Allison interviews Pratik Kumar, Product Director at ALOGIC, about their docking stations and power banks. Pratik starts with the Ultra Dock Wave which combines a USB-C dock, a 5,000 mAh power bank, and a wireless Qi charging surface all in one compact package. He then describes several other ALOGIC USB-C docks, hubs and power banks […]
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Do You Need a “Ring of Security”?
Home Automation is kind of like a sickness. First, you get a couple of light bulbs and you do party tricks like changing them from blue to green and then you realize that doesn’t solve a problem. But in the back of your brain, that little virus starts to fester and you realize that maybe […]
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CES 2019: Solo New York Lifestyle Bags
Allison interviews Serkan Ozturkcan, VP of Marketing, at Solo New York about their lifestyle bags. Solo offers several versatile bags including backpacks, tablet cases, briefcases, messenger bags, sleeves, totes, duffles, and work bags. Serkan describes several bags in their Varsity Collection designed for leisure and sporty use. The collection fuses a retro collegiate sports vibe […]
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CCATP #580 – Bart Busschots on PBS 70 – Bootstrap Modals & Toasts
In this week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots is back with another installment of Programming By Stealth. We’ll shift gears a bit away from web pages to web apps as we explore the usage and code behind Bootstrap Modals and Toasts. It’s a combination of HTML, Bootstrap for styling and JavaScript for actions […]
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12.9″ iPad Pro First Impressions – by Kevin Allder
Kevin with his Official Steve Wingman Plaque Hello Allison, Wingman Steve, Sandy and all my fellow Nosillacastaways. Kevin here with my initial impressions and review of my new 12.9” iPad Pro which my amazing wife was kind enough to give me for Christmas. I got the 512 GB space grey WiFi only model. Local storage […]
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CES 2019: Ohmnilabs Affordable Robotics
Allison interviews Dr. Tra Vu, COO, and Jared Go, CTO of Ohmnilabs about their innovative 3D printed robotic arms. OhmniLabs makes useful and affordable robots that bring people together. Ohmnilabs’ robots are made in the USA using lean and scalable manufacturing via 3D printing to enable rapid and low-cost products. Their goal is to make […]
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NC #716 Here Comes the Bus, Cannonball Speaker, DoubleTake, reMarkable, DFree, Hive Link, Security Bits
In this mega-show, we’ve got six awesome interviews from CES. We’ll hear about a school bus tracking system called Here Comes the bus, we’ve got a Bluetooth speaker shaped like a ball from Cylo that you can play with in the pool, a set of binoculars that could change the whole concept, a tablet just […]
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CES 2019: Hive Link Connected Home Care
Allison interviews John Gutch, Global Head of Marketing for Hive, about Hive Link, a new smart home care service designed to allow caregivers to check their loved one is getting on with their day as usual, while giving a loved one reassurance someone is there if needed. Hive Link is a combination of home security […]
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Security Bits – 25 January 2019
Followups Australia’s controversial anti-encryption law has come into effect — www.macobserver.com/… Sprint to Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation — motherboard.vice.com/…
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CES 2019: DFree Wearable Incontinence Monitor
Allison interviews Ty Takaynakagi, VP of Marketing at Triple W, about their innovative product DFree, the first wearable device for urinary incontinence. DFree uses a non-invasive ultra-sound sensor attached to your body to monitor your bladder around the clock. Data collected by the sensor is continuously analyzed to predict when you need to go to […]
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