We’re not just on air and online, we’re also in print in this month’s On Our Doorstep, where we talk in depth about the latest so called ‘Hoverboard’ craze. There’s lots of other interesting articles again this month, so click the link below and dig in.
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The Gadget Man – Episode 77 – Touchability Grip Gloves from touchscreengloves.co.uk
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If you live in the UK, you will have noticed the sudden change in temperature over the past couple of days, whilst this time a few of weeks ago we were basking in warmer than normal October, are now plunged into the depths of winter.
Recently, I have taken to cycling to work on an e-bike and aside from a decent coat, hat, waterproof trousers, spare set of clothes and shoes, in this weather; gloves are a MUST!! These days however, gloves get in the way from our obsessive use of touch technology!! Not so, it would seem. Gloves no longer obscure the use of mobile phones and cause breakages with their slippery surfaces, not when they are Touchability Grip Gloves from touchscreengloves.co.uk.
Listen into the stream to hear what I thought of the gloves and head over to www.touchscreengloves.co.uk to see the Grip gloves and their full range of products.
The Gadget Man – Episode 76 – Transcend DrivePro Body 10 Bodycam
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This week I talk about a new wave of devices aimed at both Police and private security firms. Body Cams allow for the collection of video evidence which is aimed at reducing the time wasted by conflicting opinions from police and witnesses to crimes.
I have been reviewing the Transcend DrivePro Body 10, a really excellent example of such a device, which is easy to set up, extremely simple to wear and operate and produces excellent 1080p video in both daylight and nighttime. The device has an excellent F2.8 160 degree wide angle lens and comes with a 32GB micro SD card included.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzGO7-4IEU
Video is split in to manageable sized files which means that en entire video file does not need to be viewed or copied to other media for use in court. It is also time and date stamped with the option of adding additional text to the file which is displayed on the resulting video.
The device is weatherproof and also includes a ‘snap shot’ button for taking 3.3mp image files. Operation of the video is simple and only requires the power button to be depressed to start recording and pressed again to stop.
Don’t forget to listen in to the stream to find out more about the Transcend DrivePro Body 10.
Many thanks to Transcend for providing me with a demo unit.
The Gadget Man – Episode 75 – Self balancing two wheeled board
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This week we chatted about the Self balancing two wheeled board’s that are currently very popular. You might know them as Hoverboards, Segways, Balance Boards, Monorovers etc. This is because the device is being manufactured by ‘copycat’ companies in the Far East and is being marketed under a whole host of different names in the UK alone.
It takes a bit of time to get used to riding the board, but once you get it, you are away. It’s great for smooth surfaces, not so good on bumpy ones.
Listen in to the audio stream to find out all about it. Lots of video shortly.
Thanks you a million times to Charles Claughton for the loan of the board, he is indeed a star!
The Gadget Man – Episode 74 – Fuze
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This morning I chat to Rachel about the Fuze, which is “A programmable computer and electronics workstation, the FUZE, with FUZE BASIC, is an ideal platform for learning and teaching computational thinking and computer programming and provides a safe environment to experiment with simple electronics.”
It has been really interesting testing the Fuze and I will be reviewing here in more detail in the next few days, for now enjoy the audio.
The Gadget Man – Episode 73 – Halloween Ideas from Digital Dudz at Morph Suits
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This morning I chatted to Mark about some Halloween and Christmas costume ideas from Morph Suits.
I was sent three different costumes ideas, the first was Cyclops Mask (available here) which aside from being a very well made full head mask, also had the added feature of fully animated eye which is achieved by slotting your mobile device into a special slot about the eye socket whilst running the Digital Dudz app for iPhone or Android. When inserted, you can then centre the eye in its socket and pinch to zoom in and out to get the right size and positioning.
As you can see from the photos and video above, the effect is amazing and a little disturbing, but a fantastic use of technology all the same.
The second and third costume items where a clown t-shirt and Christmas jumper. The clown t-shirt has a hidden slot on the front which allows for the insertion of a mobile phone with the same app running. This gives another really spooky twist to Halloween costumes! The Christmas jumper allows the insertion of a mobile phone above the photo of a Gingerbread Man, again running the app, the Gingerbread man is slowly devoured!!
The Clown T-Shirt can be purchased by clicking this link and the Gingerbread Jumper at this link. You can browse the entire range of Morph Suit clothing here.
There’s still time to order your Halloween costumes in time for this weekend at http://www.morphsuits.co.uk/
