More from It’s clearly time: all the news about the transparent tech renaissance
After months of questionable leaks that haven’t revealed many details, DJI has shared a teaser video and image of its first robot vacuum being announced next week. The DJI Romo features a traditional circular robovac design with a pair of extended brushes and what appears to be a sensor array on the front.
It will also utilize a dock, but despite what the teaser image shows, the transparent version might just be DJI showing off the dock’s internals and functionality.
I backed the TinyTV 2 on Kickstarter back in 2022, and it’s a delight! When you change the “channel” with its tiny remote or working dials, it’ll realistically flick to the middle of your next video just as if you were watching it live. (It syncs timestamps!) Yeah, it’s $60... but a gift or treat, perhaps? They also sell the transparent one.
Until transparent replacement shells for the Nintendo Switch 2 hit the market, Dbrand’s new Teardown skin is the easiest way to peek inside the handheld console without actually tearing it down yourself.
Created in collaboration with JerryRigEverything, there are two kits available: a cheaper $19.95 option that wraps just the Joy-Cons, and a more comprehensive $49.95 Deluxe Kit that includes skins for the back of the console and the front of the dock.
Following Hyperkin announcing a translucent green controller at CES 2025 based on the Halo-themed Xbox Microsoft introduced in 2004, and Backbone releasing a green Xbox-branded Backbone One last week, 8BitDo almost feels late to the party with its new $69.99 Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox.
The controller features Hall effect sticks and triggers plus Bluetooth connectivity, but can only connect to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles using a USB-C cable.
Everything we know:
- They’re “an exciting collaboration” that’s “straight from the runway” — so probably designer shades.
- They’re clearly transparent from the promo images we got in email.
- Limited to 3600 pairs, according to an image at the notify-me page. Meta’s last limited-edition (which I wound up returning to a Meta employee) was limited to 7,500.
- “Nothing more to share at the moment but will be touch,” says our Meta glasses contact.
The Walkman Blog has shared new details and leaked images of Sony’s upcoming WF-C710N earbuds — a follow-up to the budget-friendly Sony WF-C700N earbuds that added ANC when they debuted in 2023.
The leaks indicate the WF-C710N will arrive in late May with new features like Sony’s Quick Attention Mode, but more tempting are four color choices including a new glass blue option with the buds and charging case all sporting a transparent design.
Xbox has revealed a new controller that seems designed to revive the impossibly cool gadget trend from the late 90s and early aughts where everything was see-through. Called the Pulse Cipher Special Edition, the controller features a deep-red transparent casing that lets you see all its innards including the rumble motors. It’s $74.99 and goes on sale February 4th.
Called the Asus NUC 14 Pro AI Plus, it’s basically the NUC 14 Pro AI in a translucent case. That color E Ink display on top is customizable, as Good e-Reader calls out. Asus says users “can generate AI images” on the display using a built-in app.
We’ve asked Asus for more info on its availability.
The DuchesS, Hyperkin’s recreation of the smaller Xbox Controller S it upgraded with Hall effect joysticks, will soon be available in a new color option.
The $49.99 Special Edition Greenhaven DuchesS matches the Controller S that was included with the Halo-themed Xbox Microsoft introduced in 2004. Hyperkin hasn’t finalized a release date or when preorders will start.
