This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver I discussed these items: It’s a glove and a bluetooth headset: These $50 HiCall gloves are also a bluetooth handset. For those cold morning calls, you simply hold your thumb up to your ear and your pinky to your mouth and the gloves work like a handset….
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Roku Smart Stick: Roku is launching their new Smart Stick next month that will plug into a number of different Smart TVs currently on the market and add a bunch of new content options wirelessly. The Smart Stick looks like a thumb…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Posh View Interactive Mirror: I recently got to see the Posh View Interactive Mirror in person at the Calgary MakerFaire. This mirror is meant for the home and provides an interactive display built into the glass of the mirror. A user simply…
This week on News1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: iPhone 5 Rumour Roundup: My guesses – same design as 4/4S but bigger screen (4″seems likely), new dock connector (possibly just micro USB rather than new design), LTE, improved camera (no idea what they’ll do here, better sensor?), no NFC (uptake has been…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Jewellers now have a 3d printer for custom castings: 3d printing has begun to affect another industry with the announcement a new 3d printer, the 3Z Studio from Solidscape, which is targeted at jewellers. The desktop printer creates complex wax patterns from…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: InstaCube: stream in realtime, all the photos from your Instagram account, to this wifi enabled digital photo frame. It’s touchscreen and tactile buttons let you like photos as they appear on the cube as well as configure which photos get displayed on it….
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: ForcePad is going to change your trackpad: The introduction of the ForcePad by Synaptics is set to radically change how we use the trackpads on our laptops. Unlike traditional trackpads with basic scrolling and multi-touch gestures, the ForcePad can recognize five different…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these topics: Wi-Fi controlled power outlet makes home automation easy: Belkin has released a new $49 gadget called the WeMo that allows you to automate your home electronics and appliances using an outlet that has wifi built in and is controlled via a smartphone…
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I talked about these topics: Nanocoat your Smartphone: A California company, Liquipel, will make your smartphone (mostly) waterproof with a nanocoating that it applies to your device. While not 100% waterproof, this coat will protect your device from splashes and quick dunks that would destroy an untreated…
This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about: Print any drug using the Chemputer: Professor Lee Cronin at Glasgow University is working with a modified 3d printer to create a machine that can ‘print’ just about any pharmaceutical with the ultimate goal to allow people to do this in their own home. The…