Last week my wife decided to purchase a smart kettle. I didn't see this coming. So I was a bit shocked when a Govee Smart Gooseneck Kettle appeared on our doorstep. While she appreciates (most of) our smart home devices, she's never up and bought … [Read more...]
Some random tech from CES I think is cool
— Dracula Technologies showed off a new manufacturing process for energy harvesting chips designed for wearables. The photovoltaics and electronics are printed onto a sheet of plastic film and can be custom-sized for any application. — These … [Read more...]
The future of food: Some thoughts on Amazon buying Whole Foods
Amazon said it would pay $42 per share, or $13.7 billion, to purchase Austin-based high-end grocery chain Whole Foods. This is the kind of deal where you see it, experience a moment of surprise and then move straight to nodding your head thinking, of … [Read more...]
Perfect Co. buys Google-backed company’s assets
The Orange Chef, a smart kitchen startup that managed to get its connected scale into Williams Sonoma stores and score $1.2 million in funding from Google, has finally closed the book on its hardware business. The company, which made an iPad cover … [Read more...]