The Gear Patrol Podcast

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Bad News: Earth Is Running Out of Coffee Beans Nov 12, 2021

Show notes

Have we passed the "EV inflection point?" Will the coffee bean crisis kill your caffeine supply? Who is Netflix Games made for?

Episode Navigation:

03:06 – Ford F-150 Lightning: Are We Long-Last at an "EV Inflection Point"?

17:13 – The Coffee Bean Crisis: Why Cups of Joe Could Cost $20 Soon

37:08 – Netflix Games: Will Hardcore Gamers Go For It?

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Tudor's Pelagos FXD Marine Nationale ($3,900)
Jack Daniel's Coy Hill High Proof
ZipCharge EV Power Bank
Consumer Reports Survey Shows Strong Interest in Electric Cars – Consumer Reports
Most Ford F-150 Lightning Customers Will Be New To The Brand And EVs – CarScoops
International Survey Measures Consumers’ EV Concerns – Wards Auto
Today’s electric vehicle market: Slow growth in U.S., faster in China, Europe – Pew
Driving toward an electric future – Business North
New Research Shows Wireless Charging Could Accelerate Wide Scale Adoption of Electric Vehicles – Valdosta Daily Times
Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup? – Vox
Rare Wild Coffee Species Has Arabica-Like Flavor, Greater Tolerance to Higher Temperatures – Sci News
Heinz debuts 'Marz' Edition ketchup made with tomatoes grown in Mars conditions – Space
New Heinz Marz Edition ketchup has implications that go far beyond flavor – CNN
Here's why there's a coffee shortage around the world right now – Tom's Guide
Your Coffee Is Getting More Expensive Due to Bad Weather in Brazil (video) – WSJ
Why Brazil's Severe Weather May Lead to a Price Increase at Your Local Starbucks – Market Realist
Climate change will impact food crops by end of the decade, NASA says – Space
Arabica-like flavour in a heat-tolerant wild coffee species – Nature
Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds – NASA
Crops have a “drought memory” that prepares them for tough times – earth.com
Netflix Games is available on your iPhone and iPad – The Verge
All the news about Netflix’s gaming efforts – The Verge
Let the Games Begin: A New Way to Experience Entertainment on Mobile – Netflix
Fights, camera, action: the beginner's guide to streaming video games – The Guardian
Twitch and Beyond: The Best Video Game Live Streaming Services for 2021 – PC Mag

What Does The Perfect Wardrobe Look Like? Nov 05, 2021

Show notes

Read the Series Below

• Men's Footwear Essentials
• Pants, Shorts and Sweats to Build Your Wardrobe
• The 8 Types of Tops You Should Own
• Accessories to Add Interest to Your Outfits

2022 Range Rover: Is the New $104,000 SUV Still King? Oct 29, 2021

Show notes

The Winter Gear Awards, Land Rover redesigns the Range Rover, Urwerk reveals a (strange) $275K watch.

Episode Navigation:

03:56 – The Winter Gear Awards

25:23 – The 2022 Range Rover Is Expensive and Not "Beautiful

43:11 – Uwerk UR-112 Aggregat, a Wildly Weird New Watch

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The 2021 Winter Gear Awards: Full List of Winners
The 2022 Range Rover Continues Land Rover's Legacy, But Forges Its Own Design Path – Gear Patrol
Range Rover home page – Land Rover
2022 Range Rover Offers a BMW V-8 and Up to 523 HP – Road & Track
2022 Land Rover Range Rover is sleeker than ever yet even more capable – Road Show
2022 Land Rover Range Rover Revealed: Smoother Looks, All-Wheel Steering (w/video) – Motor1
Why the New Range Rover Should Be the Best Driving Yet – Road & Track
2022 Range Rover Adds Third-Row Option, with Plug-In Hybrid to Come – Car and Driver
A fully electric Range Rover is coming in 2024 – Road Show
New 2022 Range Rover revealed – the Rolls Royce Cullinan’s nightmare reloaded – EVO India
The Most Unique Watch for Men? This New Sci-Fi Stunner – Gear Patrol
UR-112 “AGGREGAT” homepage – Urwerk
Introducing The New URWERK UR-112 Aggregat – Monochrome
Urwerk Unveils Limited Edition UR-112 Aggregat Watch – A Blog to Watch
Analysis: new Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat – technical virtuosity takes center stage – Deployant
Hands-On The Urwerk UR-1001 “TITAN” – Hodinkee

Is Bremont's New ENG300 Truly an In-House Movement? Oct 22, 2021

Show notes

Apple's huge new slate of products, the Porsche 718 Cayman RS melts the 'Ring, and Bremont *may* have a new in-house movement.

The 31-mph VanMoof V Is the Brand's Fastest eBike Ever Oct 15, 2021

Show notes

The 31-mph VanMoof V eBike, Sunglasses Made from Microorganism Poop, and Supply Chain Stress.

Episode Navigation:

02:45 – VanMoof V eBike
21:10 – Covalent AirCarbon Sunglasses
33:36 – Supply Chain Issues and Holiday Shopping Tips

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VanMoof V dual-motor ebike will have a top speed of over 30 mph – New Atlas
VanMoof unveils 31 mph ‘hyperbike’ electric bicycle with two motors and full suspension – Electrek
VanMoof's New eBike Is Its Fastest Ever – The Verge
Believe it or not, this US-built fast e-bike hits 45 mph and 80 miles of range – Electrek
Fastest Electric Bike: We Review the Fastest E-Bikes for 2021 – biking.com
The future of biking might not be tandem – Morning Brew
The 12 Best E-Bikes of 2021 – Gear Patrol
Cake – Electric Motor Bikes
Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future – WIRED
Covalent Fashion website
Newlight Technologies
AirCarbon on Twitter
Green Packaging & Shipping (Video) – Dell
Could this be the cure to our plastic problem? | Mission Ahead (Video) – CNN Business
What the Tech? Microorganism-Harvested AirCarbon Will Make Your Next Pair of Nikes – HypeBeast
INTERVIEW: Speculative capital offers growth opportunity for carbon market -- AirCarbon – S&P Global / Platts
'The amount of energy required by direct air carbon capture proves it is an exercise in futility' – Recharge
Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture Be Viable? – Green Tech Media
The war on fur: will other fashion industry giants follow Kering? – ScreenShot Media
AirCarbon x Nike: Newlight and Nike Partner to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Cision
These Companies Are Making Physical Goods Out of Thin Air – VICE
Shake Shack tests AirCarbon carbon-negative straws and cutlery at 6 locations – Nation's Restaurant News
Can a Running Shoe Made From Sugar, Wool and Tree Crush Trails? – Gear Patrol
Store shortages could cause trouble for holiday shoppers: 4 steps to take now – TODAY
You Need to Start Holiday Shopping Early This Year, Experts Say. Here’s Why, and How to Save – TIME
Don't wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shopping. Here's why you need to shop now. – USA Today
How to Find Deals Like a Gear Patrol Editor – Gear Patrol
Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping – Military Times
The global supply chain nightmare is about to get worse – CNN Business
US bank chiefs confident supply chain disruptions are ‘transitory’ – Financial Times
Target Launches Black Friday Sales Early Amid Supply-Chain Crunch – Barron's
U.S. Retailers Deploy Creative Tactics In Battle To Win Global Supply Chain War – Forbes
Biden, Battling Supply Chain Woes, to Announce Port Will Operate 24/7 – NYT
Supply chain havoc is getting worse — just in time for holiday shopping – Recode / VOX
Grocery store shelves aren't going back to normal this year – CNN Business
Santa's Bag shopping/gift list and budgeting app – Apple App Store

Why Did Ferrari Hire Jony Ive? Oct 08, 2021

Show notes

Ferrari hires Jony Ive, livestream shopping's rising popularity, and a biometric security dongle.

Episode Navigation:

02:41 – Ferrari Hires Jony Ive and Marc Newson

17:45 – Is Livestream Shopping... a Thing?

30:08 – Yubico's New Biometric Security Dongles

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Former Apple design boss Jony Ive partners with Ferrari – Road Show
Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive is now designing expensive things for Ferrari, too – The Verge
Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s LoveFrom joins forces with Ferrari – Wallpaper
Ferrari to partner with Jony Ive’s new design firm on its first electric car – Fast Company
The Most Iconic Apple Products Designed by Jony Ive – Gear Patrol
Ford 021C Concept Car by Marc Newson
Is Live-Stream Shopping the Future of Retail? – WSJ
Livestream shopping is the next big thing in retail – Fortune
It’s showtime! How live commerce is transforming the shopping experience – McKinsey
Whatnot raises another $150M for its livestream shopping platform, evolves into a unicorn – TechCrunch
Op-ed: Live commerce’s secret sauce, decoded – Glossy
This Live-Stream Entertainment Shopping Company Wants to Bring Live-Host Commerce to the World – Investorideas.com
NTWRK - How Mobile Video Digital Shopping Is Shaping The Future Of Ecommerce – Forbes
New Global Start up Shopstream Rolls Out B2C Live Social Marketplace – Business Wire
New Yubico security keys let you use fingerprints instead of passwords – Ars Technica
Eric Limer weighs in via Slack
Best security key 2021: Protect your online accounts – ZDnet
Titan Security Key – Google Cloud
Fingerprint ID in YubiKey Bio security key helps banish passwords – CNET
Yubico’s new hardware key features a fingerprint reader for passwordless logins – TechCrunch
What are security keys, how do they work, and which is the best to buy? – Pocket-lint
How to use a two-factor security key – The Verge
The Best Security Key for Multi-Factor Authentication – Wirecutter

The Myth of Weightlifting and 'Getting Swole' Oct 01, 2021

Show notes

Casey Johnston's Substack newsletter, "She's a Beast," the merits of Amazon's new Halo View fitness tracker, and a discussion of the Rivian R1T.

Episode Navigation:

05:02 – Casey Johnston, author of She's a Beast

34:37 – Amazon Halo View, Halo Fitness, and Halo Nutrition

47:03 – Reactions to... Reviews of the Rivian R1T

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She's a Beast: a Swole Woman's Newsletter
Casey Johnston on Twitter
Casey Johnston on Instagram
Archive of "Ask a Swole Woman" Column – VICE
Recent She's a Beast newsletters:
- The myths of bodyweight training, part 3
- Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it
- Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded
- Where to Even Begin With At-Home Workouts, and How to Keep Going
Everything Amazon Announced at Today's Big Hardware Event – Gear Patrol
Amazon reveals Halo Fitness and Halo Nutrition programs for Halo subscribers – Tech Crunch
Amazon announces new wearable and services to try to make you fitter – The Verge
Do Fitness Trackers Actually Help You Get Fit? What the Science Says – Men's Journal
Science Says Fitness Trackers Don't Work. Wear One Anyway – WIRED
Should I buy a fitness tracker? – Tech Radar
Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Is Basically a Fitbit – Gizmodo
Amazon Halo View vs. Fitbit Inspire 2: How the new fitness band stacks up against Fitbit's affordable tracker – CNET
Amazon's Halo Fitness service could give Apple Fitness Plus some competition – CNET
Amazon's biggest innovation is being cheap – Engadget
Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do – Motherboard/VICE
The Rivian R1T Is Everything You Hoped It Would Be – Gear Patrol
Rivian R1T Launch Edition driven: Full-electric pickup hits the trail (video) – Roadshow
2022 Rivian R1T first drive review: Electric pickup tackles the trail – Roadshow
First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for – TechCrunch
The Rivian R1T Proves That the Perfect Off-Roader Is Electric – Road & Track
Rivian is coming. Here’s why it matters – E&E News
Electric Pickup Trucks Are Coming: Who will buy them? – KBB
Automakers Are Going All In on Electric Pickups. Will Anyone Buy Them? – TIME
Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers? – AP
Rivian files to go public at up to a reported $80 billion valuation – The Verge

What Will Autonomous Cars *Feel* Like? Sep 24, 2021

Show notes

The future of mobility and "living rooms on wheels," plus: we ponder whether e-Readers are still relevant and discuss what to wear to the office these days.

Episode Navigation:

04:20 – Dalal Elsheik on Autonomous Vehicle UX and the Automotive Industry
35:03 – Are e-Readers Still Relevant?
42:50 – Lululemon Survey Indicates People Hope to Wear Comfy Clothes to the Office

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A Ford Engineer Reveals 10 Things You Need to Know About Self-Driving Cars – Gear Patrol
Self-Driving Cars? They're Still Not Here Yet – Gear Patrol
An Electric VW Bus Could Be Volkswagen's First Self-Driving Car – Gear Patrol
Self-Driving Cars FAQ: How Far Away Is Far Away? – Motor Trend
Opinion: You will not be traveling in a self-driving car anytime soon. Here’s what the future will look like – Market Watch
The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On. – NYT
Why we’re still years away from having self-driving cars – VOX, Recode
Elon Musk’s problematic plan for “full self-driving” Teslas – Vox, Recode
U.S. Safety Official Calls on Tesla To Fix 'Basic Safety Issues' Before Expanding its Full Self-Driving Mode – Hypebeast
Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite adds a bigger screen, longer battery life, and USB-C – The Verge
You can now preorder the new Kindle Paperwhite – The Verge
Amazon Just Introduced Three New Kindle Paperwhites – WIRED
Is it the end of the road for dedicated e-readers? – Good e-Reader
Why Dedicated E-readers Are Still Popular – Lifewire
Understanding the E-Reader Global Supply Chain – Good e-Reader
Ebooks Are an Abomination – The Atlantic
First Look at the Hisense Touch Music Reader – Good e-Reader
Onyx Boox Mira and Mira Pro Now Available for Pre-Order – Good e-Reader
lululemon global study shows how clothing impacts workplace performance, culture and experience in a new hybrid environment (Full Survey pdf) – Lululemon
Comfort Still in Style, Lululemon Survey Says – WWD via AOL
@bobby on twitter: "i have a question for people who wear cool outfits to work at home. what's your f**king problem"
You’re Finally Going Back to the Office. What Are You Going to Wear? – WSJ
- Redux of ^ WSJ article
- Excerpts from ^ WSJ article
12 comfortable back-to-work clothes for your return to the office – Today
Our WFH-Meets-Office Fashion Ideas For These Weird Hybrid Times – Refinery29
You can now wear what you want to work – Financial Times
Heading back to the office? Here’s how to dress for it – GQ UK
The New Rules of Office Style (2018) – Esquire

Apple's Latest News: Nothing Groundbreaking, Just 20% Better Sep 17, 2021

Show notes

The biggest announcements from this week's Apple Event; the Michelin Uptis airless tire; Taco Bell wants to recycle your used empty plastic sauce packets.

Episode Navigation:

03:20 – Deconstructing the September Apple Event
36:50 – Michelin Uptis Airless Tire
49:20 – Taco Bell's Sauce Packet Recycling Program

Featured and Related:

Everything Apple Announced at Today's Big iPhone Event – Gear Patrol
Smartphones May Be Too Good – NYT
Michelin's airless passenger car tires get their first public outing – New Atlas
The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED) (2005) – New Atlas
Michelin homepage for airless tire concept – Michelin
UPTIS unveiled to the public (airless tire) – Michelin
UPTIS homepage – Michelin
The MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire Family – Michelin
MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire – John Deere
Why Airless Tires Are a Bad Idea – Valley Chevy Dealers
Look Ma, no air! Checking out Michelin's futuristic Uptis tires – Autoblog
Airless Tires – Bridgestone
Why GM and Michelin's airless Uptis is the future of car and truck tires (2019) – CNET Roadshow
GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024 (2019) – Engadget
Taco Bell Wants Your Old Sauce Packets So They Can Be Recycled – NPR
TerraCycle website – TerraCycle
Taco Bell Recycling Homepage – Taco Bell
Don’t Let This Love Go To Waste. Give New Life To Taco Bell® Hot Sauce Packets Via Terracycle – Taco Bell
The Plastic Problem Isn't Your Fault, But You Can Be Part Of The Solution – NPR
VIDEO: Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? People On The Front Lines Say Maybe Not – NPR

Will Digital Driver's Licenses Be a Privacy Nightmare? Sep 10, 2021

Show notes

Government IDs on your phone; trucks are finally getting smaller; and after 18 months of COVID WFH, what products have endured, and what do we really need now?

Episode Navigation:

03:10 – Apple's Forthcoming Digital Driver's Licenses

16:00 – Compact Pickup Trucks: A Welcome Automotive Segment?

27:20 – The "Logi Dock" and Our Relationship with WFH Products 18 M0nths post-COVID

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