TECHNOLOGY
W TECH
Soundasleep pillow
£50, soundasleeppillow.
co.uk
Connect to your
smartphone or
audio player via
Bluetooth and drift away
on this comfy pillow listening to
music, a podcast or an audiobook. It can
also monitor snoring, track your sleep
and gently wake you with music.i-box Century £129.99, iboxstyle.com
Designed like a
retro radio, this
smart speaker
is Alexa voice
assistant-enabled,
so you can ask
it to play music,
operate smart
devices and more.able to text so he could let
me know when his baby, my
first grandchild, was coming.
That was a good incentive
to work it out after a bit of
trial and error.
Also I don’t
have an email
account,
so I don’t
correspond
or order
anything
online.
I reason that if you don’t like
what you’ve bought, you
have to send it back and
that’s a hassle. Planning my
life seems simpler with a
paper diary and a pen. If
someone wants to make an
arrangement, I write it in.
I listen to a DAB radio that
I can move around the house- I unplug it from the kitchen
and plug in the bedroom, for
instance. I do have
vinyl records and CDs,
but I haven’t listened
to them for a while.
Up until a couple
of years ago I used
disposable cameras
and got the film
developed in the
high street. The photos
taken on smartphones
are really good quality
and I often ask my
family to send their
photos from their
phones – mainly
of my children and
grandchildren – to
my husband so we
can print them. I also
keep the digitally
printed birthday and
Mother’s Day cards,
with photos on them,
out in our lounge
and bedroom. I like
printed photographs.
I read books
avidly and get through one
to two a month – that’s
around 24 in a year. I pick
these up from bookstores.
I accept that I’m not as
tech savvy as my family. It
does make
me feel a
bit stupid
that I don’t
want to use
gadgets,
or can’t
move on to
high-tech things. My family
do make fun of me, but
not in a cruel way. The
only item of tech I might
like is a Fitbit, which tracks
your activity, although it
wouldn’t link to my current
mobile. All my family have
one and compare steps
with each other. However,
I walk so much that I think
I would beat them all!’Planning my life
seems simpler
with a paper
diary and a pen
Ome Smart Doorbell and
Chime in Hand-Spun Brass
£109, Amazon Launchpad
See and speak to whoever is at your
door via your smartphone with this
Wi-Fi-connected doorbell. It’s also not
wired-in, so it can be installed anywhere.EZVIZ
Wi-Fi Outdoor
Floodlight Camera
£159, ao.com
This motion-sensitive floodlight has a
270° sensor to light up trespassers at
night, and an alarm, plus it can connect to
an existing outdoor light. Its app also allows
you to turn the lights on and off, and change their brightness.Tile Pro
£30, thetileapp.com
Stop hunting for your keys or
the TV remote by attaching
a Tile – simply use the app to
find them. The Tile Pro also
works in reverse if you’ve
misplaced your smartphone.womansweekly.com 29
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