└── README.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # gadgets 2 | 3 | A repo to keep track of interesting gadgets and toys that I find or someone 4 | tells me about. These are things that I might own already, desperately am 5 | waiting to be released, or want in the future. 6 | 7 | - [Teenage Engineering](https://teenage.engineering): Toys for audio, like 8 | wireless synthesizers. Great looking hardware design. 9 | - I got the [OP-Z](https://teenage.engineering/store/op-z/) and the 10 | [PO-137 rick and morty](https://teenage.engineering/store/po-137/), as 11 | well as the modules for the OP-Z: 12 | [oplab](https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z/modules/oplab) 13 | and 14 | [rumble](https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z/modules/rumble)[^1]. 15 | - I got the [impossible I-1](https://teenage.engineering/designs/I-1) 16 | old-school polaroid camera[^6]. 17 | If they are out of the film you can order it 18 | from [Polaroid](https://us.polaroid.com/collections/film-for-polaroid-600-cameras). 19 | Just make sure it is type 600. 20 | - [Love Hulten](http://www.lovehulten.com/): Tech + wood crafting meet retro 21 | gaming. Interesting that in some instances it is just a raspberry pi inside 22 | and has other failings like mono audio.[^2] Perhaps not a problem with 23 | more recent creations. 24 | - [Analogue Pocket](https://www.analogue.co/pocket/): Handheld device for 25 | playing old game cartridges. Awesome hardware design. However can only take 26 | cartridges, not ROMs. This is an explicit design decision. 27 | - [play.date](https://play.date/): Handheld gaming device made by Panic! and 28 | Teenage Engineering. Amazing hardware design featuring a hand crank. 29 | - [8bitdo](https://www.8bitdo.com/): Retro game controllers made wireless. 30 | - [Polymega](https://www.polymega.com/): Swiss army knife of retro gaming 31 | consoles. Skeptical since it is not an FPGA, could also just be their 32 | marketing doesn't show off their hardware like the Analogue marketing 33 | does. 34 | - [RED Camera](https://www.red.com/): Cinema quality, 8K, cameras. You can 35 | attach any lens to these. The quality is really great and some folks swear 36 | by them[^3]. They have some great documentation around their sensors as 37 | well[^4]. 38 | - [Probe Lens](https://www.venuslens.net/product/laowa-24mm-f-14-2x-macro-probe/): 39 | Along with the RED camera brain from above, this lens allows for some really 40 | fun shots[^5]. Would be fun for hardware PCB boards or up close on a product. 41 | It has a light built in since it needs a lot of light for a great picture. 42 | - [Sonos Turntable](https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/pro-ject-debut-carbon-esprit-turntable-walnut.html): 43 | The ability to listen to a record in a modern way is very compelling. The 44 | design of these is also beautiful. 45 | - [Markforged](https://markforged.com): 3D print metal or carbon fiber. Parts require 46 | supports on the parts though to the additive manufacturing process used. 47 | - [Desktop Metal](https://www.desktopmetal.com/): 3D print metal. Parts require 48 | supports due to the additive manufacturing process used. 49 | - [Hello Robot](https://hello-robot.com/): Programmable robot arm. 50 | - [Spot](https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot): Robot dog. 51 | - [Genesis Orrery](https://www.orrerydesign.com/the-genesis-orrery.html): Model 52 | of the planets. Mechanically engineered in a visually stunning orrery. 53 | - [Designed by Apple in 54 | California](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Designed-by-Apple-in-California-by-Jony-Ive-and-Andrew-Zuckerman-LARGE/203030810756?epid=233062216&hash=item2f45945084:g:2MgAAOSwHXxe8-Mj): 55 | Not a gadget, but a book. Beautifully designed and no longer in print. 56 | - [Canon EOS 57 | R5](https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/product-showcases/cameras-and-lenses/eos-r5): 58 | Mirrorless camera, 8K RAW video at 30fps, 4K video at 60fps, has a 45 megapixel 59 | sensor, 1053 autofocus zones, 120fps viewfinder 60 | 61 | [^1]: https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/1253117708683448321 62 | [^2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1DcxuKIDCc 63 | [^3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKyul7puruQ 64 | [^4]: https://www.red.com/red-101 65 | [^5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ0MFYup-o 66 | [^6]: https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/1278122911488860160 67 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------