder than usual tech and geek related news to cap out the week. Today’s news item clearly involves #BillionaireProblems, and you might have a lot of questions right now. Like, “Why would he buy his dog an iPhone 7, much less eight of them?” Or, “Does his […]

Uniqlo Travel Planner: Your Online Travel Wardrobe Assistant

Traveling is incredibly fun but it involves a lot of preparation. Aside from plane tickets, accommodations, transportation etc., one major dilemma of many people is the wardrobe. What does one wear for a particular trip? We want to be comfortable for all the walking and sightseeing but we also want to look great in our […]

The Future Is Here: Meet The First Commercial Self-lacing Shoe, The Nike Hyperadapt 1.0

Back To The Future and its sequels were insanely good movies when they hit movie theaters around the world in the mid 80’s. A good 26 years later, the film still holds up, thanks to the fantastic efforts of Robert Zemeckis and their version of 2015. While the real-world version of the future doesn’t have […]

Samsung Gear Fit 2 Review: An All-Around Fitness Tracker

  We tried to be physically active the past couple of days to test out the Samsung Gear Fit 2. We wore it as we went indoor cycling, to the gym (and no, we’re not talking about a Pokemon Gym) and even while we followed home workout videos. Of course, we also tried it for […]

3 Standout Cases for the iPhone 6S/6S Plus

There are a lot of cases and accessories you can get for your smartphone but not all of them are useful (take for example the Pokemon GO iPhone Case). However there are a couple of standout cases that focus on solving key user problems beyond just giving protection to your device. Here are three of […]

IFA 2016: ASUS Unleashes the Stylish Zenwatch 3

IFA 2016 has barely started, and there’s already an overwhelming wave of gadget news out of the Berlin tech expo. This time, it’s tech titan ASUS’ turn with the announcement of their new ZenWatch 3 Android Wear smartwatch. Abandoning the underwhelming design choices and internals of its previous ZenWatch 2 sibling, the new ZenWatch 3 […]