The Six Best Products to Kick Off 2025 With Wisdom and Efficiency

A tiny genius for the kitchen
Anova Culinary’s new $1,199 Precision Oven 2.0 brings a huge range of cooking capabilities to your countertop. With pro-grade features such as steam injection for juicier roasts and bagless sous vide cooking, it leverages more tech than the average smartphone. An onboard camera allows the oven to recognize what you’re cooking, suggest optimal settings and even take time-lapse footage of your brownies baking.

Headphones that connect to your brain to help you focus
It’s no secret that wearing headphones can help with concentration. Neurable and Master & Dynamic’s $699 MW75 Neuro headphones do more than just offer music and noise cancellation, though. They’re a brain-computer interface, gathering electroencephalography (EEG) data via 12 channel sensors woven into the ear pad cushions. This information, analyzed and presented in Neurable’s app, lets you track your optimal focus times and receive alerts suggesting a break when signs of burnout show.