Jonathan Margolis
Join the Jet Set
A private plane with its own parachute! A digital camera that will make your hair stand on end! Earphones designed to improve the sound quality around you! And more …
The Cult of Leica
The German camera company, which has supplied photographers from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Annie Leibovitz and sabotaged the Third Reich during W.W. II, turns 100 this year
Silly Love Songs
An A.I. music generator that will come up with the track of your dreams! A sensor that detects wildfires before it’s too late! A vacuum that will help you sleep better! And more …
Get a Grip!
A new handle to help you take better smartphone photographs! The perfect flashlight! Never repeat yourself again! And more …
Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Chatbots
A review of DeepSeek’s new chatbot! Sonos’s latest speaker brings theater-quality sound into your home! Play like a Rolling Stone without getting thrown out of your hotel! And more …
To Live and Die in L.A.
As residents reckon with the wildfires, some experts question whether Los Angeles is a modern-day Pompeii—and a harbinger of American decline
A Light-Bulb Moment
A pocket-size digital camera that punches above its weight! A heated vest that will warm even the chronically chilly! The light bulb that keeps going even when the power goes out! And more …
Malta’s Day in the Sun
With Italy and Greece overrun by tourists, the English-speaking Mediterranean island that Queen Elizabeth once called home is a suitably low-key—and culture-packed—alternative
A Quantum Leap Year
Take a quantum computer for a spin in Glastonbury! Find out what’s going to happen a trillion years from now! Use your Apple Watch to speak another language! And more …
Choral Relief
A tool to keep your vocal cords as strong as Mick Jagger’s! Foliage that will help clear the air! Can ChatGPT help you with your holiday shopping? And more …
Closing the Captions
The soundbar so effective that you can shut off subtitles once and for all! A pendulum clock for the Digital Age! Headphones that work underwater! And more …
Walking on the Moon
The coolest way to commute! Inner-city composting made easy! A projector with a 120-inch display that you can take anywhere! And more …
The Rest Is Podcasting
Is there anything that former soccer star, now podcaster and media mogul, Gary Lineker can’t do?
The View from Here
How did Thames Water, the U.K.’s largest water company, turn a foolproof monopoly into a $20 billion money pit, leaving the country short on the very commodity it was responsible for supplying?
The Nice List
AIR MAIL’s tech-and-gadget czar reviews hundreds of devices, contraptions, and gizmos each year. For the sake of simplifying your holiday shopping, he’s chosen the best ones
Voices from the Past
A recording device that will fill in the gaps in your memory! Google’s A.I. summary tool is unlike anything you’ve ever seen! The charging station that will change your life! And more …
Private Eyes
A security-camera system that runs on solar power! The cheapest way to strike gold! A treasure trove of sound effects, courtesy of the BBC! And more …
A Clean Act
The best robot vacuum cleaner! Speakers good enough for the Stones! A battery-powered lamp that could win design awards! And more …
Fall Is for Notetakers
A tablet that will take your to-do lists to the next level! The perfect appliance for roasting chicken! An oddly useful at-home endoscope! And more …
Droning On
The eye in the sky you’ve always dreamed of! Search-by-image software that beats out Google! A Breville coffee-maker that makes everything, from iced coffee to hot chocolate! And more …
Mike Lynch’s Theory of Probability
The British mogul, who died on a super-yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week, may have been a genius, but he relied on gut instincts as much as he did his brain
An Idea with Legs
Prepare for fall with an Adirondack chair that heats up! Noodle on a slew of positively medieval instruments! A Web site to help you learn the Romance languages! And more …
The Word Doctor
A program to bring your old Word documents back to life! Finally, a smartphone you can repair yourself! A grip to help you take professional iPhone pictures! And more …
Camelot for Cars
One of the world’s largest car museums is in the middle of nowhere in Germany, and it holds an unlikely piece of American-presidential history