Curious about what the future holds? No need to resort to tarot cards or bother a Magic 8 Ball. T3's here to bring you our round up the most groundbreaking gadgets and hottest tech trends you can expect to see over the coming years. Whether you're interested in double-jointed folding phones, smart jewellery or transparent tellies, our Hot 100 rankings will keep you in the loop about the most exciting gear coming your way soon.
Now, not every tech prediction pans out. The present contains an abject lack of robot butlers. There are no hoverboards that, you know, actually hover. We haven't, as yet, met anyone who has fallen in love with Alexa. So there's understandably some skepticism around a bunch of tech-heads making wild prognostications about the future.
But the team here at T3 has spent weeks scraping the internet, scouring tech conferences and hounding self-identified futurists to make sure we're giving you an accurate snapshot all the trailblazing tech looming on the horizon. So if you're excited to learn about the blisteringly hot gear just round the corner, tuck into our tech rankings below.
The Hot 100
100 - 91
#100: Ninja Blast
Every time we’ve made a smoothie and left it longer than about five minutes, it has transformed from an appetising whole into several distinctly less palatable layers of different ingredients. With the compact, battery-powered Blast, you can make your smoothie when and where you want it. Pack it full of fruit, take it to the gym, and whizz it up.
#99: Project Ascensio
#98: Razer Blackshark V2 Hyperspeed
#97: Linkface MoistPod
#96: Targus ErgoFlip
#95: DeRUCCI T11 Pro Smart Mattress
#94: Looking Glass Go
#93: ColdSnap Ice Cream Robot
#92: Willcook Oven Bag
#91: Aqara Presence Sensor FP2
90 - 81
#90: Razer Huntsman V3 Pro
The Huntsman V3 is more than just one of the best keyboards. It uses Razer’s second-gen analogue optical switches, which feature a customisable actuation height, meaning it can be as sensitive as your fingers like and be made to reactuate without fully retracting one’s finger from the key. It’s basically an unfair advantage, and what gamer doesn’t want that?
#88: Stern Pinball Jaws
#87: Kohler e-ink Numi 2.0
#86: Currentbody Skin
#85: Supernal S-A2
#84: Honda Motocompacto
#83: Ogmen ORo
#82: Vivoo at-home smart urinary tract infection test
#81: Ottobot Brew
80 - 71
#80: Sony DualSense Edge
For PS5 or PC players, the DualSense might just be the best controller on the market. But – hear us out, here – what if it could be better? What if it could give you exactly what you want? Replaceable stick modules, changeable caps, customisable triggers and multiple built-in profiles make the Sony DualSense Edge the very best of the best. Worth the extra investment.
#78: Kohler PureWash E930
#77: Abode Edge
#76: Baracoda BMind
#75: Kanto Audio Ora 4
#74: Atari 400 Mini
#73: Domethics Carepet
#72: Dyson Airstrait
#71: Maxi-Cosi See Pro 360° Baby Monitor
70 - 61
#70: Acer Ebii
The best thing about the ebike is that it doesn’t need to conform to established ideals about bike design. Acer’s latest sidestep into electric vehicles wears its unique look on its sleeve; the Ebii builds on a modular architecture and AI-based platform to create a lightweight, versatile and super-smart belt-driven two-wheeler perfect for city riding.
From €1,999 (around £1,710), acer.com
#69: NAD M66
#68: Imou Cruiser 2
#67: Airthings Renew
#66: SKWheel One
#65: Kohler Anthem Plus
#64: Lockly Visage
#63: Samsung Ballie
#62: Mercedes MBUX Sound Drive
#61: Eureka Dual Washing Bot
60 - 51
#60: FiiO R9
Let’s face it, portable media players may as well drop the ‘portable’ given how often you’ll actually put hi-res audio in your pocket. FiiO cuts out the middle man with the R9, a desktop spin on the format, and adds the kind of extra connectivity options (and dual ES9038Pro DACs) that truly make this viable as the core of a modern hi-fi setup.
#59: Harman / Kardon Allure Essential
#58: Cellico EyeCane
#57: Brandenburg Labs Audio Augmented Reality Headphone System
#56: Gozney Arc
#55: Reolink Duo 3 PoE
#54: Hyundai Mobis e-corner system
#53: SeerGrills Perfecta
#52: Matic
#51: Nanoleaf Orchestrator
50 - 41
#50: Weber Spirit SPX-335
Barbecuing is an essential human act that must be performed when conditions are right. Weber’s Spirit SPX-335 (and, coming soon, its larger Summit range) is the perfect way to take your sausage-scorching to the next level. It features smart, connected temperature and timing control that feeds back to your phone, so you’ll never destroy a steak again.
£1,199, weber.com
#49: McAfee Project Mockingbird
#48: PalmPlug One
#47: Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro
#46: BMW AR Ride
#45: Serafim S3
#44: Nvidia ACE
#43: Wacom Cintiq Pro 27
#42: Reencle Gravity
#41: Sightful Spacetop AR Laptop
40 - 31
#40: JBL L42ms
Looking every bit like part of a professional PA system but squeezing in all the audio mod cons you’re looking for, JBL might just have engineered itself a new streaming speaker icon with the curved L42ms. Just as comfortable below your TV as it is filling your kitchen with tunes, it uses twin angled woofers and tweeters create a massive sound field.
#38: Nuance Glasses
#37: Fuse Audio Wrap
#36: Segway GoKart Pro 2
#35: Alienware 32 4K QD-OLED
#34: Clicks for iPhone
#33: VIVE Full Face Tracker
#32: Unistellar ODYSSEY
#31: Philips TAB6309
30 - 21
#30: Trend – Portable tape players
Vinyl has hogged the attention for far too long – it’s time for the tape comeback. With cool pocket players like the FiiO CP13 (£129) and We Are Rewind Cassette Player (pictured, £113) leading the charge with modern conveniences like USB-C charging and Bluetooth output, you can enjoy those strips of rust without the classic bother.
#29: Yamaha SEQTRAK
#28: Asus ROG NUC
#27: Hyperkin Mega 95
#26: Kia PBV
#25: Samsung The Premiere 8K
#23: Verge TS Ultra
#21: Focal Aria Evo X
20 - 11
#20: Korg microKorg Crystal
While we eagerly anticipate the mid-year release of the microKorg 2, the absolutely stunning Crystal has our music-fiddling needs covered. Pulling together the translucent plastic aesthetic that’s now looped around from the ’90s with a stainless steel faceplate, it’s a delightfully sized centrepiece of any desktop music-making enterprise.
£439, korg.co.uk
#19: Samsung The Link
#18: LG DukeBox
#16: Acer Aspire Vero 16
#15: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4
#14: Samsung Flex In&Out
#13: Ikea Vindstyrka
10 - 1
#10: Naim Uniti Nova PE
Hi-res steamers are big news in 2024, and none gives us more confidence in its ability than Naim’s incredible unit. That ‘PE’ stands for Power Edition, making it clear that not only is this the best looking way to put your hi-res audio front and centre, it’s also packed with a 150W class D amplifier that means you need run no other hardware bar speakers.
£8,600, naimaudio.com
#09: Philips OLED+959
#08: Hisense 8K Sonic Screen Laser TV
#07: Samsung HW-Q990D
#05: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Super series
#03: Trend – smart rings
Is there a company that isn’t working on some kind of smart ring prototype? The industry seems pretty convinced that we’re going to want to move health tracking away from the wrist and onto the finger; others are also testing out the potential of putting things like remote controls onto our digits. Once they’re slimmer and last longer, we’re in business.
#02: Trend – gaming handhelds
Turns out that integrated graphics sneakily got very good in the past few years, just as the chips they’re attached to started running cooler. That means handheld gaming devices are just getting better and better – from the ROG Ally to whatever Valve does with the Steam Deck next, super-powered handhelds will demand our bag space for decades to come.
#01: Apple Vision Pro
Whatever labels you might put on it, this isn’t AR or VR. It’s something new, Apple’s vision for the future of computing made real, and immersing oneself in the Vision Pro is to experience something completely fresh yet familiar at the same time. There’s nothing quite like it – and we’re incredibly excited for where it’ll take us tomorrow.
From $3,499 (around £2,760), apple.com
