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Good oral hygiene is important for everyone but getting children to brush their teeth can be a bedtime battle. Playbrush should help win the war, bringing fun into the bathroom. I get the toothpaste out with John to find out more about Playbrush and continue coverage of the British Inventors' Project. The Playbrush is small bulbous gadget that slips over
Apple and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are working together to help protect life on our planet. They created a global Apps for Earth campaign. There does not appear to be an Android version of this project. From now through April 24, WWF will receive 100% of the proceeds from participating apps in the App Store via both
No video version this episode Mike Dell here. Guest hosting for Todd this week. I am the host of Podcast Help Desk and Geek of the North, both on the Tech Podcasts Network. I have a smaller stack of stuff than Todd normally has, but I hope it will tide you over for your Geek News fix for the weekend.
Apple has decided to put an end to iTunes Allowances, which has been around since October of 2003. It appears that Apple has decided that it now has other things that can do what iTunes Allowances does. The iTunes Allowance was created to allow parents to automatically deposit funds into their kids' iTunes Music Store account every month. The purpose
Like me, many parents will remember the frequent struggles with travel cots: there was always that one rail that wouldn't lock in place or the release handle that wouldn't turn to disengage the mechanism. At times travel cots can be more frustrating than the tot! Fortunately, the BabyHub team have worked hard to produce the SleepSpace, a travel cot that can be
Solar Impulse, billed as "the world's first around-the-world solar flight," has been grounded in Hawaii since last year. The experimental plane landed in Hawaii as part of its planned journey to circumnavigate the planet. But along the way, Solar Impulse's batteries sustained damage due to overheating. This led to downtime as the project's engineers repaired the problem. Now, Solar Impulse is
Here in the UK, contactless smart cards are increasingly popular with every credit and debit card in my wallet now enabled for PIN-free low value transactions. They're very popular as travel cards too, with London's Oyster card being a good (but not unique) example. Convenient as this contactless technology is, there can be problems. With a wallet full of cards,
One of the best bits of Gadget Show Live is the support for the British Inventors' Project. Designed to showcase the best of British invention and innovation, the Project sets aside part of the GSL for the inventors to demonstrate their products. It's always interesting to see what's on show, with some inventions little more than sketches on the back
Rust is a survival game on Steam. It is created by Facepunch Studios. The game is currently an early access game and is in active development. A recent update randomly assigns a player a permanent character gender. Rust is multiplayer game where players attempt to survive through awful conditions “where humanity has been reduced to cavemen”. There are several things
In the last of my smart home interviews from Gadget Show Live, I look at one of the new entrants to the market, Smanos. The Dutch firm announced their new K1 Smart Hub at the show and while it's a good-looking piece of kit, the K1 is coming into an increasingly crowded space. I chat with Rafael about Smanos and the
Congratulations SpaceX on a successful landing on the Barge. Was awe inspiring. In addition today Ohana, I have a full stack of tech news.. Mike Dell will be guest hosting next show, so I am sure he will entertain you better than I do.. I off to the World Wide Radio Summit and then NAB. Download the Audio Show File
A British Gas incubator, Hive has been a British success since 2013, bringing smart heating controls to UK homes. Building on the back of this success Hive are expanding their portfolio and making Hive the heart of the smart home. In the third of my smart home interviews from Gadget Show Live, I talk to Elvin about Hive and their
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