February 2011

The Bone Collection Portable Amplifier for iPhone looks like those amplifier horns on antique record players.  It’s made of silicone, and it adds 13 dB of sound pressure to the iPhone’s speaker output without using any power.  In addition to amplifying sound, it also acts as a stand to prop the iPhone in a horizontal [...]

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Who says geeks can’t be fashionable?  Feast thine eyes upon such elegant items of technologically-inspired (and salvaged) accessorization as these earrings ($8) crafted from real green resistors by seller digiBling on DIY marketplace site Etsy.  You can also find other electronics components jewelry like a rainbow ribbon cable belt ($14), microchip cufflinks ($12) and more.  [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY deal saves you 44% on a Kodak Easyshare C143 silver 12.1 megapixel digital camera. The C143 has a 2.7” LCD screen, 3X optical zoom, and one-button upload capability. $79.99 – $35 coupon code = $44.99 with free shipping This deal expires February 8, 2011 or sooner. Check the above link for more details [...]

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Not long after I got my iPad, I discovered the GroovyStand Dual, a wooden stand that can support the iPad in a variety of angles and orientations.  GroovyStand has introduced a stand for the iPhone that can hold the iPhone in either the horizontal or vertical position.  There’s only one groove in this stand, and [...]

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Back in high school and a majority of college, I used the Norelco 885RX electric razor you see in the middle of the picture below (I agree, I could not believe I still had it as well). It was well used and dying quickly. In my junior year, I was given the sterling silver straight [...]

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Withings, the producer of the WiFi body scale, is going to introduce a blood pressure monitor that connects to any iOS device. The device comes with an iOS application that can display your current pressure reading, while also automatically tracking previous results. The blood pressure monitor is a new addition to the existing medical apps [...]

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Just before Christmas, my laptop decided to die. Good timing, huh? After a few days of trying to get it going again, we just gave up and decided to replace it. I decided to take the big plunge – switching from Windows to Apple. I also made a huge change in size, going from a [...]

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This past week, we started a new month, survived an ice storm here in the Midwest and posted a whole bunch of news and reviews. If you don’t subscribe to our daily email newsletter or our RSS feed, you might have missed something. Don’t stress though, here’s a handy list of everything we posted this [...]

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A while ago, I wrote a post asking if gadgets were just for guys.  At the time, it seemed a few things were aimed toward women, but it seemed that most were specific colors of some cases.  Last year after I got my iPad, I posted a review of the Vera Bradley Mini Laptop Case [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY deal saves you 25% on a Dell UltraSharp U2711 LCD monitor. This 27” UltraSharp monitor has WQHD resolution (2560 X 1440) IPS panel, 6ms gray-to-gray response time, and 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. It has an 8-in-1 card reader and capacitive-touch switches for setup. Ports include: 1 USB 2.0 upstream, 4 USB 2.0 downstream, [...]

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Beginning this March, do-it-yourselfers will have the opportunity to watch a new web based show called MOD MEN. Hosted by Bill Owen and his team of professional PC modders from their shop Mnpctech, the show is  described as “American Chopper for Geeks.” Over the course of 5 episodes, they will show how to build a [...]

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In the world of headphones, there are many, many choices that range in price from a few bucks to a price requiring a second mortgage on your house. It’s that wide of a margin. And let’s face it, most mortals wouldn’t dream of spending over a couple hundred dollars to get the sound we want [...]

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Last November I reviewed the Dropcam Echo Wi-Fi Security Camera and have been using it ever since. It’s a very easy to setup camera that can send email alerts when it detects motion or audio. You can also login to the camera through any web browser to see and listen what is going on live. [...]

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Who needs traditional video cameras these days when you can create a whole movie or music video with your smartphone? We’ve seen movies shot with iPhones and now here’s what claims to be the first video shot entirely with Nokia’s new N8 smartphone. Filmed by Kyle Roberts, this is a fun little song from independent [...]

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Conran Audio has recently announced their new iPod/iPhone audio dock. In addition to its ability to play music from physically docked iPods and iPhones, the Conran dock can also play ‘wireless audio’ from any (stereo) bluetooth enabled device. The Conran dock is available for pre-order in black and white for £249. Pin it

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True geeks always need more juice. Other than carrying around cables and power blocks, what’s the solution? Ampigo has an answer, and it will allow you to have power for both an iPhone 4 or the previous iPhone 3g/3gs devices: their Personal Speaker and Battery Pack.

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The M55 Beast is a handmade hybrid bike that combines the fun and exercise of a regular pedal bicycle with an electric bike that can accelerate up to 40 mph and travel as 75 miles on one charge. The Beast has been designed for off-road fun, but will also get you from point A to point B in the [...]

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The Accumulator Bank from Convenient Gadgets and Gifts is a see-thru wall mounted tube that collects your quarters. The fun part is that it comes with measurement cards ($- English £ -English, EURO- English, EURO- French) so that you can easily see how much you’ve saved (up to $85), while learning some fun facts along [...]

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Google has made a smart move by adding another way to push out all other third party app-stores for Android, by doing what the third party app-stores already do. Android users can now download apps via the new online Android Market and have them pushed to their Android devices. So far it looks beta, but [...]

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We’ve been showing you a lot of covers for Moleskine notebooks, but now it’s time to show you a notebook that makes the chemistry major in me salivate.  This set starts with the Levenger Notabilia Notebook, which is like the one I used to document my lab research.  It’s 7 3/4″W x 3/8″D x 10″H [...]

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