Secret shower singers rejoice: a new water-powered Bluetooth speaker from Ampere could streamline your morning routine.

Shower Power attaches to your shower head, intercepting your water flow to power a hydroelectric generator that charges the battery of its Bluetooth speaker. The device is similar to earlier water-powered speaker Hyquadio, but Ampere offers more options for controlling its speaker, with physical playback controls on the device and a battery-powered remote if the speaker is out of reach.

When the speaker is attached and water is flowing, its 2500mAh battery should offer over 80 hours of playback at max volume. With water off, that number shrinks to around 17 hours at max volume.

You might expect the speaker to be powered indefinitely with water, but Ampere explains that due to the size of Shower Power’s impeller (the component rotated by water) it’s only able to meet the demands of the speaker’s battery indefinitely at around 60-70 percent volume.

Along with battery life, we’ll also need to test Shower Power’s audio performance. The device is advertised as having immersive sound and deep bass, but I’d expect it to sound different depending on where you place it. Since showerheads come in as many varieties as showers, that could create a wide range of possible sounds.

Droplet, Ampere’s additional speaker accessory, could help in that department. It’s the same speaker as Shower Power, but not water-powered. The device can be connected to Shower Power and critically, it can be placed anywhere, filling out the sound in places Shower Power might miss perched on your shower head. If you’re willing to purchase the device separately of course.

Standalone water-proof speakers can also easily play music in your shower, but unlike Shower Power, they’d have to be removed every time you need to charge them. Shower Power never has to leave your shower; its advantage is that it never requires you to remember a cable.

For interested shower vocalists and podcast devotees, Shower Power launches today on Kickstarter for $59 ($99 MSRP). You can add on the water-proof remote for $15 ($30 MSRP) or an additional Droplet speaker for $20 ($50 MSRP). Pre-orders will follow on Ampere’s site on November 15th and the device will go on sale in December.

Source: Theverge

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The following is the list of Car Accessories that we found best for the Nepali Market. 

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1) Bluetooth Receiver

Most of the latest cars include inbuilt Bluetooth, but if your car is still living in the past, this little gadget can bring it back to the present. As it's powered by a rechargeable battery, you don't need to worry about a constant power source -the battery lasts about a week for normal usage. Simply plug the device into an aux port, make sure your media player is in aux mode and connect your device. It also contains a microphone to enable you to answer phone calls on the go. Enjoy wireless music and handsfree phone call service with this purchase.

2) Key Finder

Do you struggle to find your keys or wallet, especially when you are in a hurry? Well, worry no more! With this device, you no longer need to waste time trying to find your precious items. Simply attach the receivers into any four items, and when you need to find them, use the transmitter to hear them beep and blink. Transmitting distance is up to 40 meters. Although it feels a little cheap to the touch, it does its job, making sure you don't lose your valuables.

3) Trash Can

Knowing Nepalese people, when we typically have trash in the car it’s most probably going to be thrown out of the window or into the depths of the edge of your car seat. This product is a must-buy for every car owner as it keeps not only your car clean but the very roads you use daily. The bin can be conveniently hooked at the side of your door or the backside of your seat without taking up much space and can hold about 2-3 days worth of trash.

4) Back Seat Organizer

If you are always on the go and can't stand a mess, this product will organize the plethora of items cluttering your car. With hooks to hang onto the seat (compatible with any car), this product will allow you to store items such as umbrellas and tissues, and it even has a large compartment for emergency clothes. It can hold your tablets and phones, whilst protecting your back seat from scratches and spills. If you need a little more organization in your car we highly recommend this product.

 

 

5) Phone mount

Imagine driving around a busy road and hearing your phone ring in your pocket. Fumbling for your phone is a highly inconvenient and dangerous task whilst attempting to swerve through the chaotic city traffic. By attaching this phone mount onto the dashboard, you can at all times have easy access to your phone. Additionally, if you are unfamiliar with a particular destination, you can use popular maps services such as the one provided by Google to guide you and have easy access to your phone at all times.      

 

6) Mirror Holder HD Video Screen

There’s a big windshield for us to see through the front. But the procedure to back is always a headache with the two side and one center mirror. This is a product that fixes a screen on your central mirror and connects it to the camera drilled in the back of your car. It reduces our efforts of turning back again and again by simply putting the video of the rear end in the front screen. It also supports motion detection and gives you signals right away when you are about to hit a wall or if somebody comes towards the car.

 

 

7) Air Freshner

Smell is associated with attraction. You might have a shiny car and clean seat but it wouldn’t be enough unless it smells nice. The car parked under the hard sun tends to have a pungent smell with the heating of leather covers of the seat. A good air freshener would be a golden investment for your car. It will only look classy if it smells classy.

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Owning a car is fine but protecting it from dust and dirt is a tedious thing to do. Plus, the sun fades the color of the car and makes it look older than it actually is. The birds who play target practice with your car and the caterpillars strolling around might be a part of nature, but not for your car. Cover your car with it and early in the morning, you wouldn’t have to deal with problems nature might cause for your car.

 

9) Tire Inflator

Imagine going on a long trip, far away on your four wheels. The weather is so pleasant and the song in your stereo complements it. But when a tire gets deflated, you can do nothing about it. Consider buying a tire inflator to get back on the track again. The car tires can’t be inflated with your mouth just like the balloons, plan ahead for your next road trip.

 

10) USB car phone charger

USB car phone chargers are the supplementary boon to the humankind and you can keep it on your car accessories list as it is one of the most used tool and in a budget. You can now unlimitedly listen to songs connecting your phone to the Bluetooth stereo, watch a movie and if the battery gets drained, there is a charger connecting directly to your car’s battery.

 

 

 

 

High quality and affordable price don't go hand in hand. Either you have to pay a good price for a high-quality product or ignore quality for affordability. A Nepali OEM is here to change this and provide high-quality products at affordable prices.

Accurate, a Nepali mobile accessories brand is setting its foot in the market to quench the needs of high-quality accessories at affordable prices. Even though manufactured and assembled in China, Accurate is promising to provide premium products with 6 to 12 months of warranty in all of their products.

Talking about the products, Accurate arsenal ranges from Earphones to data cables, power bank to speakers, chargers from Micro USB to Type-C and lightning. More variety of products are to follow. Here are some of the products which might pick your curiosity. 

Accurate Products in Nepal

Accurate Power bank

Accurate L10 is a 10,000mAh Portable Power Bank with 2 charging outputs and 2 charging input. The key feature of this power bank is the 2 charging inputs. It can be charged via both Micro USB and Type-C. It is stylish, portable and very easy to carry for daily use. This power bank delivers the output of 5V/2.4A and is priced at NPR 1999. There is also a big brother of this product with a capacity of 20,000mAh which is priced at NPR 2,999. Both this power bank comes with a 1-year warranty.

 

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Accurate Chargers

Many mobiles nowadays come with some type of fast charging support but to cut down the cost of the phone, the company may not provide the compatible fast charger in the box. You are stuck with two options: go with slow charging or buy a premium fast charger with a premium price. But now there is a third option for the Nepali market, buy premium chargers at affordable prices.

Accurate has launched all the chargers from Apple to Android supporting USB-C 3.0 Fast Charge to Micro USB which supports fast charge 2.0.

Accurate Chargers price in Nepal

There are a variety of chargers and price ranges from NPR 250 to 899 and all the chargers come with a 6-month warranty.

 

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Accurate Earphones (Wired and Wireless)

The AL-36 Bluetooth earphone with neckband is a wireless earphone with awesome audio quality. This neckband comes with 6 months warranty and good battery lasting for a while before you need to charge it again. This earphone is priced at NPR 2000 in Nepal. There are wired earphones as well with 3.5mm audio jack which will cost you anywhere from NPR 199 to NPR 550. 

 

Another true wireless earbuds by Accurate have the model no HX-03 and is a good alternative for more expensive Air-pods from apple. Fair warning, if ear-pod style earbuds doesn't fit well, or feels insecure in your ears, this true wireless ear-pods are not for you.

HX-03 earbuds comes with a carrying case which is also a charging case for the earbuds. For connecting it to your phone, all you have to do is take both the earbuds out of the case which will automatically activate the buds, search for HX03 in the Bluetooth section and pair the earbuds. Both the earbuds sync automatically to each other and connect to your device.

This earbuds has touch sensitive area which can be used to play/pause your music or receive/end call with a singe tap and double tap on right earbud will skip the music while double tap on left earbud will play previous music played. Audio true wireless earbuds. This Earbuds have the model no HX-03 and is a good alternative for more expensive Air-pods from apple. Fair warning, if ear-pod style earbuds doesn't fit well, or feels insecure in your ears, this true wireless ear-pods are not for you.

HX-03 earbuds comes with a carrying case which is also a charging case for the earbuds. For connecting it to your phone, all you have to do is take both the earbuds out of the case which will automatically activate the buds, search for HX03 in the Bluetooth section and pair the earbuds. Both the earbuds sync automatically to each other and connect to your device. Bass in this earphone is on the lower side so is its pricing. This earphone will cost you 3199 and is not bad of a deal.

There are Bluetooth speakers and other products which will soon be added to the product list. Demo Speaker which we got for a while to play with had clear audio with awesome sound quality.

Update: "Accurate High Bass Bluetooth Speaker" is now available at an amazing price of NPR 2,999 in Nepal.This Accurate speaker comes in three color variant Black, Gold, and Red. This speaker comes with inbuilt features like High Bass, Hands-free with microphone, TF Card Play, 2000mAh high capacity battery, AUX, and A year warranty.

All the products from Accurate can be purchased through Daraz as well as Accurate's official Facebook page. 

 

Will a local brand be able to compete with other premium brands? Only time will tell. But there is a major advantage for Accurate with its warranty and affordable price scheme. The only thing left is to grab the customer's attention.

As the world is affected by the novel Coronavirus Pandemic, the teaching-learning process has shifted to online or digital approach. From elementary-level to university-level, all the classes are being conducted online throughout the world. Consequently, parents are concerned about the gadgets that could help their kids in digital learning.

People, generally, use a Smartphone, tablet or laptop for online education. Considering different factors like availability, health aspects, budget, screen, class-time, etc. the suitability of a gadget for online education differs from person to person and their age-group. 

Here, we present you the device or gadget that could be efficient and suitable for you or your kids.

Smartphone 

The gadget possessed by a lot of people i.e. Smartphone is handy, portable and easy to use. It is best suitable for short classes with possibly less or no slide shows or whiteboards because the screen is too small to read the content and can strain your eyes. Being handy, children can easily use it and surf the net for homework as well. The battery part may also be another disadvantage if you have longer classes. And, I personally feel that it’s difficult to do and submit homework and assignments in a Smartphone. But, if you have a limited budget, go with smartphones because something is better than nothing.

Tablet

Tablet, with a relatively large screen, is the best device for children. It won't strain the eyes as one can easily read the contents in a slide show or whiteboards. As it is easy to use, the children can join the classes on-their-own and can also surf the internet for their homework conveniently. There are several budget-friendly tablets as well which don’t lack much in functions and features. The battery aspect differs with the brand but will not cause many problems. Tablets are suitable for higher class students with a limited budget as well.

Laptop

Laptop, in my opinion, is the best gadget for online education. From attending classes to completing assignments and projects easily, it is the best device for students (from mid-school and above) and teachers. Varieties of functions, larger screen size and longer battery life are the major advantages of using a laptop for online education. However, the budget aspect can be a disadvantage as most of the good laptops are above $400 or Nrs. 40,000.

Online education, superficially, seems to be a great substitute for traditional education approach and also a step closer towards a digital world. But, it has its own consequences as well; Increase in screen-time leads to an increase in health risk as well. So, it’s better if you try to reduce the screen-time as much as possible.

 

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