In the olden days, it used to be really hard to add descriptions to images when posting to social media. You probably know that without an image description, people with visual impairments who use screen readers get zero values out of your posts. But it was so hard that a lot of people didn’t bother […]
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George from Tulsa on Display Settings and Why He Went With a 45″ Curved LG Display
iBook Snow on Wikipedia Hi, I’m George from Tulsa and I started this piece thinking it would be a simple report about my new monitor and how it answers Allison’s great framing question, “What’s the problem to be solved?” Answering that required context – I could have begun with the 5″ screen in my first […]
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CES 2024: Exobrew Smart Home Brewing
Allison interviews Bart van de Kooij, Founder and CEO of Exobrew. His company has developed the Exobrew CRAFT compact home brewing machine. Designed for the brewing enthusiast, CRAFT can brew craft beer, kombucha, and cider in batches of 1.6 gallons in 3 – 30 days depending on the recipe. The device has a temperature-controlled keg […]
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CES 2024: Whispp Real-Time Assistive Voice Technology
Allison interviews Joris Castermans, Founder and CEO of Whispp. His company has developed an app that uses assistive voice technology to convert impaired speech to a clear and natural voice in real time. Whispp works for all kinds of voice disabilities ranging from soft whispers to rough esophageal speech to stuttering. By providing recordings to […]
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CES 2024: SLIMDESIGN AI-Powered Compact Body Camera
Allison interviews Wouter Konings from SLIMDESIGN about their AI-powered compact body camera called the Phonecam. The Phonecam is an affordable camera worn on the body and is aimed at offering added safety in the workplace, at home, or while out and about. Since Phonecam connects wirelessly to your mobile device for video storage, it is […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Magnetic vs. MagSafe vs. Qi2
Chelsea Cook wrote in a great question: Do you happen to have any recommendations for MagSafe stands? I am very late to the MagSafe party, having upgraded from an SE 2020 to an iPhone 15 Pro. I’d like one that could ideally charge all the things, but I’d like to know what my options are […]
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Security Bits — 4 February 2024
<li>## Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple have released iOS 17.3, which includes the new Stolen Device Protection mode designed to thwart the recent spike in iPhone thefts by thieves who have observed or socially engineered passcodes allowing them […]
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CES 2024: VisionAid Air and Eye Disease Simulator
Allison interviews Taylor Speegle from VisionAid about their products that help people with impaired vision. Taylor first demonstrates their Eye Disease Simulator. This mixed reality headset allows people to experience, first-hand, life through the eyes of someone who lives with eye disease. Eye Disease Simulator helps people such as ophthalmologists, medical students, patients, and loved […]
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Tailwind iQ3 Brings Back HomeKit after Chamberlain Removed it From My Garage Door
You know I love Home Automation, so when we interviewed Liftmaster (a Chamberlain company) at CES in 2020 about their myQ Home Bridge Hub with HomeKit for garage doors, we had to jump on it. We had a Liftmaster garage door opener already, so we purchased the myQ Home Bridge Hub just to get HomeKit […]
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CES 2024: Cricut Smart Cutting Machines
Allison interviews Natasha Adorable from Cricut about their smart cutting machines. Cricut machines help you design and personalize custom cards, unique apparel, and many other everyday items. Think of a printer but instead of ink, Cricut uses a blade to cut various materials into the shape you desire. You can use Cricut machines to form […]
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