These days, we’ve automated away a lot of our everyday tasks. Throw some coffee beans in your smart coffee maker every night, and you’ve got hot java every morning. Set up your FitBit, and it lets you know when you’re not getting enough sleep. Set up your smart TV, and your streaming services are all …
Nintendo has always gone hard with their gaming peripherals and accessories. While some were very favorably received, like the worm lights for Gameboy and Gameboy Color, others did not pick up much traction, such as the Gameboy Printer. The Switch also has its gamut of accessories, such as driving wheels, multiplayer controllers, console carriers and …
When the first touchscreen devices hit the market, a stylus was the must-have accessory. These older devices couldn’t function without them, and the screens were not sensitive enough to work well when use provided input with our fingers. These screens were known as resistive touch screens, and were considered by many to be far from …
In the electronic modern world, 9 V batteries are everywhere. In fact, these are some of the most common batteries in the entire world, especially since they were originally introduced for the earliest transistor radios. Even if you don’t know the voltage, you can probably tell a 9 V battery apart from the others due …
When Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006, it changed how we think about video games. Instead of passively sitting down and pressing buttons, you got up and moved around. Wii Sports was packaged free with the console, and became one of the most popular games of all time. That said, the Wii was already behind …