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TrackR

Qu'est-ce que TrackR ?

rackR est le moyen le plus facile pour trouver des biens perdus et égarés.

Rejoignez des milliers de personnes qui sont désormais connectées aux choses qu'elles apprécient le plus.


 Indicateur de distance :

Chaud ? Froid ? L’application TrackR affiche la distance entre vos articles et vous– Elle vous indique l’éloignement entre votre position actuelle et vos clés introuvables.

 

 

 

 

 

 Sonnerie de l’article :

 En le touchant rapidement avec le doigt, TrackR localisera l’emplacement de vos clés égarées par une sonnerie – plus possible de se cacher sous le courrier ! Retrouver ses clés n'a jamais été aussi facile.

 

 

 

 

Recherche du téléphone :

Vous n’arrivez pas à trouver votre téléphone ? Appuyez sur le bouton du dispositif TrackR pour que votre téléphone sonne, même s’il est en mode silencieux ! Nous facilitons la recherche de votre téléphone.

GPS Crowd :
 Avez-vous perdu quelque chose ? Le réseau de suivi des articles TrackR vous aidera à retrouver cet objet. Lorsqu'un utilisateur de TrackR est dans la zone dans laquelle se trouve votre article perdu, vous recevez une mise à jour GPS.


Alertes d'éloignement :
Avez-vous encore oublié votre téléphone ? L'alerte d’éloignement personnalisée dans les 2 sens, vous avertit avant que vous ne vous éloigniez des articles !
Dispositif fin pour portefeuille :

TrackR bravo utilise un procédé de fabrication exceptionnel en aluminium anodisé pour que le dispositif de repérage soit plus mince et plus durable.




Localiser vos affaires facilement :

Trackr dispose d’une application pour iPhone et Smartphone Android. Cette application exceptionnelle vous permet de localiser facilement vos objets perdus de sorte que vous puissiez toujours rester connecté avec les choses que vous appréciez le plus.



















Les détails

Diamètre : 31 mm

Épaisseur : 3,5 mm

Durée de vie de la batterie : Jusqu'à 1 an

Type de batterie : Batterie CR1620 remplaçable

Volume de la sonnerie du dispositif : jusqu'à 85 dB

Connectivité : Bluetooth 4.0 (Wibree)

Compatibilité de l'appareil :


Accessoires :

Fixation pour collier d'animal :

Pour éviter de perdre à nouveau votre animal. Cet accessoire résistant à l'eau se fixe facilement au collier de tout animal domestique.










Mousqueton métallique :

Attachez facilement votre TrackR bravo aux clés, au sac à main, à une bouteille d'eau et à beaucoup d’autres choses avec le mousqueton métallique durable.














Boîtier résistant à l’eau :

Emmenez TrackR bravo où vous le désirez. Gardez une trace de vos affaires au parc aquatique, au bord de la piscine, à la plage ou au bord du lac.












Commandez le vôtre dès aujourd'hui !

Aucune raison ne vous interdit d’être connecté aux choses que vous appréciez le plus. Commandez TrackR aujourd'hui, vous n’avez rien à perdre !




                                                                                             

Commander


Neato Botvac Connected


PROS / This robot vacuum cleans close to edges and around furniture.
CONS / Pet hair sticks to the bristle brushes easily, which makes cleaning your robot vacuum a bit more time-consuming than other bots on our lineup.
 VERDICT / The Neato Botvac Connected combines almost all the features you could want in a robot vacuum: It has powerful suction, its design allows it to get close to walls, and it includes a smartphone and tablet app that lets you choose its schedule – even if you’re not home.
As technology advances, our homes get smarter with each new device we add to it. The Neato Botvac Connected is one of those smart home additions that let you clean smarter, not harder. This robot vacuum connects to your Wi-Fi at home and creates a connection with the Neato app you download to your smartphone or tablet (iOS or Android, only), and it gives you 100 percent control over your robot.
Just like the Neato robot vacs of the past, this one performs well on carpet and hard surfaces, sucking up most debris in its path. Its unique D-shaped design allows it to get closer to walls and edges of furniture than other robot vacuums. Although it kept some of the same accessories and behaviors as previous models, t has improved vastly in other areas, making this the Top Ten Reviews Gold Award winner.
  1. This score depends on how the robovac handled obstacles such as furniture, thresholds and rugs.
                                                                                                                    
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Performance


The first thing we noticed about the Neato Botvac Connected is how it moved about the room. It moved along the perimeter of our test room methodically while vacuuming before cleaning the center of the room. We also noticed that the robot approached each obstacle (tables, couch and walls) slowly and rarely bumped into objects, but it hugged those borders closer than other robot vacuums had.
This robotic vacuum cleaned well on both carpet and hard surfaces – especially when we used the Turbo mode. The Neato Botvac Connected has two modes. Turbo is louder, more powerful and performs very well when you need it to pick up lots of debris and especially fine particles, such as dust or flour. The Eco mode is quieter and less powerful, but it vacuums for a longer period.
Each test we put the Neato Botvac Connected through was mostly successful – it sucked up the majority of each mess we made. It rolled over dense piles of debris and vacuumed all that was in its path and kept rolling along. We found that it missed a few patches of carpet after a full cleaning of the room, but you can instruct this Botvac to make another full pass of the room, if necessary. This robot vacuum cleaner handled larger pieces easily – cereal was no match for the Neato Botvac Connected.
One of the most frustrating messes to clean up is cat litter on linoleum or tile, and the Neato Botvac Connected managed to pick up all of the tiny bits of litter and dust in its way. Like the dust on the carpet, though, the Botvac left a strip of litter untouched.
We were prepared to help this robot vacuum over the tall threshold between the carpeted area and a linoleum floor, but the Neato Botvac Connected drove right over the threshold with no problem at all.
The battery that the Neato Botvac Connected uses is lithium-ion, which maintains a charge longer than its predecessors. In fact, using the Eco mode, and depending on the surface it is vacuuming, it can run for up to
two hours continuously. Once your robot returns to dock, the charge time can take up to three hours.


Convenience

There is very little by way of assembly with the Neato Botvac Connected. Once you pull it out of the box, you just have to set up the charging station and plug it in. The bot needs to be charged before you can get started with cleaning. There are two buttons on the Neato Botvac: a home button that has four functions, including nudging your bot awake, instructing it to clean your house, pausing the vacuuming and resetting your bot. The second is a spot-cleaning button that you can press to start a spot clean or pause that cleaning. There’s also a control panel on the bot that allows you to choose a language and set up Wi-Fi.
The Neato Botvac Connected is a
bit shorter than previous models, which means it can easily slide under low tables and couches; however, it views couch flaps and bed skirts as walls, so it won’t push through and go under those areas.
Keeping your bot clean and working at peak performance means daily maintenance. We found that after only two passes of our test rooms, the Neato Botvac Connected needed a good cleaning itself. And you won’t have to guess whether it’s time to clean it – the Botvac lets
you know. After emptying its large dustbin and shaking the dust from the filters, we turned the bot over and started the task of cleaning the brushes. This vacuum has a few different rollers, including a combo brush that has bristles. These work great for picking up hair from your floors, but it also acts like Velcro, especially with soft tufts of pet hair

Accessories

As you’re waiting for your bot to charge the first time, you can download and familiarize yourself with the app. The app works on a smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android) and it uses your Wi-Fi connection in conjunction with a separate connection that your bot creates. It isn’t particularly difficult to use the app, but it took some time for us to set up the schedules and figure out what we could do with the app. It’s actually a simple app that allows you to name your bot (we named ours The Bear) and instruct it to clean or pause. You also have the option of manually controlling your bot with the app to clean a specific spot – or you can race it around the room for fun. Once your bot finishes cleaning, you get notifications to your phone letting you know it has completed its task.
Like other Neato bots, this one comes with a magnetic boundary marker. You can place it under rugs and at thresholds to prevent the bot from entering rooms you don’t want it to wander off to.

Warranty & Support

Neato offers a one-year guarantee that your bot is free of defects in parts or labor. If you find something wrong with it within the first year, you can send it back to the manufacturer to get it repaired or replaced. The manufacturer gives its customers several useful guides and support from its website. You can find a quick start guide, an important information guide for the Neato Botvac Connected, and you can watch very helpful how-to videos

Summary

Although the Neato Botvac Connected did not pass each test with flying colors, it performed very well and made up for any missed particles with second and third passes. In particular, we were impressed with this robotic vacuum’s approach to walls and furniture, because it cleaned closer to these borders better than other robots we tested. The Neato’s smartphone and tablet app make keeping your home clean more convenient than ever, making this the best robot vacuum cleaner in our lineup.

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Best new drones in 2016

Best Camera Drone

DJI Phantom 4

While the flying smarts of the DJI Phantom 4 haven't reached Terminator levels yet, DJI's drone seems to be on the verge of gaining sentience. The $1,399 drone's new features will help novice fliers get off the ground, with the help of its object-avoidance system and smart camera that can track and follow subjects. Experienced fliers will appreciate that the new model is significantly faster and lasts longer on a charge than the Phantom 3. However, the technology isn't foolproof nor completely intuitive to use. 

Design

The Phantom 4 keeps the sleek, white design of previous models, but it has put on a little weight. With a takeoff weight of 3.06 pounds and measuring 19.25 inches from rotor tip to tip, it is about the same size as the Phantom 3 (2.69 pounds), though it's slightly heavier. Overall, it's aerodynamically designed, and the glossy finish screams luxury. This weight also means that you will need to register it with the FAA before you fly it outside. 

The majority of this weight comes from the battery. A hefty chunk of lithium-ion-polymer chemistry slides into the body of the drone and locks into place with two catches. This battery holds a sizable 5,350 mAh of charge — an increase from the 4,800 mAh for the Phantom 3 battery. DJI has changed the design of the battery here as well; you can't use Phantom 3 batteries with the Phantom 4.
There are a number of new sensors around the quadcopter body, with two small cameras on the front near the legs, and two more cameras and two ultrasonic sensors on the base. The small cameras and ultrasonic sensor form what DJI calls the object and vision positioning system: They see objects in front of and below the drone, which takes that data, interprets it and tries to avoid collisions. 

 On one side of the quadcopter's body are the microSD card slot and a micro-USB port, used for updating the firmware. Neither of these is covered, which means they are exposed to dirt or water in a hard landing.
 The gimbal that holds the camera and keeps it level as the quadcopter pans and tilts has also changed, with a much cleaner design than the Phantom 3 and few exposed parts. All of the cabling and gears of the gimbal mechanism are hidden away behind an aluminum case. The rubber cushions that protect the camera from the vibrations of the body are now hidden inside the quadcopter's body. As for the camera, it's smaller than a GoPro — about the size of a cellphone battery, with a large lens protruding from the front. 

Specs:

Rotors: 4 (2 blades per rotor), 5-inch diameter
Battery Size: 5,350-mAh Lithium Polymer
Battery Life: 28/24 min (claimed/tested)
Camera: 4k/60p, 1080p/120 fps
Smartphone Controlled: Yes
FAA Registration: Yes
Size: 19.25 x 19.25 x 8 inches (Rotor tip to top)
Weight: 3.06 pounds

Controller

DJI redesigned the controller to be smaller and more compact than the ones on previous Phantoms. It has the same clean, white aesthetic as the quadcopter, with two large Wi-Fi antennas and a holder for a cellphone or tablet on the top. The sides and back are covered with soft-grip plastic, which makes it comfortable and easy to hold, even when you have to take one hand off the controller to touch the screen of the cellphone or tablet.
Flying Phantoms has always been a simple process, and the Phantom 4 continues this hassle-free flight experience.
There is no screen on the controller; video previews and other information are shown on the DJI Go app (Android and iOS) that accompanies the drone. Instead, the controller is bristling with buttons, knobs and dials for controlling the quadcopter. This makes it feel rather like a game-console controller, and as with those, you need to spend some time figuring out what does what. A video gamer's quick reactions are also useful here, as the Phantom 4 is nearly as fast as its virtual gaming cousins.
On the front are the two control sticks, plus a power button and a return-to-home button. On the right shoulder are buttons to stop/start video and change the flight mode, as well as a dial to control the gimbal angle. On the left shoulder are buttons for taking still photos and accessing camera settings, and a flight pause button that halts the quadcopter when in the intelligent flight modes. Two programmable buttons on the bottom of the controller round out the selection; you can assign multiple functions to these buttons in the DJI Go app, such as tilting the camera straight down or forward. That's a lot of buttons, but they are all within easy reach and don't require you to take your thumb off the control stick
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 The controller connects to a phone or tablet through a USB cable. No cable is included, but no special cable is required. The same USB cable used to charge your Android phone or iOS device can be plugged straight into the USB host port on the back of the controller.
The DJI Go app shows the video preview from the quadcopter, as well as information about the drone's current status, including altitude, speed and battery level. The camera controls are on the right of this screen, including a big red button that starts and stops video recording, duplicating the recording button on the controller. This screen feels rather cluttered and confusing, but these controls and information can be dismissed with an upward swipe if you want to focus on the video preview. At the bottom right is a GPS map, which you can enlarge with a tap to fill the screen.

Flying

Flying Phantoms has always been a simple process, and the Phantom 4 continues this hassle-free flight experience. Once the Phantom 4 is ready to fly, you just press the takeoff button in the app and slide an on-screen switch to confirm. The quadcopter starts the motors, takes off and hovers about 3 feet off the ground. When you use the control sticks, the quadcopter responds quickly and smoothly, shifting as requested but without sudden jerks or starts. When you want to land the drone, hit the return-home button; the Phantom 4 will fly back to the location where it took off and will land gently.
Once you've got the hang of basic flight, you can start using the flight modes, which can be accessed through a switch on the controller or in the app. There are three oddly named manual flight modes available from a switch on the controller: Positioning, Sport and Attitude. Each mode sets which features and limits are enabled on the quadcopter. Positioning (or P) mode enables everything, with the quadcopter using GPS and all of the various object sensors, while restricting the speed of climbs and turns for slower, safer flight. As the name suggests, this mode focuses on putting the quadcopter into a specific position for taking a video or photo
Sport (or S) mode enables the GPS and vision positioning but turns off the front obstacle-sensing system. The emphasis here is on fast maneuvering, allowing the quadcopter to reach its full speed of up to 45 mph. Attitude (or A) mode turns off most of the sensors, except for the barometer, which the quadcopter uses to measure altitude. This would be used in situations such as flying indoors, where GPS isn't available and you want to fly close to objects under manual control.
The Sport mode is impressively fast and responsive, allowing the Phantom 4 to fly at very high speed and turn and maneuver very aggressively. It's not a racing drone, but it is fast. Push the left stick forward, and the quadcopter will fly away like a rabbit from a fox. I clocked it at about 33 mph, and I wouldn't dispute DJI's claim of a maximum speed of 45 mph. This thing is very, very fast when it gets going.
With great speed comes great responsibility, though. With the object-avoidance system disabled in Sport mode, it is very easy to underestimate the speed of the thing and not stop it in time, whacking it into a tree, the ground or anything else unlucky enough to be in the way. I did crash the Phantom 4 a couple of times when flying in this mode, but it stood up to these crashes well; the worst that happened was that a rotor blade broke when the drone hit a thick branch.
When you are in the Position mode, the object-avoidance system is enabled, and it works very well. It consistently detected objects — including people, trees and sticks — and stopped the quadcopter before it crashed into them. You get a visual indication on the top of the live view of the app: A green bar indicates the path is clear, yellow means there's a warning and red with an audible tone means an object is getting very close, at which point the quadcopter takes over to prevent it from crashing.
The object-avoidance feature isn't perfect, though. It can't detect very small objects, such as hanging wires that could get caught in the rotors, and it only works with objects right in front of the quadcopter. If the quadcopter is sliding left or right, moving backward or moving up, it can't detect anything, and will happily crash into them.

Autonomous Flying

The Phantom 4 offers several intelligent flight modes in the app that make it more autonomous — in other words, flying without the direct control of the pilot. These compare favorably with the similar modes of the 3DR Solo, but the Solo's smart modes are more polished and easier to use, and more focused on getting good shots, rather than showing off the fancy features of the drone. The Phantom 4's intelligent flight modes include TapFly, Active Track and Intelligent mode.
In TapFly mode, the idea is that you tap on a destination in the live camera view in the app, and the quadcopter flies toward it, using the object-avoidance system to watch out for birds, trees or people in the way. If your target is below the horizon, the quadcopter slowly descends toward it, rather like it was flying on a cable. This mode is similar to the cable-cam mode of the 3DR Solo, and is good for filmmakers looking for a classic zoom-in shot.
Active Track mode is interesting. Here, you tap an object on the screen, and the quadcopter uses its built-in computer vision to try to follow the target as it moves. It does so using a combination of tilting the gimbal and moving the quadcopter itself. If the target moves, the quadcopter moves to keep the target centered in the frame.
This mode has a distinctly Terminator feel to it, but frustratingly, it sometimes loses track of the target. Things like shadows and changing light confused the tracking system during our testing. If the drone loses track, it hovers in place until the target moves back into the tracking area, which isn't much use if you are trying to track something uncooperative. We also found that differently colored clothing confused the tracking system as well; if you tracked someone from behind, wearing a dark jacket, and the other person turned around to reveal a lighter shirt, the system would often lose its track. So much for the TV cliché of the remorseless tracking drone hunter-killer approach; it is more of a hopefully-follow-and-often-lose-track approach.
The pilot still has some control when using Active Track. If you move the quadcopter left or right while tracking an object, the quadcopter will orbit around it, still tracking and moving the quadcopter to respond. You can also change the altitude, lifting or lowering the quadcopter while the tracking is still engaged. This definitely makes for some interesting shots; for instance, you could shoot an orbit shot around a motorbike heading down the road.
The object-avoidance feature isn't perfect; it can't detect very small objects such as hanging wires.
The Intelligent mode includes a number of more conventional submodes, such as the Follow Me mode, which follows the controller using GPS. There is also a Home Lock mode, which sets the quadcopter to orbit around the home point set in the app; and a Course Lock mode, which locks the quadcopter into a designated heading. Also included is a powerful Waypoint mode, which allows you to set multiple waypoints on a GPS map and navigate automatically between them. This mode was easy to use and worked well; it was easy to create the waypoints in the app and send the drone speeding between them.

Photos & Video

There is just a single model of the Phantom 4, which comes with a dedicated 4K camera. It captures excellent-quality photos and video; both were impressively sharp and clean, with plenty of detail.
The gimbal also did an excellent job of cushioning the camera from the shaking and twisting of the quadcopter body. The video remained sharp and clean, even when the quadcopter maneuvered at high speeds. We did notice that the camera occasionally caught sight of the rotor blades, though, even in the P flight mode, which is supposed to avoid this. Using the left control dial on the shoulder of the controller, you can tilt the camera up by 20 degrees or down by 90 degrees to point directly below. When we tried this, the camera responded quickly and smoothly.
This impressively small camera can capture 4K video at a resolution of 4096 x 2170 pixels at 24 frames per second, or a slightly lower 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) at 30 fps. You can also capture HD video at up to 120 fps and still images at 12-megapixels. The camera settings are controlled from the app, and both stills and video are stored on a microSD card that fits into the camera body. You can transfer media by either removing this card and using a card reader, or plugging a micro-USB cable into the socket. In the latter case, the quadcopter appears as a USB storage drive, and you can drag and drop images off it.
It is tempting to shoot everything at 4K and shrink it down later, but these files get very large. Every minute of video at the highest 4K resolution takes about half a gigabyte of space. To record during an entire charge, you would fill a 16GB card to capacity. No card is included with the Phantom 4, but you can pick up a 32GB card for around $10 or $15.

Battery Life

The Phantom 4 has a slightly larger battery than its predecessor, holding 5,350 mAh of juice. That's a 10 percent increase over the battery in the Phantom 3, which translates into a slightly longer battery life. DJI claims a battery life of about 28 minutes, but we found that about 25 minutes was a more consistent average.
That's about 4 minutes more than the Phantom 3, and a little bit longer than the 22 minutes we got from the 3D Robotics Solo. However, it is worth remembering that the battery life of a drone depends on how you use it; fast maneuvering and climbing will mean a shorter battery life than simple hovering.
The large battery of the Phantom 4 holds a lot of charge, but it also takes a long time to refill. Using the charger included with the drone, the battery took a lengthy 1 hour and 15 minutes to recharge — about 20 minutes longer than the Phantom 3.

Repairability and Parts

Sadly, those who have invested in batteries and other accessories for older Phantom 3 models are out in the cold, as the newer model is not compatible. At this time, there are no third-party batteries available for the Phantom 4, but they will no doubt be available in time, as they were for the Phantom 3.
The Phantom 4's rotor blades are very easy to remove and replace: Just push down on the central hub of the blades and twist to make them pop straight off. That makes it very quick to replace a rotor, which is important if you are using this drone for commercial purposes. Two full sets of rotors are included with the Phantom 4, with additional sets of rotors costing about $18.
The large batteries are also easy to remove and replace; they snap tightly into place but are easy to take out by holding down the clips and pulling. The price is a little harder to cope with, though: A spare battery costs a steep $169.

Bottom Line

There's a lot to like in the Phantom 4. It shoots very-high-quality video that looks significantly sharper than what you get from the Phantom 3 and as good as the video from a 3DR Solo using a GoPro 4. The Phantom 4 is very easy to fly, even for novice users. Once you get familiar with flying the Phantom 4, you can switch to Sport mode and fly at impressive (and rather scary) speeds. The obstacle-avoidance system also works pretty much as advertised, spotting and avoiding obstacles in front of the quadcopter. And the active tracking system, while not perfect, also works well enough, generally succeeding at tracking people and other objects from the camera.
The Phantom 4's modes enable and disable features such as the obstacle avoidance in a seemingly arbitrary way, and flying in each mode is quite a different experience. Switching from Position mode to Sport mode feels rather like going straight from riding a moped in a driveway to riding a Harley on the highway, without anything in between: The controls are more sensitive, and the quadcopter flies much more aggressively. But overall, the Phantom 4 is an excellent package for both casual fliers and would-be airborne video shooters: It is simple to fly, takes great video and is hard to crash
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