Google assistant will turn the Marshall Action II Voice speaker up to 11

NEWS – Marshall, the well-known guitar amplifier maker has added some new smart speakers to their line up. We’ve all seen quite a few speakers that have Amazon Alexa support, but speakers with the Google Assistant built in isn’t as common. Marshall’s new Action II Voice and Stanmore II Voice speakers let you control your home and the speaker with your voice. Tell Google to queue up tunes from your favorite band or ask Google to turn down the lights because you’re in command even when the music is turned up because the speakers use a far-field microphone array make sure your voice is heard. The smaller Action II Voice with the Google Assistant built-in is priced at $299 and the larger Stanmore II Voice with the Google Assistant built-in is $399. Find out more by visiting marshallheadphones.com. And if you prefer Alexa to Google, you can buy the same speaker with that assistant baked in as well.

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Peel and stick whiteboards let you brainstorm anywhere

NEWS – Typical whiteboards are large, heavy, and require effort and tools to install them. The Think Board X is a whiteboard that isn’t any of those things. It’s a peel and stick dry-erase whiteboard that can stick on smooth surfaces like a wall, window, tabletop, etc. It can be repositioned but that really depends on how clean the surface you use it on is as the adhesive will get weaker as it collects dust and dirt.

The Think Board X is available in 2 sizes that include 8 x 11 inch and 24 x 36 inches. The boards are powered by Rocketbook, the same folks that make the reusable notebooks. Using the Rocketbook app, you can take pictures of your Think Board X before you erase them and automatically share the images to Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, iCloud, OneNote, OneDrive, Slack, SMS or email. Prices for the Think Board X start at $14.99 for the smaller size and go up to $39.99 for the larger size. You can find more info on think-board.com and order from Amazon.

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BEEcosystem is a modular honey bee hive for your home

NEWS – If you care about the planet, you’ve probably heard that honey bees are having a very rough time and are dying by the millions due to pesticides and other factors. Bees not only pollinate pretty flowers, but they are a critical pollinator of the world’s fruit and vegetable crops. Fewer bees mean less food which at some point might mean less us. One way to combat this problem is for more people to raise honeybees on their property. BEEcosystem has gone one step further by offering DIY modular hives that actually go INSIDE your home!

Designed primarily for the educational benefit, BEEcosystem hives do not require that you cut a hole a wall to install them. Instead, they travel into the hive by way of a tube that installs in an existing window. I’m almost afraid to post this article for fear that Jeanne will see it. She’s talked about wanting start a beehive on our property (she’s an avid gardener), but even though these hives are built to be safe, there is no way in the world that I’d ever want one INSIDE my house. What about you? Interested? Visit beecosystem.buzz where you can buy them starting at $599 for one hive and up to $2599 for a set of 5 hives. Nope, Nope, Nope!

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BEEcosystem is a modular honey bee hive for your home originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 3, 2019 at 8:00 am.

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Shooz are the perfect shoes for shoe hounds who are short on space

NEWS – If you think about it, shoes really haven’t evolved in the thousands of years since they’ve been in existence. Sure, new materials and styles have been developed, but the main design of a shoe hasn’t changed all that much until now. Check out Shooz which pairs one pair of soles with a variety of interchangeable skins to create shoes that can change styles without taking up a ton of room in your closet.

Each pair of Shooz has a sole that has a zipper around the edge that is used to zip on a skin to create a unique reusable shoe. When skins aren’t being used, they will lay flat for easy storage.

The shoes are unisex so men and women can enjoy them. Shooz are available in sizes full from EU size 36 to EU size 47 (US size 5.5 to 13) and are priced starting at $55 for one pair of soles and $55 for one pair of skins. There are also packs that have 2 or more skins with one pair of soles. Find out more by visiting acbc.com

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Shooz are the perfect shoes for shoe hounds who are short on space originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 2, 2019 at 12:00 pm.

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Pillo is your personal pharmacist robot

NEWS – Pillo is a cute voice-activated countertop robot that keeps track of and dispenses medication. It uses facial recognition as a security measure so that it can provide the right medication and dosage to the right person. When it’s time to take a medication, it will drop into the cup below the display and prompt for the person to take it.

Up to 28 days worth of pills can be loaded into Pillo through an easy to use chute on the top of the unit. Phillo pairs with an app on your phone to alert you or other caregivers if their patient/loved one misses a dose and can even connect to them for a video chat through the display on the front. Now for the bad news, the convenience of Pillo comes with a hefty price tag. The unit itself is $499. But even if you can swallow that cost, you also have to pay a $39.99 monthly subscription which is crazy spendy. Still interested? Head over to phillohealth.com for more info.

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