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**TikTok's Weird Gadgets and Gizmos Put to the Test**
There are a ton of weird gadgets and gizmos on TikTok. But today, we're putting them to the test.
Now on [insert next part of the video/test], we will be exploring what these strange devices can do and how they perform in various scenarios.
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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- There are a ton of weirdgadgets and gizmos on TikTok,but today we're putting them to the test.Now on "This Is" we've taken a lookat some weird stuff from TikTok,but today we're looking forthe good, the bad, the ugly.(dramatic music)Spending too much time onyour phone is not good.Touching grass is good.And sometimes, becauseyou're so compulsivelychecking every notificationfrom the Austin Evans YouTube channel...Subscribe.That you just gotta take a secondand look at your phone in a locked box.So we've got ourselves...Oh, it's just a clear box.Okay, I don't know what I expected.It does have a USB-C as well as a...Oh, is it like a key?Wait, what?It's got USB-C and Lightning on the side?All right, let's try it.I'm gonna close it up.Double click.And we're gonna go for...I'll let you go for one minute.It doesn't really matter.All right,so it's gonna do the ten-second countdown.So once you double click it,you have 10 seconds to change your mind.Make sure your phone isadjusted however you want.But now, three, two...Okay.My phone is in thereso I'm forced to listento Matt this entire time.But the nice thing is,with these holes, I can actuallykinda scroll a little bit,like it's actually not terrible.And I can also do this part too.Now, mind you, you coulddefinitely get your phonein a bad spot, but I actuallydo kind of understand this.There's also a hole on the bottomwhere you can plug your phone in.For 24 bucks, I'll givethem a pass on this.You know what, TikTok?Not bad.Are these the world-famous boney buds?Boney space buds, not boner buds,like I keep accidentally calling them.I've seen these before on TikTok.I'm not sure these specificones or some similar ones,but they're bone conduction headphones.Now, if you're not familiar,bone conduction is a real...Well, they will, if I try it.There we go.Oh.Bone conduction headphones work by,instead of actually playinglike little speakersfor your ear holes, insteadit vibrates the bonesthat go into your ears.'Cause I don't know ifyou knew this or not,there are bones in your ears,and they go (imitates trumpet)and then that turns into music.I've tried bone conduction in the past,but TikTok seems to love these things.So let's take a look.The problem with bone conduction,as you might expect from somethingthat has to be transmittedthrough the inner ear bones,is that it don'ttypically sound very good,and it being this cheapis almost probably worse.So we're talking about 20bucks for these, which, ah,I mean, like, sure, I guessit's about what you would payfor a somewhat decent pair of in-ear buds.But these are...Well, they're not in ear, they're ear.Small case.I'll give them that.And we open it up.Boy, that is a shapeif I've ever seen one.Dude, looks so weird.The case having, it looks like you've gotlike four sets of earbuds.Now the problem is, I just,it's not an intuitive shape.Oh, I thought I broke them.Oh no, I did break them.Look!Look!They split, like, look,do you see what they're...Literally, they're splitting right now.I thought that was like,that was, like, the button.I barely even touched them.Look, they're literally broken already.Did I just break my Boner Buds?There's no way that people do this.This is not a thing.- There's...Your ears are so red.- Yeah.Okay, so I'm trying to get that roughly,but there's no way that that's itbecause it's like, it'sjust pointing it in my ear.There's like, there's no way that...I'm doing something wrong, right?There's no way they're this bad.Dude, this is dumb.No, I'm over it.Boner buds, you needto pop a pill-- My friends, they went limp?- They were limp to begin withand they never got any better.Can you enlighten me?What is the interactive car gadget?The Geshowit?- You know when the guy behind youis kinda being a little jerky face?- Yeah, like...- And you wanna tell him that?- Yeah.- You can't-- I roll my window down and flip him off.- Well, have Igot the product for you.Because now you don'thave to strain yourself.- So, "Interactive Car Gadget.Gesture 1: flipping him the bird.Gesture 2: saying hello to others.Gesture 3: showing yourlove to others, thank you."How is anyone gonna know?Like, this is so much work.My hands are attached to my arms.They are great and functional.- California driving codesays you keep your handsat 10 and 2 at all times.- We have ourselves-- (laughs) Why is it so thick?- It is actually quite thick.So I guess this justattaches to your window.And then you've got theremote control here,which will either giveyou the middle finger,the wave, or the the hook 'em horns.Time to go flip some people off.Theoretically this is goingto be very straightforward.I had to put in some AA batteries here,but if I press the button...Oh, it's not working.Okay, I think, hey, there we go.All right.The battery terminalsare really bad on this,but technically it is now functioning.So if I press the button,we can do, there we go.So I can hit the the wavebutton, the hook 'em horns.(Austin laughs)So I guess what I'll do is,I'll mount it something like this.Well, here's a problem, I'm realizing.This glass here is curved.So, not only is a problem in this 4Runner,because this window can roll down.So if I ever rolled it down,that would be a problem,which, I like rolling the window down.But also the glass is so curvedI don't know how well it's gonna stay.It'll probably stay okay, but...Hey look, you can see it!So the remote also comes with a little bitof adhesive and Velcro.So if you really care about this thing,you can have it mounted, like,to your dashboard or something,and just immediately,just smash the button.All right.I mean, it does do exactlywhat they say it does.The remote works fine,it's all battery powered.It's pretty easy to install.I still somewhat strugglewith the idea of, like,what's the point?I mean, are you so polite that, like,someone cuts you off andyou're like, (growls).Beep. (growls)But that just seems a little bit strange.But you know what?TikTok, it works exactlythe way you advertise.Next up we have theSmart Watch TWS Headset.Now, we've looked at one ofthese before on "Mystery Tech."It is a smartwatch that hasa pair of earbuds inside.Now, the ones I've lookedat in the past were cheapand really terrible,but according to TikTok,this is actually good.Okay, well, we got some stuff.So we got ourselves a band,we have our little earbuds,and the watch itself.Yeah, that actually lookslike a fairly nice watchand it does have a sensor of some kind.I'm assuming it's a heartrate sensor or something.Oh, yo, that's cool.Yo!Wait, wait, wait.That's actually cool.And it's, like, seriously magnetized.I, you know what?I'm actually kind of about this.So I'm gonna line up myearbuds on the insidewith the pogo pins facing upward.Boom.Wow.Okay, you know what?We've got ourselves a watchand it's all set to go.So I like how the AppleWatch says I'm at 66,and this watch thinks I'm at 82.Hmm, I wonder which one I'm gonna trust.Yeah, you know what?My right side is like(imitates heart beating).Let's see here.How about blood pressure?Tell me about blood pressure.Oh, I'm 105 over 75.Okay, I definitely trust that.That's definitely a realblood pressure numberthat I would have right now.- Can I borrowthat to show my doctor?(Austin laughs)- Apple Watch doesn't...Oh, I'm at 99%.Oh, I'm 96%.Oh, I'm 99%.It is wildly varying on the other one.Apple Watch says I'm at 99.This one says anywhere between 96 and 99.But I suspect that'sjust making up numberslike the other numbers it's giving me.This is my favorite part of it.Like, it's a reallystrong, like, mechanism,and the screen still works and everything.That's actually really nice.So, pull my buds out.Okay.And they're blinking, so I assumethat they're gonna be good.I don't know which one's right or left,so I'm just gonna just give it a try.Oh, they're so small.So now I am paired with everything.So, let me do this.Let me play some music,and I'll see if I cancontrol it from the watch.These are not bad actually.Woo!Damn, son.Okay, so, first of all, they're loud.I was like, "Oh," I thoughtI had them at max volume.I had them at half volume.As with most of theseearbuds, a lot of bass.And considering how tinythey are, honestly not bad.Now, the fit is, Ithink, kinda interesting,because they kinda have to tuck, like,all the way in your ears, right?So for me to put it in like that,what it looks like whenit's all the way in.So it's like, pretty much flush.But considering that when I'm done,these go straight back into my watch.Like, how cool is that?Boom.I like the earbuds waymore than the watch.The watch seems really basic.Like, it's crazy to me,and maybe I'm missing somesetting in here somewhere.It's crazy to methat I cannot control my music from this.For 70 bucks, if you just careabout a mediocre smartwatchand honestly, like, fairly decent earbudsthat are all in one package.TikTok, man, you're not kidding.This thing is actually, like,it's way better than anyof these other, like,earbud combinationsI've ever tried before.TikTok, what you got next?The Power Factor Saver.Easy and simple.Okay, "Just plug it in."Exclamation point, exclamationpoint, exclamation point.I don't really fullyunderstand what I've got here,but I'm gonna suspect it's a scam.- It's a power...It's, well, supposed tobe a power conditioner.- You just plug this into your wall.- Dude, I'm cutting this thing,I'm cutting this thing open.- Well, come here, come take a look at it.Okay, there's some technical parametersthat you need to learn.The useful load is 28,000watts, 28 kilowatts.- Cool.- This is the useful load.- Most breakers do about 2,000.- Yep, yep, yep.If I understand this right,you plug this into your walland then it magically makesall your electricity not spiky.Oh my god, that's not anything.That is not a thing.That's not a thing.- We have a very ominousblack box that is hard glued.- Let's see what happenswhen we plug this in.So I'm gonna plug it into power here.The LED turns on and suddenlyour power has been saved.- You know what this is, in the black box?It's a buck converter.- Okay.- To go from 110 to 12 volt,to power the LED.- So basically, you plug this in,and it is an LED, and that is it.Wow.Matt's doing somethingdangerous, everyone get ready.So you're gonna plug it inwithout everything on it.- Cha!Yeah.So all of this is just the powerof this one LED behind this.- Well, I'm not sure who toldme to buy this thing, but...And in case you ever seethis on TikTok or Amazon,or something, it's clearly,very clearly, a scam.What is this?The YOUPAI...Uh, Switch Dock?Oh, oh, oh.Is this one of thoseautomatic poker dealers?The way this works isthat you load up a deckof playing cards.I think you actually should tell, like,how many people you have,and it go, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.Let's give it a try.Unfortunately, I don't thinkone word of this is in English,so I'm gonna have to tryto figure it out myself.Sure, let's just playit and see what happens.So I'm gonna put this in the middleand see if it actually wants to deal.Ready?Everybody ready?(soft upbeat music)Whoa, it does the thing!It does the thing!That is actually so cool.Who wants to play?Who wants to play?Okay, so we're gonnaset it for three playersand five cards each.Oh, it's like the three of us are close.- I think those extra buttons were-- Dude, there's no way you can tell methat you can deal that fast, no shot.- Yo...(imitates cards sliding)- No, no shot.- Call me Gambit 'cause...These are good cards.I need to be dealt too-- Oh, wait,how do we do this part?- Yeah.- Wait, hold on,hold on, wait,- Dude, I got, I got-- Please, please.- I got-- Help me, help me...Spit two cards out.(machine whirs)Oh, you can...Oh, that makes sense.Okay, got it.- Notice how he always like,"There's no way to do anything,"and then we come in and showhim how to do it immediately?- Okay, okay.Well, since we didn't bet anything,I guess we just gotta show our hands.- Yeah.- All right.- But I don't want to.(Matt and Austin laugh)- Queen high.- Queen high?I got two, I got duces.- I was going for a straight,but I didn't get it.- So that means I win!Yeah, let's go!Boy!I-- Can't with you, AustinEvans.- How much was this?- It was $130.(wind whooshes)- Okay, it's a little expensive,considering-- And it doesn'teven shuffle!- It's not gonna shuffle.Okay, it's a little expensive,But you're talking about a neat gadget.Like, this is what TikTok is for.Besides feeling bad about yourself.You get to find out thatsomething neat like this existed.I had no idea.So next up we've got the Fingerbot.Which is a smart controllerfor any button and switch.This theoretically might be oneof the most useful items that I've seen.A lot of the stuff that welooked at today is, like,weird or entertaining.This is, like, actually,like, a cool idea.Like, I can think of acouple of things in my housethat I would hook upa Bluetooth finger to.So this is the finger pusher.So, now that it's on, I canmanually press the button,(Fingerbot whirs)and it pushes.Or I can use the app.So I can actually changethe down movement,the up movement, and sustain time.So let's do the up movement is 50%and the down movement to be 70%.So let's try that.(Fingerbot whirs)Oh, interesting.So, yeah, so I guess usingthe app, you can adjust it.So say I mount it and I want it to come upand then down just a little bit.So maybe you actuallycould tune this just rightas it wiggles, to, like, pushthe switch up to the pointwhere it turns on and then you let go,and it will pull the switch backif you kinda get that pointof tension just right.All right.Who's got something that I canuse my Bluetooth finger on?- We can add it to the DMX board.- Do it!- So you can turnthe studio on/off.- Let's do it!Okay.So this is our lighting console.So with this I can changeall kinds of stuff,like the lighting in the studio,to all kinds of different things.What I could also do is justset it over the power button.And I'll set it over this button.And if I press it, theoretically,it will be able to be powerful enoughto shut off all the lights.Are we ready to give it a try?- Yeah.- Oh wait, what?It's not strong enough.I'm gonna hold it down.Ready, set.- Yeah!- It works!- I'm scared.- Look at that!Amazing.- Now our dumb studio's smart.- Next up we have the Linq.Not to be confused withthe Linq in Las Vegas,which is spelled the exact same way.No, this is the Linq bracelet stretch,which is the better way to network.Is this a...Wait, okay.Lemme take a guess.Is this an NFC business card?- Yeah.- Is it really?- Yeah.- Oh, that's stupid.Why?Also, wait, that's it?- Well, your a tiny little-- Well, I don't have that small of wrists.- You're a tinylittle twig person, so...Okay.- It feels like I'm about to get a shot.You know, like they puta little tourniquet on-- You look like you're ready for-- Hugs.- Right now.- Please hold while Iset up my business card."Looking good," fire emoji.- (chuckles) Isthe app flirting with you?♪ Wake up in the morningfeeling like P Diddy ♪(vlogger speaks indistinctly)- Okay.All right.- Nice to meet you.- Okay.That's problematic in a lot of ways.Matt, you want to reenact that?(both laugh)I'll be the girl with thethe Linqy popple thing.You just be a random creeperwho I'm gonna walk by.Okay, ready?And action.- Oh my God, is that-- Hey, what's up?- Yeah, just-- Oh yeah,you can touch, for sure.Of course, bye, see you later.Did it work?- No.(both cackle)Oh my God, is that Everyday Inventions?- Well, oh, hey, what's up?Oh, that's-- Wait.- That's a little aggressive.Oh, okay, all right, yeah.Okay. Yep.No problems-- For the record, nothing-- Great to meet you.All right, have a good one.See ya.- Yeah, yeah.Oh my God, a random white dude here.Just-(Austin cackles)- See ya!- Got his Insta.(Austin laughs)- How much was the Linq?Can we confirm the prices?- So that is the oldversion that they have.- Okay.- That's like a V1or whatever.So we don't have pricing on that but,so for the V3,so we're V3 now.- Like, it's 20 bucks.- It's 20 bucks.(wind whooshes)- This is dumb and you shouldn't buy it.Also, you shouldn't aggressively tryto scan people in any way.- Every tradeshow I've ever been tohas aggressively tried to scan me.- That's fair, actually.Most of the timeyou shouldn't try toaggressively scan people.Now this box is interestingbecause it says keyboard,but I just, I don't have, you know,big chungus hands or anything,but that seems a little small.First flaw, microUSB.We almost made it through a whole video.So here's the problem.I can see the ribbon cable.Do you see the ribbon cable right there?The orange ribbon cable.It's very obviously right there.And you can see the backside of here.I shouldn't be able to,like, with my fingernail,basically break the keyboardwith the ribbon cable.So that's, like, my first problem.It's a, basically, mini keyboard.So the concept here is thatyou carry this with youand when you sit down andyou need do some email,you pull the little phoneholder out, unfold this.And then you pair itas a Bluetooth device,drop your phone on it,and you can type away.So, for context, this is the sizeof a normal keyboard, okay?Oh, it's so small.Dude, my whole hand covers it.Okay, I'm gonna give it a try.This is not gonna be good though.Ready.Set.43 words per minute, 89% accuracy.I'm gonna write an angry tweet.They're missing keys!The quote and the...Oh my god, you have to holdfunction to get the apostrophe.Oh good.No, this is not it.Hmm.Okay, how much was this?- $53.- This is actually closeto being a good product.Bow?How about not now?How about kachow?Okay, I've gotta level with you.We have been sponsoredby UGREEN in the past,terrific company.What exactly is unique about acar Bluetooth audio receiver?So as far as I can see,you just plug this intothe aux on your carand then it will give you Bluetooth,which is especially nice if you have a carthat doesn't have Bluetoothor CarPlay or Android Auto.Hey, oh, USB-C.UGREEN, you know what's up.All right.So this seems like it's quite simple.So you have a buttonwhich will either startor stop your call, I assume,or play or pause your music.You got a plus and minus,you have a mic on here,which I guess is importantbecause if you're tryingto take a Bluetooth call,your car stereo will workfor the actual audio out.But there needs to besome kind of microphone.So that's actually apretty clever inclusion.You've got yourself a 3.5 mmand then you've got USB-C.So first step with UGREENis I'm going to get it powered up.So, in my car I actually havemy aux and my USB down here.So, you know, one thingI'm realizing though,is that because my auxis in the center console,the mic wouldn't work.Because if I had this closed,obviously it's a cleaner setup,but you wouldn't be ableto hear me for calls.So let's just play a video real quickand see if it works.That was well done.I just attended-- Uh.- Microsoft.- I mean, it works.(chill music)So you know what?Audio quality actually not bad.Hello, can you hear us?- Yes, I can hear you.It's not the most clear.- So here, lemme just,I'm gonna tap the mic.Tell me, do you hear this?- Yes.- Okay.- Yes, I can hear that.It's very loud when you do that.- Okay, so you're hearing it.So this is what it sounds like.So I'm just gonna just pretendlike, ah, ta-da, ta-da.Oh, I'm talking and driving.Does this sound passable as, like,a Bluetooth setup in your car?- No, it sounds pretty terrible.Like, I would prefer itif you just put yourself onspeaker phone on your own phone.- How about now?How does it sound on speaker?- It sounds much more clear.- Okay.So if you've got an older carand you don't have Bluetooth,I will say this is a much cheaperand easier way of adding Bluetoothto your existing carversus getting like, anentirely new head unit.I just wish it maybesounded a little bit better,but other than that,kinda hard to complain.TikTok, man, you got some good stuff.Hey, what's up?- Yeah, just-- Oh yeah, you can touch it-Sure.- Bye, see you later.