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1. CES 2021: My Top 3 Gadgets of the Show—and 3 of the Weirdest

   Some ideas for new consumer products introduced at CES 2021 get five stars, others get five question marks

2. CES 2021: A Countertop Chocolate Factory Could Be This Year’s Best Kitchen Gadget

   And a spoon that electrifies your tongue to help you taste better might be the weirdest gizmo at CES

3. Forget Electrodes, the First EKG Machine Used Buckets of Saline Solution and Telephone Wire

   The string galvanometer used for the first clinical recording of the heart’s electrical pulses is now an IEEE Milestone

4. Don't be Too Quick to Judge Sweden's Covid-19 Policy

   The Nordic country has taken an approach all its own, but it's too soon to tell whether it's right or wrong

5. Build a Two-Way Pager With LoRa


   Wireless technology from the IoT can be co-opted for human communication