Gadgets Our First Look at the Xbox One Kinect IR Field We modified a Canon PowerShot SX120 to detect infrared light, hooked up our new Xbox One, and pointed the Kinect at a white backdrop. And got...a bright patch of infrared… December 25, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart
Gadgets Steam Machine Teardown By some stroke of godlike luck, we managed to acquire a Steam Machine—one of only 300 beta kits that Valve released into the wild. The Steam Machine is essentially a… December 19, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Nest Protect Teardown A few times per year a device comes along that's not a fancy-schmancy tablet or phone, but still intriguing enough to warrant a teardown. Like the Nest Protect, a $130… December 10, 2013 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Xbox One Kinect Teardown Hot on the coattails of yesterday's Xbox One comes America's favorite surveillance system — the second-generation Kinect! Good news, tin-hat wearers: the Kinect *does not* have any NSA-grade hardware inside. Instead, we found tons… November 22, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Gadgets Xbox One Teardown Oh shoot! We got teardown all over our brand-new Xbox One! That’s definitely going to void our warranty—but then again, doesn’t everything? That’s right, we dragged our butts out of… November 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets PlayStation 4 Teardown We teamed up with our pals at Chipworks to get our hands on (and in) the all-new Sony PlayStation 4. And the PS4 did not disappoint. This modern gaming machine has… November 15, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Gadgets Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″ Mini Teardown Third time’s the charm, as they say. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9” completes Amazon’s new e-book refresh trinity, and debunks the ubiquitous claim that thin devices come only at the… November 8, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart
Gadgets Anki Drive Teardown The Anki Drive has been high up on our wishlist ever since it appeared at Apple’s WWDC this June—and we were not disappointed. The surprisingly straightforward disassembly made for a… October 24, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Teardown Only eight months have passed, and we already have a new tablet from Microsoft. Well, sort of. The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 is all but identical to its February brother,… October 23, 2013 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Kindle Fire HDX Teardown Kindle refreshes are in full Autumn bloom, and we got into the all-new Kindle Fire HDX 7" to see what it's made of. Compared to the Fire HD 7" we… October 15, 2013 by Miro Djuric