Is the Steam Machine Perfect for Your Living Room?

Scott Stein

Editor at Large

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, puzzles, board games, cooking, improv and the New York Jets. My background includes an MFA in theater which I apply to thinking about immersive experiences of the future.

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A certified sleep science coach and mattress expert, JD has been reviewing online mattresses professionally for the past five years. During that time, he’s tested well over 150 beds and dedicated countless hours to sleep research. While many consider him to be sleeping on the job, JD spends most of his time reviewing bedding products on The Slumber Yard, a popular YouTube channel specializing in online mattress expertise. If it’s a bed you’ve heard of, he’s tried it first hand.

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Wesley Ott

Senior Video Producer

Wesley Ott is an ex-professional ski instructor turned mattress expert and certified sleep science coach. This self-proclaimed “mattress maestro” is not afraid to subjugate his body and sleep patterns to intense tests, trials, and research. He is a Senior Video Producer who works out of the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno, Nevada. Wesley is described by many as “the wolf with the camera” since he has worked in video production for over half of his life and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, the Original Wolf Pack. He is an expert in lucid dreaming as well as a multiple-time award-winning filmmaker. When not testing the latest sleep products he spends his free time outdoors playing sports, doing activities or engaging in grueling manual labor.

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Iyaz Akhtar

Principal Video Producer

Iyaz Akhtar works tenaciously to make technology work for him so he can live a life of leisure. He’s been in the tech sector as a writer, an editor, a producer, and a presenter since 2006.

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