The Plaud Note Voice Recorder
Record and transcribe your conversations on the same credit card–size device …
It’s self-evident that the gadgetry of the past 30 years or so has made both work and social life immeasurably easier. Explain to a Gen Z–er that study or work tasks they do in seconds once took a week and required traveling—even, heaven forbid, talking to people—and it’s like describing, well, history.
Yet it’s not difficult to think of technology that could improve life still further. For your columnist, the dream gadget would be a discreet camera that recognizes people at a social occasion, whispers in your ear who they are, along with their partner’s and children’s names, reminds you of things you’ve done together, subjects not to mention, and so on.
