Handheld consoles are a thing of the past but they are making a comeback just like consoles of old which are also now coming back but in a miniature version and we can’t get enough of them they are an epic reminder for those in the day of what we use to play as kids and recently I just purchased the Super Nintendo Mini Classic and love it, Given its graphics are 8bit which is the same for this handheld it brings back those memories and I actually spend some time on it, Gaming for me has drifted slowly over the years as I geared towards mobile phones and so on.
This handheld has offerings of the same given its got just a 2.4 inch LCD but you can connect it to a TV which is excellent and enhanced the experience even more rather than confining yourself to a little compact box and for those who are real gamers of old probably would not last long on the tiny screen but then again it’s not so bad either for lounging on the couch,in bed or if you are like me a visit to the loo and this comes with me instead of my phone,its portable and light and also a robust unit and will take a few drops I would imagine.
The controls are also familiar with a multi directional navi pad and two buttons to the right which are again functional and offer different moves or can be used both together there is an instruction guide within to guide you on what buttons do what per individual game. This is powered by Three AAA batteries (not included) nor expensive either and last quite some time again these can be bought at the till or in Argos itself where they have some good deals..
Overall its a great little package perhaps for kids but not to leave the adults out there is 30 games here which will bring you back to those years and Sega games we all remember so so well,this is of course if you came from the same days of the original formats. It will keep you occupied and also keep kids occupied and not forgetting there is a headphone socket to boot so you can also have some peace with whoever plays with it that’s if they don’t want to hook it up to your main TV..
As mentioned there is 30 games installed and take not there is no expandable memory so you can’t add to it nor remove it is what it is which is plenty..
Before you try it out do gamble with sense folks or checkGambleAware.ie
Lottoz.ie, the new fully regulated global online lottery platform lands in Ireland today with a mission to eliminate geographical borders and give Irish lottery fans the chance to bet on jackpots from the biggest lotteries worldwide including the US Powerball Lottery which currently has a jackpot of €88.3million.
Lottoz is challenging the traditional way of playing lottery by allowing users of its mobile platform to bet on lottery results from 14 international lotteries from four continents including the US Powerball and Mega Millions, the EU’s EuroMillions and EuroJackpot, the UK’s National Lottery and Thunderball, Bonolotto, France Lotto and the Oz Lotto! By using a mobile platform to place bets and manage winnings, Lottoz removes geographical borders and the need to buy paper tickets and claim winnings in-person.
Owned and developed by new gaming and entertainment tech company Morpheus Games, Lottoz is licensed by Office of the Revenue Commissioners and is part of a new wave of digital-first brands that are changing the way people access the lottery. From offices in Malta, Israel and Ukraine, all known for their up-and-coming tech and gaming sectors. Morpheus plans to continuously expand the number of international lotteries and games it offers Irish players for betting, and attract new digital and mobile-first audiences to this kind of gaming.
“The lottery business needs to evolve if it is to survive,” says Co-Founder Kfir Biton, who devised the idea for Lottoz when he was sent a link to play the $1,586Bn US Powerball Jackpot in January 2016 and found that he was not able to play. “Driven by our cutting-edge technology and mobile customer experience, we introduce new, younger, global audiences to lotteries, with instant access to bet on their lucky numbers and win jackpots.
In 2017, accessibility is everything. People order gadgets and even cars on eBay, sublet apartments on AirBnB and do it on their phone in an instant. Still, they have very limited accessibility to global lotteries offering incredible jackpots. Its alien for these players to have to queue for tickets and head into newsagents or supermarkets to collect their winnings. This is a generation who pay with Apple Pay and trade in Bitcoins. They want to know that their winnings are already collected for them and in their account, ready to spend on the things they want. They want alerts for new games and instant access at the tap of a button.”
With these new audiences in mind, Lottoz is making it its mission to reimagine the way people play the lottery and connect to their dreams. “The global lottery market is worth $279.9M and is set to grow at a CAGR of 9.44% between 2017-2021, but the biggest challenge to growth is jackpot fatigue and the habit of playing predominantly offline. By taking the game online, expanding the jackpot opportunities and making it easy, secure and exciting to play for new mobile audiences, Lottoz is a brand that will spearhead a change in the market, and that is truly exciting!” says Morpheus Games CEO Dave Avila.
Kfir concludes, “Over the coming months we plan to educate and change consumer habits by digitising lotteries from around the world, making them available to bet on via mobile. We have a great product for the UK market and we’re ready for Irish players to place their bets, but we’re also in development and we have an incredibly exciting product pipeline lined-up.” Ultimately, Lottoz offers choice; choice of lotteries from around the world, choice of odds, choice of jackpots and draw times whenever you want them, wherever you are.
To bet on the biggest jackpots around the world, please visit www.lottoz.ie
Parenting is about attention and care. A child must be guided and protected from infancy to independence. Caretaking of any kind is about responsibility and awareness. People with special needs or ageing parents require thoughtful and protracted oversight. In the world of the vulnerable, even the mundane can become perilous. A child can fall in a swimming pool, be locked in a car on a hot day, become lost in the woods or even abducted.
Dristee’s technological design offers a unique and comprehensive device to address a broad spectrum of these problems. Dristee is a wearable device providing realtime detection coupled with wireless 4G Network and GPS, Bluetooth connection to locate, sense, and monitor a wide variety of safety and health perimeters.
Let’s take a look at some of dristee’s unique advantages..
Features:
All features listed below are fully integrated and connected between the device and caretaker via smartphones and other electronic devices. The connections between the device and monitoring receptacles can be made with up to five users.
Detects contact with water utilizing sensors without the need of any additional system installations.
Dristee’s detection capabilities monitors ambient temperature continuously effectively warning of excessive heat or cold.
The device utilize an accelerometer to alert of abrupt changes in the wearer’s movements and speed.
Pre-programmable SMS/MMS sends Notification to all designated phone numbers during any and all alert situations.
The device also incorporated heart rate monitor which might prove critical in a variety of situations.
A unique locking mechanism integrated with the wristband prevents unauthorized removal of the device. The locking mechanism has dual operating mechanism – Unlocking via the app or a special key that is provided with each device.
Additional temperature sensors monitor body temperature to alert for hyperthermia or hypothermia.
Connectivity and wireless capabilities include 4G LTE, GPS and Bluetooth.
The device is water proof and water resistance to a depth of 30 to 50 m.
Dristee employs stainless steel wires embedded in the band to withstand attempts at removal with knife or scissors.
The Dristee app displays a user profile, employing such data as recent photo, birthday, hair color, weight, height, eye color.
Operating system compatibility, Windows – Android – Linux – iOS
Dristee has the capability to predefine as needed up to five geo-fence locations, each of which can incorporate date, daily schedules and this feature can employ the designation precise distances as required.
The water sensor technology employs a novel design that utilizes the conduction property of water. The Water Sensor has two electrodes, one transmitting and the other receiving the signal pulses so that in the presence of significant water transmission between the electrodes is disrupted and an alert is sent. Partial or minor exposures to water, for example rain, is insufficient to disrupt transmission and hence false alarms is avoided.
The device is fully patented and employs the latest semiconductor and information technology. A critical challenge in dristee’s development was to design advanced miniaturization required for its small size and tightly integrated systems. To meet these challenges we developed and tested prototypes such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) suitable to a small wearable and a programmable logic, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) platform.
The systems hardware does not dependent on a single component but changes as needed to provide optimal GSM and GPS functionalities. Whatever communication system is used (GSM, CDMA, 4GLTE etc.), our design capabilities are flexible enough to employ the specific component used for notifications to smartphones in the event of an emergency.
Dee Narla, Inventor, Co-founder
I am a mother, I am socially active and I am deeply engaged with the rights and safety of children, of our fragile fellow humans with special needs and a deep loving concern for the aging members of our society. Though born and educated in India, my life was somewhat privileged but even from that relatively secure position I could see societal failings that put the very young, the very needy and the very old at risk.
Trained as an engineer, I wanted to utilize design and technology to serve the needs of the vulnerable. Repeatedly asking myself, what can I offer to those in need, two issues seemed
apparent. First, specific needs, risks and dangers must be identified and second, once recognized, one must offer effective technology to counter two basic enemies of success – disregard and unawareness. Important keys to societal and family safety are precise information, quick communication and responsive support between everyone involved.
Even in the U.S., I am occasionally disquieted by undertones of isolation, impersonality and even danger, that threaten our society’s vulnerable, from the disappearance of young children to the unintended neglect of the elderly and those with special needs. Such thoughts, along with my own personal concern for the wellbeing and safety of my children and loved ones, lead me to develop Dristee, a system-based product to help meet the increasingly complex safety needs of coming generations. For me, Dristee is not only professionally gratifying in its comprehensive
design and technology but personally satisfying in answering the needs of my own heart and conscience.
Cyber security seminar this Wednesday will provide free advice for businesses on protecting themselves from cyber crime
Businesses of all sizes are at serious risk of cyber attacks that could cause financial loss and reputational damage. That’s according to Paul Browne, Managing Director of Hybrid Technology Partners, a Limerick-based technology services firm.
Mr. Browne was speaking ahead of a free cyber security seminar taking place at the Bunratty Castle Hotel this Wednesday, 15th November, beginning at 9.30am. Ireland’s Deputy Data Commissioner, John O’Dwyer, will be the keynote speaker at the event.
Speaking in advance of the seminar, Paul Browne said: “Cyber attacks don’t just affect major international companies. All businesses, no matter their size or location, are at risk of attack.
“Cyber criminals are very sophisticated and use complex software, which means businesses of all sizes and in all sectors can be infected by malicious viruses. This can result in a loss of highly sensitive data, such as customers’ personal information.
“Cyber attacks can have serious financial and reputational implications for businesses, and can take months and years to recover from. A recent survey has shown that 36 per cent of Irish businesses have experienced a cyber attack already this year, and this is likely to increase. Our seminar will equip businesses in the mid-west region with knowledge on how to protect their customers and their business.”
Free advice for attendees
In addition to Paul Browne and Deputy Data Commissioner John O’Dwyer, other speakers at Wednesday’s seminar will include:
Urban Schrott, IT Security and Cybercrime Analyst with ESET Ireland;
Laura Kavanagh, Head of Marketing at JJ Kavanagh & Sons; and
Catriona Tierney of Limerick’s Live 95FM in the role of MC.
IT experts from Hybrid Technology Partners will be in attendance throughout the event to provide one-to-one consultations and advice to attendees.
The seminar will cover cyber security, data protection and the IT systems and software that will help businesses save money, operate more efficiently and protect their business. It is organised in partnership with ESET Ireland, a cutting-edge digital software security firm.
The courier industry today is a real cut throat industry and volume is a key player in a company’s survival then we also have specialist services which commits itself to specialist or high value goods and we also have cold-chain mainly in the pharma industry.
But getting a job done on time is another factor and often costly too and again distance comes into play if not going through an already established firm which there is plenty to choose from today and with the increasing amount of e-commerce packages being delivered vs the typical high street delivery, companies with timed deliveries are under more pressure than ever and add in the seasonal sales which are about to arrive soon it mean more stress. FOR EVERYONE.
However their attack on other companies doesnt bode well nor is this SITUATION or this SITUATION wholly true, the lanscape has changed in this buisness and using tweets like this with try get some attention is wrong. Many companies now have a leave safe policy once its agreed with the customer and a photo will be taken to show where the package has been left,this has been a common theme on their twitter and facebook feeds all eloquently placed in the same porch. Not wise to attack others we can easily identify who has the contracts from the pictures and we also know they have changed hands several times and in this industry will continue to do so.
DropToU is the “People Powered Delivery Network” is a new player to the already crowded market which could help solve some issues like B2B or B2C via people power. These are here to offer services when non are available or outside standard hours but we also now see an increase in companies offering Saturday Deliveries and this will soon change to a 7 Day a week industry due to high levels of eCommerce and also demands from suppliers.
Regular Package requests cost Senders €12.30 to send. Senders also have the option to nominate the amount they are willing to pay to get an ‘Urgent’ package delivered. This amount is between €30-€300.
See how it works HERE and how you can get invovled to be either a sender or a courier.This could be a good idea going forward having been in the industry over 20 years a people powered network could very well be a good solution and people will pay good money to have urgent packages moved, Again its a competitive market and watching how this company grows will be interesting. Check out their website HERE and download the apps below.
This is something for the active person who wants data and also works with the Wellness app which is also used with Webcoach and the Body compostion scales. All these products work well together and work under one app which is uselful rather than multiple apps. Check out the unboxing and stay tuned for a review in the coming weeks and if you have any quesitons fire away.
Features
DISCOVER ACTIVI-T BAND, YOUR NEW DAILY COACH – During the day it records all your activities and helps you to keep on doing better. At night, it monitors your sleep cycles and wakes you gently by vibration. View the results of your hard work instantly on the OLED screen, synchronise your data on the Wellness Coach app and share your performance wherever you are.
YOUR DAILY PARTNER – The Activi-T Band is with you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Wear it on your wrist, find out your level of activity and set new goals to be achieved.
Its 3D sensor monitors your physical activity: number of steps, distance and number of calories burned. While you’re asleep, it analyses the different phases (deep and light sleep) and how long they last, and wakes you up gently by vibration.
COMPLETELY EASY TO USE – The Activi-T Band is equipped with a large white OLED screen that allows you to monitor your activity (steps, distance, calories) directly. For extra practicality, it also tells the time. Two sizes are supplied, Activi-T Band adapts to all wrist sizes. The battery has a life of 7 days and you can recharge it in 90 minutes via the integrated USB port without needing an additional accessory. Ideal when you’re on the move or travelling, a simple USB port is all you need.
WELLNESS COACH APP – Activi-T Band connects to the Terraillon Wellness Coach app. Set your goals and get free advice scientifically validated to reach them.
We have a few products in for testing from our friends at Terraillon, First up the Webcoach Wireless body compostion scales, Today we will do a quick unboxing and review it in the coming weeks and if you have any questions in the interim feel free to ask..
Features on board..
ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION
Web Coach Easy View is a true body composition analyser. It calculates your weight, your body mass index (BMI) and your body fat, muscle mass, body water and bone mass. Especially useful when you follow your weight in order to lose the bad kilos (fat) while maintaining muscle mass.
MULTI-FUNCTIONS SCREEN SATELLITE
Position your Easy View screen where you like for easy reading. With its magnetic metal support, you can place the screen on the shelf of your bathroom, on the wall or leave it on the scale. You will easily reach its many features: display of time, room temperature and the timer function (teeth brush, shower or free).
WELLNESS COACH APP
Web Coach Easy View connects to the Terraillon Wellness Coach app. Set your goals and get free advice scientifically validated to reach them.
ADVANCED CONNECTIVITY
Web Coach Easy View uses the new Bluetooth technology developed by Terraillon and allows it to connect with 8 smartphones and / or tablets simultaneously. Handy if each member of the family has his own smartphone.
Sony has announced today that thanks to a recent firmware update, Amazon Alexa-enabled devices can now control Sony 4K HDR BRAVIA TV models with Android. Alexa is now getting popular here in Ireland alongside similar products which are slowly trickling in,other than that we have to import them.
With this update users can ask Alexa to perform basic TV functions such as controlling the TV power, volume, play/pause/stop/fast forward controls, switch inputs and change channels. Voice control is a natural way to interact with technology in the home, and now owners of Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Show, and Echo Dot and a Sony 4K HDR televisions with Android can simply ask “Alexa, turn on my Living Room TV” or “Alexa, change channel to BBC One HD on my living room TV.”
“This is a great example of Sony’s commitment to delivering a wide range of innovative technologies to our customers.” said Mike Somerset, TV Marketing Manager, Sony UK. “Through our award winning BRAVIA range with the Android platform we are able to offer compatibility to consumers who have an Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Show and Echo Dot device in their home to use their devices to interact with the home entertainment experiences made possible by Sony BRAVIA.”
An Amazon Alexa-enabled device connected to one of Sony’s 4K HDR televisions with Android TV enables an easy path to joining the world voice-enables home automation and connected devices.
Selected models of Sony’s Android TVs will become compatible with Amazon Alexa via a firmware update available in November.
First up this week is a first look at the Xtorm Fast charging FREEDOM wireless Qi charging pad the XW202. This is comaptible with the latest iPhone X and 8 and many of the later high end Samsung devices. Wireless charging has been slow to take off here and maybe now with Apple joining in things might change where it will not cost you an arm and a leg for such accessories like what Apple charge its customers. This is a simple to use product and no technical skills are required especially if you are new to the idea and how it works,its simply just drop your compatible phone on the pad and thats it.
The Fast Charging pad is the perfect solution for safely charging smartphones that support Qi technology, such as the iPhone 8, iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy S models, without using a cable. The Charging Pad Freedom’s high 10W output is unique and is combined with the stylish design.
Stylish and compact Interesting leather details and a compact design give the Charging Pad a stylish look. This means that the Charging Pad Freedom doesn’t take up much space on a desk or table and is ideal for daily use at home or in the office.
This is a wireless charger after all and all you need is a compatible phone to throw on top this though it looks well and is robust with leather to boot on top,the underside is grippy and very solid so it wont slip in a hurry as seen in video and the ring on top again is rubberised material to stop the device from moving or slipping off if for example you have your device on vibrate,Its a clean yet effective execution of a wireless charger that looks well and has the higher output of 10W which would be a quicker way to charge over the standard lower output models we tend to see on the market.
The Xtorm XW202 Wireless Fast Charging Pad (Qi) Freedom is €39,- incl. VAT. The Power Bank is available from various (online) stores and Xtorm.eu. Xtorm offers two years guarantee and unlimited helpdesk support on all its products.
