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An indoor air quality monitor, smart speakers, and a rollable phone – here are this season's key innovations / By Guy Shahar The new tech gadgets you need to know about

The rollable phone Motorola’s smartphone of the future Among the many innovations announced at this year’s MWC mobile tech fair, the Motorola (Lenovo) rollable phone is one of the most notable. Its display wraps around the bottom of the phone, and the rolled-up screen then automatically extends outwards to create a bigger display or rolls away to provide a handy second screen. Fully rolled-up, the display is a modest 5 inches, but rolls out to up to 6.5 inches. The feature is activated by double pushing the button at the top of the right edge, or automatically via the various apps installed on the phone. Though the rollable phone is currently at mere concept stage, feedback at is announcement was so incredibly positive, it appears extremely likely

Monitoring the air you breathe Sensibo Elements Israeli brand Sensibo has recently launched the new Sensibo Elements indoor air monitor. This device can scan the air for contaminants and send live alerts and protecting tips to your phone when pollution is on the rise. When the sensors detect the need for it, the device can advise you to open a window, turn on the AC or use an air filter, etc. It can detect levels of PM concentration, CO2, TVOC, and ethanol. Other than the phone notifications, the device is equipped with a LED light indicator that changes color according to air quality levels. According to Sensibo, we spend 90% of our time in closed spaces, where the air is five times more polluted than outdoors. Indoor pollutants include household products, dust, allergens, etc., and can cause us headaches, tiredness, respiratory problems, allergies, coughing, sneezing, and more – all ailments the Sensibo Elements helps to reduce. Price: NIS 549; purchasable via il.sensibo.com and in retail stores across Israel

Superior acoustics The new Sonos Era speaker

Sonos’ new compact speakers, the Era 100 and the Era 300, offer next level sound quality. Thanks to their room-tuning software Trueplay, it’s possible to listen to everything, everywhere, all at once. The Era 100 matches the second-generation Sonos One model both in size and in shape – the most sold product in this category up to now - but it has been rebuilt to include woofers that are 25 % larger and a pair of angled tweeters, added to create real stereo sound. You can also connect the Era 100 to create groups of multiple speakers. The larger model, the Era 300, is a Dolby Atmos speaker that projects sound wall to wall and floor to ceiling via its six drivers and four tweeters. The Era series has been designed with ecofriendly materials through energy sustainable production processes and is itself remarkably energy efficient.

we’ll be seeing it finalized and marketed in the coming years.

Price: NIS 1,099 for the Era 100 and NIS 1,849 for the Era 300; purchasable at all Bug stores

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44 ATMOSPHERE MAY 2023