Time - USA (2020-11-30)

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TRANSPORTATION

MAKES A BIKE

AN E-BIKE

CLIP

If you’re looking for an e-bike experience

without ditching your favorite two-wheeler,

the CLIP ($400) is for you. It’s a friction-

drive motor that easily attaches to the

front wheel of your bike, its roller helping

to rotate the wheel and thus speed you

around faster than you can pedal. Though it

weighs less than 10 lb., the CLIP can help

riders reach speeds of up to 15 m.p.h., and

its range, 10 to 15 miles, is long enough

to get most commuters to and from the

office, or weekend riders across town and

back. It’s also removable, so you can charge

it under your desk or at your destination.

—PATRICK LUCAS AUSTIN

ENTERTAINMENT

A (REALLY) FLAT-SCREEN TV

LG 65-in. GX OLED 4K TV (65GX)

Being stuck at home

during quarantine can

be a pain, but LG’s

new top-of-the-range

GX OLED 4K TV ($2,600)

might just make it a

tad more bearable. The

screen uses self-lit pixels

instead of a standard

LED backlight, creating

brighter colors and deeper

contrasts along with the

sharp 4K detail that TV

connoisseurs have come

to expect. And then there’s

the profile: the TV is just

2 cm thick. As a result, the

GX sits nearly flush with

your wall. Yet it still boasts

many of the convenient

features seen in modern

high-end televisions—

including compatibility

with Google Assistant

and Alexa, allowing you

to control your Internet

of Things–enabled fridge

or doorbell from the

comfort of your couch.

—BILLY PERRIGO

HOME HEALTH

THE NBA BUBBLE BOOSTER

Oura Ring

This year, the NBA pulled off what few other sports

leagues have been able to: a season without a single

case of COVID-19 among players and staff inside

its protective “bubble.” One of the tools it used to

maintain good health? The Oura Ring ($299). When

slipped onto a finger, the sensor-packed wearable

tracks heart rate, activity level, sleep—even body

temperature. Oura’s app uses that data to generate

a “readiness” score—“a holistic picture of your

health,” says CEO Harpreet Singh Rai. In 2020, the

NBA and Oura partnered; more than 2,000 people

across the entire league ordered rings from the

company, according to Oura, whose investors

include former greats Shaquille O’Neal and Manu

Ginóbili. Oura has also partnered with the WNBA

and NASCAR, as well as the Las Vegas Sands casino

company, to better monitor the health of athletes

and employees. —MANDY OAKLANDER