Teenage Engineering simply revealed a, uh, toy car/doodad that costs $250. Sure, it’s $250 for a little bit piece of steel with wheels you can roll round a desk for a bit earlier than becoming bored. The corporate tends to releases two sorts of merchandise. There are the extraordinarily costly, yet pretty darn cool, audio gadgets and, nicely, every little thing else. Right this moment’s shock launch falls squarely within the latter camp.
This won’t be fairly as egregious because the company’s $1,600 desk that you must assemble your self or those little wooden dolls that cost $2,000, however it’s nonetheless a doodad that ought to price round $2.50, and never $250. Teenage Engineering says its Grip Automotive is produced from aluminum and options clean ball bearing rubber wheels. The use case situations right here appear countless, with the corporate suggesting of us “move it in any direction” or put it on their shelf. Wait, these are the one two.
The Grip Automotive is accessible in three colours, to these curious, so that you’ll have your choose of crimson, black or aluminum. It was created by Danish designer Anders Hermansen, who has beforehand labored with firms like Bang & Olufsen to assist make some of its in-wall speakers, amongst different merchandise.
By the way, the official Teenage Engineering website has been performing peculiarly recently, with an abundance of symbols that appear to promote some type of announcement for tomorrow. The corporate confirmed to Engadget that the Grip Automotive isn’t a part of this forthcoming announcement and to maintain a watch out for a press launch tomorrow afternoon. The announcement seems to be audio-related, as a result of floating icons on the location, however it stays unknown if it’ll be {hardware} or software program.
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