As 2025 comes to an end, we take a look at ten gadgets (and one more) that came with a cool factor in what was generally a rather lukewarm year in terms of innovation.

DREO today unveiled a new generation of products at CES 2026, introducing major technology advancements across Air Comfort and Smart Kitchen categories.

DBD technology has been around for years, but YPlasma says it’s shrunk its actuators so that they’re as little as 200 microns thick, allowing them to be “integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components.”

IFA is one of the biggest consumer tech shows in the world, and journalists, media houses, and tech enthusiasts flock to Berlin to check out the latest innovations in the tech space. Whether an emerging startup or an established tech giant, brands show off ...

Maxwell Labs believes this tech could cool chips more efficiently than the aforementioned water-based systems. Once the method is perfected, it could either replace or complement those cooling systems. This gallium-arsenide-based semiconductor that's less than a micrometer thick will form most of the photonic cooling plate

The active-cooling fan on a chip could reduce frame heat and therefore user discomfort. Image: xMEMS Labs Here’s some encouraging news for Apple users eagerly awaiting the next generation of smart wearable — new technology could cool down overheating ...

Without cooling, data centres fall over. In November, a cooling system failure at a data centre in the US sent financial trading tech offline at CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator. The company has since put in place additional cooling capacity to help protect against a repeat of this incident.

A team led by researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology may have found a more eco-friendly alternative to traditional cooling systems, allowing people to stay cool without heating up the planet. Air conditioning is great for keeping ...