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Hardware

Pebblebee Finder

Pebblebee’s Finder tracking device now selling at Costco, putting little startup on path for big growth

Costco shoppers can find a wide array of items in one of the big-box retailer’s more than 500 U.S. locations.… Read More

Cool beans! In coffee-crazy Seattle, a startup wants to make sure you have a fresh, Bottomless cup

Every pot I make and every cup of coffee I drink at home is made with stale coffee beans. That’s… Read More

Vote for Hardware of the Year: 5 high-tech products nominated at the GeekWire Awards

There’s something cool about getting to touch, feel, and use a high-tech hardware product, perhaps more so today than in… Read More

Heroclip

Do-it-all Heroclip releasing new sizes and colors; Indiegogo goal of $30K reached in less than a day

Heroclip, the hybrid gear clip created by a former University of Washington professor, has a new hook to attract fans… Read More

Moment

Moment hits Kickstarter goal in just 41 minutes and makes more than $665K for smartphone video gear

Update, March 28, 9:30 a.m. PT: Moment met its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 in just 41 minutes on Tuesday. Offering… Read More

Automated power-tool maker victorious at AlphaLab ‘Hardware Cup’ in display of Pittsburgh’s robotics clout

PITTSBURGH — AlphaLab Gear’s Hardware Cup event on Tuesday evening served as a reminder of this city’s robotics chops and… Read More

PicoBrew machine

Latest home beer-making appliance from PicoBrew now available as company celebrates all week

Pardon the folks at PicoBrew this week if they pause to toast a number of different offerings and accomplishments. The… Read More

Inventions We Love: Smart lighting, a smart ball and a DIY pancreas system that is … well, really smart

You can never have too many inventions worth loving. And in Seattle’s bustling tech scene, startups continue to wow us… Read More

Inventions We Love: Pillsy, JikoPower and SafKan pitch geeky gadgets to voters at GeekWire Summit

There’s a lot to love about technology in 2017, including one of our favorite segments of the GeekWire Summit: Inventions… Read More

Startup Spotlight: KLIK Boks wireless presentation connector is designed to save time in meetings

Throughout his 20-year career developing and launching products for professional sound systems, Costa Lakoumentas constantly found himself impeded by a simple technical… Read More

Pico Model C

PicoBrew redesigns its home craft beer machine, and new Kickstarter offers unit for just $279

Raise another glass to the folks at PicoBrew as they continue to make advances in their quest to bring simplified… Read More

Startup Spotlight: KeepKey’s tiny bitcoin vault protects against cyber thieves

Darin Stanchfield believes the future of bitcoin depends on security. The crypto-currency has a lot of potential, he says, but… Read More

Ignite co-founder Brady Forrest to leave Highway1 hardware startup accelerator after three-year run

San Francisco-based hardware startup accelerator Highway1, part of custom hardware company PCH, announced today that Brady Forrest will be leaving his position there. Forrest… Read More

Microsoft sets Windows 10 event for Oct. 26 in NYC, amid Surface PC rumors

Amid widespread speculation about a possible Surface PC unveiling, Microsoft this morning sent out media invites to “see what’s next… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2016: Here are 5 inventions we love

A safe way to listen to music while cycling, a clip to make life easier, breakthrough nano-metal technology, a precision… Read More

Watch out, Amazon: Google set to launch Echo competitor at event Tuesday

Google is poised to launch its Amazon Echo challenger at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to reports from… Read More

Amazon revamps Fire HD 8, cuts price 40% to $90, says its tablet sales have more than doubled

Amazon unveiled a new version of its Fire HD 8 tablet this morning, with more memory and additional storage, and dropped… Read More

Facebook hardware lab

Area 404 is found: Facebook shows off its new state-of-the-art hardware lab

When Mark Zuckerberg revealed his personal challenge for the new year back in January, he said he wanted to build an AI… Read More

Pebblebee Finder: Former Boeing engineers launch new Kickstarter for next-gen tracking device

In 2014, when former Boeing engineers Daniel Daoura and Nick Pearson-Franks launched Pebblebee, they marketed their flagship product as the… Read More

Synapse hardware development firm acquired by Cambridge Consultants

Synapse, a Seattle-based product development firm that makes devices for companies including Nike, Valve, Microsoft, Samsung and others, has been… Read More

After suspected hardware glitch, IRS computers go back online

The initial headlines were enough to take one’s breath away: “Internal Revenue Service reports computer troubles,” or “IRS computers crash.” It’s… Read More

Joule

Meet ‘Joule’: Top chefs develop high-tech cooking device, aiming to spark a revolution in the kitchen

Measuring just 11 inches tall and 1.85 inches in diameter, with no digital display of its own, the cylindrical white device may not look revolutionary.… Read More

Acer unveils Windows 10 devices, including convertible laptop and battery powered desktop

Windows 10 has been out for 2 and a half months now, but the hardware race around Microsoft’s operating system is… Read More

Microsoft just threw a secret geek party in New York, and we were there to crash it

NEW YORK — Microsoft just threw an epic geek party in New York City to celebrate its latest hardware launch.… Read More

Live from NYC: Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 4, Band 2, Lumia 950, HoloLens developer edition

NEW YORK — The stage is set, Windows 10 signs are illuminated and Microsoft appears ready to pull the curtain off… Read More

What to expect as Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 4, Band 2 and new phones in New York this week

Microsoft is about to unveil its next generation of gadgets at a blowout press event in New York City on Tuesday.… Read More

Amazon’s Fire Phone is MIA from new lineup, but execs won’t confirm its death

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon announced a sweeping update to its hardware lineup on Thursday, but there was one device noticeably… Read More

It’s official: Microsoft to hold hardware extravaganza in New York on Oct. 6

Microsoft sent out cryptic invitations on Monday for an October 6 press event in New York that will be all… Read More

Geek of the Week: Seattle entrepreneur Mina Yoo invents products that provide an ‘extra hand’

Like many entrepreneurs and inventors, Mina Yoo was inspired to launch her current venture, Lulabop, to solve a problem that she experienced… Read More

Wait continues for new Windows 10 hardware after IFA delivers more of the same

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promised in July that we would have the “widest range of Windows hardware ever available” later this… Read More

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