Atari’s Speakerhat is the spiritual successor to Hat FM

Hollywood has given us some truly iconic gadgets. Most we’re still waiting for – anyone got their hoverboard yet? – but others are way ahead of their time. Atari’s Speakerhat – literally just a snapback with some Bluetooth speakers built into the peak – is a tie-in with forthcoming sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049, which by our calculations makes it 32 years early. You can even pair them up with others to stream the same song to multiple hats. The problem with that? Right now you can only apply to be one of 10 Speakerhat “beta testers”, so you’re probably more likely to share a whole chicken with Ryan Gosling in Nando’s than bump into someone else wearing one.

Tom Wiggins Contributor

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Stuff's second Tom has been writing for the magazine and website since 2006, when smartphones were only for massive nerds and you could say “Alexa” out loud without a robot answering. Over the years he’s written about everything from MP3s to NFTs, played FIFA with Trent Alexander-Arnold, and amassed a really quite impressive collection of USB sticks.

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A bit of everything but definitely not cameras.