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Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of Mac Geek Gab, direct from their first day at CES 2024, Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton dive into an array of innovative gadgets. Kicking things off, they discuss the versatile Yarbo, a remarkable machine that doubles as a snowblower and lawnmower, catering to your seasonal needs. They then shift gears to the Kenyon Electric Grills, perfect for the modern griller seeking a sleek, electric alternative. The journey continues with Vasco, a travel essential for the tech-savvy wanderer, followed by an exploration of OClean’s dental technology, which promises a revolution in oral hygiene.
But that’s not all! The episode highlights eSight’s groundbreaking visual aid technology, offering new possibilities for those with visual impairments. Rounding off the discoveries is Brandenburg Labs, showcasing cutting-edge tech that’s yet to hit the mainstream.
Throughout this episode, Pilot Pete and Dave remind you to stay savvy and “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared in this fast-evolving tech landscape. As always, the Mac Geek Gab podcast keeps you at the forefront of technology, ensuring you’re the first to know about the coolest stuff found at CES 2024.
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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1018 for Sunday, January 7th, 2024

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Cool Stuff Found at CES during the Uproad Event

00:01:54 Yarbo Snowblower and Lawnmower
00:05:58 Kenyon Electric Grills
00:08:43 Vasco
00:12:14 OClean

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0:00.0	Mac Geekab, 1018, live from Las Vegas for Sunday, January 7, 2024. critics. Thanks folks and welcome to the show.
0:25.0	Welcome to Mac Geekap. Normally we take your questions and your
0:30.4	tips and your cool stuff found and we share them all right now though we are here well two of us
0:36.4	Pete and I are here in Las Vegas and we're we're at CES for us has already started we We've met with some companies. We wanted to talk about it. So yes here live from Las Vegas. I'm Dave Hamilton and here in frigid Las Vegas, this pilot Pete.
0:53.2	Hey, what's up with that?
0:54.6	We came all the way across the country
0:56.1	to sunny warm southwest desert.
0:58.4	And it's, you know, it's like we never left New England.
1:01.0	But, you know, there we go.
1:02.2	Yeah, it's crazy. I don't yeah it's it's
1:05.2	cold here it's like barely 50 degrees all I can say is thank God that about
1:09.6	four hours before we left I said hey as lady what's the weather in Vegas this week and
1:15.2	she told me and I had to go back and unpack all my polo shirts and get some long sleeve
1:19.2	shirts yeah for sure well the good news is we did we got up this morning went over and saw the folks at
1:26.7	up Roor who brought in a bunch of clients to a hotel suite over at the Palazzo and we went over there and we met with a bunch of those folks and
1:35.5	One of the ones that we met with was kind enough to give us a nice warm wool winter hat
1:41.5	Yes, that's true. Oh, you've got your handy there. Yeah, yeah. So, so there it is. So Yarbau, the people who make automated, it's basically a robot with the ability to put attachments on it.
1:57.0	Lawnmower, snow blower, it'll tow stuff, like a rake, leaf bl blower that kind of so it they put some thought
2:07.1	and effort and it's really cool yeah the snow blower of course it's snowing at
2:12.2	our homes while we're recording this for all of you. We aren't at our homes. Our better halves. Our wives are out shoveling the driveway. We all that. You done yet honey? Yeah. yeah. In fact, I was able to show the Yarbof folks a live stream of my ring camera that showed Lisa with our snowblower, our, you know, drive it yourself snowblower in the driveway while we were learning about their
2:36.7	automated robot snowblower.
2:40.0	This thing, it was, let me pull up my notes here and make sure I have it right, but the Yarbau Snowblower, it's like
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