January 2025 - Podfeet Podcasts

Photo of the Petal assembly showing the camera inside of an orange, dome-shaped casing that attaches to one of the Petal’s flexible stems. Attached to another stem is a small, oval solar panel. Also shown is a universal clip and a spare flexible stem. The stems are white in color with stainless steel collared caps and they are surrounded by a light-yellow flexible casing. All of the items in the photo are labeled with text.

CES 2025: Wonder’s Nature-Inspired Camera, Petal

Allison interviews Franci Zidar, CEO of Wonder, about Petal, their new nature-inspired camera. Petal captures images of butterflies, bees, beetles, other insects, and small birds in your garden. It is constructed to look somewhat like a flower with a camera mounted in a colored dome-shaped casing at the end of a flexible stem. Also mounted […]

Photo of the Sharge Retro 67 GAN charger shaped like a tiny original Macintosh computer. The case is the typical beige computer color with a black display showing a green digital waterfall similar to what is shown in the movie The Matrix. Visible on the top of the charger are three USB-C charging ports and text indicating a max output of 67W.

CES 2025: Sharge Power Supply & Storage Products

Allison interviews Ryan Wu from Sharge about their array of power supply and storage devices along with their new AI glasses. What initially catches Allison’s attention are two small GaN chargers, both shaped like the original Macintosh computer. The smaller one has a single USB-C port and the larger one has three USB-C ports to […]

CES 2025: Light Matrix Naked Eye 3D Displays

Allison interviews Kira Fong from Light Matrix about their naked eye 3D displays. The Light Matrix display can take a 2D photo or video and, through processing, convert it to a 3D image or video for viewing. No glasses or special equipment are needed to view the image or video in 3D. The best viewing […]

Photo of the robotic dog Sparky which appears as an angular, mechanical, dog-shaped robot made of metal. It has a body, 4 legs, a head, two ears, but no tail. It is silver and black with red highlights at the pivot joints. The joints in the robot’s neck, legs, and shoulders are at the same locations on a dog. The feet are just stubs made of rubber for traction. There is no face but instead a black shiny plate behind which a camera will eventually be placed.

CES 2025: Hengbot’s Robotic Dog, Sparky

Allison interviews Xiaohu “Tiger” Kang, CFO and Co-founder of Hengbot, about a prototype of their robotic dog, Sparky. This is a small, highly dynamic robot that moves in a lifelike manner. It has multiple interaction modes, such as walking in any direction, swimming, jumping, and dancing. Sparky has been designed for secondary development with a […]

NC #1029 CleverCharge Multiple EV & Home, Torras Ring Cases, Lutron Caséta Switches and Shades, Adam Engst on Bootable Backups

January 26, 2025
by podfeet

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, January 26, 2025, and this is show number 1029. mp3 download Articles CES 2025: CleverCharge Home EV Charger The first interview from CES we’re going to play this […]

Torras 360 degree ring in different positions holding up the phone. Case shown is lavendar!

Torras 360° Spin Stand Case for iPhone Won My Heart

When the iPhone Pro was announced with the new Camera Control button (don’t call it a button), I chose to buy the first Apple case created by the Beats team, and Steve chose a Spigen case. I reviewed both of them noting their relative merits. I loved and still love the Beats case. It’s a […]

A hand holds a mobile phone with the face showing the Lutron mobile app with controls for devices, scenes, and schedules. Behind the phone is a window that has a light-filtering shade covering the upper half of the window. The shade is translucent and is light sand in color The window has an ornate white frame and white-rimmed window panes.

CES 2025: Lutron Caséta Light Switches and Smart Shades

Allison interviews Melissa Andresko from Lutron about their Caséta light switches and new motorized DIY smart shades. You can install the shades in about 20 minutes and schedule them to open & close at specific times or manually through a switch or mobile app. Caséta offers shades with black-out or filtered lighting options. The interview […]

CES 2025: CleverCharge Home EV Charger

Allison interviews Scott Bolt and Thomas Varghese from Danlaw about their CleverCharge home EV charging system. This level 2 EV charger can be installed indoors or outdoors. It is hardwired or plugged into a 240V outlet and can deliver 46 miles per hour or 38 miles of range per hour of, charge respectively. It can […]

Three views of a light blue Torras Ofitness case shown on an iPhone 15 Pro. The first view is of the back of the phone in a portrait position showing the full case and the built-in ring that is folded flat against the case. The ring is in the same position as the MagSafe magnet and has a small hinge at one end and a small cutout at the other end for grabbing and unfolding the ring. The second view shows the back of the phone in a landscape position with the ring folded out and the case standing up on its edge supported by the ring. The hinge has been rotated by 90 deg so it’s clear it can be rotated into a desired position for different use cases. The third view shows the front of the iPhone surrounded by the case on the sides. The iPhone has an orange screen with date, time, and weather information shown on its face.

CES 2025: Torras iPhone MagSafe Cases with Built-in Ring

Allison interviews JW Huang from Torres about their varied line of products, including their MagSafe iPhone cases with a built-in ring, their Coolify neck air conditioner for staying cool on the go, and their 10,000 mAh Powerbank with a built-in, retractable USB power cable. Learn more a https://torraslife.com Using a Screen Reader? click here Transcript […]

Security Bits — 19 January 2025

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Following on from Apple’s choice to settle a US class action suit over privacy breaches caused by accidental Siri activations, Apple released a press release confirming my interpretation of the case, and verifying that […]

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