Eight best gadgets of 2018
This impressive
list of gadgets will turn the tide against digital cynics
Bluetooth sound can look good
New York-based startup Master & Dynamic released
its Bluetooth speaker MA770, designed by architect David Ajaye.
Created with custom-made concrete, this speaker makes a strong impression. The
sound is rich and fills the room, making it the rare work of stereo
architecture.
You don’t need a PhD in coffee
to make good espresso
The look of the Mina, the new espresso
machine from Italy’s Dalla Corte, is pure class. But the old-world design is
fused with high-tech features. Crowning the machine is an industrial-style
lever for manually controlling water flow — providing the espresso-making
equivalent of the mechanical satisfaction of driving a stick shift.
There’s a faster way to decant
your wine
You work hard. You come home late. And you want a
glass of wine. But good wine needs time to breathe. The Breville
Sommelier is a stylish glass decanter sitting on a compressor base
that forces oxygenrich air through the vino. An hour’s worth of breathing done
in one minute.
There’s a way to keep your watch
safe and wound
The Rapport Cambridge Watch Winder Trunk is
a brass-studded, black leathertrimmed trunk with two drawers lined in suede and
brass corner reinforcement. Included with it is a pair of Rappaport’s Evolution
range watch-winding cubes — available in nine colours of lacquered wood.
High-quality phones can cost
less than $1,000
It is a big year for flagship phones — the Google
Pixel 2 and the iPhone X are indeed hard to beat. But for a combination of
performance, price, and industrial design, nobody comes close to the Essential smartphone.
The glossy, ceramic back and solidity that come from its titanium frame makes it
feel like none.
Streaming video hits the big
screen at home
Big things do come in small packages. LG
Laser Smart Home Theater Projector promises HD image, up to 140 inches
diagonally, from a tiny projector. The best part: it doesn’t sacrifice features
in the name of portability. The WebOS interface is easy to navigate among
online media and its sources like a laptop or phone.
A tiny stove for your outdoor
adventures
A well-cooked campsite meal is a reward at the end of
a strenuous day. The BioLite CampStove 2 lets campers use
small stick and twigs to quickly create fires, and it can bring a litre of
water to boil in less than five minutes, thanks to an attached fan that
controls air flow, allowing for complete, smoke-free combustion.
Home improvements can come in
small packages
The Flir One Pro is an infrared
camera the size of a pack of gum that attaches to the lightning or USB-C port
of your phone, rendering the world thermally, often in Predator-like rainbow
hues. Finding overloaded circuits, leaky pipes, and cold air drafts (even
hidden behind walls) is easy, even if fixing them isn’t.
— Bloomberg
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