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Distance earning Whether you are working from home or heading back into the workplace, this quarter’s best new gadgets can help to keep productivity and wellbeing levels high as lockdown eases
1. Equivital eqWave
Part of the ‘new normal’ is maintenance of social distancing. To help ensure that guidelines can be met, Equivital has developed the eqWave to alert workers if they get too close to each other. Clipped onto clothing, each Bluetooth-enabled device covers a 360-degree field with a radius that is configurable to comply with current distancing requirements; it provides vibrating and visual alerts if it senses another device an insufficient distance away. The eqWave comes in packs of 10 with a starting price of £60. www.equivital.com
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2. Tapo P100
A home working challenge is that most people’s residences aren’t as high-tech as the offices they’ve left. Tapo’s ‘smart’ plug enables you to manage anything from small devices to lights via smartphone, with no central hub. Set to sell for about £13, the P100 is able to operate electronic hardware on or o directly or according to pre-set schedules, and can be used with voice commands via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. The plug is controlled using a free iOS and Android app. www.tapo.com
3. Microsoft Surface Go 25.4cm
As home working becomes an indefinite reality for many, it’s crucial that the computers used are better than emergency stopgaps. Microsoft’s Surface Go tablet packs the processing power of something more substantial, while remaining light and portable. Spec highlights include an Intel Pentium Gold Processor, an 1800x 1200-pixel screen and up to 256GB storage, while the device switches easily between table and laptop configurations. Available to buy now for around £700. www.microsoft.com firstvoice.fsb.org.uk
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