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Bluetooth-Enabled Lockitron Bolt Is Your Key to a Super-Affordable Smart Door Lock
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 06, 2017
Lockitron’s latest smart door lock iteration, the Lockitron Bolt, is unlocking a new level of affordability in DIY smart locks. Unlike the original crowdfunded Lockitron, the fit over existing deadbolts, the Lockitron Bolt is a full replacement deadbolt device that includes a Key Match feature allowing for the Bolt cylinder to be used with the homeowner’s or apartment renter’s original key. Since the Bolt is designed to replace an existing deadbolt—rather than fit over an existing mechanism—the new smart lock is smaller (1.1-inches deep, 7-inches tall, and 2.75-inches wide) with a knob that is only 0.7-inches deep. The center point of the knob is 1.2 inches from the bottom of the unit, so there is plenty of room for use with separate doorknobs and doorhandles.

The standard Bolt has...

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Hisense Takes on the Majors with Laser Projection
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Chinese HDTV manufacturer Hisense showed a range of new UHD HDTVs. The company claims that it can offer performance that equals or exceeds what you can get from more well-established brands, and at much more competitive prices. But their most interesting demos were of a pair of their “Laser Cast” short-throw projectors...
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CES 2017
House of Marley Stirs it Up At CES
Leslie Shapiro  |  Jan 06, 2017
House of Marley is making a splash at CES with a new collection of products with an interesting and unique twist.
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Drones and Robots and Crowds, Oh My
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
While they might have little application to our audio- and video-centric coverage, robots and drones drew large crowds...
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Drones Create Big Buzz at CES
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
In a spare few minutes while waiting for yet another video demo I wandered into the surprisingly extensive space at the Convention Center reserved for drones of all sizes and shapes, each of them demonstrated inside barred cages that were actually, thin, heavy strings that looked like they could be easily breached by a rabid, runaway drone...
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Tiny Robot
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
From a company called ibabylabs (ibabylabs.com) comes this tiny iBaby robot.
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Game On: LG Shows Ultra-Wide Computer Monitor
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
How wide? It's so wide that...
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LG's W7 OLED: As Thin As Wallpaper (Well, Almost)
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Can you guess how thick it is?
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CES 2017
Pioneer Shows Its Newest High-Res Audio Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 06, 2017
High-Res Audio is alive and well, thank you very much. New hardware is arriving, as well as new high-res streaming services. Case in point, regarding the former, Pioneer showed the XDP-300R, its newest portable audio player. It joins the previous XDP-100R player but does not replace it.

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LG Highlights HDR with Four On the Floor
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Well, more precisely, on the wall...
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