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HIMIRROR MINI

High tech glass to look at yourself

ACER OJO 500

High tech glasses to look away from reality

THERMALTAKE LEVEL 20 TEMPERED GLASS EDITION

Pretty glass box to admire your high tech PC guts.

PART PMD, PART PERSONAL ROBOT 

The Segway Loomo is part personal mobility device (PMD) and part personal programmable robot. It’s a self-balancing PMD that can handle multi-terrains, courtesy of its large wheels and sizeable onboard battery, with a 35km range. It features Intel RealSense technology and its personal AI-driven robot can be turned on at a button’s flick. The accompanying phone app allows for interaction with Loomo. 

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WHO’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL? 

The HiMirror Mini is a smart mirror that includes Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled digital assistant. This vanity mirror has a 10.1-inch TFT LCD touch display with a front-facing 8MP CMOS camera. Upon capturing the user’s portrait, the HiMirror Mini performs a skin analysis and daily usage will allow you to monitor changes in your skin condition over time. The mirror also functions like a tablet that can respond to voice controls and connect to the internet. 

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BE SEEN, BE SAFE 

The Lumos smart cycling helmet has 48 LEDs to alert road users of your presence as well as your intentions. Its smart features are courtesy of sensors that fire a brake light on the helmet’s rear. Lumos also connects wirelessly with a detachable handlebar controller that triggers indicator lights for turning. Besides such smart features, Lumos has MIPS technology that touts to protect the wearer’s head from angled impacts. 

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FIT FOR A SWIM 

The Fitbit Charge 3 adds water resistance up to 50 meters, a touchscreen OLED display, and seven-day battery life. In other words, it’s the first Charge you can swim with and swipe on. There’s a new heart- rate sensor, the same as the one on the Fitbit Versa smartwatch. Plus, you get some smartwatch smarts, as it supports notifications and is able to shoot off  canned replies with an Android phone. 

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GLASS TEMPERED BEAUTY 

The Thermaltake Level 20 Tempered Glass Edition is a massive full tower chassis with three distinct chambers. Coming in at 732mm in height, 280mm in width and 688mm in depth; it also weighs 32kg! The Level 20 can accommodate up to E-ATX motherboards, features 8+2 expansion slots and a total of 10 drive bays. The chassis comes bundled with three Riing Plus 14 LED RGB fans for optimal cooling. 

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ANALOG IS BACK IN VOGUE 

The Polaroid Originals OneStep 2 analog instant camera pays tribute to the original 1977 Polaroid OneStep. The current device has been updated with a rechargeable 1,100mAh lithium-ion battery that has a 60-day standby life. The camera has a 2ft to infinity lens and a strobe flash. It is compatible with Polaroid 600 and iType films and a handful of vintage film types. It even comes with a self-timer, perfect for group selfies. 

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SOLID AUDIO

Made with a specially designed H-shaped aluminum Monocoque Chassis and frame for superior rigidity and isolation, the DMP-Z1 is built to bring you only the cleanest sound possible. To that extent, the high resolution audio digital player even incorporates large batteries as its main power source, thus eliminating the inconsistencies of an alternating current power source for clean, powerful sound.

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ENTERPRISE BYOD 

The Plantronics Elara 60 Series Phone Station turns any smartphone into a desktop collaboration tool. The phone station has a wide range of enterprise-grade headset, speakerphone and handset options to suit your mobile call management needs, and promises seamless call transition from a smartphone. 

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IT EVEN HOLDS MY PENCIL!

The Logitech Slim Folio for iPad (5th and 6th generation) fits the 9.7-inch Apple iPad. The Slim Folio has been updated to accommodate an Apple Pencil and its primary function is still to turn the iPad into a notebook replacement. At the same time, it also protects the front and back of the iPad. It makes use of Bluetooth LE to connect to the paired iPad and uses replaceable coin cell batteries, touted to last up to four years. 

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COLORFUL COOLING 

The Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M CPU cooler features a pair of translucent 120mm MasterFans with addressable RBG LEDs. The lighting of each individual LED can be controlled with the company’s Master+ software. Its aluminum fins have a hexagon cutout that creates “hologram” lighting when viewed from the top. Looks aside, the CPU cooler features four heat pipes with 45% more contact surface area for increased heat dissipation. 

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