I have in my hands the Legend of Zelda Game & Watch, the second in Nintendo’s line of whimsical throwback handhelds clearly meant as stocking stuffers for those who already have (or can’t find) a Switch. It does a fine job, and the three old-school Zelda games included are great options for Nintendo-hard adventure that […]
Bellabeat’s Ivy bracelet tries to do it all — but it can only do some
Wellness startup Bellabeat, which has primarily marketed its wearable health trackers to women, recently introduced Ivy, a stylish, comfortable health tracker with a long-lasting battery life, poised as a prettier version of a Fitbit. But the accompanying subscription “Coach” software supporting the new bracelet feels like it’s still in beta, which is concerning for a product […]
Panic’s Playdate handheld won’t ship until early 2022 due to battery issues
When Panic first launched pre-orders of its adorable little retro-inspired handheld gaming device, Playdate, it expected the first 20,000 units to ship by the end of 2021 — just in time, they hoped, for the holidays. That first batch sold out in under 20 minutes. Sadly, due to last-minute battery component issues, even those first […]
HawkEye 360 raises $145M to scale space-based radio frequency data and analytics
The biggest players in the Earth observation industry use imaging satellites to deliver intelligence and analytics, but startup HawkEye 360 is taking a different tack. The company monitors radio frequency (RF) signals, like those emitted by marine radios or emergency beacons, on the premise that invisible electromagnetic spectrum is as ripe for information as the […]
Arm CEO Says Industry is Spending $2B a Week to Address Chip Crisis
Talking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Arm CEO Simon Segars said this chip-supply crisis was the worst he’d ever seen (according to an EE Times article shared by Slashdot reader dkatana):
The most important thing to do to get out of the woods in this si…
Chromebooks on ‘Massive Downturn’ from Pandemic-fueled Heights
Although PCs are still selling at a greater volume than before the COVID-19 pandemic, demand is starting to drop. In Q3 2021, shipments of laptops, desktops, and tablets dropped 2 percent compared to Q3 2020, according to numbers that researcher Canaly…
Immersed + Meta Quest(Oculus Quest) + Macbook Proで、文章やコードを書く
最近は、ImmersedというMeta Quest(Oculus Quest)で動くアプリを使ってプログラミングをしたり文章を書いたりしています。 ImmersedはOculus QuestなどのVR機器で動くアプリです。 リモートデスクトップ的にOculus QuestとPCを接続して、Oculus QuestをPCのディスプレイとして使えます。 必要な道具 Oculus Quest 2 Ocul…
Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable
Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2 million in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort. The company’s work suggests the brain-monitoring headband could save lives by alerting people to possible strokes hours before they might otherwise be noticed, and the new funding […]
気化フィルター使い捨てのハイブリッド式加湿器。ビックカメラから
ビックカメラから、使い捨て気化フィルターを採用した加湿器「OS-HFOHD1GY」が発売された。一般的なハイブリッド式の加湿器ではクエン酸などを用いて定期的な気化フィルターを清掃する必要があるが、この製品では2か月に1回、気化フィルターを取り替えるだけで、洗浄なしで運用できるとしている。本体価格はビックカメラ価格で2万1800円 （税込）となっている（家電 Watch ）。
水タンク内には、Ag+抗菌アタッチメントを使用することで、タンク内の雑菌の繁殖を抑える。このアタッチメントは、1シーズンご…
CPU Benchmarks: Pre-Release Intel Alder Lake Chip Beats Apple’s M1 Max
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The reign of Apple’s M1 SoC at the top of the Geekbench speed benchmarks may soon be over with the impending arrival of Intel’s 12th-generation Alder Lake mobile processors. Hardware site Wccftech appears…