A lot of exciting consumer hardware launches recently. Some of my favorites are from Clicks, Garmin, UniFi, and Pebble. Check out the latest drops:

Together with UC Berkeley we are announcing the laser phase plate - a breakthrough in atomic resolution imaging. This is the brightest continuous wave laser in the world, 100 million times the intensity of the surface of the sun. Phase contrast plays an important role in microscopy, but it was thought close to impossible for electron microscopy, where it would require interfering with an electron beam. Holger Mueller and Robert Glaeser proposed exactly this using a standing wave laser. It has taken over 15 years to make this a reality. Biohub partnered with UC Berkeley and Mueller to support this work and to engineer and build the technology. Contrast has been the critical barrier to achieving atomic resolution imaging of the cell. In cryo-electron tomography, a cellular imaging technology that uses electron microscopy, the low contrast makes it impossible to resolve anything but the largest proteins within their cellular context. The laser phase plate removes that barrier. With advances in AI this breakthrough in contrast will start to open up a new frontier in structural biology, that will allow us to see the molecular machines of the cell, and how they assemble into far more complex and dynamic systems, and understand how they work.

This is the shot @mondorobotics was able to capture at a skate park.

I ghiblified the SpaceX story. 24 years of rockets, explosions, near-bankruptcy, and one of the craziest company arcs ever. 2002: SpaceX starts in El Segundo. Elon had sold PayPal and decided to put his money into rockets. Small team, tiny office, insane ambition. 2006: Falcon 1 stands on Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. Empty ocean around it. The whole company riding on a rocket almost nobody believed would work. 2006-2008: Flight 1 fails. Flight 2 fails. Flight 3 fails. SpaceX is almost out of money. 2008: Elon observing the Falcon 1 wreckage, surrounded by pieces of the rocket that was supposed to get them to orbit. One rocket left. One shot left. 2008: Falcon 1 reaches orbit on the fourth attempt. First privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to ever do it. That launch saves SpaceX. 2010: Falcon 9 launches for the first time. 2012: Dragon reaches the International Space Station. The company that almost died on a tiny island becomes a real NASA partner. 2016: Falcon 9 lands on a drone ship in the ocean. Reusable rockets stop sounding like science fiction. 2018: Falcon Heavy launches Elon’s red Tesla Roadster into space with Starman in the driver’s seat. Earth in the background. A car floating through space. 2020: Demo-2 launches Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from Florida, bringing astronaut launches back to U.S. soil for the first time since the Shuttle retired. 2024: Starship goes even bigger. Super Heavy returns to the tower and Mechazilla catches the booster out of the sky with giant metal arms. Today: SpaceX rings the bell at Nasdaq. SPCX prices at $135 and opens at $150, becoming the largest IPO in history. Congrats @elonmusk & the entire @SpaceX team.

iconic moments in SpaceX history (ghiblified)

history was made

I’m the first person to get a full @mondorobotics demo at their HQ It can do crazy backflips and film cool content

We built the world's largest cargo drone @poseidonaero

Incredible opportunity. @tomasmas is awesome

NEW: I just got an early look at the Insta360 Luna, launching later today. It’s a Leica co-engineered pocket gimbal camera built for high-quality video without the full camera setup. • 1-inch main sensor with f/1.8 Leica optics • 1/1.3” telephoto lens for portraits • Detachable touchscreen doubles as a remote for solo filming • 3-axis gimbal stabilization in a pocketable body • 10-bit I-Log with up to ~14 stops of dynamic range • New Mic Pro pairs wirelessly for cleaner audio Pricing starts around $769.

first stop in shenzhen: @EvenRealities

Back in Shenzhen

Great conversation with @ritwikpavan about building @nothing and the future of consumer hardware. Thanks for having me.

I flew to London and spent the day with Carl Pei, co-founder and CEO of Nothing. Carl already helped build one breakout phone company with OnePlus. Now he’s doing it again with Nothing, but in a much harder market. Most phone companies compete on the same things: better cameras, faster chips, bigger batteries, and slightly brighter screens. Nothing made a different bet: make the product instantly recognizable, make the software feel considered, and make the brand something people actually want to be part of. I went behind the scenes with Carl and the team to see how they're building the next great consumer electronics company. Full episode below. @getpeid @nothing

Live tomorrow. Stoked for this one.

NEW: NASA’s next moonwalk outfit was co-designed by Prada. The AxEMU is the spacesuit Artemis III astronauts will wear on the Moon in 2026, built by Axiom Space with Prada handling materials, stitching, and design. -Full-body cooling “long johns” with water tubing running neck to toes -8-hour spacewalks, 2 hours longer than Apollo -Modular snap-in arms and legs that fit 1st to 99th percentile body sizes, men or women -Built for the lunar south pole, including pitch-black craters that never see sunlight -4G/LTE comms, HD camera, Oakley visor, custom gloves and boots -$228M NASA contract, first new American moon suit since 1972 The first woman on the Moon will wear Prada.

XBOX Series X25

moving to sf around july 1 to start full-time at a startup in fidi. looking for a roommate / sublet ideally near fidi, north beach, north union square, etc. if you know any cracked people looking for a roommate, shoot me a dm.

Stay tuned

Hardware Nation Episode 008. Carl Pei. Founder of Nothing. Live on 𝕏 Tuesday 6/9. @getpeid @nothing

NEW: This wearable wants to be a calendar for your body. Luna Band pairs with LifeOS to plan your day around your body, goals, recovery, and energy. • creates an hour-by-hour plan based on your real-time health signals • uses haptic alerts to tell you when to eat, train, rest, or wind down • voice-first logging makes it easier to capture food, habits, and context • LifeOS connects biometrics, blood markers, medical context, and food habits • micro-apps cover stress, nutrition, training, supplements, productivity, and circadian rhythm Most wearables track your body. Luna is trying to help you plan around it.