Michael Heat: Yeah. It is a completely different subject.
Kylie Robison: Yes it is. Will, what do you recommend?
Will Knight: I will recommend what I think is a really useful domestic robot. I have a cat, Leono. He is very kind but will bring various animals, dead or alive, in our house during the night. Including often large rabbits which then run.
Kylie Robison: Oh my God.
Will Knight: This cat component has a vision of the camera and the computer, and he can say if your cat has a rat or something in his mouth. He will say: “Detected contraband”, then prevent them from coming, which, I think, is a good thing.
Michael Heat: When this sends you a notification that smuggling is detected, do you get a photo of what your cat has in his mouth?
Will Knight: Yes. I think you have a video stream trying to bring. There are on the website, which are great. There is one who has a very large frog in his mouth.
Kylie Robison: You must put a desired poster with them.
Will Knight: Yes.
Kylie Robison: “Wanted: Cat with frog in the mouth.”
Will Knight: Yes. I should say it’s called Onlycat. This is the name of this one. I am really curious to know how she brings these rabbits to the house.
Kylie Robison: Me too.
Will Knight: I need to put a camera there because they are huge. I have the impression that she has to go, go back and get it, then pull it. It must be.
Kylie Robison: Wow. Free rabbit.
Michael Heat: She works really hard.
Kylie Robison: Pay your rent.
Will Knight: Yeah. Yeah. To you, Mike.
Michael Heat: ALL RIGHT. I would like to recommend merino wool t-shirts.
Kylie Robison: For what? I imagine that merino wool is quite sweaty, in fact. I don’t know why I think that.
Michael Heat: No, it’s the opposite.
Kylie Robison: I see.
Michael Heat: We are in mid-September here in San Francisco, also known as the real summer.
Kylie Robison: Yeah.
Michael Heat: It is very hot, so I thought a lot about thermal regulations. I also do a lot of activities, such as hiking and canoeing and I do things in the desert and sweat. The merino wool t-shirt was really great. A bunch of different people make them. My colleague Scott Gilbertson, who works in the Wired critic team, tested a heap and he wrote about them. He has a buying guide which is permanently updated once a season with all the best choices. His favorite is the 72-hour merino wool t-shirt. Mine is the one Smartwool makes. Merino wool is very, very good for evacuating humidity away from your body, which actually keeps you fresher. This prevents you from really sweating, which is good. Even if you don’t sweat particularly, it will just make you feel cooler. And also, it has natural antimicrobial properties.
