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2 stories filed under motion tracking on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “This $175 smart paddle drags pickleball off the court and onto your couch” and “Philips' new toothbrush tracks your brushing and costs less than last year's”. The $175 smart paddle doesn't care about your living room ceiling. The new Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9900 Prestige costs $379.99, which is fifty bucks less than last year's model, and that's before you factor in the added display and tracking smarts. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every motion tracking story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
This $175 smart paddle drags pickleball off the court and onto your couch
The $175 smart paddle doesn't care about your living room ceiling. It's a Wii-style controller disguised as a paddle, and it wants to turn your TV into a pickleball court, which means the fastest-growing sport in America has finally found its way to your couch. That's the pitch, and honestly, it's a good one: no net, no wind, no missing the kitchen line because you're barefoot and holding a snack. It's clever, and it knows it. But Spoot's gently skeptical here, because "smart paddle" can mean a lot of things, and "turns your TV into a court" usually means a lot of lag and a broken remote. The real question isn't whether it's fun. It's whether it's worth $175 when you could just buy a real paddle and a friend.
Philips' new toothbrush tracks your brushing and costs less than last year's
The new Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9900 Prestige costs $379.99, which is fifty bucks less than last year's model, and that's before you factor in the added display and tracking smarts. That's a pleasant surprise in a category where "prestige" usually means a price hike. It doesn't floss for you, sure, but it also isn't the $499 Dyson CameraJet, which some early adopters are already grumbling about. We'll take the boringly reliable brush over the one filming your molars, thanks. The rollout starts in Europe and the US now, with a wider global push in 2027, so most of us are waiting a while. If you want a closer look at the camera-toting competition, our piece "We got our hands on Dyson's camera-toting toothbrush, and we have thoughts" is right there. Stay spooty.