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Adonit built a business at the tip of a pen
A transparent disc helped Adonit make touchscreen drawing less of a guessing game. The harder trick was learning that a digital pen is only as useful as the tablet and app beneath it.
Ohsnap Broke Its First Hit - Then Built the Hardware Playbook Founders Should Copy
A $466,820 Kickstarter win nearly became a global returns nightmare. Ohsnap paid for the lesson, rebuilt the grip and turned obsessive iteration into a phone-accessory business - and a second act in mobile gaming.
The Garage Company That Won the Dashboard
Roger and Scotia Alves started Scosche in a garage with a car-audio how-to book. Four decades later, three generations of the family run the brand that put a magnet between your phone and your dashboard.
The Veterans Who Turned Boring Laptop Bags Into a Multi-Brand Empire
A 1992 laptop-case brand, two Naval Academy roommates, and a plan to own every unglamorous accessory that keeps a company's laptops alive. Here is how CODi Worldwide built a quiet hardware business on the stuff IT departments never brag about.
The Texas Company Quietly Behind the Flashlight in Your Junk Drawer
It doesn't put its name on a single box. But NEBO, HALO, TRUE and Thaw sit in 50,000 stores - and Alliance Consumer Group owns all of them.
Nomad Made Tech Accessories Better by Letting Them Get Old
A credit-card cable launched a global accessories brand. Fourteen years later, Nomad still wins by making the disposable layer around our devices feel worth keeping.
Etherdyne Technologies, Inc.
Etherdyne Technologies is a Santa Clara wireless-power company that beams electricity through the air using low-frequency magnetic resonance. Its Ether Power platform creates three-dimensional Power Zones that deliver up to 100 watts to multiple devices at once - no cords, no batteries, no need to line a device up on a pad. Founded in 2016 by two Stanford physics PhDs, the company holds dozens of granted patents, has FCC and CE certifications, and licenses its technology to makers of consumer electronics, retail displays, medical devices and smart infrastructure.
Jeff Yen
Jeff Yen is a Stanford-trained experimental physicist turned entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of Etherdyne Technologies, a Santa Clara startup building 'wire-free' power. His company's Ether Power platform uses low-frequency magnetic resonance to deliver up to 100 watts through the air to multiple devices at once inside a three-dimensional 'Power Zone,' no cords or fixed charging pads required. After eight years of quiet R&D with co-inventor Dr. Robert Moffatt, Yen brought the technology to CES 2026, raised more than $1.2 million from over 400 investors on StartEngine, and now pitches wireless power as the next utility, an 'Electrification 2.0' as ubiquitous as Wi-Fi.
Ultra-Slim 5000mAh Power Bank
The Anker Nano Power Bank (5K, MagGo, Slim) - Model A1665 - is Anker's thinnest-ever 5,000mAh portable charger, measuring just 0.34 inches (8.6mm) thick. With Qi2-certified 15W MagSafe wireless charging, 20W USB-C wired charging, graphene-based thermal management, and a body made from 75% recycled materials, it redefines what a pocket-sized power bank can be. Beloved by travelers, iPhone users, and minimalists who refuse to carry a brick.