8_Days__June_1_2017

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Smart
Shirt
Price: US$165 (S$230)
This crowd-funded shirt gives the term
‘smart casual’ a whole new meaning. Fusing
“distinctive fashion and beautiful engineering”,
this smart shirt has nine pockets to keep your
daily essentials — like wallet, phone or keys
— and two of them are RFID (radio-frequency
identification)-blocking ones, designed to
protect your passport and credit cards from
high-tech scammers. It’s also kitted out with
heart rate sensors, breathing measurements
and posture sensors. Who knows, it may just
help you ace that interview by reminding
you to sit straighter and calm down. From
10eleven9.com.
MICRO TRAVEL ADAPTER
Price: US$30 (S$42)
Help crowd-fund the world’s smallest universal
travel adapter aptly named Micro. Made from ecofriendly
silicone, it weighs about 40g and works
in over 150 countries — from Albania to Libya
to Zimbabwe — and has built-in surge protection
to keep your precious gadgets safe. From
kickstarter.com.
MULTISYNC FOLDABLE TRAVEL
KEYBOARD
Price: US$40 (S$55)
This mobile Bluetooth console — which is larger than the
MacBook keyboard when unfolded — can be synced with
up to four devices, has a long-lasting rechargeable battery,
and boasts an ergonomic, V-shaped design. One downside,
though: it uses a microUSB charging cable instead of a
Lightning one. From kanex.com.
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APP OF THE WEEK
BALLZ
This game (iOS & Android) brings back memories of
Pong. It’s elegant in its simplicity and infuriatingly addictive. The
goal: break as many rows of cascading bricks as you can with
a ball before they all touch the ground. Each brick is labelled
with a number, which signifies how many times it has to be hit
before it disappears. Sounds a lot easier than it is.