Dissecting an underwhelming dog bark controller
This product didn’t deliver on its ultrasonic canine-vocalization suppression promises but still provided an interesting teardown exercise, one that also…
Post-mortem investigation: Volvo key fob
High replacement vehicle smart key prices seem outrageously profitable to the supplier, but without taking one apart, how can you…
Teardown: Dissecting Lenovo’s Smart Clock Essential, a non-Google Google Assistant
Bill-of-materials costs are of only partial profit influence in partner-subsidized consumer-electronic devices, as this engineer suspects may be the case…
Teardown: Prying open Google Wifi
Google has to date released three versions of its AC1200 mesh Wi-Fi device. Here's a detailed analysis of a first-gen…
HDMI adapter teardown
An inexpensive HDMI-to-USB converter doesn't support interlaced video inputs or greater-than-HD output resolutions, but still delivers a notable "bang for…
Teardown: Indoor security camera with embedded web server
That all said, cameras with embedded web servers are still conceptually cool. To wit, I thought I’d devote this teardown…
Teardown: Pixel Stand offers faster-than-Qi wireless charging for (some) Google fans
Google-branded phones and wireless chargers that deliver peak recharge speeds only when they're used together.
Past, present, and future(?) of smart glasses
Smart glasses are becoming thinner and lighter (albeit also more expensive) but this engineer is skeptical they'll ever be anything…
Teardown: Apple TV (3rd generation)
Step 1: Low BOM cost. Step 2: High sales price. Step 3: Profit! That's Apple's hardware business plan in a…
Teardown: Dissecting Snap’s third-gen AR glasses
Essentially cameras that you wear on your head, the 3rd-gen iteration of Snap's Spectacles is targeted at "fans of high…