True tech classics never die as exampled by TDK's new Three Speaker Boombox, a slick mutation of an old school favorite.

Imagine the next time you're watching the the Lakers vs. Celtics game and you can hear every little conversation that Kobe Bryant has with Ray Allen. The AudioScope, developed by physicists Morgan Kjølerbakken and Vibeke Jahr, can make that happen.

So you want to stream music from your computer to another room. Congratulations, you've realized what century this is. First, you're going to need some kind of wireless receiver in that room. You could get an unnecessarily expensive system like the Sonos, or go with a cheap and easy streamer like this Orb, just $69. But, yep, there's a catch.

The Crosley CR6002A portable record player, AKA the Revolution, is a little confusing at first. Portable records? The idea of walking around with it while scratching some vinyl doesn't really jive — with an unprotected record to boot — but...