Smart Home & IoT

GLOBAL – September 22, 2026 -- BougeRV has launched its DuneRover electric beach wagon on Kickstarter, offering early backers a Special Launch price of $396 -- a 56% discount limited to five spots -- followed by a Super Early Bird tier at $467, a 48% discount. The first 50 backers also receive a free BougeRV T1 Camping Light valued at $84.99.

"An outdoor day should start with freedom, not struggle," said Kane, a BougeRV spokesperson. He described DuneRover as a response to the common struggle of hauling loaded wagons across sand, rough terrain, and long distances to reach beaches, campsites, or parks.

Hong Kong – September 22, 2026 -- JSAUX GAMING has launched two magnetic replacement faceplates for Steam Machine, turning the console's front panel into a customizable display, with prices under $100.

The E-Ink model displays clean information and monochrome art

The 5.83-inch E-Ink Faceplate features a 640 x 480 monochrome display, Bluetooth connectivity, and a built-in 500mAh battery. Through the JSAUX E-INK APP, users can select from eight display modes, including Time, Weather, Calendar, Performance, Playtime, Progress, Digital Frame, and AI Agent Status. The Digital Frame mode supports static content such as game artwork, pixel art, personal photos, and retro-inspired designs, while AI Agent Status shows the status of supported AI applications running on the system.

Olathe – September 22, 2026 -- Garmin has launched a real-time racing solution that lets drivers see digital flag signals and track conditions directly from the cockpit, with a combined package priced at $1,699.99.

The system pairs Garmin's Catalyst 2 with MYLAPS flagging tech

The setup connects a Garmin Catalyst 2 driving performance optimizer to a MYLAPS X2 RaceLink Club on-board digital flagging device using an In-car Flagging Y-cable. At tracks equipped with MYLAPS race control technology, drivers can view live personal and track flag signals on the Catalyst 2's 3-inch LCD screen, covering conditions like weather changes, safety checks and recovery operations.

Frankfurt – – September 21, 2026 -- Creality has launched the SPARKX i8, a multi-color 3D printer, on Indiegogo at a super early-bird price of $289, well below its planned $399 MSRP.

A single toolhead replaces bulky multi-nozzle systems

The i8 uses Creality's QuarTeks Color Change System, which packs four independent filament channels into one compact toolhead instead of requiring multiple toolheads or external filament swapping. Filaments are pre-loaded directly into the quad-channel head.

Color switches happen in under one second

Near the nozzle tip, the shared filament path measures less than 1 mm, or roughly 2 mm3, which Creality says is at least 30 times shorter than shared paths common elsewhere in the market. That short path cuts retraction, feeding and purging time, letting the printer switch color channels in under a second.

New York and Los Angeles – September 21, 2026 -- COLOLIGHT is launching CHIMERA, a chair-mounted open-ear gaming headset, on Kickstarter starting September 22, with a $219 Super Early Bird price for backers.

The system mounts to a gaming chair instead of the head

Rather than sitting over the ears, CHIMERA's acoustic units attach to a player's gaming chair, creating what the company calls a personal open-ear listening zone around the seated player. The setup can be adjusted for height, distance and angle to fit different chairs, seating positions and body sizes, according to COLOLIGHT.

Taipei – September 21, 2026 -- Acer has unveiled the Googlebook 14, a convertible laptop built around Google's Gemini Intelligence and designed to sync directly with Android phones, with North American pricing starting at $899.

The laptop lets phone tasks jump straight to the screen

A feature called "Continue On" allows tasks started on an Android phone to pick up seamlessly on the Googlebook 14, while "Cast My Apps" brings phone apps onto the laptop display without requiring any installation. Proactive suggestions offer context-aware help based on what's currently on screen.

Intel's newest chip powers the AI features

The device runs on up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 355, which includes a neural processing unit delivering up to 50 TOPS. It pairs with up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 512 GB of PCIe Gen4 NVMe storage, with a battery rated for up to 16 hours.

Berlin – September 20, 2026 -- Sexual wellness technology company Lovense debuted at IFA Berlin 2026, marking its first appearance at the European consumer electronics show after years of exhibiting at CES in the United States.

Lovense used a four-part booth experience to show how its ecosystem fits into daily life

The booth experience, titled "A Day in the Lovense Ecosystem," was broken into four segments tied to different moments in a user's day. These covered the Lovense Remote App for partner control, long-distance sync features for couples separated by geography, gaming integration, and digital interaction tools.

Sacramento – September 20, 2026 -- Folding bike maker DAHON has unveiled a new engineering methodology called DAHON-V tech, designed to fix a long-standing problem in the folding bike category: frames that flex, hinges that loosen, and drivetrains that buckle under load.

DAHON tested more than 40 bikes to find what separates a flexy folder from a fast one

The company's R&D team ran comparative tests across competitor and in-house models, measuring frame and seatpost rigidity, overall bike stiffness, and dynamic rocking behavior. Dr. David Hon, Founder and CEO of DAHON, said the resulting DAHON-V tech suite combines physics, computerized finite element analysis (FEA), and strain gauges to test the riding stiffness of bike frames.

Charlotte -- Sandbox VR opens its second North Carolina venue on September 18, 2026, at The Station at LoSo in Charlotte, offering guests 20% off through September.

The Charlotte venue spans over 4,400 square feet with four private VR rooms

Groups of up to six guests can suit up with headsets, haptic vests, and motion sensors for full-body immersion in each room. The technology lets players see and physically interact with one another during sessions, and guests leave with personalized highlight videos of their sessions.

The Charlotte location is operated in partnership with Nextgen Virtual LLC and joins Sandbox VR's existing Winston-Salem venue as the company's second North Carolina site.

Shenzhen – September 18, 2026 -- MCHOSE is launching the ACE75, a 75% Hall Effect gaming keyboard, on Kickstarter starting September 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

The keyboard runs at an 8,000Hz polling rate with 0.08ms latency

The ACE75 uses a 256K scan rate and 0.001mm adjustment precision. Rapid Trigger sensitivity can be tuned from 0.001mm to 3.4mm, and the board supports advanced key functions including SOCD, DKS, MT, TGL and LT.

A dedicated button switches between three Rapid Trigger presets

Users can swap settings for different games or daily typing without opening the driver software. Deeper adjustments -- actuation points, Rapid Trigger behavior, key functions, lighting and profiles -- are handled through M HUB, MCHOSE's web-based driver, with no extra software installation required.