Wish List: Winter gadgets January2021

BY BARRY ALEN · 2/1/2021

Nanopresso

Is there anything better than a freshly brewed coffee on a cold winter day? With the Nanopresso by Wacaco you can get a fresh brew on the go. Adding either ground coffee beans or a capsule and a cup of hot water, using the manual pump mechanism brews a steaming espresso every time.

Digit touchscreen gloves

Stay connected without freezing your fingers with these touchscreen gloves by Moshi. Using connective fibres on all ten fingertips, these gloves offer maximum manoeuvrability on your smartphone. Thanks to the GripTrak™ pattern on the palms of the gloves, your smartphone stays secure in your grasp. Machine washable, Digits boast a microfleece lining, keeping your hands cosy in the cold.

Embr Wave bracelet

Are you the one in the office or classroom always feeling the cold? If you need a smart way to keep warm, Embr Labs has created the Embr Wave, a wearable wrist warmer that releases thermal waves to bring you up to temp. Paired with your smartphone, control your perfect body temperature at the touch of a button. Not only a way to warm up, the Embr Wave can easily be switched to a cooler temperature during the warmer months.

WF-SP900 Sports Wireless Headphones

The WF-SP900 wireless headphones by Sony are a great way to listen to music while facing off with the winter weather. Bluetooth connected, these earbuds will fit snug under your woolly hat while providing around three hours of music streaming when fully charged. Waterproof – including saltwater – and dustproof, these durable earbuds also have a built-in 4GB onboard storage so you can save your music directly to playback for six hours when charged. The WF-SP900 come equipped with Ambient Sound Mode, which mixes your music with the sounds around you so you are always aware of your surroundings.

7SPHERE HYDRO_BOT Jacket

If you’re hitting the slopes this winter season and you want to stay dry while you ski, then this high-tech jacket might be for you. As the first of its kind, the 7SPHERE jacket is equipped with HYDRO_BOT technology, which actively pumps out moisture from within. Using a process called electro-osmosis, tiny pores in the jacket’s membrane pump out sweat when electrically stimulated, leaving your body dry.

Zipfy

Sail down any snowy hillside with the Zipfy sledge, fun for the whole family. Zipfy is made with durable polyethylene plastic, capable of carrying a load of around 114 kilograms. With the Zipfy’s feet-first design, riders can brake quickly and carve the slopes like a pro. Only weighing around 1.6 kilograms, this lightweight sledge will be a breeze to carry back up the hill for another ride.

Identifying spring buds.

Identifying spring buds. BY barry allen · 15/03/2021 As the flowering buds on trees begin to appear, here’s how you can tell them apart A plant’s buds act as a shield for the delicate flowers inside. Flowers of different shapes, sizes and forms come with individual and distinct protection. Throughout winter these buds remain closed and dormant, surviving the cold until their time comes to thrive in the spring, making a vibrant emergence from their compact casing. While it’s usually easy to distinguish a species from its distinct flowers, buds can have more subtle differences. This visual guide to the more common tree buds should help you identify them. Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Ash trees are identifiable by their two tiny, sooty black buds either side of a larger bud. (Image credit: Future PLC/ The Art Agency/ Sandra Doyle) Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Beech buds are long and thin, with sharp points and spiky cases, and are a coppery-brown colour. (Image credit: Futur...

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