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Smarten up the Garage Door with SkyLink at CES 2018

Converting a house into a smart home shouldn't mean replacing every electrical device for a new smart model. A cheaper and greener way is to add smart features in with wireless accessories. A good example here is SkyLink Nova which adds smart capabilities to automatic garage doors at relatively low cost. Don and Frank take a closer look at SkyLink

Get Smappee for Energy Efficiency at CES 2018

The efficient use of electricity is a win-win: it both saves money and saves the planet. At home, energy-efficient LED lightbulbs have all but replaced incandescent bulbs, which means the quick wins are gone. The next step is to identify the big energy consumers in the home and that's where Smappee comes in. Stefan and Don save the world. Smappee

Encrypted Storage with SecureDrive at CES 2018

Encrypted external hard drives and USB memory sticks have been around for at least a decade, but most of the time it's either locked or unlocked: if you have the password, you're in. Sergey from SecureDrive shows Scott their security solution to this common problem. SecureDrive specialise in hardware encrypted data storage. They've three product ranges with varying capacity (1 -

The Turtles are Back with Root Robotics at CES 2018

When I watched Don's interview with Raphael, I was transported back to my school days in the early 1980s and adventures with a BBC Micro 'B', Logo and a Turtle. While the user interface is definitely better, the patterns on the paper look just the same! To be fair to Raphael and Root Robotics, their turtle does do a bit

Track Time with TimeFlip at CES 2018

The nature of work today is often one of multi-tasking. An hour on this project, a teleconference with some clients, a few hours on a proposal and by the time it gets to the end of the day, it's tricky to get the billable time down. TimeFlip have a simple and effective answer to this in the shape of a

Feel the Heat with Vortx from Whirlwind FX at CES 2018

The gaming experience has steadily improved since Pong. Each generation of console and processor brings more detailed graphics, faster framerates, improved sound, force feedback vibration, VR, AR.... They're all designed to make games more immersive and realistic without actually injuring the player. The latest addition to the gaming word is Vortx from Whirlwind FX: Todd takes the heat with Timothy,

Azur Drones Spy in the Sky at CES 2018

Up to now, drones have been little more than toys and camera platforms, promising much but delivering little. Working with Directorate General for Civil Aviation, Azure Drones' Skeyetech provides "100% autonomous and 24/7 operational drones" as a "security drone solution". Antoine and Todd talk about the new security guard. A market leader in France, Azur Drones has developed an airborne surveillance