Gadget Guru’s magic box
Asics has long made fine running shoes, but the look of them has been what the unkind might call ‘psychedelic vomit’. Now it’s addressing that with the FuseX line. Aimed at a younger market, they’re a lot more cool looking, but retain Asics’ technical acumen.
Scalextric Track Day featuring Arc Air (£199, scalextric.com) brings the big kids’ favourite up to date with vibrating Bluetooth controllers and configuration of cars and track via iOS or Android apps. Guru still can’t get round the courses without his car flying off, mind. Gillette has a new razor out! Building on the success of its super-pivoty Flexball, the Fusion ProShield adds more lubrication, with super-fine blades slicing away Guru’s hairs in even fewer attempts for less irritation (from £6, gillette.co.uk).
The “Fitbit for your desk” is here. Long-time Guru fave Humanscale is to launch OfficeIQ (£TBC, humanscale.com), which “gathers data on sit/stand use, calculates caloric expenditure, and provides users with real-time feedback on workstation activity”. GaGu has handwriting like a drunk chimp, but he’s
been rectifying that with Stabilo’s first touchscreen stylus, the SmartJunior (£75, stabilo.com). It uses all the brand’s know-how when it comes to making pointy things that you write with, with an app that’s teaching Guru good handwriting habits.
Lumo’s range of cycling wear is making Guru both safe and stylish as winter rumbles on. Its Camden Harrington jacket, ‘Regent’s Parka’ (cheers, clever wordplay) and Bermondsey backpack are as chic as you like, but at the press of a button, dozens of super-bright LEDs flash into life. Pair it with the Audiopill (overleaf) and you’re a one-man rave. Guru is always forgetting things and… What was he saying? Oh yeah. So, he’s always forgetting things, but now he’s found a solution: Tile (£20, thetileapp.com) attaches to your keys, car, spouse, etc and can be found via Bluetooth if lost. The clever bit, however, is that it will also log its whereabouts with any user of the Tile app, so things can be found even when way beyond Bluetooth’s rather puny reach.