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Tom Newman clocks in with Mike from Casio, who were demonstrating low-power Bluetooth in a watch. As you might expect, low power drain is highly desirable in a watch as, unlike smartphones, it's not normal to recharge them every night. Most people would expect a watch to last several years between battery changes and fortunately, Casio expects the battery in
Andy talks with Anthony Scarsella, Chief Gadgets Officer at Gazelle, purchasers of previously-enjoyed (second-hand) gadgets. Now over 4 year's old, this is big business with over 250,000 gadgets models available for trade-in. When compared to ebay or craigslist, Gazelle simply gives a superior customer experience. Free shipping is included, boxes are sometimes provided and there's no question about whether the
Andy and Esbjorn interview Chris Morgan and James Chiavetta from TabSafe, who demonstrate their Medication Management System, which won a Design and Engineering Showcase Award at CES. TabSafe is an in-home medication dispensing system aimed at keeping seniors and chronically ill at home, rather than taking them into care or assisted-living accommodation. Apparently 1 in 4 people have to move
Andy personalises his gear with help from Jed Seifert of MusicSkins. Why settle for piano black or ice white, just because they're what Apple says is cool? With vinyl skins, you can customise your phone or mp3 player from a choice of literally thousands of skins. Whether it's Madonna or Muse, Johnny C or Jay-Z, there's a skin for you.
Andy McCaskey talks to Adam Molberger from Ciil Technologies. That's pronounced "seal", in case you were wondering, and gives a clue to what this company does. It makes waterproof and dust-proof TVs and displays so the screen can stay outside whatever the weather, come rain or shine. Andy and Adam run through some of the features of the TVs, including
Andy McCaskey and Esby Larsen sound out Ivan Kuan of Sennheiser, my favourite headphone manufacturer, on the latest aural delights. Recently, Sennheiser have introduced a number of travel and lifestyle headphones, including models marketed in conjunction with Adidas under the Originals brand - HD 25, CX 310 & HD 220. They're blue. Very blue. Returning to monochrome reality, the CXC
Andy McCaskey falls for iLuv, the premier purveyor of accessories for mobile devices including the Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad, Galaxy Tab and Blackberry. On show is the iLuv Audio Cube, a speaker dock for the iPad that comes with additional apps, such as alarm clocks, internet radio and weather, to make this the centre of your digital life. There