In this Podcast, Jon Westfall and I focus on a few products announced during CES 2021 last week that may actually be available as a product you can buy in the near future.
- ~12GB macOS Big Sur update waiting for my MacBook Pro. Still holding off on this update
- AI set to replace humans in cybersecurity by 2030, says Trend Micro
- Withings Thermo – smart Temporal Thermometer
$99 from Amazon. However, for it for $89 at Sams Club yesterday - ZenBook Duo 14 UX482
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Starts at $999
Last year the Duo’s predecessor was an interesting expensive oddity
This year I have an actual use-case for it and the starting config price is a much more affordable $999 (not yet available) - Mudra Band
Touch Free Control for Apple Watch
Control music, manage calls and dismiss notifications using effortless finger movements
$180. Available, allegedly,in March - Jon’s Take on CES 2021: If you aren’t into niche tech (Robotics, Drones, Automation / self-driving Cars) the mainstream stuff was kinda boring. Two interesting products:
TCL Wearable Display but unfortunately can’t be used as a regular pair of glasses.
For those who wear makeup: A lipstick pod gadget that can provide an exact shade (within a color family): Kinda cool idea, but I don’t know a lot of women who want to have very subtly different shades of lipstick (For that matter, most women I know these days don’t really wear lipstick that often). Do you really need something “slightly†more red? But along with other lifestyle stuff like Ice cream pods, kinda interesting innovation. - Jon bought a VIVO Desk riser this week (https://amzn.to/2XPIeE4) to convert his last “sitting only†desk to the ability to be stand/sit. Oh, and Zendure support replaced a dead Supertank battery I had (less than a year old). But the location of the serial number was… unreal
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