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Photo shows the vivoo mobile app and a vivoo test strip. Two views of the mobile phone are shown, each with a different view of the vivoo app. One view includes the data results from a test showing sodium, magnesium, water, pH, vitamin C, oxidative stress, and ketone levels. The other view shows the vivoo Advice page with a recommendation on how to keep your vitamin C levels at a healthy level by eating, for example, bell peppers. Below the two phone screens is a vivoo test strip emerging from its packaging. The strip is black with several small reference color squares at one end which surround slightly larger test squares. The vivoo company name and a QR code is below the color and test squares.

CES 2025: Vivoo At-Home Urinalysis for Health and Wellness

Allison interviews Gözde Büyükacaroğlu, vivoo co-founder and COO, about their at-home urinalysis system. Vivoo includes a single-use test strip and a mobile app that together allow the user to get rapid and accurate urine analysis to assess several categories of health and wellness. To use the system, the user urinates on the test strip which […]

Security Bits — 16 February 2025

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. DNS discussion update: as pointed out by Ferrers in the Podfeet Slack, Cloudflare’s free DNS service does offer an equivalent to Quad9’s malware-blocking DNS service — Details on their website 1.1.1.1 — unfiltered DNS […]

ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial: Editing in Apple Photos on Mac

Many people ask me what tool I recommend for editing photos, and I almost always suggest Apple Photos on the Mac. When I show them the power inside the editing tools for Apple Photos, they’re surprised that they had so much capability all this time. In my latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial, I did a deep […]

Blip screenshot on Mac showing my devices and people I have connected with

Fast Point-to-Point File Transfer with Blip

The Problem to be Solved When Bart and I record an installment of Programming By Stealth or Security Bits, we both record both sides of our conversation. We use Audio Hijack to record the files in stereo, so he’s on one track, and I’m on the other. We do this for two reasons. The first […]

CES 2025: BioLite Backup Energy Systems

Allison interviews Erica Rosen from BioLite about their backup solutions designed for the home. BioLite batteries provide automatic backup energy to power your home essentials for up to 24 hours. Unlike other home backup solutions, BioLite is a DIY install that takes only 30 minutes. It has an ultra-slim design that is quiet and designed […]

View of the Plantaform smart indoor garden sitting on a kitchen counter. It is white, egg-shaped, about 30” tall, and has oval windows on four sides. It is illuminated from the interior making three tiers of growing platforms visible, each containing leafy greens. Small air vents are also visible on the exterior in the lower left and right. The background shows a slightly unfocused, dimly-lighted modern kitchen in grey and white with stainless steel appliances.

CES 2025: Plantaform Smart Indoor Gardens

Allison interviews Renata Scorsone from Plantaform about their innovative smart home garden that uses fog to grow plants. Plantaform has a minimalist modern design that fits into your home decor. It comes in black or white and is shaped like an egg about 30″ tall with windows on the sides for viewing the progress of […]

Front view of the Magfusion GameFrost Qi2 charger with the company name Aukey printed on the top of the charger face. It is circular, about 3 inches across and 1 inch thick. It has air vents on the periphery and on the front face of the charger. The face has a smaller circular disk that contains an LED display of temperature. The disk is suspended in the middle of the circular charger by four struts. In between the struts are small slits that can pass air and the hints of a small fan inside. Callouts appear next to three functions on the charger: 1) Wireless charging button, 2) Cooling button, and 3) LED light button.

CES 2025: Aukey Active Cooling Chargers, Slim ID Tags, & Powerbanks

Allison interviews David Wu from Aukey about their range of products that power mobile devices. He starts with the MagFusion GameFrost Qi2 charger with a built-in fan to keep your device cool as it charges. It is compatible with MagSafe devices and can charge up to 15W of fast charge power. David then shows their […]

Oblique view of the Elvie Rise in the bouncer configuration. It has a grey padded back against which the baby lies and a padded edge surrounding the oval-shaped bouncer. The bouncer is tilted at about a 30 deg angle. A three-point harness attaches to the two sides of the bouncer and the middle of the floor area between the baby’s legs. Shown in a semi-transparent version overlaid on the bouncer is the bassinet after being transformed. It is the same oval shape but horizontal with padded sides that extend upward about 18 inches. The bouncer/bassinet sits of four wooden legs that splay down and outward from the center of the underside.

CES 2025: Elvie Rise Bouncer that Transforms into a Bassinet

Allison interviews Alex Knox from Elvie about their Rise baby bouncer that transforms into a bassinet. You can rock the bouncer manually or set it to several automatic rocking modes through a mobile app. If the baby falls asleep, you can easily transform the bouncer into a bassinet without disturbing the baby by pulling a […]

Black and white drawing of the Lifehive frame against a yellow background. The frame appears similar to a picture frame with a thin outer structure. It is square and surrounds a substrate made from a small hexagonal honeycomb pattern. A yellow heating element is shown embedded in the substrate. It enters the frame from the top and forms a large hexagonal pattern nearly covering the substrate. The outer hexagon continuously spirals downward to smaller and smaller hexagons. A small honeybee is shown flying toward the frame in the lower left of the image.

CES 2025: Lifehive Chamber and Frames that Kill Bee Parasites

Allison interviews Pascal Brunner, CEO and Co-Founder of Lifehive, about their innovative technology that helps to keep beehives healthy. Their product kills the varroa mite, the most deadly parasite to honey bees, without using chemicals. Lifehive has designed a Langstroth deep brood chamber and accompanying frames that replace most beekeepers’ standard chambers and frames. Each […]

Fancy Transcripts of Video Interviews

This story was originally published on 2/5/25, but a significant addition was added on 2/8/25 when I learned more of what MacWhisper can do. I know I’m a weirdo with a podcast and blog posts for everything that’s in the show. I’ve told the story many times of how someone told me I shouldn’t do […]

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