If ever there was a marriage made in heaven, it’s the one between technology and safety. We now routinely rely on more tech to keep us safe than ever before, from automatic motion detection sensors to infra-red vision which helps drivers avoid critters late at night.
There’s no shortage of companies out there whose business model is to package up disparate free content to re-sell to an uneducated public. We’ve seen it with music, movies and now it’s happening with television. The idea is to scrape up all the myriad free TV delivery sites out there, and parcel it all up in an easy interface, so your grandmother would be able to use it.
If you’re one of those people who likes to…y’know…get things done, you’ll appreciate any tool that makes it easier to multi-task. The optimum way to do this of course is to provide your brain with even more inputs than normal, usually by mixing audio and visual together in some unholy alliance.
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Are you afraid of the dark? Do you ever get a tad paranoid about being stuck in a blackout? If this describes you to a ‘T’, chances are you have a flashlight app installed, light keychain, and a spare in your bag. Of course, you can never have too many at your disposal as you just don’t know what life is going to present you.
I’ve seen and played with a lot of mobile phone game controllers. Many of them are separate from the phone, feel very cheap, and/or are very large attachments that need to be removed if you want to put your phone back in your pocket. Seldom do you see a sturdy, slim profile device that will improve on-the-go gaming without being a burden to carry around. Last week at E3, I saw one that was actually kind of impressive.
We all have to go to the tool box now and again for everything from tightening up a wagon wheel to putting a desk together. Of course, you have to wade through which wrenches and screwdrivers you need dependent on the job at hand. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could pull out one tool that filled every requirement you needed for any situation?
If product coolness was measured in ice cream, the new Sony Xperia Z 4G Tablet would be a triple choc whipped Sundae, with maraschino cherries, white truffle chunks and lashings of dark Belgian chocolate sprinkles on a bed of silver sugar flecks. Yes it’s that delicious.
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You don’t have to look far to find any number of research studies which point out the dangers of sitting down all day as we do our jobs in front of computer screens. And that’s not counting the rising number of people who suffer from RSI (repetitive strain injury) from doing the same kind of computing and mousing tasks day in, day out.
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