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• The “Social Mask”

  By Shaun on December 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The cheek thermometer on the Social Mask provides real-time readouts for all to see, allowing others to steer clear if the wearer has a fever. The biosensors can also monitor the presence of germs and other pollutants in the air…. Read More ›

• Why do I wake up at the same time every night?

  By Shaun on December 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  “Nobody sleeps through the night,” he says. “This goes back to our caveman days where one would wake up, scan the environment, make sure there are no tigers, and then go back to sleep.” But while waking up in the… Read More ›

• The Social Life of Forests

  By Shaun on December 12, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  As a child, Suzanne Simard often roamed Canada’s old-growth forests with her siblings, building forts from fallen branches, foraging mushrooms and huckleberries and occasionally eating handfuls of dirt (she liked the taste). Her grandfather and uncles, meanwhile, worked nearby as… Read More ›

• What is your product of the year?

  By Shaun on December 11, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  I had a quick thought about this and of course I, like many of you, have had more time at home to ponder what has been the most impactful product of my year. Turns out I bought quite a few… Read More ›

• ‘It didn’t hurt at all’

  By Shaun on December 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  CNN’s Cyril Vanier speaks with Martin Kenyon, a 91-year-old Briton who received the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The United Kingdom has become the world’s first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens with a fully vetted and authorized Covid-19 shot, a landmark… Read More ›

• Unboxing the $122,000 Smartphone

  By Shaun on December 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  You’ll see lots of smartphone unboxings in 2021 -Samsung Galaxy S21 Unboxing, iPhone 13 etc, but none will compare to the ridiculousness of this $122K smartphone unboxing. Some of these phones are bonkers!

• Gucci, why are we doing this?

  By Shaun on December 11, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Originally tweeted here. I don’t know what to say apart from please do not let this be a thing!

• Apple’s Airpods Pro named Which? Product of the Year

  By Shaun on December 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Harry Rose, editor of Which? magazine, said: “Apple’s new Airpods Pro edged out some fantastic contenders by taking a product that was already exceptional and improving it to the point of near-perfection.” The runner-up was the Halo Capsule, a recyclable… Read More ›

• Why You Should Buy An Apple Watch. (A Watch Snob’s Perspective)

  By Shaun on December 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A decent round up by Jory who explains well why the Apple Watch is winning. Some of the ‘luxury’ smartwatch offerings make little sense on any level.

• Open letter from an ICU nurse

  By Shaun on December 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  My patient is incredibly sick; they have a tube keeping their airway open, sedated, ventilated, paralysed, needing multiple inotropes, severely septic needing dialysis, who needs to be proned, as they are needing 100% oxygen. I take a detailed handover, I… Read More ›

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