Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2016 i T3

SENA SMART HELMET Wearing earplugs while you ride a motorbike is de rigueur, unless you want to go partially deaf before you hit retirement. But they’re probably the most lo-tech thing ever – squidgy, waxy bits of foam that you stuff in your ears. Well, hopefully, Sena, an established manufacturer of comms systems for motorbike helmets, is about to bring this antiquated noise-cancelling era to an end with its Smart Helmet. While it doesn’t have the obvious smarts of the Kickstarter-infamous (and now sadly defunct) Skully Lid – like a heads-up display – the Smart Helmet does address one crucial area: noise. Sena’s solution is Intelligent Noise Control; the helmet is, essentially, outfitted with a pair of noise-cancelling cans, the likes of which you’d normally find gracing many a bonce…

A great artist deserves the finest paints. In the same way, 4K content deserves a television that will maximise its impact and deliver the spectacular ultra-highdefinition experience you’ve been promised. LG has risen to the challenge with a range of stunning OLED panels that are set to take home cinema to the next level. For years, TV manufacturers have laboured in their pursuit of perfect blackness. But LG’s unique OLED technology finally achieves it, thanks to the presence of organic self-emitting pixels that have the ability to completely switch off, so that no light passes through them. The resulting contrast has to be seen to be believed: against perfect blackness, colours pop out of the screen in a way that LED televisions can only dream of. Witness an action movie…

This issue Where can I go for a run, Guru? How can I improve my oral hygiene? My bicycle seat is uncomfortable. Help! Is home automation still a thing? What can I do about these garden weeds? Where the hell is my TV remote? Q Luke Skull y, Harrow I need to go for a run, Guru. Got any suggestions? A Guru will presume you’re insinuating one of three things. One: that you’re utterly bored of jogging up and down the same path again and again. Two: that you’re so embarrassed by your ‘flailing marionette’ running style, you feel the need to jog in relative privacy. Or three: that you’ve done something so awful, fleeing the country is your only option. In which case, this answer has probably got to…

Smart shooters INSPIRED BY PAST GLORIES, CAMERA MAKERS ARE RECREATING THEIR ANALOGUE ICONS FOR THE DIGITAL-PHOTOGRAPHY AGE... Words: gavin stoker photos: neil godwin & gavin roberts RETRO-STYLED DIGITAL CAMERAS WHAT’S ON TEST (ALL PRICES ARE FOR BODY ONLY)... 1 Fujifilm X-Pro2 a range-topping rangefinder-type digital camera with plentiful buttons, knobs and dials. but can it satisfy photographers wanting hands-on control over their pics? Price £1,300 URL fujifilm.co.uk 2 Olympus PEN-F certainly the best-looking and arguably the most impressively performing digital pen camera to date, aping the style of the 1960/70s. but can it win here? Price £999.99 URL olympus.co.uk 3 Panasonic Lumix GX80 the electronics giant jumps into retro-styled cameras with both feet. but are good looks and keen pricing for this interchangeable-lens compact enough? Price £509 URL panasonic.co.uk FOR…

SMART MULTI-COOKERS Tefal Cook4me Vs Kenwood kCook THIS CUDDLY BALL OF A COOKER WANTS TO MAKE YOU A TOP DINNER IN UNDER FIVE MINUTES £189, TEFAL.CO.UK DESIGN The Snorlax of the multi cooker world, the Cook4Me is cute, but deceptively huge. If your kitchen isn’t gigantic, this is going to dominate your worktop. It needs the space because it’s a pressure cooker, not just a regular one. FEATURES Embracing its techy side, the Cook4Me has a colour screen on its front and a little knob to let you select from the 50 inbuilt recipes. There’s Bluetooth to connect to a phone, but the app is pretty buggy. It isn’t quite as smart as it looks. PERFORMANCE You get different cooking modes, including standard pan-style cooking, steaming and pressure cooking, which…

ON TEST THIS MONTH THE GADGETS WE’RE LIVING AND BREATHING WARREN BROWN JURA IMPRESSA Z6 Loyal tea-drinker Warren was quite taken by this top-end bean-to-cup coffee machine last month. In this, his second month with it, has he changed his mind, or is he a fully signed-up member of the coffee club? NICK ODANTZIS SNUGS CUSTOM EARPHONES Nick has already waxed lyrical about how Snugs’ made-to-fit buds transform the music-listening experience. This month, he finds out if they benefit his motorbike riding. PAUL DIMERY DENON DESIGN SERIES ”Subtly stylish” was how Paul described the three units in Denon’s new Design Series – a CD player, a network receiver and a Class-D amp. But what about the sound and features? He reveals all this month… Jura Impressa Z6 SPECIFICATIONS PRICE £1,695…

Free; App Store, Google Play CLEANSE THE STREETS OF CUTE JAPANESE ANIME, AND LOSE WEIGHT IN THE PROCES To play Pokémon GO, you need to get off the sofa, put on your running shoes and hit the streets. Any will do, as long as you’ve got a data connection and a smartphone. Using Google Maps, the app knows your location, and your phone will vibrate when there are Pokémon nearby. It uses your camera to show the Pokémon jiggling on a real-world background, for you to capture by flicking balls at it. There are all sorts of Pokémon in the wild, ranging in status from common to “mythical”. The more creatures you capture, the more your skill level increases, and soon you can try adventurous things like engaging in gym…

whether you’re a seasoned tech aficionado or this is the first gadget magazine you’ve purchased, The Elite is the best possible place to start your gadget-selection journey. Here we present the best gadgets available right now in 12 key categories, to save you the hard work of doing all the research yourself – in short, if you’re starting from scratch and want the very best there is, The Elite is your new shopping list. The Elite will only be updated when something new emerges that is capable of toppling an existing product from its perch; there may therefore be months when the 12 products featured here don’t change. But this is an exclusive club, and only tech that is capable of achieving a towering standard of excellence gets in. BEST…

£4,490, loewe.tv Hey T3, my mate’s been banging on about this TV for ages… Every bugger’s banging on about it, and for good reason. The Loewe bild 7, an Ultra HD OLED TV with a built-in soundbar, is packing exciting technology called VantaVision. You know VantaBlack, right? The darkest substance created by man? Well, VantaVision is inspired by that, and the result is that the bild 7’s blacks are the deepest you can get on TV right now, making contrasting colours pop like mad. Woah. This sounds like a fancy telly. It’s the fanciest. The screen has a gorgeous aluminium bezel finished in matt graphite grey, and apparently we’ll have a choice of dark grey or light grey acoustic fabric for the soundbar. Tell me more about that soundbar. It’s…

CAN HIGH-TECH RUNNING SHOES AND A GPS WATCH POWER OUR RUNNER PAST A 339HP RANGE ROVER ALONG A MUDDY TRAIL? THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT... JOE BRANSTON PHOTOGRAPHY LUKE EDWARDS & SPENCER HART WORDS The mission To run/drive a mud-caked forest trail near Eastnor Castle in Hertfordshire, to see whether man or machine copes better off-road. The men Action-man Luke (@techadventurez) insists that no terrain is too extreme for him. Spencer lies in bed until 11am most days, but he knows how to drive. The tech LUKE’S KIT Adidas Terrex Agravic GTX £110, adidas.co.uk Garmin Epix £420, buy.garmin.com Osprey Raptor 14 100, ospreyeurope.com Nike Dri-FIT Knit T-shirt £55 (men’s), nike.com New Balance Impact 5 £28, newbalance.co.uk Adidas Response Long Tights £40, adidas.co.uk Clif Bars & High5 Gels £various,…

Words: Steve May Digital radios have evolved massively over the past few years. With DAB/DAB+ and FM tuners commonplace, and Bluetooth bringing streaming convenience (and much better audio performance) to the table, the latest models are must-have additions to any household. And it’s not just the technology that’s improved. Manufacturers have become a lot bolder with their designs, mixing classic tropes with high-quality components and finishes – particularly at the upper end of the market. So choosing a radio that blends seamlessly with your home furnishings is as much a consideration as the functionality of these things. T3 reviews six of the best to help you buy wisely… 01 ONE FOR DAZZLING PERFORMANCE RUARK R1 MK3 £199.99, www.ruarkaudio.com When it comes to design, the Ruark R1 Mk3 smashes it. Boasting…

£15.99; PC, Xbox One The proverbial difficult second album can be the making or breaking of a videogame studio. And when your debut game enjoys the kind of critical and commercial success that Limbo did back in 2010, there’s that little bit extra pressure to prove you weren’t just a flash in the pan. That was the task facing Danish indie studio Playdead – and yet, for all that pressure and expectation, its new offering Inside is a triumphant expansion of what the developer achieved over six years ago. Rather than plumping for a colourful mobile game or an obtuse multiplayer shooter, Playdead has chosen to double-down on what made Limbo so effective, expanding its remit with a new set of platforming and puzzle mechanics that riff off the cruel…

Listen to your tunes in style with these amazing AH-MM300 cans – and you can get a pair for nothing! This month, we’ve teamed up with the audio experts at Denon to bring you the chance of winning one of five pairs of the company’s fantastic AH-MM300 headphones, worth £250 each. Featuring elegant styling and the latest technologies, Denon’s super-light AH -MM 300 headphones are professionally tuned for a flat EQ, which means they deliver musical fidelity that’s truly faithful to the original performance. The MM stands for ‘Music Maniac’ – and that’s what you’ll be when wearing these cans. Not only do they look awesome with their ceramic-finish fibreglass and aluminium die-cast hangers, they also sound incredible thanks to proprietary 40mm drivers with advanced carbon/paper compositeblend diaphragms and neodymium…

Get ready to interact with your music in a new way, thanks to Lofelt’s The Basslet, a wearable subwoofer for your body… €139 (£119), lofelt.com 01 FEEL THE MUSIC The wrist-worn Basslet enables you to feel the sounds you’re listening to via your smartphone, laptop, console, VR headset… basically any device that conveys sound. It comes with a ‘sender’ that plugs between your headphones and any device with an audio jack socket. Don’t worry about the audio signal being altered, as the sender (also a charger) has a straight-through audio path. 02 DEEP SOUND Lofelt has fitted The Basslet with its patent-pending LoSound engine, which recreates bass frequencies down to 10Hz and to a max of 250Hz. Delivering a wide dynamic range to handle low-end peaks with ease, the LoSound…

UNDER ARMOUR’S NEW HEALTHBOX IS THE WORLD’S FIRST “CONNECTED FITNESS SYSTEM”, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WILL IT ACTUALLY MAKE YOU FITTER AND HEALTHIER? Sportswear manufacturer Under Armour and smartphone maker HTC have teamed up to create the HealthBox. Stars such as Andy Murray and, er, The Rock are said to be using this “connected fitness system”, which comprises three bits of tech – the UA Band, the UA Heart Rate and the UA Scale – intended to keep you obsessing over your self-generated data, ultimately boosting your health and fitness. It sounds impressive, but does it actually all work cohesively? The HealthBox’s main USP? Having everything you need to take care of your fitness, all under one roof and using just one app. To complement the three aforementioned items, there’s…

DIMPLY THE BEST Gone is the industrial black grating, replaced by a fresh colour scheme and a dimpled chassis Our first reaction when removing the Xbox One S from its box was, “Well, that’s much more desirable as an object.” The console’s smaller overall footprint, cleaner lines, and fresh and light colour scheme, give it a modern aesthetic and, interestingly, much more of a presence when viewed in person compared to the original Xbox One. Another thing that immediately stands out is the new, dimpled patternation that covers large swathes of the console. Yes, the ugly, black industrial grating of the original Xbox One is no more, with the front, sides and half the top of the system now covered with little indents. This styling continues at the rear of…

£5.99; PC, PS3, PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, Xbox 360 Telltale – of The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and Tales From The Borderlands fame – has proven its ability to translate known properties into point-’n’-click adventure masterpieces, breathing new life into their characters and lore. But Batman presents the developer’s biggest challenge yet. However, if the first episode, Realm Of Shadows, is anything to go by, the iconic vigilante is in safe hands. Taking a leaf out of Batman Begins’ cinematic playbook, the game focuses as much on Bruce Wayne and the machinations of the Gotham socialite scene as it does on his moonlighting escapades as an armoured bat. In the excellent Arkham series, Batman’s alter-ego has always felt somewhat surplus to requirements, but here he’s able to step…