Aloysius Low

New Asus ROG RTX

Gamers looking for the latest and greatest laptops won’t have too long to wait. Asus plans to release updated versions of its gaming notebooks next week that will come packing Nvidia’s top-end RTX GPUs. The sleek-looking ROG Zephryrus S, both the 15-inch (GX531) and the 17-inch (GX701) versions, alongside the ROG Strix Scar II, also …

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CES 2019: Brezze wants to make it easy to charge your phones

Ever played too much Pokemon Go and find yourself running out of battery juice and don’t have a power bank on you? Well, that’s set to be a thing of the past, thanks Singapore startup Shareasy, who have started up a business of renting out power banks to users around the world. Instead of handing out power banks by hand …

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X

Singapore-based X-mini has long since moved on from its capsule speaker days, and its new designs at CES 2019 will definitely turn some heads. New this time is the Supa 2, which like the original Supa is inspired by vintage speakers. This time around though, the Bluetooth speaker comes with a handle for carrying and is also capable of serving …

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CES 2019: Newton’s Meter is an AI

Fancy a button that could help you automatically contact emergency services in case of a fall? Singapore-based Newton’s Meter may have just the thing. This 14-gram (0.49 oz) patent-pending device can be mounted on a helmet, or just placed in your bag (which can be then swung around, such as hitting a mugger, or thrown) to trigger the alerts. The …

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CES 2019: AireSone Junior is a tiny electronic stethoscope for your kids

Keeping track of your kid’s health is a lot easier when you have a wearable electronic stethoscope, and the AireSone Junior is exactly that. Shaped like a button, it slots into a cover designed to appeal to kids 3-years-old and above with a cutesy design such as a bear, an owl or a frog. You can then attach the AireSone …

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CES 2019: Nubia’s Red Magic Mars is a gaming phone with shoulder buttons

Nubia’s latest phone is one for the gamers, despite its mouthful of a name. The Red Magic Mars, much like the ASUS ROG Phone, comes sporting two touch-sensitive buttons located at the side that can be mapped to in-game buttons of a user’s choice.  It also has an interesting look, with arrows at the rear pointing toward the 16 million …

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CES 2019: Obsbot Tail keeps you in the shot with AI

Sporting a three-axis gimbal and an AI-powered director, the Obsbot Tail makes it easy for you to shoot your own videos without needing another person to help out with the camera. The clever AI always keeps you in frame, rotating the camera even as you move around. It also understands gestures, so you can easily start or stop a shoot …

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Insta360 Titan is a basketball

If you’re a professional videographer looking for the best VR camera on the market, Insta360’s massive Titan could be just the thing. Sporting eight Micro Four Thirds sensors capable of taking up to 11K video resolution at 30 frames per second, the Titan is about the size of a basketball, and probably has the largest sensors of a VR camera …

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What O

The O-shaped notch rumored to come to the Galaxy S10 is the talk of the town, but Huawei already got there first. The Honor View 20 sidesteps the controversial notch by fitting the front-facing into the screen. It’s similar to a feature that the anticipated Galaxy S10 is rumored to have as well, using the Infinity-O screen that Samsung showed …

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The tiny Nano1 astronomy camera shoots for the stars

You may not need an expensive DSLR to shoot the stars, that is, if you get the upcoming Nano1 astronomy camera from Singapore-based startup TinyMOS. The makers behind the pint-sized Tiny1 camera are back with a new version, and while three times smaller, it is still more than capable of shooting the stars. As with the previous Tiny1 shooter, the Nano1 …

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