Brace yourself, here we go yet again with no excuses. You need me and you need this, I know. You know what? I need you too. This is called love. I will stop asking for you to join me on X because I had literally zero followers after I cried over that on here, so yeah, not thank you very much. Let's just jump right into this, I know you're busy:
Be cool with knobs
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Teenage engineering has a weird name, but they are super good at design. If their products were all but empty shells, they'd still be successful. The Teenage Engineering TX–6 is exactly like that: a beautiful, ultra‑portable, battery‑powered professional mixer and multi‑channel audio interface that packs not two, not four but six stereo inputs, customizable controls, and extensive connectivity into a compact CNC‑milled aluminum body. A beauty. Partys are not the natural habitat for DKIWT readers, but you may accidentally be invited to one, and it is crucial to carry one of these on those situations. You can tell other party-goers that the device in your pocket offers an 8‑hour rechargeable battery (more than enough for the 30 minutes you will be allowed to remain), a built‑in synthesizer and sequencer with multiple waveforms and drum sounds, tempo sync, eight onboard effects, wireless BLE MIDI control, and flexible I/O including 3.5 mm and 6.35 mm outputs. Frankly, I have no idea what any of that is (except the 3.5mm jack, I know what that is), but it all sounds(!) impressive and I want it. To continue the list of things I don't really understand (maybe you do), the TX–6 can operate as a 12‑channel USB‑C audio interface for DAWs, supports MFi for direct iOS connection, and delivers high‑quality audio components with 24‑bit/48 kHz processing, making it a powerful tool for field recording, performance, and mobile production, none of which you actually do. I enjoy tech beauty and that's all I need to enjoy this.
Coolness factor: 9/10 | DKIWT factor: 7/10
Tiny waste of money
I debated long and hard with the DKIWT team (me) about whether or not to include this item. It's kind of pointless and frankly a little ugly. Then I remembered that 99.9% of the things we show here are pointless (but not ugly), so this would just keep the DKIWT spirit alive; see what you think: the TinyTV 2 is a fully assembled miniature television that plays preloaded videos right out of the box and lets you switch channels or adjust volume using its two rotary knobs or the included remote. A TV for ants. I think it's ok to be featured, right? It comes with a rechargeable battery, an on/off switch (wow!), and comes in either a classic brown or clear plastic case - it's got options to cater to all kinds of tiny TV enthusiasts, you know who you are. Users can load their own MP4 videos through the free TinyTV Converter and transfer them via USB‑C, or even stream content directly from a connected computer, the possibilities are endless - months upon months of genuine joy. Designed to fit a 1:12 scale, the tiny display offers a fun, functional way to showcase custom clips. It does not receive over‑the‑air broadcasts or wireless livestreams - but maybe you can hack it? Send it to your enemy's mother and show inappropriate content of you eating peanuts, shirtless in a hot place.
Coolness factor: 4/10 | DKIWT factor: 2/10
A lazy robot that will not fetch you any beers
Any robot is cool. The Reachy Mini is an expressive, open‑source desktop robot designed for creative coding - whatever that is, human‑robot interaction, and AI experimentation, offering a compact 28 cm, 1.5 kg form factor with motorized movement, a wide‑angle camera, microphones, speakers, and animated antennas for rich multimodal interaction. It's affiliated with the hugging face (you know of them, right?) and available as a $399 lite kit or a $499 wireless version with onboard computing and battery (cheap!), it supports Python programming (with more languages coming), plug‑and‑play behaviors, simulation tools, and full integration with Hugging Face’s open‑source AI models. Built for education, prototyping, and community‑driven development, and encourages users to upload, share, and download robot behaviors as part of a growing global robotics community. Just do not expect it to do any sort of useful work.
Coolness factor: 8/10 | DKIWT factor: 4/10
Hilarious Bonus
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I have been in absolute awe and LMAO, watching AI videos, made in GTA style, set in various places around the world. I particularly enjoy the 3 episodes set in India you can find here, here and here. Many more, on other locations, on here - not as funny but still very much worth it, IMHO. This is putting those AI datacenters to good use. Some will say that these are insensitive, but I do not care, I don't think so, even the locals laughed at these and it is what it is.
Thank you for liking all these things, some more than others - your support is really moving, I am truly touched without consent. Did I mention I am on X? I don't think I have, but I am, so go there and smash that follow button an even number of times - ensure you are following after all the smashing. Thank you, bye-bye, over and out.