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The Last AA You'll Ever Buy
Climate · Consumer · Hardware

The Last AA You'll Ever Buy

A Park City company put a USB-C port on the side of a AA battery. Its bet: you'll buy one, then never buy that battery again.

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The Company That Sold Apple's Missing Ports Back to Apple's Fans
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Company That Sold Apple's Missing Ports Back to Apple's Fans

When Apple stripped the ports off the MacBook Pro, 30,000 people paid HYPER more than $3 million to put them back. That was the whole business plan - and it worked.

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The Helmet Light That Won't Let Drivers Say They Didn't See You
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Helmet Light That Won't Let Drivers Say They Didn't See You

A Redwood City hardware team decided the safest place for a brake light was not on the bike at all, but at eye level on your head. Here is how a $160 gadget and a patented braking algorithm ended up on 60,000-plus helmets.

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