Bangkok May-June 2021

BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT
“Bits n Bytes”
STEVE DICKENS
GADGETS TO AMUSE YOU
DURING THE PANDEMIC!
There’s nothing
quite like the excitement
of buying
a brand new
gadget. Opening
the box, pulling it
out, slowly peeling
off the protective
stickers… it’s
always a thrilling
moment for any tech
fan, so I’ve gathered
a few gadgets
here to help get you
through the Covid
boredom!
TrinoXO Tee
An odour-fighting T-shirt made
of recycled crab. Yes, you read
that right. This unassuming T-shirt
is made of chitosan, a material obtained
from the exoskeletons of
shellfish.
It’s one of the most abundant ingredients
on the planet, so its creators,
Allbirds, decided to use it to
make some of its clothing line. According
to Allbirds, this special blend
also has odour-fighting properties
(it presumably has a surface that’s
hard for smelly bacteria to colonise),
which hopefully means you have to
wash it less, and it’ll last longer.
Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool
Formaldehyde
While many of us know air pollution
harms our health, we may have
overlooked what’s happening inside
our homes. It turns out that cooking
and cleaning are filling our homes with
pollutants at higher concentrations than
those outside. Even our furniture is
off-gassing formaldehyde – a chemical
used in its production.
So what can you do? Well, you
could just reject society and retreat to
the woods (we’ve considered it a few
times this year), but if that’s not an option,
you may want to consider an air
purifier.
The latest version of Dyson’s Purifier
Hot+Cool is kitted out with filters to
tackle the particles invading our home’s
air, including formaldehyde. It also has
loads of sensors to provide insight into
what’s generating the most pollution
(cooking, in our case, made the air
quality ‘severe’), and it doubles as an
effective fan or heater.
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DJI FPV drone
Fancy yourself as a drone pilot?
DJI’s new drone beams the view
from its camera straight to a headset
back on terra firma. You see what the
drone sees.
It’s a user-friendly version of
what drone-racing pilots use in competitions.
The drone itself
can move at a max
speed of 140km/h
(87mph) and can
reach 0-60mph in
just two seconds.
It has a max range
of 10km (6 miles),
but you’ll need a
spotter who can
keep an eye out
for people or obstructions
below
while you fly.
The tech is
pretty power hungry,
so you’ll get
a maximum of 25
minutes out of a
flight, but it will be
one helluva ride.
Sony FX3
Sony’s FX3 is the smallest, cheapest
cinema camera the company has
ever made. It’s built for filmmakers,
rather than photographers, so it can
handle recording ultra HD video at
120fps for long periods.
It comes bundled with a handle
that’s ideal for shooting from low angles
and it adds extra sockets for plugging
in different audio inputs. There’s
also in-body image stabilisation for
when you’re “running and gunning”.
The camera will also play nice
with Sony’s yet-to-be-released Airpeak
drone. At 715g, it’s a bit too bulky to
fit in your pocket, but it’s light enough
and small enough to take wherever you
go. Keep an eye out for it in the hands
of your favourite YouTuber soon, and
whilst I’d love one
at a RRP of around
B200,000 it’s a bit beyond
my means!
Steve Dickens
has worked in managerial and consultancy roles
for over 40 years with international technology
companies,15 of which have been here in
Thailand He can be contacted at
stevedickens@hotmail.com
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