40 T3 MARCH 2020
2020’s gadget wishlist
SHINE BATHROOM
ASSISTANT
Hands up who loves giving the toilet a
good old clean? We thought as much:
thank goodness the Shine Bathroom
Assistant will soon be here. Fill its
tank with water and it’ll sense when
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toilet bowl, cleaning and deodorising
things without any detergent, soap,
bleach or (crucially) intervention from
you. And if there’s a problem with your
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$150 (approx £115), shinebathroom.comD-LINK DCS-8000LHV2 MINI
FULL HD WI-FI CAMERA
Mini is absolutely right, as D-Link has
somehow squashed a whole lot of
camera into a very slender and (barring
the 138º lens) discreet cylinder. It has
a Full HD sensor along with motion
detection, sound detection and night
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D-Link’s AI-powered person detection
algorithm, perfect for keeping a secure
eye on pets. Tuning into what the
camera is seeing is easy as it conforms
to the ONVIF IP camera standard, but
128-bit encryption means nobody else
will be spying on your home.
£TBC, dlink.com
TECHNICS EAH-AZ70W TWS
Promising the most advanced noise-
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is calling Dual Hybrid, an app-adjustable
mix of feedforward, feedback, analogue and
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set to offer some impressive sounds. They’re
powered by a huge 10mm graphene driver,
with a special acoustic chamber able to alter
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to your ears. They support simultaneous
left and right transmission, which should
prevent signal loss for those with particularly
Bluetooth-proof bodies.
£TBC, technics.comTOSHIBA SMART MICROWAVE
If you’re clattering around the kitchen,
the chances are your hands could be
covered with something you don’t
want slathered on all your appliances.
No worries: Toshiba’s as-yet unnamed
microwave can take voice direction
from both Alexa and the Google
Assistant, allowing you to start, stop,
pause or set cooking times just by
asking nicely. That’s not its only smart
function, either. There’s a built-in
sensor which will take a look at your
food and react to the level of humidity
it’s emitting, adjusting cooking times
and power levels to ensure your beans
don’t go nuclear.
£TBC, toshiba.comSAMSUNG Q950TS
While Samsung could have gone utterly nuts with the
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saved most of that insanity for the vertical(!) Sero; here, it
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micron has been shaved from its bezels so it looks like the
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QLED big boy, a newly updated Quantum Processor gives
even better upscaling, and there’s even integration with the
Samsung Health app. At just 15mm thick, this is a TV that
will attract attention before you even switch it on.
£TBC, samsung.com