Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe

Tech

The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

1
Tech
The Rise of Prediction Culture
By Cool Material
1
Tech
I Watched USA vs. Bosnia Through the Lens of a Prediction Market

Checking Polymarket throughout the round of 32 game added an interesting perspective to my watching experience. Here are my notes.

By Lanny Fuller
1
Tech
Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
1
Tech
On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
Videos
AIAIAI Presents the Sound Taxi

Even if you crank your AIAIAI headphones to 11, they aren't going to produce the sound the company's "Sound Taxi" does. The crazy cab is outfitted with microphones that pick up the noise of London and then a plethora of speakers that spit it back out as music. It's the…

By Mike Newman
video-AIAIAI-Sound-Taxi-th
Computers
Apple iPad Mini

For serious portability, the iPad is not ideal. Sure, if you have one, you're probably not running out for an iPad Mini, but if you're in the group of consumers who wanted a smaller and more affordable app machine, here you go. Yes, there are going to be critics who…

By Mike Newman
ipad-mini
Computers
Balisong 2GB USB Drive

You're probably reading this and thinking to yourself, "what the hell is a balisong? That's obviously a butterfly knife." If you weren't, you're way more knowledgable about this stuff than we are because that's exactly what we were thinking. But we digress. This Balisong is the first that's legal in…

By Cooper Fleishman
bali-usb-knife
Cameras
Memoto Lifelogging Camera

Aren't you sick of telling people how amazing your life is? We know we are. Going around bragging all the time gets old and people surprisingly get sick of it. Instead of telling people about all the cool stuff you do, show them. The Memoto Lifelogging Camera clips on to…

By Mike Newman
memoto-camera
Videos
Iron Man 3 Trailer

If you've been wanting more Tony Stark action since you finished watching The Avengers, this should satisfy your craving for a bit. The trailer for Iron Man 3 looks flat-out incredible. What we want to know after watching it: Will his house be okay and can it come out tomorrow?

By Mike Newman
ironman-3-trailer