More Details on the Apple M4 MacBook Air

M4 MacBook Air

Apple is set to transform the laptop industry once again with the highly anticipated release of the M4 MacBook Air. Expected to launch in March 2025 or at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025, this new iteration of the popular MacBook Air series promises to deliver innovative technology and unparalleled performance in a sleek and […]

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A Detailed Review of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 (Video)

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, a budget-friendly smartwatch priced at half the cost of the premium Galaxy Watch Ultra, has undergone extensive testing across various sports and fitness activities. The detailed review below from DC Rainmaker delves into the watch’s performance, focusing on accuracy, reliability, battery life, and new features to help you make an […]

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How to Fix iOS 17.6.1 Battery Drain

iOS 17.6.1

iOS 17.6.1 brings a range of new features and improvements to Apple devices, but some users have reported battery drain issues. To help you get the most out of your device’s battery life, the video below from iReviews shows us a range of practical tips and settings adjustments you can make to your iPhone. Keep […]

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Galaxy Watch Ultra vs Apple Watch Ultra (Video)

Galaxy Watch Ultra

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 are two of the most advanced and feature-rich smartwatches available in the market today. Both devices offer a wide range of capabilities, making them suitable for various users, from fitness enthusiasts to outdoor adventurers. The video below from HotshotTek provides an in-depth comparison of […]

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Essential iOS 18 Tips & Tricks

iOS 18

iOS 18 introduces a wealth of significant changes and new features designed to enhance user experience and device functionality. The video below from ThisIsE delves into the visual updates, customization options, new apps, and productivity improvements that make iOS 18 a catalyst in the world of mobile operating systems. Visual Overhauls: A Fresh Look for […]

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Every New iOS 18 Messaging Feature Revealed

iOS 18

Apple’s iOS 18 update is set to transform the messaging experience for iPhone users, introducing a wealth of new features designed to enhance functionality, convenience, and user engagement. From real-time currency conversion and math problem solving to customizable link cards and AI-powered tools, iOS 18 brings a new level of intelligence and personalization to your […]

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Supercharge Your Performance with the Highly Customizable Keychron K2 HE Magnetic Keyboard

The Keychron K2 HE delivers a customizable, responsive typing experience designed for gamers, programmers, writers, and professionals alike. Its focus on personalization, ergonomic design, and versatile connectivity makes it an appealing option in the magnetic keyboard market. By exploring its features—from magnetic switches to robust build quality—you can see why it might be the perfect addition to your workspace.

Designer: Keychron

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Design and Build Quality

The Keychron K2 HE blends aesthetics with functionality through its sleek design and compact 75% layout, which maximizes desk space while retaining essential keys. It comes in multiple editions, featuring modern aluminum frames and elegant wooden accents that add sophistication and warmth.

Each edition is meticulously crafted to ensure visual appeal and robustness for daily use. The standard edition features a durable aluminum frame with a plastic body, while the special editions incorporate wooden elements for a unique tactile experience. Available in both white and black, these models offer personal expression without compromising quality or luxury.

Advanced Customization Features

The Keychron K2 HE empowers users with its extensive customization options, allowing them to tailor the keyboard to their specific needs. The keyboard utilizes Gateron 2.0 magnetic switches, engineered for precision and reliability, offering an actuation range of 0.2 mm to 3.8 mm. This flexibility enables users to optimize performance whether they require quick responses for gaming or deliberate keystrokes for typing, putting them in control of their typing experience.

The adjustable actuation points feature allows users to fine-tune key responsiveness in 0.1 mm increments. The Rapid Trigger feature delivers lightning-fast responses for gamers and empowers professionals to tackle complex tasks with precision. It provides tailored input, enhancing the user’s experience and performance.

With Dynamic Keystrokes (DKS), each key can be mapped to up to four different actions based on the depth of your key press. For instance, a light press might nudge your character forward, while a deeper press propels them into a dash. Releasing the key from the bottom can activate two additional commands, offering a new level of customization and expanded functionality.

Connectivity Options

The Keychron K2 HE offers versatile connectivity options. Its wired USB-C mode provides stability and low latency, ideal for competitive gaming or precision tasks. On the other hand, the 2.4 GHz wireless mode delivers near-wired performance with a 1000 Hz polling rate. This mode is perfect for those who need mobility without sacrificing speed, making it an excellent option for gaming and other tasks.

Bluetooth 5.1 multi-device support enables seamless switching between up to three devices, enhancing productivity in multi-device setups. Users can easily toggle between laptops, tablets, and smartphones, maintaining an efficient and tidy workspace.

Ergonomic Design and User Experience

The Keychron K2 HE prioritizes user comfort through ergonomic features that enhance the typing experience. Rock-steady screw-in stabilizers, pre-lubed and mounted directly onto the PCB, ensure stability and smoothness for larger keys like the space bar, shift, enter, and backspace.

The keyboard’s superior doubleshot PBT keycaps resist wear and tear, maintaining clear legends and a comfortable feel over time. The compact 75% layout saves desk space and promotes natural hand placement, reducing strain and fatigue during extended use.

The Keychron Launcher Web App allows users to personalize their keyboard without installing software. This user-friendly interface simplifies the process of customizing key functions and creating macros and shortcuts. Users can tailor the keyboard layout to their specific workflows or gaming preferences and adjust RGB backlighting for personalized aesthetics and improved visibility in low-light settings.

Is the Keychron K2 HE Right for You?

If you’re looking for a keyboard that offers extensive customization, robust design, and seamless connectivity, the Keychron K2 HE could be an excellent choice. Its innovative features make it adaptable to various gaming, coding, or writing needs. Consider how the K2 HE’s strengths align with your preferences and requirements. Whether it’s the precision of the magnetic switches, the flexibility of the connectivity options, or the ergonomic design, this keyboard aims to enhance your typing experience in a uniquely tailored way.

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Give your VW camper van more portable storage and dining space with the Bbox Bulli in tow

If you’re someone who loves to live in the wilderness in a camper van, you wouldn’t really mind the peace of mind and convenience that a towable little attachment capable of being your cargo hauler, a dining area, a small kitchen or a wardrobe, whatever you may like, can offer.

The Bbox Bulli Edition by mfi camperlife GmbH in Germany is this towable little companion – designed primarily for the Volkswagen camper vans – that will be your ultimate companion at the base camp. Not just for its versatility but also for the compact size in which the Bbox Bulli can store up so much cargo that your van can be cleared up on the inside for comfortable travel on the road.

Designer: Wolf-Box Design

The convenience of a tiny towable behind your Bulli is not an inexpensive deal by any standard. If you have upward of $13,000 (€11,900) to spare for an extension of your van-living quarters, you shouldn’t think the second time. But if you choose to get one, the excitement is not going to stop at the extension itself, you can get mfi to customize the Bbox Bulli Edition to the color and theme of your ride (now maybe the price seems a little fair).

Of course, this contraption is primarily meant to tow behind a Volkswagen camper van, but there seems to be no reason why you cannot have it in tow of any multi-purpose vehicle that you may drive. When in tow, the Bbox Bulli, comprising a fiberglass-sandwich body and weighing 880 lbs, can be used as an outdoor kitchen and dining using a camping stove and fold-out table. There are two side closets with configurable shelves to carry water canisters, coolers and other gear, which otherwise tend to clutter up the camper van space side.

For those who are wondering how much this little guy can carry, the Bbox Bulli Edition, mfi informs, can carry 660 lbs of payload and has integrated lighting for convenience and jazzing up your camp. Measuring 37 inches deep and 87 inches tall, its tow bar stretches forward from the body, doubling the total length to up to 80 inches.

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A robotics company has 3D printed nearly a hundred homes in Texas

It’s taken almost two years but a planned community of homes made with a gigantic 3D printer in Georgetown, Texas is almost complete.

Reuters reports that the homes, which are part of a community called Wolf Ranch, are being built with a large 3D printer called the Vulcan that’s 45 feet wide and weighs more than 4.75 tons. The project is part of a joint venture with the 3D printing construction developer ICON and the home construction company Lennar. It started in November of 2022 and crews are close to completing its goal of building 100 homes with the Vulcan by the end of the summer. Homeowners have already started moving into some of the completed 3D printed homes that range in price from $450,000 to $600,000. More than a quarter of the homes have been sold.

A 45 feet wide, 4.75 ton 3D printer designed by ICON is building 100 homes in a Texas community.
ICON

ICON’s 3D printer uses a mixture of concrete powder, water, sand and other materials to lay out stacks of tube-shaped concrete to construct walls and eventually a whole house. The homes are single-story dwellings with three to four bedrooms that take around three weeks to print. The foundation and metal roofs are made the old-fashioned way with human crews.

Once printed, the walls look like giant stretches of corduroy, but they are designed to be resilient and sustainable even in extreme weather. They are also water resistant and energy efficient. The contemporary ranch-style designs for the houses were provided by the architectural firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, according to an ICON press release. The construction process has also been streamlined over the course of the project. ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins told Reuters that construction started with five different building crews but it’s since been whittled down to just one crew and one robot printer.

The only downside is the thickness of the walls interferes with WiFi signals. Residents have had to use mesh internet routers with broadcast signals located throughout the home instead of just a single router.

ICON isn’t just using its large scale 3D printer to make homes on Earth. NASA is reportedly interested in using the technology to build structures on the moon for its Artemis Moon exploration program scheduled to launch its first crew in September 2025.

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Trek’s $99 Electronic Bicycle Bell is essentially a Bluetooth Speaker you attach to your handlebars

It works as a bicycle bell, allows you to customize your bell sound/volume based on location or urgency, helps narrate GPS directions, and even doubles as a wireless speaker for music and podcasts when you’re not pedaling around.

Our cars and motorbikes have had electronic horns for decades at this point, so the fact that bicycles still resort to a metal ringer feels a little archaic, doesn’t it? That’s precisely the point folks at Trek Bikes are making – that bicycle bells haven’t adapted to modern times and scenarios. Sure, sometimes a melodious metal ‘trrring’ works well, but it may get drowned out in the bustling traffic of a city. Go on a mountain trail and that same metal ‘tring’ may sound too harsh and jarring. The solution, an electronic bicycle bell that lets you choose your sound based on your surroundings and situations… and when you’re not riding around, the bell doubles as an everyday Bluetooth speaker, for listening to tunes or episodes of your favorite podcast.

Designer: Trek Bikes

The $99 BellBeats isn’t just a Bluetooth speaker attached to your handlebars. It has audio drivers optimized by Harman and comes with an audio bank of bell/alert noises professionally sound-designed to encompass a wider frequency range so they’re much more audible, even in noisy environments. The tiny device is exactly the size and shape of a bicycle bell, and attaches to your handlebars exactly where a bell would sit. A thumb button lets you trigger the bell sounds, and depending on where you’re driving or how urgent the need is, you can choose between the quintessential trill of a metal bell or even a train horn. The BellBeats comes with a set of 8 bell sounds ranging from ambient to blaring, and you can set two sounds as your default, triggered either by short or long-pressing the thumb button.

Aside from the obvious bell function, the BellBeats has a few other tricks up its sleeve. For trail bikers, the BellBeats can be programmed to play ambient audio loops that alert hikers and pedestrians (or even animals) of your presence without being too jarring. The bell can also be synced with your phone to narrate directions while navigating using a map app on your phone. Although I don’t endorse it, you can even listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks while riding. Easy-access buttons on the speaker (not the thumb-button) let you play/pause tracks or increase/decrease the volume of your device.

When you’re off your bicycle, the speaker unit of the BellBeats can detach off its handlebar mount, turning into a puck-shaped Bluetooth speaker. Its punchy audio drivers deliver loud, crisp sound… although don’t expect it to have a good bass response. It’s loud for its size, but the low-end may disappoint when compared to larger wireless speakers with their own dedicated sub-woofers.

With all those upgrades, however, comes a caveat. Traditional metal bells don’t need to have their batteries recharged periodically… the BellBeats, however, does. It has a 6-hour battery life, which might be a deal-breaker for some. Essentially, that means it won’t last you more than a day if you’re an avid cyclist, and you’ll need to keep a power bank handy to juice your bicycle bell. The prospect of a bike bell dying on you mid-ride is even more worrying, as it can clearly lead to accidents. To remedy that, an LED battery bar above the volume controls keeps you updated on the BellBeats’ battery life, so you’re always aware of exactly how much juice you’ve got on hand. Still, it’s a trade-off worth considering if you’re ready to spring $99 for the device. Being able to customize your bike bell to sound like an old-timey honker or a train horn does have its own appeal!

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