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Perfect Bake with Connected Scales at CES

Although the Internet of Things is very much of the moment, sometimes all you need is a connected device. In this case, the device being connected is a set of kitchen scales. Todd and Todd start cooking with Darin Barri and Perfect Bake Scale and App. Targetted at cooks and bakers, Perfect Bake combines digital scales with a tablet app

Ion Audio Gets The Party Going at CES 2015

The great thing about Ion Audio is that they concentrate on fun audio products: seriously, who else puts a speaker in plant pot? At CES, Ion has continued in the tradition of fun with two products for two very different environments. Todd listens in with Wendy Fortin, Ion Product Manager. First up is the Block Party Live, a 50W PA

Capti Narrator Comes To The Desktop

For most people it's usually faster to read than it is to listen but there are times when it's better to listen than it is to read; while driving or at the gym, or even for pleasure to nod off to sleep. If this sounds of interest, take a look at Capti Narrator. Capti Narrator is a popular app for

Face Recognition Comes To Simplicam

Back in 2014 when ArcSoft launched the simplicam home monitoring system based around a high-definition webcam, it borrowed face detection technology from digital cameras. With this tool, the monitoring system was able to differentiate between persons and pets, ensuring that only important alerts were sent through to the owner who would otherwise be swamped with notifications when their cat or dog took

Hexoskin Smart Shirt Now Comes In Small

Canadian outfit Hexoskin has been in the wearables market longer than most, starting out in 2006 and now has a range of smart shirts with a built-in body metric system to measure heart rate, breathing, activity and sleeping using sensors woven into the fabric of the shirt. Hexoskin, with the support of NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, created sensors

Free Beer from Alcohoot at CES!

Alcohoot are offering free beer for visitors to their stand at CES (booth 74549). On the surface, it's a cheap trick but as they sell breathalyzers there's a certain relevance to it. No doubt the merit of personal breathalyzers will continue to be debated for years to come but focussing on the technology, Alcohoot have produced a portable breathalyzer that plugs into

TrackR Bravo Goes to CES

Indigogo darling TrackR is at CES 2015 to show off the latest incarnation of its mini trackers, the TrackR bravo. If you aren't familiar with TrackR products, they're small, coin-sized devices which easily attach to valuable items that you want to track, from keys to laptops and pets. And if you do misplace something precious, the TrackR app for both iOS