The Switchkey is an automatic key fob made of aluminum. It comes with one key blank that you can take to most hardware stores for duplication. Grind the blank, assemble the parts and you’ll have a nifty spring action switch blade style key. The Switchkey is priced at $33, which includes free shipping. Pin it
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Keychain
The FlashHarp is a 2GB flash drive that doubles as a harmonica. Yeah, you read that right – a harmonica. It even comes with a 10 minute instructional video stored right on the drive so that you’ll be blowing “Oh Susanna” in no time. Play a tune then copy files to your computer. Just be [...]
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Memory,
Music
This on-demand water heater from Coleman is great for campers, remote cabins, or just emergency preparedness. The Hot Water On Demand heater can heat water to over 100 degrees in less than five seconds. There’s a rechargeable battery to pump the water that is charged with AC power or by a car power outlet. The [...]
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Outdoor water heater
The Urwerk 202 Twin Turbine Hammerhead White Gold has to be one of the coolest wrist watches that I’ve seen in a long while. Time on the UR-202 is displayed using telescopic minute hands operating through the middle of three orbiting and revolving hour satellites. The UR-202 is the world’s first watch with the winding [...]
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Watch
I’m still on the hunt for unique wallets and my latest find is the Capsul Case Wallet. The Capusl is a Canadian made slim wallet made of recyclable non toxic polypropylene. I can’t find details on how many cards and bills it can hold, but I can’t help but like the design. It’s available in [...]
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Wallet
We’ve reviewed STM bags before on The Gadgeteer, and we found them to be sturdy, well-made, and sized to fit your gear without wasted space. STM is now offering the Scout Extra Small Laptop Bag that’s designed for the 11″ MacBook Air but will accommodate most 11″ laptops. The Scout has high-density padding and a felt [...]
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11" laptop bag,
MacBook Air bag
Lately I have been obsessed with finding cool wallets to show you guys. Today’s contribution is the Zeroz Wallet. Their motto is Less Wallet, More Cool. Basically, the Zeroz is a card holder with a stretchy cash strap secured to one side. They are available in 4 different thickness to accommodate more or less cards. [...]
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Wallet
I am sure all of you have had a moment where you’ve been in a pinch to find tools to hang a picture, tap in a nail that has stuck out on a piece of trim, or needed to get a quick measurement. These are some of the projects the Kelvin.23 can help with. Pin [...]
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Multi-tools,
Tools
Robots are taking over the world! Ok, not really – yet. They are coming one step closer though, just take a look at the Practice Partner 10 Robot from Home Leisure Direct. This table tennis robot can’t play an entire game with you, but it can help you perfect your serve. You can set them [...]
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Ping Pong,
Robots,
Sports
Back to school shopping means buying pencils, paper, and 3-ring binders. But perhaps now your student is lucky enough to have access to digital textbooks or is attending one of the schools that are requiring an iPad or other tablet, so you’ll also need a cover for that. ZooGue is offering the iPad 2 BinderPad [...]
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iPad 2 case
The Nest from Bluelounge looks a little like a bowl, but it’s much more versatile than that. The plastic bowl has a colored rubber lining that makes it a safe, secure stand for a phone. It can also serve as a storage valet for your keys and other pocket stuff. The rubber lining and sloped [...]
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universal phone stand,
Universal Tablet Stand
Today’s LogicBUY Deal is $80 off the HP TouchPad 9.7” WebOS tablet: 16GB for $419.99 or 32GB for $519.99. Features: Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon cpu at 1.2GBz, 1024X768 display, integrated webcam, and integration with other WebOS devices. It’s 0.54” thick and weighs 1.54 pounds. 16GB model: $499.99 – $50 instant discount – $30 coupon code = [...]
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Deal of the Day
Tired of all those look-alike leather portfolios to haul your notepad and business cards? For something a little more tactical than predictable, have a look at the Maratac Manfolio Organizer from County Comm. The Manfolio features a large inside compartment for all of your paperwork. It also contains inside organizer for business cards, pens, and other [...]
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Office,
tactical
Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the new HP x2301 23” micro-thin LED-backlit LCD monitor for $269.99. Features: full HD 1080p, 8,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 250nit brightness, 3ms response time, HDMI, DVI, and VGA connectivity, 9.8mm thin, EPEAT Silver registered, more. $299.99 – $30 coupon code = $269.99 with free shipping. This is the best deal found [...]
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Deal of the Day
For campers who like to rough it without giving up their coffee, Coleman offers the 10-Cup Portable Propane Coffee Maker with Stainless Steel Carafe. The coffee maker uses a 16.4 oz propane cylinder; you’ll get about 4.4 hours of brewing time from each cylinder. It has an InstaStart auto-ignition button so you don’t have to [...]
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Camping gear,
Propane coffee maker
We recently noticed a lot of spots in pictures we were taking with our Nikon D80 camera. A quick Google search suggested we needed to clean dust off the mirrors and the other internal components. ”Canned air” works well for cleaning dust out of nooks and crannies that all electronic devices have, but there are [...]
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Electronics cleaning,
Spotlight Gadgets
Twelvesouth has built a portfolio of elegant, well-designed products, and the BookBook for iPhone is no exception. Taking a page from the BookBook for iPad, BookBook for Air (MacBook Air, that is), and BookBook (for Macbook Pro) it’s a novel case + wallet for the iPhone 4 that looks like a small, vintage book. Sporting [...]
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iPhone 4 case
For those times when you have a plate of yummy food in front of you, but no eating utensils in sight, you can pull out this credit card sized set of dining tools. It’s questionable how well they will work… especially the spoon, which looks more like a spatula. The Credit Card Cutlery is available [...]
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Wallet
I’ve been a fan of ebooks for many years, starting with Peanut Press books on my Handspring Visor Deluxe back around 1999. After writing code for 9 hours/day for many years, you can imagine my wrists were shot, and I loved ebooks because they weren’t as heavy and hard to hold as a physical book. [...]
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ebooks,
Library books
The Amazon Kindle is a very popular ebook reading device because it’s so portable and has the ability to store 100′s of books in such a small package. It’s also very easy to use except if you happen to be a person that lacks fine motor skills. How can a person that does not have [...]
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ebook,
Physical Challenges