Mar 24

IRL: Bing Translator, ioSafe N2 and the Mophie Juice Pack Air

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Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.

Yes, again with the mobile battery packs. (We’re power users, okay?) In this week’s roundup, Joe ditches his Elecom charger for the Mophie Air, and tells you everything you may wanted to know (and maybe a few things you didn’t). Rounding things out, Darren kicks the tires on ioSafe’s durable, “disaster-proof” NAS box, while Dan uses Bing Translator to avoid offending the lovely people of Germany.

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Sep 18

ioSafe takes to Indiegogo to raise funds for the N2, its new disaster-proof NAS

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DNP EMBARGO September 18th 1200pm ET ioSafe takes to Kickstarter to raise funds for its new disasterproof NAS

ioSafe makes hard-drives so sturdy that it can reduce fire, electricity and Terrence O’Brien to tears at the mere thought of them. Now, it’s producing a new disaster-proof NAS, but as a small business, needs a cash injection from consumers to make it happen. As such, it’s taking to Indiegogo to raise funds for the ioSafe N2, a private cloud Synology-powered NAS that’ll keep up to 8TB of data protected from the elements. On the outside, a steel body that’ll take a building collapsing onto it protects a chemically bound fireproof insulation and water / heat barrier will stop your discs flooding or melting, depending on the catastrophe. The company’s planning to have the units shipping by January next year, when the 23lb box will set you back $600 without discs — and if you’re hard enough, you can find PR after the break.

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