Safer Driving with a HUD (Heads Up Display)

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This is for those of us that don't need / want to buy a separate GPS device for the car, when a phone does a better job.

I'm reviewing the Hudly.  Its the only HUD that projects exactly what is on your phone / everything you want from your phone.  This means I can use Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Navigon - Anything.
Review in progress...

Netatmo Presence Is A Smart Security Camera

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I love smart security cameras like the Nest Cam Security Camera, but they can't really exactly identify whats in the video nor can they function well outdoors.  The Netatmo Presence solves both those problems and adds local micro-SD storage functionality as well.

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This Exo Skeleton Suit is Designed to Age You!

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Genworth R70i body suit makes you feel older.

A video posted by Mike Mu (@mikemuonline) on Jan 6, 2016 at 4:31pm PST

Genworth's body suit was designed to be the exact opposite of Iron Man Suit.  It doesn't give you super powers, it takes away your current abilities so that you know what its like for your body to age, and suffer from all the things that affect baby boomers and older.

How to Pick the Right SD Card for your Camera

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Picking the Right SD Memory Card for your Camera by mikemuonline

For most new cameras, any SD card that you get that is 64GB and above will work just fine.  Why 64GB cards?  Well its close to the sweet spot in pricing, and speed performance.  The key differences you want to watch for are the durability, and write speed.  The read speed will typically meet or exceet the write speed specification.  If it doesn't show the write speed on the packaging then its likely not the best - so watch out if your Video mode requires a certain bit-rate.

If you have an older camera (more than a few years old), you may have to get SDHC cards or below - stick to 8GB SD Cards.  Pay attention to whether the camera supports SDHC or SDXC cards with the XC ones being the newer, faster, higher capacity capable specification.

For 4K video, on the higher spec cameras you will want to look into something like the following:

  

And even those are not high enough for the highest 100MBps rating required to unlock the RX series 100 MBps video.

Some newer cameras designed to be pocketable use physically smaller cards called micro-sd cards. They're about the size of my pinky's fingernail and are compatible with cameras that use SD cards if you use a MicroSD adapter.

StarTrek Computer For Your Home Called 'Alexa'

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OK, so its actually called the Amazon Echo and its coming sometime this year.  Check it out:

This appears to be closer to Google / Siri territory but Alexa, ahem, I meant Echo sounds a bit smarter and friendlier as a permanent home appliance.  Starting at $99 preorder, or $199.

In all honesty, it'll probably offer to order stuff for you as easily and painless as adding it to your shopping list (see video).   

I Just Picked My First iPhone 6 Plus Case

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And unfortunately, its going to take months to get here. But because I typically like my iPhones naked for day to day use, and like battery based cases when I know I'm going out all day, this case (for $59 with this link for the next 15 days, its a referral link that saves you $10, and I get $10 off my case) should be worth the wait.

It adds a nice set of stereo speakers, active sound enhancements, batteries to extend and power it all, and a decent enough case to protect from 'bend-gate'.  Of course I will have to put it through some tests and sound samples before I can make a final judgement call on it but the speaker / speakerphone enhancement is something I'm definitely looking forward to.

Amp Audio Coupon: www.ampaudio.com/r/okhFgtlT

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