News – Page 60

College Students Allegedly Ran Counterfeit iPhone Repair Scam and Made $1M

Hopefully, they were at least taking business classes, as they apparently know how to create a business and how to profit off it. Two Chinese engineering students figured out how to scam Apple out of $1 million worth of iPhones. And now that this counterfeit iPhone repair scam story is out there in the news, others won’t be able to do the same, as most likely Apple is changing whatever methods led them to this. Or at least we should hope they are. Counterfeit iPhone Repair Scheme This is how the two carried out their scheme. Yangyan Zhou would smuggle counterfeit iPhones into the United… Read more

FoldiMate aims to takes the drudgery out of folding laundry

NEWS – Are you the type that whips through your laundry chores, only to have fresh, clean clothes sit unfolded until the next time you wear them? FoldiMate can fold an entire load of laundry in just five minutes, all automatically.

FoldiMate is a smallish refrigerator-sized device that will fold most of your laundry items into perfect, closet-ready piles.

According to their website:

FoldiMate will fold any type of shirt, blouse, or pants from age 6 to adult size XXL. It will also fold standard size towels and pillowcases. FoldiMate works best with average-sized clothing and laundry items. It currently won’t fold very small items like baby clothes, socks or undergarments, very large items such as sheets, or very bulky items such as hoodies.

You feed the items in one at a time. The unit continuously accepts items while folding the previously accepted item, allowing for non-stop folding. This results in their claimed five-minute runtime for an entire load of laundry of about 25 items.

Once the folding is done, a lighted drawer opens automatically, presenting you with your folded stack.

They claim that it will be relatively quiet – about the same as an average clothes dryer.

I hate folding clothes and hang most of my shirts and pants. If you’re more of a folder, this might be for you, but, it comes at a price. Right now, their targeted launch price is $980, and that’s not guaranteed. FoldiMate is an in-process project looking to launch late in 2019 in the US and then internationally. FoldiMate released a previous version in 2017. This new model is claimed to be a result of all the feedback they received and a major upgrade in the folding experience.

Interested? Check out their website at FoldiMate.com to get more details, and to get on the pre-order waitlist.

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Tagged: Clothing, Home and Kitchen

FoldiMate aims to takes the drudgery out of folding laundry originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 4, 2019 at 10:00 am.

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Strap this gauge on your wrist to tell time, instead of pressure

NEWS – Here’s a unique watch to add to your timepiece collection, it’s the PSI watch from Tokyoflash Japan, and it’s designed to look like mechanical pressure gauge. Available with a black or white dial and a black or silver stainless steel case, the PSI watch is a fun way to tell time because it has a needle that jumps to the hour, then two more jumps to show the minutes. Take a look at the video below to see how it works.

The watch charges via USB and a full charge will let you enjoy the watch for up to 2 months before you need to charge it again. You can buy the PSI watch for $189.00 from Tokyoflash Japan

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Tagged: Watches and Clocks

Strap this gauge on your wrist to tell time, instead of pressure originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 4, 2019 at 8:00 am.

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Amazon Criticized for Selling Faulty Facial-Recognition Tech to Police

The limitations of facial recognition technology have been widely reported, and that’s what makes it all the more confusing that Amazon would sell its tech to police. It’s known that facial recognition technology has difficulty recognizing darker skin and women, which is one thing when it’s being used log in to your phone, but Amazon is being taken to task by artificial intelligence researchers in an open letter for selling something so flawed to law enforcement. Open Letter to Amazon It makes this story that much more delicious to know that some of the AI researchers authoring the open letter are from Amazon competitors: Google,… Read more

RESCUE A6 Emergency 6-In-1 Tool is a convenient life saver

NEWS – I’m typically pretty skeptical about all-in-one tools designed for emergencies because I’ve found that in most emergencies I don’t have any tools near me that would do any good. Also, not many of these devices really catch my attention for car-related uses as most of my tools just float around the inside of my truck independent of where I may find them useful.

However, the RESCUE A6 seems like it would be in the perfect place for me to use it should I find myself in a vehicle-related incident: in the standard power plug/cigarette lighter found in every vehicle.

This multi-tool boasts the following features:

Charger – being able to be connected to the car power plug, it can charge mini-USB, USB-C and lightning connection devices
Seat Belt Cutter – allows you to cut the seat belt in case of a jam after an accident
Flashlight – 130-lumen flashlight in case of a nighttime emergency
Flashing Red Beacon – to alert people to your location
Glass Breaker – allows you to break out a window with one tap on the glass
Power Bank – if fully charged, will give 3-4 hours of charge time to your mobile phone

Overall, I think this would be highly useful and much more likely for me to plug in and keep in place, within reach in case something bad happened. These can be found on Amazon for $27.95.

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Tagged: Car Gear, Personal Safety

RESCUE A6 Emergency 6-In-1 Tool is a convenient life saver originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 2, 2019 at 12:00 pm.

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