Cork speaker uses bottles

Cork: Micro Bluetooth Speaker Uses Empty Bottles to Boost Sound

I don’t often cover crowdfunding campaigns, but this one is kind of cool. Plus they have a shipping product (which I was able to review hands-on) and they’ve already met their funding goal—so not much in the way of risk. Cork is a micro Bluetooth speaker that sits on top of an empty bottle (like a cork), using the bottle itself to amplify and color the sound produced.

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Axgio Zest Wireless Headphones: Perfect for Sweaty Workouts

With Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 7 not having a headphone jack (and Phil Schiller’s plea for “courage” in delving into this new paradigm), I can imagine the wireless earbuds industry is going to become very lucrative. The Chinese company Axgio has been marketing Bluetooth wireless headphones for quite some time, and I was happy to check out their waterproof model, the Zest.

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