Geare Magazine - In This Issue Of Geare Magazine

ON THE COVER

GRAND PRIX TECH

We head to Singapore’s Marina Bay to check the tech required to illuminate this night-time leg of the F1 season.

SLEEP TECH

Tired? Restless sleep? A multi-billion sleep tech industry wants to help you find the Land of Nod...

SMARTER TRACTION

Yamaha’s class-leading sportsbike has evolved into a machine that is safer and easier to ride fast.

TABLETS

Two Android tablets from Asus offer a choice of docking or sliding a bonus keyboard, plus we try Acer’s 7-inch Iconia Tab for size.

ULTRA-BOOKS

Light as Air, built with style and starting almost instantly thanks to their solid-state drives - can Ultrabooks take on the MacBook Air?

THE GEARE SAFARI SHOOT

No animals were hurt during the preparation of this article, though we did strain our neck carrying the long zoom lenses around... 

FAST TRACKED

High-speed trains are 
back under 
discussion for Australia 
— Sydney to Melbourne in 
three hours, anyone?

HOT SPOT

Ferrari’s F12berlinetta is the most powerful road car the company has ever built.  

HOT SPOT

MBL’s extraordinary Radialstrahler loudspeaker comes with pulsing muscles of sound... 

HOT SPOT

Ducati has redefined the superbike once again with the cutting-edge tech of the Panigale.

HOT SPOT

It’s NOT the iPad 3...  

TECH BRIEF

GEOCACHING

A race without competitors, a hunt without much treasure. So what is the attraction of geocaching?

3D PRINTING

Today we can print a big plastic hand. But one day, will everything be made this way?

STITCH THIS!

Perfect photo panoramas are now easy to create thanks to smart software and in-camera stitching.

STAGING POSTS  

Mike Wilcox presents despatches from the frontlines of music-making, with iPad drumsticks, sexy Cubase controllers, and the public launch of the zany Kitara electronic guitar.

COMING SOON?

We discover a host of gadgets and gizmos in the hidden-away lesser halls of CES.

CONVENTION REPORT - BLIZZCON!

Blizzard rocks another annual convention and previews Diablo III.

GAMES CORNER

Rounding up the latest gaming kit, with seven-channel headphones and new portable gaming systems...

    
TECH ON THE MOVE

Asus Transformer Prime - Android tablet & docking keyboard

Acer Iconia A100 - 7-inch Android tablet

Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 - Android tablet with keyboard

Sony Reader Wi-Fi Touch - e-Book reader

Kindle 6-inch Wi-Fi - e-Book reader

Kobo Vox - colour e-Book reader

Samsung Galaxy Xcover - rugged Android smartphone

Motorola RAZR - Android smartphone

Acer Aspire S3 - Ultrabook

Asus Zenbook UX21E - Ultrabook

Toshiba Satellite Z830 - Ultrabook

Sony DEV-5 - digital recording 3D binoculars

Geneva XS - travel sound system

Canon EF 70-300m L IS USM - D-SLR camera lens

Olympus XZ1 - compact camera

SIGMA 120-400mm DG APO PS HPM - D-SLR camera lens

Navin MiniHomer Keychain - GPS wayfinder/logger

Podio Luminadio - bicycle LED light and speaker

Podio Bike Audio - bicycle speaker

Podio SS-101 - portable speaker

Yamaha YZF-R1 - 2012 sportsbike

Sony PS Vita - handheld gaming console

TECH IN THE HOME

NAD Viso 1 - wireless digital music system

Pioneer DDJ-S1 - DJ controller

Belkin Premium USB - 7-port powered USB hub

Swans M200MkIII - active stereo loudspeakers

Yamaha PDX-11 - portable iPhone/iPod speaker dock

Veho Mimi Qube Wifi - wireless loudspeaker

WOWee One Classic/Slim - portable loudspeaker

Final Cut Pro X - video editing software