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Adagio Teas simplifies making a pot of tea with the VelociTEA kettle

NEWS – I thought we had our tea-making process under control here, but Adagio Teas can streamline the process even more with their new VelociTEA kettle.  You just add water to the kettle, choose the perfect temperature for brewing the variety of tea, put the leaves in the dishwasher-safe brew basket, then press the button to get started.  VelociTEA will heat the water to the proper temperature, then steep the leaves for the proper amount of time.  The kettle can even hold the tea at the proper drinking temperature for up to an hour.  If you simply want hot water, the VelociTEA can heat that, too.

The VelociTEA will ship on December 15, 2018.  You can pre-order the kettle now for $99 and save $20.  Place your pre-order now at the Adagio Teas website.

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Adagio Teas simplifies making a pot of tea with the VelociTEA kettle originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 19, 2018 at 11:00 am.

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Forget about Qi, soon you’ll be able to charge your devices with light

NEWS – I remember being excited the first time I learned about the ability to charge a device without having to physically plug in a power cable and I jumped on the wireless charging (Qi) bandwagon as soon as I could. These days wireless charging is commonplace, but soon a new wireless charging tech is going to revolutionize how we charge our devices. What is this new sorcery that I speak of? It’s light. Infrared light.

The company who will be bringing this tech to light (sorry) is Wi-Charge. The tech uses patented infrared wireless power technology that can deliver several watts of power to client devices up to 10 meters away without having to put the device on a special charging pad as we do now. Eventually, our devices may have this new charging technology built in, but the first solution that Wi-Charge will bring to market is specific to the Amazon Echo and Google mini devices.

I had some questions for Wi-Charge about this new tech:

When will this tech be available to end-users? In 2019.

What will be the cost of the charging device/light? The Wireless Power Kits are going to be available as a reference design for our OEM partners. This means that these partners set the end-user price. For example, our wireless charging capability can be priced as an accessory to the device.

Will we be able to retrofit existing devices to use it? The solution has two parts:
– A wireless charger that can be plugged into the wall. This sends out the energy.
– A cradle that connects to the Amazon Echo or Google Home. Basically, you just place the smart speaker inside the cradle.

If you are interested in learning more, visit Wi-charge.com to read more about this new infrared light charging tech.

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Forget about Qi, soon you’ll be able to charge your devices with light originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 19, 2018 at 9:00 am.

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Night Sight is available now for Pixel phones and I love it

NEWS – Just in case you didn’t already know, the Night Sight feature on the Google Camera app is now available for Pixel phones. This feature allows you to take better photos under dark lighting conditions. I have been eagerly awaiting this feature since it was announced in October. I’m an amateur photographer and anything that easily improves the quality of my photos, especially those that I take for the Gadgeteer, is VERY welcomed. If you’re curious about how it works, I’ll just point you to Google’s Research Blog, for a detailed explanation.

After updating your app, if the lighting conditions are low enough, a “Try Night Sight” button pops up. Tapping on it enables the feature and you are ready to go. After tapping on the shutter button, be sure to hold your camera steady until the software completes the task of taking the photo.

If “Try Night Sight” doesn’t come up automatically and you want to try it, you can also find the Night Sight mode located in the “More” section of the app.

I tried it out and am truly impressed. The following are a couple of my pics.

The above photo was taken in a VERY dark closet of our house. 

Night Sight dramatically improved the closet photo. 

The above photo was taken in a dimly lit room.

It’s not quite as dramatic as the first set of photos, but the improvement is readily observed.

What do you think of the Night Sight mode? Leave a comment and let me know!

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Night Sight is available now for Pixel phones and I love it originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 18, 2018 at 11:00 am.

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Monowear Apple watch bands, TicPods Free earbuds, Kensington Expert Mouse, and more – Weekly roundup

NEWS – Another week has come and gone which means it’s time to make sure that you didn’t miss any news or reviews for your favorite gadget topics. Here’s a list of everything we posted in the last seven days. Enjoy!

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Monowear Apple watch bands, TicPods Free earbuds, Kensington Expert Mouse, and more – Weekly roundup originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 17, 2018 at 4:02 pm.

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Fossil’s new Sport Smartwatch is colorful and packed with features

NEWS – Fossil’s smartwatches have come a long way since Judie and I posted our joint review of their Palm and Pocket PC wrist PDAs over 16 years ago! Those bulky monochrome monstrosities are nothing like the smartwatches of today and are definitely not like Fossil’s latest Sport Smartwatch which runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform and the newly redesigned Wear OS by Google. The new watch features:

  • Nylon case, aluminum topring and pushers
  • 41 mm, 43 mm case size
  • Stunning touchscreen digital display
  • 24+ hours battery life (based on usage) + 2 additional days in battery saver watch mode
  • Interchangeable straps and bracelets (18mm / 22mm)
  • Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear™ 3100 Platform
  • Sensors: Heart Rate, NFC, GPS, Altimeter, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light, Microphone
  • Powered with Wear OS by Google and compatible with iOS 9.3+ and Android™ 4.4+ (excluding Go edition)
  • Connect via Bluetooth® technology
  • Wireless syncing + magnetic charging

Designed to keep you on track with your health and other activities, the Sport smartwatch will sprint through the whole day without needing a recharge and when it does need to be juiced back up, you won’t be waiting around because the rapid charging feature allows the smartwatch to be almost completely charged within an hour,

The Fossil Sport Smartwatch retails for $255 and is available for purchase on www.fossil.com, Target, and other retailers.

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Fossil’s new Sport Smartwatch is colorful and packed with features originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 17, 2018 at 12:00 pm.

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