As anyone playing FIFA during lockdown will attest, the perfect slide – whether celebrating a worldie on your knees or taking out Ronaldo in appropriately crude fashion – is completely satisfying. So while the mobile phone world (OK, us too) appears fixated with folding and flipping, Planet Computers has gone for a slider instead. At […]
The sheer number of ways the Insta360 One R can film you failing to navigate a drag lift at Bracknell dry ski slope is mind-boggling. Choose from 5.7k 360° video, 4K wide-angle footage, timelapse, slow-mo, bullet-time shots or 19MB stills, all with exceptional image stabilisation and impressive AI trickery to capture your spectacular collapse. There’s […]
The Ultion Smart Lock from Brisant-Secure can really open doors. Whether you prefer automatic entry using your smartphone, a keypad that can hold up to 20 PIN numbers or a small, serrated metal object called a ‘key’, playing a different game of smart home open sesame every day is terribly good fun. There’s a serious […]
Looking to kick off 2020 with a bang? This month’s competition probably isn’t for you, because the noise-cancelling tech in Bowers & Wilkins’ PX7 headphones is so impressive we doubt you’d hear it. They’re also the first ever cans to feature the new aptX Adaptive codec, meaning no delays between the dialogue on screen and […]
If, having won one of these Libratone ZIPP 2 smart speakers, you decide to give it away as a late Christmas present, just wait for them to unwrap it and realise it’s not that rare bottle of Scotch they were after. Watch them unzip the removable fabric grille from its fine cylindrical exterior to reveal that, […]
Claw back some self-respect and win this DIY gadget of dreams
There are flagship headphones… and there are flagship headphones. These 1more H1707 cans are tuned by sound engineer Luca Bignardi, who just happens to be a four-time Grammy Award winner. That’s some serious mantelpiece currency. Can your flagship headphones compete with that level of humblebrag? Didn’t think so. Back in your box. And that’s not […]
While we quite like the idea of opening the front door turning into a scene from Blade Runner 2049, there’s every chance the novelty is going to wear off, so Brisant-Secure has done the sensible thing and made its Ultion Smart Lock look like a lock. If that wasn’t ‘normal’ enough for you, you can even […]
