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Flic smart buttons first appeared at CES 2015 and since then, they've made steady progress as a useful element of a smart home solution. CES 2018 saw the introduction of the Flic Hub which eliminated the need for a nearby smartphone to process activity. Flic buttons are little rubberised push switches that use Bluetooth to communicate with the complementary Flic
That spot on your wrist is in high demand at the moment. From Apple Watches to smart watches, retro digital and vintage automatics, they all want in on that skin real estate. Personally, I still like a watch with hands to tell me that I'm late but I do like step counting and heart rate monitoring too. Consequently, I tend
Palladium Books held a Kickstarter to produce Robotech RPG Tactics. A total of 5,342 backers pledged $1,442,312 to bring the project to life. Robotech RPG Tactics is a tabletop strategy game that expands on the popular Palladium role playing game. Palladium was intending to create miniatures as game pieces. Unfortunately, things did not work out as planned. President of Palladium
Back in 2016 I interviewed Guy Jeremiah from Ohyo at The Gadget Show, where he was demonstrating a flexible use bag. Designed by Felix Conran, the bag could be arranged into four different configurations; a tablet bag, messenger bag, a back-pack and a grocery bag. Returning to 2017, the team's back together with the Ohyo 2Bag, a re-imagining which focuses on daily
Domestic and short-haul travel has become a two-edged sword. On the one hand, budget carriers have made getting away from it all much cheaper, but on the other hand, poorly managed security processes, strict luggage allowances and jobsworths have made it tiresome and stressful. I once had an argument with the a security operator as to whether a transparent bag
Perhaps I'm just old and suspicious, but I'm increasingly concerned about the personal information that I give away to companies like Google and Facebook for their services. I've had enough of being the product. As for the information gathered surreptitiously by third parties, such as ISPs and government agencies, I've had enough of snooping and I don't accept that if I've
It doesn't look like this project needs the publicity given they've blown through their AU$100,000 target on Kickstarter but the Audeara headphones have a fairly unique selling point: they give you a hearing test and then adjust sounds levels across the frequency range to compensate for your personal physiology and hearing loss. That's clever. Designed by a team of doctors