Allison interviews Scott Francis from Ricoh about their two new portable displays, the 150 wired and 150BW wireless monitors. Both monitors have OLED displays with a brightness of 300 nits and a response time of 1 ms. They both have 10-point touch capability, measure 15.6’” diagonally, and have a resolution of 1920 x 1080. You […]
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CES 2024: TIER IV Level 4 Self-Driving Software for EVs
Allison discusses TIER IV’s efforts and successes in developing autonomous driving (AD) software for electric vehicles. With a strong focus on safety, innovation, and open-source software, TIER IV aims to empower people and revolutionize the way people live and interact with transportation. Based in Japan, TIER IV has successfully achieved Level 4 AD services in […]
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CES 2024: KAHE Multi-Purpose Electric Outboard Motor
Allison interviews Christian Ollier, co-founder of KAHE, about their multi-purpose electric outboard motor called the POD 600. In addition to serving as a portable outboard motor, the POD can quickly transform into an underwater scooter with handles or a propulsion device for standup paddle boards, kayaks, and float tubes. The purely electric POD is a […]
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CES 2024: AISPEX Mobile EV Fast Chargers
Allison interviews AISPEX CEO Paul Nie about their two mobile EV fast charger units which are currently working prototypes. Paul expects UL certification of both units in the next few months after which they will be available for sale in the U.S. Both units are standalone DC fast chargers designed to charge EVs on the […]
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CES 2024: VinFast Electric Vehicles
Allison discusses four of VinFast’s line of all-electric vehicles: the VF8, VF9, VF3, and VFWild. The VF8 is a five-passenger electric SUV and is currently being sold in the U.S. It’s available in two trims, the Eco and the fully-loaded Plus version, and has a range of 250 to 280 miles. The VF9 is a […]
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CES 2024: Withings BeamO At-Home Health Checkup Device
Allison interviews Paul Buckley from Withings about their new BeamO handheld device that lets you quickly and easily check your health status. BeamO is portable, smaller than a smartphone, and you can use it on the go to take vital measurements for you and your family members. The device can be used by up to […]
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CES Unveiled in 5 Minutes with Tom Merritt
Steve and I attended the press event CES Unveiled and partway through the event Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News Show fame asked me to do a rapid fire through what I’d seen. Steve recorded it, Tom transferred it to his Mac via SD card, sent it to Dropbox, and Roger Change edited in the […]
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Bodie Grimm of the Kilowatt Podcast sat down with me in a screensharing session and he taught me how to create a GPT using ChatGPT 4. Before we got started, I didn’t know what “a” GPT was, or why you’d want to make one. Bodie explained both of those things and we recorded audio for […]
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Star Trails from Insta360 X3 Camera (and a Bonus Video of the Annular Solar Eclipse)
In August I gave you my review of the Insta360 X3 Action Cam. My ending line of the review was, “The camera has so many features I haven’t discovered let alone used them all yet, so I have a lot of fun ahead of me finding out what this action camera can really do.” I’ve […]
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Google Forms Tutorial on ScreenCastsONLINE
If you’ve ever needed to get feedback from a group of people, using the free Google Forms is a great way to do it. You can create surveys, get feedback on a class you’ve taught, help organize a family reunion, or even create quizzes. I’ve used it to organize the party we used to throw […]
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