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There are all kinds of fitness and sports trackers coming onto the market, from the generalists like Fitbit through to the specialists for single sports, like basketball or baseball. Digital Ski is in the latter category, bringing specialist sensors to both downhill and cross-country skiing. Dr Hermann Schindler of HS Innovations shows Jamie and Nick what's possible with two sensors instead
Todd Cochrane interviews Josh with Catalyst, a leading provider of waterproof cases for the iPhone and Apple Watch. The Catalyst line of waterproof iPhone covers have an IP-68 rating and every individual product is tested before the sale to a water depth of 16.4 feet. The Catalyst iPhone cases are also two meters drop proof. Catalyst also offers phone mounts that fit their waterproof iPhone cases. The
Todd Cochrane interviews Ronald Kim from BenQ. They discuss BenQ's new line of Zowie line of competitive gaming accessories. BenQ brings in professional gamers to help them validate their gaming accessory designs. Ron shows three models (they offer a total of seven models) of gaming mice that are specifically designed to give the end user the best possible gaming performance. They include the ZA Series, the EC-A Series,
The inventor of email Ray Tomlinson passed away this past weekend. He is widely credited in inventing email a proud legacy. I talk about how communications have evolved over the past 30 years and some of the perils of modern communications. I also talk more about creating historical videos about your past and your family history. Download the Audio Show
The past few weeks have seen most of the tech industry line up against law enforcement and intelligence agencies over the matter of encryption and privacy. I particularly liked Google's recent conversion to privacy as it wasn't that long ago that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, said that, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't
Improved home security is one of the benefits often cited by proponents of the smart home, but setting up everything can be technically daunting and require a little DIY. The team at BeON have taken a different approach, developing home protection that can easily be installed without any geek or DIY credentials. Jamie and Nick learn more about this original
It's a basic rule of safety when using personal electronics: water and electricity don't mix. It's super important to take caution when using electronic devices in bathrooms or outdoor environments. Fortunately, there are products that are designed specifically to be used in these situations. With this in mind, I was given a new 1byone Outdoor Sports & Shower 4.0 Bluetooth Speaker to
Devolo is well known for its range of dLan powerline networking products which I rate highly, so I was very interested to see that Devolo was creating a new product range for the smart home. Called Home Control, this is a Z-Wave based system with a comprehensive set of accessories, from the usual motion sensor all the way through to
Normally a wireless NAS unit wouldn't merit a second look, with plenty of choice from big OEMs like Seagate to small crowd-funded efforts. But when this wireless NAS unit is the size of a matchbox, holds 2 TB and weighs 4oz, it's definitely worth another viewing. Marlo and Nick examine this miniature marvel with Luke Malpass from Fasetto. The Fasetto
How low will they go? Billboards are now Spying on us as we drive buy. Courtesy of comcast and their mobile partners who have come up with a way to collect intelligence on us as we drive by. You think big brother is out to track you, you need to think again and understand what corporate America is doing. On
As USB-C becomes more prevalent, it's unsurprising to see non-OEM vendors start to produce power adaptors for this new standard. On review here are two Choetech USB-C power adaptors designed for the UK power sockets. No, I don't know how to pronounce Choetech and their marketing rep was non-committal too, so I will leave that as a linguistic exercise for
Keyboard players have had a wide range of options for creating all kinds of sounds for years, thanks to MIDI (musical digital instrument interface). MIDI takes input information from a control device, such as the keys of a keyboard, and translates it into audible sound, usually by triggering sounds in a sample bank. If you've ever played an electronic keyboard
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