Reviewing the Lifebeam Vi personal trainer headphones
By Ted Kritsonis
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) can make for interesting use cases, like with Lifebeam’s Vi headphones, which try hard to be a virtual fitness motivator.
Category: Gadgets
What you need to know about Bluetooth music streaming
By Ted Kritsonis
Headphone jacks are slowly disappearing from smartphones, steering consumers over to Bluetooth headphones for wireless playback. Except, the codecs aren’t all created equal.
Before Apple and Before Microsoft, Canadian Computers Ruled, New Tech Museum Shows
by Lee Rickwood
A museum dedicated to the history of computing in Canada reminds us that modern inventions are frequently the result of a long chain of events that started decades ago.
Smart Home Technology Options for Managing Energy Usage Bring Cost Savings, Market Opportunities
by Lee Rickwood
Smart home technology options let users manage their home energy usage and keep tabs on other smart home devices with Web and mobile applications.
Privacy Gets a Workout from Wearable Devices, Health and Fitness Apps
by Lee Rickwood
New devices will evaluate your sweat with electric signals that measure and detect things like glucose, lactate, sodium and potassium levels, and the capabilities are but a short step away from tracking a user’s emotional as well as physical health.
Review of the Nintendo Switch as a gaming innovation
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Switching from console to portable device feels seamless and magical. Nintendo really made it easy to enable a two-step process to take your games on the road without interruption. The included dock is flimsy but connects to the Switch CPU easily (do consider getting a screen protector as sliding in and out of the dock can scratch or damage the display).
Apple reveals vision of smartphone future with iPhone 8 and iPhone X
The big announcement, and one that has been leaked in various forums and forms (no thanks to Apple’s own iOS 11 firmware, which spilled the beans on the look as well as various features), was the iPhone X or iPhone Ten. Using a new OLED display with an edge-to-edge display, iPhone X is the culmination of 10 years of Apple innovation in the segment it defined.
Canadian Developer Says Voice-imitation Technology Raises ‘Societal Issues’
by Lee Rickwood
Using the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Lyrebird offers new speech synthesis solutions that let users create entire speeches or conversations using a chosen voice or voices.