This week we empty our wallets for vintage and retro gadgets, wonder whom the PlayStation Portal is actually for, and peer into the future of sci-fi movies. Also: finding our voice with the help of a mosquito and a katydid.

FOLLOW

• MOMENTOUS

• The MOMENTEAM

• MOMENTOUS Live podcast

FOLLOW-UP

• Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands-on

NEWS

• Teenage Engineering’s new synthesizer is powerful, portable, and gorgeous

• Teenage Engineering KO II

• See also: PO-33 K.O!

• See also: OP-1 portable synthesizer

• Teenage Engineering’s New Mic and Recorder Are the Most Delightful Gadgets I’ve Used In Years

• Urban Outfitters is selling 'vintage' iPods for hundreds of dollars

• Smile: What’s driving the revival of the point and shoot camera?

• Microsoft’s ugly sweater for 2023 is Windows XP’s iconic default wallpaper

WHAT VINTAGE GADGET WOULD YOU SHELL OUT $$ FOR?

• Vestax QFO Legendary Pro DJ Turntable Mixer

• Roland TR-808

• SL-1200 ‒ Heritage - Technics

• Commodore SX-64

ENTERTAINMENT

• Rebel Moon Director Zack Snyder on Violence, Loss, and Extreme Fandom

• Fallout First Look: This Is How the World Ends—With a Smiling Thumbs-Up

• We Finally Know When the New Alien Movie Takes Place

PICKS

• The Storyville Mosquito A Theatrical Cinema Experience - Kid Koala

• DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs

PROJECTS

• Molotov - Team Up Vol. 3

• New Google Maps Updates Just in Time for Holiday Travel

• AI chatbots and boardroom coups 🔴 AI Named This Show