I wasn’t planning on doing a year end post but thankfully, Steve Dotto asked me to join a couple of the smartest guys I know (Mike Vardy & Tris Hussey) to share my thoughts with them as we looked back at the tech of 2012 as we saw it. We only chatted for an hour…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: MeterPlug: A simple, tiny, $45 device that you plug into the wall and then plug any appliance or device you’d like to monitor it’s usage for. By using a database of location based electricity prices, the MeterPlug can tell you in real…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Popslate: another in a long line of clever iPhone cases, the Popslate adds a 4 inch e-ink screen to the back of your iPhone 5. This screen can be customized to give the back of your phone a unique ‘wallpaper’ or you…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Scanadu’s Scout tricorder: an entrant in the Tricorder XPrize contest, the Scout is Scanadu’s crack at bringing the famous medical diagnosis device from Star Trek to a reality. The $150 device due out next year packs a lot into it’s 2 inch…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: Lytro Reinvents The Camera Once Again: The Lytro Light Field Camera is a unique camera that captures photos and lets you change the focus within the frame, recently updated their software to add two new stunning features – perspective shift and living…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: The Hobbit gets 3d printed: Props for the upcoming Hobbit movie from Peter Jackson were largely 3d printed by Weta Workshops. Everything from weapons like the Orcrist and Sting to apparel such as helmets and buckles. Even prostetic pieces likes noses and…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: Facial recognition service for retailers: NEC has launched a facial recognition system, right out of the movie Minority Report, for use in Japanese retail stores that helps retailers create marketing profiles based on the people visiting their stores and even track them…
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Belkin NetCam: a new webcam from Belkin ($129) lets you put a wireless security camera anywhere in your house and it can see in the dark thanks to it’s night vision lighting. You can monitor the camera from your smartphone and it…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Wifi controlled Lightbulbs: The GreenWave Reality Connected Lighting Solution is a $200 kit that allows you to control the four included LED light bulbs via wifi from your smartphone. You can create simple or complex lighting schedules, group bulbs together to act…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Introducing Maily for iPad from Maily on Vimeo. A brief conversation about the shift post-Steve Jobs that Apple is making with diverse products and services that Jobs may never have approved during his time at the helm. Your child’s first email application:…