Essential TECHNOLOGY
Selina Denman rounds up a selection of must-have gadgets, from luxury e-bikes to an AI-powered home gym
TEMPO MOVE
Tempo Studio is a home gym concept that comes with a built-in personal trainer. Using artificial intelligence, Tempo Studio provides real-time guidance, custom weight recommendations, personal training plans, competition-grade weights and accurate progress tracking. The system utilises 3D infrared sensors to track 250,000 points on the user’s body up to 30 times every second. It will then process the user’s movements and provide immediate feedback to ensure form is perfect during each rep. Users can access more than 3,000 live and ondemand classes, including HIIT, strength, yoga, core, prenatal and more. Launched in the US in February 2020, so far seven million workouts have been logged on Tempo Fit’s innovative system. Tempo Studio features a 42-inch touchscreen display and comes complete with a heart-rate monitor and Olympic weights, including competitiongrade barbells, dumbbells and 15 kilograms of plates. Each membership can host up to six accounts, meaning that every member of the family can join in. Newly launched is Tempo Move, a more compact and affordable bundle that includes a stylish weight storage cabinet, dumbbells and 35 kilograms of weight plates. Users simply need to provide their own TV screen and an iPhone.
Tempo Studio, Dh8,995, and Tempo Move, Dh1,795, www.tempofit.me
BIRD BUDDY
Make your garden a welcome retreat for feathered friends with Bird Buddy, a new smart bird feeder that will notify you when you have any avian visitors and take photographs of them. You’ll get notifications on your phone when a bird stops by, while AI technology will identify the species so you can chronicle the various types of birds that visit. You’ll also be sent tips on what kinds of foods might attract new species and get a notification when food stocks need refilling. The Bird Buddy is currently available in blue and yellow versions, with a protective roof and dual-sided windows for increased visibility, as well as a detachable solar panel. In case you are wondering whether this is a gadget intended solely for die-hard birdwatchers, Bird Buddy was a crowdfunding project that generated almost $12 million from close to 49,000 backers. There’s nothing niche about that.
Bird Buddy ships from September, $235, www. mybirdbuddy.com
BEAUTIFECT BOX
The Beautifect Box is a “portable beauty studio” equipped with high-tech features that’ll help you apply your make-up like a pro. The box’s Luminous System was two years in the making and perfectly simulates five different lighting scenarios: evening light, office light, photo light, daylight and bright sun. Three brightness settings allow you to further anticipate how your make-up will look in various settings, while a CRI (colour rendering index) of 90+ lets you see true-to-life colours and shades. A single charge provides up to one month of usage, while the lightweight case also has a distortion-free glass mirror and magnetic magnification mirror to really help you perfect those details. A smart storage system provides ample space for pencils, brushes and palettes, while a torque hinge inspired by laptops has been engineered to tilt and hold the mirror at any angle. The Beautifect Box is currently available in two colours – white and nude. Dh1,350, www.beautifect. com
SOUNDLIGHT
Il Bronzetto has unveiled Soundlight, a line of lamps that are sources of both light and sound. Made from brass and covered in gold leaf, the lamps combine the vintage-inspired design aesthetic of Brass Brothers & Co with the sound engineering of Volumio and Glauk. Instead of a classic loudspeaker, Volumio and Glauk has introduced “exciters”, so that the entire surface of the lamp is transformed into an amplifier, emitting three-dimensional and omnidirectional sound. Soundlight is available in three variations, a floor lamp, table lamp (pictured) and chandelier, and in various hues. The design supports Il Bronzetto’s “slow interior” approach, which focuses on the quality of raw materials and artisanal production processes.
Soundlight table lamp, €3,200 ($3,494), www. ilbronzetto.com
MOTO PARILLA
Moto Parilla was an Italian motorcycle company that rose to fame in the late 1940s and 1960s. It has recently been revived, with a new focus on luxury e-bikes that are 100 per cent made in Italy. The brand is set on reimagining electric bikes, creating original designs that are entirely crafted by hand out of the highest quality materials. Its very short supply chain is made up of local suppliers located in the vicinity of Moto Parilla’s headquarters in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy. The brand currently offers two key models, each with a series of variants that can be completely customised. Trilix (pictured) is a city e-bike designed for urban use, with an attractive trellis frame and unique design that guarantees ease of handling. Carbon has more of an “aggressive” and sporty design that bridges the worlds of bicycles and motorcycles.
Price on request, www.motoparilla.ae