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This is not an ordinary bathtub. This is a complete Kohler Spa Experience In Your Home.
AT the Virtual CES 2021 Jonathon Bradly, Kohler Smart Home Innovation Lead, introduced the Kohler Stillness Bath. This is something to behold assuming you have a really big bathroom! Kohler, one of the best known high tech kitchen and bathroom equipment retailers has been around since 1873. Their new Stillness Bath draws its inspiration from Japanese forest bathing. It starts with water filling from the bottom of the bath, overflowing into the wood moat to create a soothing sound. Full spectrum lighting surrounds the bath as mist envelopes the surface of the Stillness Bath. Finally, essential oils can be added to emits invigorating aromas. Your bathroom is transformed into a spa-like environment for quiet mindfulness, except maybe for you using voice commands via Alexa or Google Assistant. The Stillness Bath offers a sanctuary for self-care and well-being. And hopefully the water display, light, mist and aromas converge to help you forget it costs about $16,000 and probably some major bathroom alterations. But wait, there’s LESS! If you just to control the temperature and depth of the water, that’s about $8700.00 If you want to add fog and aromatherapy, you’ll need to add the “Experience Tower” and that’s brings it up to around $11,000. The full Stillness experience is about $12,000 and that will be available around November 2021.
https://www.smarthome.kohler.com/smart-bathing
Short video demo: https://youtu.be/tK4nlRwFnt4
Play Music, Take Phone Calls In The Shower With Shower Power.
Power Shower is a hydropowered shower speaker, made to fit almost any shower head, uses the water flow from your shower to power and charge it. It syncs with any Bluetooth-enabled device so you’ll be able to listen to your favorite music, podcasts or audio books in the shower. I like that Shower Power is made from 100% recycled ocean plastic to reduces its environmental footprint and clear out some plastic from our oceans. The device measures 3” by 2” and weighs around a pound. If the shower head is out of the way, there’s a mini remote control included. The company will soon add another version: Shower Power Shine, so you can have music and dancing LED lights in your shower! Under $100.Video: https://youtu.be/_m0SDfoVVEQ
Company website: http://www.showerpower.com/
Lots Of Foldable Gadgets At CES, But Now We’re Seeing Rollables
A CES Extra! You probably never saw anything like this before.
While there were foldable tablets & foldable computers at CES 2021, we saw some rollables. Rollables are device that can roll up, down, or even sideways. Here’s a quick video look at a LG Rollable that we might see later in 2021. The company calls the LG Rollable a “unique resizable screen” that transforms from a phone into a small tablet as the screen slides in and out to extend its surface area. There’s no date, and price available yet, so it’s possible we may not see this gadget in 2021.
LG Video: https://youtu.be/PwcdE8VRZg8
Five Of My Favorite (And Yours Too) Gadgets of 2020 That I Showed On WNN.
Here’s the spot from air: https://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/top-gadgets-2020-74931778
People like flashlights! Especially inexpensive ones. In the past week I bought a dozen mini-flashlights from 3 different places. They all look alike on the web, but are they all the same? After I bought all 3 of them see if they are all the same flashlight. Strangely, they look similar, but they’re all slightly different. One has a bigger LED task light, one doesn’t have a strobe (which I never use anyway) some arrive in a sturdy plastic case. Watch my video to see the variations. For the lowest price you have to buy 3, 4, or 6 of them, but I think anyone of them would make a great stocking stuffer, or mini-gift.
Just 1 of the 3 versions of the mini-flashlight were still available as of 12/28/20, but I just bought another six of them! They were about $23 for 6 – or approximately $3.80 each on 12/28/20. That price can change at any time.
https://amzn.to/37R3X4c – As an Amazon Associate Giz Wiz Biz earns from qualifying Amazon purchases. You pay no more.
Ever Hear Of Camfecting? Hint: It concerns your webcam!
Camfecting is when a hacker takes control of your webcam with your knowledge or your permission. A webcam privacy cover can help stop that. Amazingly I read that hackers can not only get into your computer and turn on your webcam, but more advanced hackers can turn on your webcam without the “on” light illuminating! Here are two ways to prevent hacker from looking through your camera, even if they turn it on. For notebook, laptop, tablet, etc, where the camera is built into the lid, there’s the webcam cover slide. It’s thin, and didn’t affect the lid from closing all the way on my Acer Chromebook. The Webcam Cover can be opened or closed with just one simple finger movement. The company6 says it can be easily applied and removed from the device without any traces. There are many choice over at Amazon, some as cheap as a dollar each when you buy six pack. Check them out at this link:
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If you have an stand alone webcam there’s a pretty good chance it’s from Logitech. They sell
an amazing amount of webcams. Some of their newest models have a built-in covers. If not, you can buy easy add-on covers to help protecting your digital life and you’re actual life by preventing hackers from watching you! Webcam covers provide privacy, security and peace of mind. The one I bought is model specific. The company says it’s compatible with the Logitech C920, C922, C922x and C930e. It does not damage your device in any way. Actually it just sits on top of my Logitech C920 and I can cover and uncover my webcam at any time by flipping it open or closed it. Now the description says: “Does not interfere with webcam use or indicator light.” That’s true when it’s open. When it’s closed you will not see if the indicator light is on or off. I paid $12.99 for mine and it works fine. Check around on Amazon because there are cheaper versions for various webcams.
Amazon link for stand-alone Logitech webcams: https://amzn.to/3aJqFNC
A cheaper choice I haven’t tried: https://amzn.to/2KZjjuu As an amazon Associate Giz Wiz Biz earns from qualifying Amazon purchases. You pay no more.
UPDATE: If you have an Apple product a fan, Mo Torres, emailed this report about webcam covers:
https://nypost.com/2020/07/14/covering-up-your-camera-could-damage-your-laptop-apple/
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