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Asus has added another model to its ZenBeam range of portable projectors. The compact L2 short-throw entertainment hub comes with Android TV, Harman Kardon sound and a battery that's good for more than 3 hours of watching per charge.

While it's important to find homes for the houseless, the truth is that many people will stay living on the street in the meantime. The Mini Mansion is made with that fact in mind, as a portable and better equipped alternative to current options.

The Woovebox micro music workstation rocks a stripped-back design reminiscent of Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators, but has more to offer the mobile groove creator – packing in a synthesizer, sequencer, sampler and beat maker.

The European tech event of the year opens its doors in Berlin shortly, and China's Dangbei has revealed an IFA 2023 debut for a new Full HD laser projector called the Atom – its first to run Google TV.

Back in the late 1960s, creating music anywhere was made much easier with a now iconic toy-like pocket synth called the Stylophone. Now Dubreq is aiming to do the same for beat makers with a portable drum machine.

Back in 2021, BenQ released a portable Bluetooth speaker with a 720p DLP projector built in. Now that GV30 model has been joined by a larger Full HD sibling that can be tilted up to throw a movie on the ceiling.

Last month, Anker Innovations launched a pre-order campaign for what was billed as the first truly outdoor projector. Now the Nebula Mars 3 1080p entertainment hub, portable power bank and campsite light source has gone up for sale.

Back in 2019, Artiphon launched a Kickstarter for a battery-powered handheld music-creation tool called the Orba. Now the company has returned to the platform with Chorda, a portable synth, looper and MIDI controller shaped like a short guitar neck.

Although there are plenty of portable hammock stands on the market, their take-anywhere convenience may be negated if they take too long to set up. That shouldn't be a problem with the anymaka, as it reportedly goes up in just three seconds.

Levante upscales origami-inspired portable solar charging with systems that expand like wings to multiple times their packed size. With hundreds of watts of power, the units are an intriguing solution for RVing, sailing and off-grid homesteading.

China's Shenzhen Hi-fun Technology has launched a durable portable projector on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo that's been designed specifically for movie nights at camp or catch ups with favorite family shows in the backyard.

Optoma has launched what is described as the world's most compact portable RGB triple laser projector, which comes in standard and short-throw variants capable of throwing 100-inch Full HD visuals up on a wall or screen.