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The Most Hands-Off Way To Keep Your Floors Clean

CES 2026 can’t get enough of Roborock’s one-pass smart home cleaning solution.

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The Coolest Tech Gifts for 2025

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Making of a Shade

Since our first wood shop class, we've looked for ways we could create the things we would normally buy. Usually this consisted of end tables, small bowls and Pinewood Derby cars, primarily due to a lack of imagination and an advanced skill set. These are two issues Soren Berger does not wrestle…

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Serene Audio Speakers

To some, speakers are simply pieces of equipment that get placed in corners, partially hidden from view. They deliver acceptable audio in an aesthetically bland design. We're going to go out on a limb and say, that as a reader of Cool Material, you are not one of these people. If you're…

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The Flip Side (Bar)

In an alternate reality, the gender roles of a night out are reversed. Men drink raspberry kamikazes and women dance on men like that one friend you had in college. This video is what that night looks like. We'd tell you more, but we have to go because Taco Bell is…

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HoverBar for iPad

Outside of the cool gadgets, Minority Report was an almost completely forgettable film. The dialog was bad and the acting was worse, but everyone wanted a touch screen computer they could swipe things across when it came out... and now everyone has iPads. That hard part is already done and…

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The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling”

The Black Keys are the greatest rock band since shoulder length hair, acid washed denim and sequins were cool on dudes. "Gold On the Ceiling" takes you backstage for the recording, a concert at Webster Hall and some costume fittings with the most dynamic duo since Batman and Robin.

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