xxKickbooster
xxKickbooster at Spoot: Spotted Early is a file of 3 stories. The newest of them: “Orioner's magnetic phone stand wants to stick where your last one couldn't”, “This countertop farm grows greens in 8 days and I already have questions”, and “The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required”. Phone stands are a dime a dozen, but Orioner's magnetic phone stand wants to stick where your last one couldn't. Eight days. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every xxKickbooster story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Orioner's magnetic phone stand wants to stick where your last one couldn't
Phone stands are a dime a dozen, but Orioner's magnetic phone stand wants to stick where your last one couldn't. That's a bold promise for a category where most contenders slide off the desk or lose grip the second you glance at a notification. Orioner, a hardware brand with a track record of making things that actually work, is betting on a unique design to break the cycle. The idea is simple: attach it once, and it stays put. No more fishing your phone off the floor mid-call. It's the kind of detail that makes you wonder why nobody thought of it sooner, a little like the Arrowmax S1 picking the bit and torque so you don't have to. Sometimes the best accessory is the one that just does its job quietly.
This countertop farm grows greens in 8 days and I already have questions
Eight days. That's how long this countertop farm claims it takes to go from seed to salad. For anyone who has ever nursed a basil plant on a windowsill only to watch it get leggy and sad, that number sounds almost rude. Folks in inner-city apartments don't have the luxury of outdoor garden space, so technology stepping in to liberate scrappy plants from overcrowded window boxes is a genuinely compelling pitch. The idea of a micro-farm sitting right on your kitchen counter, churning out fresh greens faster than you can forget you bought them, is the kind of gadget that makes you immediately start rearranging your counter space. But I have questions. The kind that burrow into the spec sheet. Like, what does it actually cost, and when can anyone really get one?
The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required
The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required. We've seen smart curtains before, sure, but they usually want a chunky motor, a hub, and a stern talking-to about Wi-Fi passwords. This new one skips the machinery and just lets the light do the pulling. That's the razor clam in the spec sheet, the detail that makes you lean in. It's clever, sure, but we're gently skeptical until we see it ship. The campaign's live now, and it's worth a scroll if you've ever wanted blinds that move without you lifting a finger or lifting a screwdriver. It's not quite the cinematic wall-buster Epson's pushing with its new lasers, but for the window-bound among us, this feels like the quiet win. Stay spooty.