“Hello, I’m Kudo-kun Lee Joo-hyung, and I have a talent for purchasing unique items from anywhere that perplex my wife. Just like Editor B, who leads the ‘Useless Items’ series on The Edit YouTube, I had the opportunity to submit some seemingly useless but entertaining products, and I selected five.
[1] Shargeek 170
The first is an external battery from Shargeek, a company that is gaining attention overseas. The standout feature is its transparent plastic design, allowing you to see the internal circuits and power flow. With a capacity of 24,000 mAh, it can charge an iPhone 14 Pro six times and a MacBook Pro once. It can output up to 170W and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter at a 40% discount from $119.
[2] Humanitarian AI Pin
This AI pin is a new wearable device designed to potentially replace smartphones. It comes with a built-in camera, microphone, and speaker for hands-free function, and uses artificial intelligence to perform various actions. Priced at $699, it requires a $24 monthly subscription for full functionality.
[3] Casetify x Nothing
Casetify has collaborated with Nothing to release iPhone cases modeled after the unique back of the Nothing (2) smartphone. The cases are available for iPhone X through 15 series, and iPhone 12 through 14 series.
[4] HHKB Studio
The Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB) Studio has combined keyboard and mouse functions into a compact design, featuring left and right mouse buttons, a trackpoint, and gesture pads for navigation, making it a versatile tool for developers.
These are just a few examples of the unique and innovative products that caught my eye. Stay tuned for more exciting finds in the future!”
Hello, this is ‘Kudo-kun’ Lee Joo-hyung, who has a knack for buying strange things from anywhere and making his wife confused, just like Editor B, who leads the ‘Useless Items’ series on The Edit YouTube. I had the chance to submit some seemingly useless but fun products, so I picked five.
[1]
Shargeek 170
The first is an external battery. Shargeek is a battery manufacturer that is already attracting a lot of attention overseas. The biggest feature is the design, which is made of transparent plastic, which was popular until the early 2000s, and which allows you to see inside, including the associated circuits. It’s also a lot of fun to be able to check exactly how much power is flowing from which terminal on the display.
Shageek 170 is a new product announced by this company. According to the specifications, the capacity is 24,000 mAh, which is enough to charge the iPhone 14 Pro six times and the MacBook Pro once. It is said to be able to output up to 170W through two USB-C ports and one USB- And a port. One USB-C port supports an output of up to 140W, allowing even a 16-inch MacBook Pro to be charged at maximum speed.
[일명 ‘프리즘’이라 불렸던 아이리버의 iFP-100 시리즈]
But the reason why I paid attention to this battery is because there was a product from the past that came to mind as soon as I saw it. This is the iRiver MP3 iFP-100 series called ‘Prism’. It is known that the prism at the time was designed in the form of a triangular pillar to accommodate the round battery, but it is interesting that the design was designed to surround the round lithium-ion battery cell 170 -degree. Even the position of the screen has been shifted slightly to the left. Pink Floyd album on Shageek [다크 사이드 오브 더 문]It is said to be a reference to the prism in the album art, which seems like an interesting coincidence. The ShaGeek 170 is currently running a Kickstarter campaign and is being sold at a 40% discount from $119 (about 150,000 won). If the funding is successful, deliveries will begin in December. The link is [여기]
[2]
Humanitarian AI Pin
What devices will replace smartphones? This is a question that arises as smartphones now only continue to develop gradually every year. Some say it will be a smartwatch, while others say it is AR glasses that can display various information in front of your eyes when worn.
A new challenger has entered this fray. This is an AI pin from a company called Humanein. Humane is an engineer couple who worked at Apple (both I also stood on the WWDC stage in 2016.), a company he founded after leaving Apple, never hiding his goal of using artificial intelligence to display devices after smartphones. And the first product they released was the AI pin.
The AI pin is designed to attach to the user’s clothing in the form of a magnet. You can extend the battery by attaching a booster battery on the back, similar in concept to the iPhone’s external MagSafe battery. In the front, there is a built-in camera and microphone used to take photos and videos or identify the situation in front of you, and a speaker designed so that only the wearer can hear clearly. In addition, it has a projection screen that can display a simple UI in your hand.
[레이저 프로젝션을 통해 손에 간단한 UI를 표시하는 모습]
AI Pin’s operating system is based on Android, and judges the user’s request and invokes various artificial intelligence actions without installing an app. They say this is to free users from the inconvenience of managing apps. Most operations are done with your voice, and the way you make requests is remarkably similar to Siri, but artificial intelligence understands context more deeply than Siri. It is more active than existing voice assistants such as Siri, such as summarizing the contents of text messages received or searching the device’s data or the Internet to find necessary information. The artificial intelligence model uses technology from OpenAI, famous for ChatGPT, and in partnership with Microsoft, Slack, and Tidal music streaming service, you can use artificial intelligence actions based on their services.
Can AI Pin really replace smartphones? Humane seems to think so. The price of AI PIN is $699 (about 910,000 won), which is equivalent to an average mid-range smartphone, and to use the artificial intelligence function, you must sign up for a subscription plan of $24 per month (about 31,000 won), Which includes T-Mobile, an American telecommunications company. Includes Unlimited data plan…. You will even get a phone number because it has calling and texting features. They don’t say it, but if it was a device to be used with a smartphone, they wouldn’t have given you a phone number.
But I have my doubts. Of course, we have to take into account that it is a first generation product, but there are still so many questions. To give a simple example, the inclusion of two battery boosters in the basic package may not mean that the battery performance is very good, but Humanein did not disclose how long the AI pin’s built-in battery lasts.
There are also unstable elements in artificial intelligence-oriented interfaces. I do not deny the attempts to replace smartphones using artificial intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence technology, led by ChatGPT, has advanced a lot. but still ChatGPT even fools lawyers by occasionally telling false information as if it were true.I believe it is still too early for this type of artificial intelligence to become the main interface for operating this product and replace the smartphone, which has evolved for almost 20 years and has become a necessity for everyone. It remains to be seen whether AI Pin is really the start of a generational change in smartphones, or whether it will be a product that passes quietly by. The link is [여기]
[3]
Casetify x Nothing
Casetify announced a collaborative product with Nothing. Casetify has never made a case for a Nothing smartphone before, and this time was no different. They only released iPhone cases.
The new cases are modeled after the unique back of the Nothing, Nothing (2) smartphone. Case (1) is modeled after the black model, Case (2) is modeled after the white model, and Case (3) and Case (4) are modeled after the back of the iPhone . Instead, there is a large Nothingsing logo on the side.
This is not the first time this kind of misfortune (?) has happened. Carl Fay, the founder of Nothing, also launched a product with a similar concept at his company, OnePlus, which was the Sandstone case for the iPhone 6. The iPhone case was created based on the unique back texture of the One Plus smartphone, which was called ‘Sandstone’ on the time. Even then, I think it’s clear that Carl Fay is quite proud of his company’s designs.
However, this does not mean that there are no cases for Nothing products. It also comes with a pouch type case for Nothing, Ear (2) wireless earphones. Cases (1) and (3) can only be purchased for iPhone X through 15 series, and cases (2) and (4) can be purchased only for iPhone 12 series, 13 series, and 14 series. The link in [여기]
[4]
HHKB Studio
Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB), synonymous with contactless keyboards popular among developers, has introduced a new product, Studio. The biggest feature of the studio is that it has greatly improved usability while maintaining the compact size of the Happy Hacking Keyboard. To achieve this, we combined the functions of the keyboard and mouse into one. There are left and right buttons for clicking a mouse on the lower part of the front, and between the keys is a ThinkPad laptop There is a track point reminiscent of a ‘red bean’, so you can move the cursor.
So, you might be wondering how to scroll without a trackpad. Happy Hacking solved that problem with a gesture pad. There are two gesture pads placed on both sides and the front of the keyboard, and like Happy Hacking, the problem of not having arrow keys (?) can be solved with the gesture pad as well. All of these gesture pads can be individually configured with software available for Windows and macOS. Happy Hacking says there’s no need for a mouse at all thanks to the trackpoint and gesture pad, but is that because I feel like it would be very uncomfortable?
Another unique feature of HHKB Studio is that it uses mechanical switches instead of the famous non-contact switches, which is one of the features of Happy Hacking. It is said to be a specially developed linear switch. It’s said to be hot-swappable, so you can replace it with a different switch if you want.
Currently, HHKB Studio is sold in Japan for 44,000 yen (about 380,000 won). As with Happy Hacking, it’s not an easily accessible price range, and since it has many unique features, I think it will be a keyboard that will appeal to enthusiasts. The link is [여기]
[5]
analog 3D
Replaying classic games in different ways is trendy these days. This trend is reflected in the fact that games are ported or remastered to suit modern consoles, and Nintendo also allows old console games to be played on Switch Online.
Among them, there is one company that aims to “realize the feeling of playing games at that time through hardware,” namely ‘Analog’. Rather than using software emulation that implemented the console environment at the time, analog used a hardware emulation method that perfectly reproduced the performance of the hardware at the time by using custom programmable hardware. This way, it is 100% compatible with existing console cartridges and supports the latest connection methods such as HDMI, focusing on ensuring that you can still enjoy the gaming environment of the time. I also have an Analog Pocket that I can use to play Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games. The Game Boy was my first console as a child.
[닌텐도 64]
There has been news that this analog is trying to emulate Nintendo 64 this time. Analog, which until now has specialized in 2D consoles such as Famicom (US release name NES), Super Famicom (SNES), Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), and Game Boy, is challenging 3D consoles for the first time. Nintendo 64 <슈퍼 마리오 64>, <젤다의 전설: 시간의 오카리나>a <007 골든아이> It is a console that left many masterpieces behind, including: So this console is called ‘Analog 3D’.
The Nintendo 64 itself has a rather complex hardware structure, so software emulation cannot guarantee compatibility with all Nintendo 64 games, but Analog says that it will be fully compatible with all Nintendo 64 games. In addition, it will be the first analog console to support 4K output.
Analog hasn’t released 3D in full this time, but has released it as a teaser. Not much has been revealed yet, but Analog has revealed a bit of what the controller looks like, and what’s interesting is that it looks like a modern controller rather than a Nintendo 64 controller. Of course, by that it is an analog product that ensures backward compatibility, it seems that the user will be able to play without problems even with the original Nintendo 64 controller, which had a unique appearance, if desired. Analog 3D is expected to be released next spring, and pricing information is not yet available. The link is [여기]
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