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B&W takes aim at Sonos with high-end living room streaming suite

Paul Ridden April 23, 2019

Boutique audio brand Bowers & Wilkins – which has pretty good form in wireless audio playback – has entered the high-end music streaming arena with the Formation suite, a five product collection that could well challenge the luxury market dominance of Sonos.

The high-end Formation Suite from B&W comprises five products at launch

Music

Beats' Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds promise stellar sound and big battery life

Nick Lavars April 3, 2019

Beats has bounced into the world of wireless listening with its first set of truly cable-free earbuds. As the successor to its popular Powerbeats earphones, the Powerbeats Pro drop the tether for a standalone ear-hook design and a stellar battery life.

The flagship feature of the Powerbeats Pro is undoubtedly the nine hours of listening time before ...

Wearables Audio available

Prototype watch uses your body to prevent hacking of wearables and implants

David Szondy March 13, 2019

To help prevent possible murder-by-hacker, engineers at Purdue University have come up with a watch-like device that turns the human body into its own network as a way to keep data from personal technology like smart pacemakers and insulin pumps private.

With the new device, signals carried by he human body can be kept in close proximity ...

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Wireless sensors may make for happier preemies

Ben Coxworth March 1, 2019

Prematurely-born babies usually have at least five or six hard-wired sensors attached to their bodies, tracking vital stats such as breathing, blood pressure, blood oxygen and heartbeat. Thanks to newly-developed technology, however, all those cumbersome wires may soon become a thing of the past.

While the sensors can be sterilized and reused, they can also simply be discarded, as they ...

Home Entertainment

McIntosh wireless speaker system is undeniably gorgeous, very pricey

Paul Ridden February 18, 2019

CDs and vinyl once dominated living room music collections, now streaming rules the roost. There are devices aplenty to satisfy your wireless listening needs, but if you're looking for something to complement your commemorative McIntosh setup, then the new RS200 could be just the ticket.

The RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System from McIntosh Labs

Music

Line 6 aims Relay wireless guitar system at the pedalboard

Paul Ridden January 29, 2019

Back in 2016, Line 6 said that its Relay G10 wireless system was not only the most advanced in the industry, but was as easy to use as an instrument cable. Now there's a new flavor designed to integrate into a pedalboard – the Relay G10S.

The Relay G10S rocks a fresh stompbox design that's ready for the pedalboard

Electronics Audio available

Two-dimensional antenna converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity

Michael Irving January 28, 2019

In a new step towards truly wireless charging, engineers have developed an ultra-thin device that captures Wi-Fi signals and converts them into electricity.

Engineers have developed a new two-dimensional device that can convert Wi-Fi signals into electricity

3D Printing

Desktop 3D printer goes mobile with some help from Pi

Paul Ridden January 22, 2019

Desktop 3D printers generally spend most of their life in a basement workshop or home office. YouTuber Thomas Sanladerer wanted something that could go where he did so modified a small inexpensive unit to run on battery power and be controlled with a smartphone.

Six battery packs provide enough juice to run this mobile 3D printer and the Raspberry Pi ...

Around The Home

Arlo puts the spotlight on wire-free home security

Paul Ridden November 30, 2018

Netgear's Arlo Technologies has announced a new wireless security camera flagship. The outdoor/indoor Arlo Ultra can record 4K resolution footage with high dynamic range, offers night vision in color and sports its own spotlight that floods with light the yard when movement is detected.

The inclusion of a built-in spotlight means that the Arlo Ultra can record night vision footage ...

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Dolby debuts Dimension headphones, with noise-cancellation and touchpad control

Michael Irving November 14, 2018

Dolby has finally gotten its own hands dirty and released its first consumer product. Dolby Dimension is a set of wireless, noise-cancelling headphones specifically targeted at home entertainment use – but hey, there’s nothing stopping you using them wherever you like.

Dolby has released its first consumer product in Dolby Dimension, a pair of wireless noise-cancelling headphones