When it comes to panoramic cameras, there are a number of options on the market to choose from. Some include multiple sensors in a single housing. Others produce panoramas with a single camera sensor. Each of these has its strengths that allow it to shine in particular situations. The challenge is to know which is […]

Laura Kessel  |  Review Editor “Use of the force is not required to use the library.” Such was the message in a Facebook video announcing a facilities upgrade at Rodman Public Library. Eric Taggart, director of Rodman Public Library in Alliance, said Information Department staff members Jaime Gross and Bryun Reed were the stars of […]

Machine builders such as Mazak devote considerable engineering to the design and construction of the sliding doors on a machine enclosure such as seen here on an Integrex e670H. The black strip running from top to bottom at the edge of the door (visible between the orange trim that enhances visibility when in the open […]

KEVIN STENT/Stuff Daphne Fraser has lost her independence and partially lost use of her arm after a set of automatic doors closed on her at The Mall in Upper Hutt in November. Daphne Fraser​ had been given a clean bill of health by her GP, but that all ended later in the day when she […]

Rhode Island Ave Brentwood Station by MW Transit Photos licensed under Creative Commons. A Metro project quietly shelved last year is about to make an attempted comeback in 2021. The agency has a new plan to make its train doors open automatically at stations again, beginning on the Red Line in January, and coming to […]

Follow all of Reviewed’s CES coverage as it happens. To get a sneak peek at the latest product trends delivered straight to your phone, sign up for text message alerts. Lockly’s smart locks are known for their innovative security features, such as a randomizing PIN pad called “PIN Genie” that keeps people from guessing your […]

My garage door opener is one of the most boring pieces of tech in my house, made by a company that’s 67 years old. The one I bought last year looks almost identical to the ones it released a decade ago. But for the past 16 months, a small band of developers at Chamberlain has […]

ROSA WOODS Mary Sarniak-Thomson was knocked to the ground by automatic doors at Lower Hutt’s Queensgate mall in August 2019. A Wellington woman injured after she was knocked down by a set of automated doors is dismayed another woman has suffered a broken leg in a similar incident, in a shopping mall also operated by […]

A woman who was injured by automatic doors at a Hamilton mall has sparked some to raise the question – who is at fault when someone is injured in a public space? Wendy McLean suffered a broken leg after automatic doors at the Chartwell Shopping Centre failed to detect her walking through. She spent six […]

An 81-year-old woman was left lying on the ground with a broken leg after automatic sliding doors at a Hamilton shopping mall failed to stop as she walked through them. Almost two months on, Wendy McLean, who was in good health before the incident, is still struggling to recover. “My independence has gone,” she said […]