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A colorful, flexible LED strip light is arranged in a loop on a plain white background. The strip transitions from purple on the left side to red in the middle, and then to yellow on the right side. The strip is slightly blurred, suggesting motion or a dynamic effect.

Philips Hue Light Strips

April 23, 2025
by Allister Jenks

Back when I was a user of NanoLeaf smart lighting products, I wanted to use one of their LED light strips on the back of my Apple Studio Display as a backlight. The trouble was how to mount the strip effectively. It is designed to curve, but not in the same plane as the lights. […]

Photo of the Lotus Ring floating in space with a blurred background of a room with a couch. The Ring is circular and with a light brushed metallic outer surface and a black polished inner surface. Two slits are visible on the outer surface and a small black button is flush with the side ring. A small section of the inner surface is light gray.

CES 2025: Lotus Wearable Ring for Home Device Control

April 23, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Dhaval Patel, founder and CEO of Lotus, about their Ring device, which allows the wearer to control switches in the home without an app, WiFi, rewiring, or an internet connection. To use the Ring, the wearer points their index finger at the device to be controlled and clicks the button embedded in the […]

Security Bits — 20 April 2025 (Solo) 🐣

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Rather aptly for this solo show, NosillaCastaway MildDeamons perfectly expressed the reason I much prefer recording with Allison on the NosillaCast Slack when he posted: > “I really enjoy it (and I think most […]

A Lexicographical Loop with ‘nym’ Words (Bart Busschots)

Indulge me while I embrace the intentional open-endedness of the Nosillacast name to share some geeky fun from a different type of language to the ones I normally drone on about — human language! In my school days, languages were by far my weakest subjects, and I’d go so far as to say I developed […]

How I Fell in Love with Kagi (Bart Busschots)

I’ve been advocating the follow the money philosophy for over a decade now — your data, and hence you privacy, are valuable, so you need to choose carefully who you entrust them to, and the best way to figure out who is and who isn’t trustworthy is to understand how they pay their bills. Once […]

View looking downward onto glass beaker sitting on a counter. Visible are a woman’s hands holding an open packet of Power Drops powder that she is pouring into the beaker. The powder is a cream color and the Power Drops packet is pine green. The beaker has the name Neoplants printed on the front. An out-of-focus plant is visible on the left side in the foreground and a Power Drops package is partially visible in the background on the right.

CES 2025: Neoplants Natural Air Purifier

Allison interviews Patrick Torbey from Neoplants about their Power Drops that you feed your houseplants to turn them into natural air purifiers. Plants have a natural ability to help purify air, but a plant boosted with Power Drops is 30 times more effective at cleaning air than a regular house plant. A plant in a […]

A desk setup featuring a white monitor stand with a sleek, modern design. On top of the stand, there are two small crystal blocks, each with an etched design. One of them has "SINGAPORE" written on it with an image of the Merlion. Between the blocks, there are two natural pine cones. Below the stand, there is a black CalDigit docking station with multiple ports, connected to various cables. On either side of the stand, there are two black spherical speakers. The desk surface is wooden, and the background shows part of a computer monitor displaying various logos.

Twelve South Curve Riser

How high should a screen be on your desk? Current ergonomic wisdom says the top of the visible screen should be at your eye level when seated, but I don’t think it’s that simple. One thing seemed certain — my Apple Studio Display should not just sit on my desk. I’ve used a glass riser […]

CES 2025: Sign-Speak Sign Language AI

Allison interviews Nicholas Wilkins from Sign-Speak about their service that uses AI to recognize sign language or speech and convert that to an avatar that signs the message, allowing you to share your signed message with others. The service also supports sign-to-text and speech-to-text conversion. Sign-Speak ensures privacy and safety and is accessible 24 hours […]

View of a Ki-enabled glass kettle on a Ki-enabled cooktop. The kettle has a grey plastic handle, lid, and base and it is cordless. The portion of the kettle that holds liquid for boiling is glass. Water is visible filling about one quarter of the kettle. The water appears to be in a mild boil with small bubbles rising and condensation forming on the interior of the glass, showing that the kettle is powered. The term ECO is printed on the glass and the company name Midea is printed on the kettle’s base. The cooktop is gloss black with no discernible heating element. However, the kettle is centered on a white x printed on the cooktop, likely showing where the magnetic Ki power pad is located underneath.

CES 2025: Wireless Power Consortium Ki Standard

Allison interviews Craig Williams about the new Ki Standard. Craig works for Midea, a member company of the Wireless Power Consortium that developed the Ki Standard of which he is quite knowledgeable. Ki expands beyond the current Qi Standard to go to a higher level of power for kitchen appliances and other applications. Using this […]

Twelve South Book Arc and Book Arc Flex

For over 7 years, my working from home solution was to use the Citrix Workspace app on my Mac to remotely connect to a Windows 10 laptop that remained on my desk in the office. With the introduction of Windows 11 into the company in 2024, this was no longer allowed, and I needed to […]

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