Inspect-a-Gadget
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Internet of Jump Ropes (IoJR): Crossrope skips to the beat
25 Mar 2021 -
Shure shores up for sure sounds: MV5C & MV7 microphones
17 Mar 2021 -
SnapWatch: get kids to tell the time… and make it snappy
05 Mar 2021
Exercise ropes have some different interpretations. In American English, we say ‘jump rope’, whereas the British English expression refers to ‘skipping rope’... but whether it’s a jump or a skip, ...
Inspect-a-Gadget has a confession to make - we have been shouting at our laptop. Okay if not quite shouting, we have certainly been ‘projecting’ at the built-in microphone during Zoom calls, ...
Kids love electronic devices, but not every family is going to be comfortable with starting their offspring off on a smartphone and smartwatch during their pre-teen years, or indeed while they are ...
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Beryl (GL-MT1300) pocket-sized travel wireless router
01 Mar 2021 -
Honor MagicBook Pro
08 Feb 2021 -
Venom Docking Stations & battery packs for Xbox Series X and S
05 Feb 2021 -
BGFG: How to buy technology like a (gaming) expert
02 Feb 2021 -
HeimVision Assure B1 2K Ultra HD security camera
29 Jan 2021 -
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
26 Jan 2021 -
Logitech Rally Bar family & BRIO
14 Jan 2021
Lockdown happened - and, consequently, a lot of people looked into the idea of finding a place to stay that would allow them some disconnection from the world and a place where they could work and ...
Here’s the thing about Honor keyboards… at first you don’t think you like them; the keypads on these machines are such a light-touch chicklet design and feel that you almost thing there’s not ...
In terms of so-called first world problems, we all have them from time to time. I can’t make spaghetti bolognese tonight as I only have linguine or pappardelle. My Internet access at home is ...
The Inspect-a-Gadget elves are well-versed in all manner of shiny devices, hard lumps of computing power and even the occasionally frivolous technology gadget (the clue’s in the name, right ...
Like everybody else, the Inspect-a-Gadget elves have been in lockdown. But, normally, the elves like to get out on the road, attend a few technology conferences and stay in a few cheap motels rooms ...
Inspect-a-Gadget is of course a real person. He/she/it is gender-neutral, but the elves that work for Inspect-a-Gadget are very much of this Earth and composed of a pound (or more) of flesh, just ...
Camera-envy used to be that ‘thing’ that long-lens-toting tourists would exhibit when parading around beauty spots, well-known tourist locations and perhaps even Disneyland. That time has passed. ...
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Hacking a Roberts transistor radio
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Kyvol Cybovac S31 Robot Vacuum
24 Dec 2020 -
Razer Kaira Pro headset designed for Xbox
07 Dec 2020 -
D-Link Wi-Fi Spotlight Camera
30 Nov 2020 -
Huawei MateBook 14 review: ultraportable powerhouse
23 Nov 2020
Gadgets come and go. There's always something better on the horizon. But some things seems to last and last. They pass down generations but then they eventually break. A decade ago I wrote about a ...
The Kyvol Cybovac S31 Robot Vacuum sucks - and we mean that. But here’s the thing, we mean it in a good way. One might argue that robot vacuums have been brought to market before their time i.e. ...
The Inspect-a-Gadget lab elves had some slightly unusual moments testing out the Razer Kaira Pro headset designed for Xbox, in a good way. Where’s the dongle? We were sure there must have been a ...
Deep in the Inspect-a-Gadget lab, our elves don’t always get out and see the light of day that much; they’re quiet reflective characters who sometimes prefer the dim light of the backlit keyboard ...
All laptops are pretty much the same today, right? Open the packaging and you get your basic clamshell unit, a power cable and adapter, a little warranty leaflet that you leave in the back of the ...