Allison interviews Chris Stroud from Owlet about their new Smart Sock for babies. Smart Sock fits snugly on your baby’s foot and monitors their heart rate and oxygen levels while they sleep. Using the Owlet iOS app, Smart Sock will alert you if your baby stops breathing. The setting is the CES ShowStoppers show floor […]
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NC #559 Behringer DAC, Ring Doorbell, FLIR, FFmpeg, IOGear USB-C, Black & Decker, Security Bits
Allister Jenks reviews the Behringer UCA222 Digital Audio Interface, we have CES interviews about the Ring Video Doorbell and The FLIR One Personal Thermal Imager. Then I’ll tell you a story about FFmpeg and video transcoding, followed by two more CES interviews with IOGear and Black & Decker. Finally we’ll have Security Bits with Bart […]
Continue readingBehringer U-Control UCA222 Digital Audio Interface
Hello Allison and NosillaCastaways. Allister here again from New Zealand with a short review of a product recommended to me by another NosillaCastaway. First, the problem to be solved. I just bought myself a brand new 27″ Retina 5K iMac. It is a beautiful machine and I am very pleased with it. No, that’s not […]
Continue readingFun with Video Encoding – FFmpeg & VidConvert
I’ve told you a lot of stories about how my friend Dorothy (aka macLurker) helps me out by writing scripts for me to help automate things I do for the podcast. She’s really smart and knows SO much more than I do about programming. We have a lot of fun working on these projects but […]
Continue readingCCATP #422 Bart Busschots Programming By Stealth – 7 of x (More CSS)
Bart Busschots joins us again for part 7 of his series Programming by Stealth. In this instalment we’ll build on our basic understanding of CSS from previous instalment. We’ll start with some new CSS selectors, in the process, introduce two new HTML tag attributes, then we’ll move on to the CSS box model. Each HTML […]
Continue readingCES 2016: Black+Decker Smartech Tools
Allison interviews Sarah Windham from Black+Decker about their new Smartech power tools. Smartech provides a Bluetooth connection from the power tool’s battery to a mobile app which shows battery charge, location and health and allows the user to lock on and off the battery for safety. Black+Decker Smartech batteries and the accompanying app will be […]
Continue readingCES 2016: IOGEAR USB-C Adapters
Allison interviews Raymond Troung from IOGEAR about their new USB type C adapters and hubs. IOGEAR has just about every adapter you would need to connect your USB-C devices with other peripherals. Among other devices, Raymond showed Allison their new USB-C docking station which will be available in Feb 2016 for $249. The setting is […]
Continue readingCES 2016: FLIR One Personal Thermal Imager
Allison interviews Travis Merrill from FLIR about their latest thermal imaging devices for consumers. Travis showed FLIR’s second generation personal thermal imager called the FLIR One. The FLIR One plugs into the lightning port of your iOS device and provides a heat-based image of the scene on your mobile device’s display. Travis also showed the […]
Continue readingCES 2016: Ring Video Doorbell
Allison interviews Yassi Shahmiri about the Ring Video Doorbell. The Ring doorbell contains built-in motion sensors that trigger an instant mobile alert and activate a wide-angle HD camera for viewing your home’s entrance. Ring also contains a microphone and speakers that allow you to hear the visitor and to speak with them if you desire. […]
Continue readingNC #558 Recon 50 Headset, Catalyst Waterproof Apple Watch Case, CleverPet, 3 Camera Shoot, Canary Home Security, 1Password All Vaults
We’re going to start with a short audio clip from George from Tulsa on the Recon 50 Gaming Headset that sounds great. Next up we’ll hear about the Catalyst Waterproof Apple Watch Case and the CleverPet Smart Pet Feeder. We’ll have a palette cleanser where I’ll explain how we did a three camera shoot for […]
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