Innovation of the week: A stylish, interactive internet router

published 25 May 2016

For most people, their wireless internet router is something that's out of sight, out of mind, said Katherine Boehret at The Verge. Starry Station, a sleek, white triangular router, is "meant to be seen rather than buried behind the couch or tucked under a desk." And its appeal isn't just aesthetic: The router gives users an at-a-glance picture of how their Wi-Fi network is performing, showing how many devices are online and how much data they're eating up, represented by floating, color-coded dots (blue for healthy, red for problematic).