T3 - UK (2020-04)

46 T3 APRIL 2020

Hot 100

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SMART LOCKS

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the door, smart locks are getting smarter.

Everything from Netatmo’s Smart Door Lock

and its customisable, reprogrammable NFC

keys to tamper-proof devices from the likes

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to see a huge rise in the number of Bluetooth-

secured ingresses in the coming months – they’re

one of this year’s most-desired buys.

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IN-CAR VOICE

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Android Auto – they’ve

already made voice control

pretty much standard. Now

Amazon’s on it, pushing

Alexa support into a host of

devices from its own Echo

Auto (pictured) to dash

cams, Anker’s Roav 12v

phone chargers, and even

direct integration with the

2020 Audi range.

29

PRINKER S

Expect to see this at the top of many 2020

Christmas lists; the Prinker S takes temporary

tattooing away from the domain of sponge-

on transfers and into a totally custom world.

Transfer an image from your phone via

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your skin, using a safe ink that doesn’t need

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Around £210, prinker-europe.com

27

GOCYCLE GXI

An innovative wheel design

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from fast to folded in just

10 seconds, and that’s just

the start of its skills. All the

wires (and the removable

battery, good for 50 miles)

are tucked inside the 17.5kg

frame, there’s predictive

gear shifting, a traction

controlled motor and a

cool KITT-like LED display.

Straight up design genius.

£3,699, gocycle.com

26

VIRTUAL PERSONAL

TRAINERS

Home workouts have
never been so pro, and
that’s thanks to a rise in the
number of virtual trainers
via apps for smartwatches,
mobiles and tablets, and
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kit. The latter includes the
Peloton home exercise bike,
with 14 daily live classes to
pick from.

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V-COPTR FALCON

Why waste battery spinning

four rotors when two will

do? Zero Zero’s Falcon

bicopter, inspired by the

V-22 Osprey military

aircraft, might just make

us reconsider our vision of

what a camera drone should

be. It totes a pair of cameras

for object avoidance and

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for 50 whole minutes.

Around £768,

zerozerorobotics.com

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QUALCOMM

SNAPDRAGON 865

This chip is the beating

heart of basically every

upcoming Android device

that matters. And for good

reason: combined with the

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the norm. It also enables

Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ay and

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has been souped up.

qualcomm.com

30

ALBI SMART WINE

DISPENSER

It seems our love affair
with smart wine gadgets
continues, as the app- and
voice controlled Albi was
hugely over-funded upon
debuting at Kickstarter.
The countertop device
preserves wine so that it
lasts for up to six months
after opening, storing it at
its optimum temperature.
£430, albicchiere.com