#devices

[incognitopolls]

How long have you had your current phone?

Less than 3 months

3 months–1 year

1–3 years

3–5 years

5–7 years

7–9 years

More than 9 years

I don't currently have a phone

Voting ended onJan 14

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[nemfrog]

Magazine Hand Camera. Experimental Science. 1895.

Internet Archive

[unbfacts]

The European Union made USB-C the common charging port for many new portable devices sold in the EU from December 28, 2024. This includes phones, tablets, cameras, headphones, speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mice, earbuds, handheld game consoles, and more. Laptops joined the rule from April 28, 2026.

[milksockets]

techno textiles: revolutionary fabrics for fashion + design - sarah e. braddock + marie o'mahony (1998)

[epicsause-official]

appliance design in 2026 seems to be aimed at creating as many points of failure as possible. reliable mechanical buttons are replaced touchscreens (and not even good touchscreens) on all sorts of devices for no fucking reason. if you design a fridge that needs the user to connect it to the internet and download an app, you are objectively a bad fridge designer. and i struggle to see a reason to put the back of the toilet inside of the wall other than a desire to make the jobs of plumbers harder

[talos-stims]

making music with uranium glass, a geiger counter, and a modular synth | source