Spotlight Gadgets

There are probably a good amount of gadgets around the house that have an obnoxiously bright LED–from your alarm clock to DVD player to television.  LightDims are designed to fit over the LED and reduce or eliminate the glare of the light.  LightDims are essentially just stickers.  Yes, a Hello Kitty sticker for 10 cents [...]

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These USB flash drives from Photojojo are made from upcycled 35mm film rolls.  Because they were reclaimed from film developing labs, you won’t know what brand of film you’ll receive.  Each 4GB drive holds – not 36 pictures – but hundreds.  Each USB Film Roll costs $20, and they’d make a great gift for photographers [...]

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If you’ve ever worn a good pair of earbuds, you know that the noise isolation that they provide can be a double-edged sword.  On the one hand, it’s nice to be able to shut out the chatter of coworkers or other customers in the coffee shop.  On the other hand, shutting out the sound of [...]

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If you’re tired of plain cable ties, check out these Leaf Ties.  You’ll get 12 cable ties in a package that are strong, permanent, secure, weatherproof, and easy to remove.  You can use them to corral your cables, support a young plant in your garden, or even to identify your luggage.  They come from a UK company [...]

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Amber Alerts notify us when a child has been lost or taken and is in danger.  Missing children aren’t the only vulnerable people in need of immediate recovery, though.  Elderly people, those with mental illness, Alzheimer patients, and others with cognitive impairment may also go missing and will need assistance returning home where they can [...]

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If you’re a fan of the TRON movies, you might enjoy storing your data on a Tron light cycle.  Dane-Elec has two limited-edition USB 2.0 flash drives that come with some extras:  lights and sound effects, rotating video of the light cycle, movie trailers and posters, and wallpaper inspired by the TRON universe.  Two models [...]

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The Monteverde One-Touch Stylus Ballpoint Pen has the features you expect from a refillable ballpoint – one-hand click to open, and it can accept standard ink, gel ink, or liquid ink ballpoint refills.  What you don’t expect is that you can also use this ballpoint to write on capacitive touch screens.  The clicker has a [...]

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Sometimes you don’t want to use earbuds or headphones to listen to music or videos on your mobile device. For those times, it’s nice to have an external speaker. The Sony Ericsson MS430 Portable Media Speaker Stand offers a compact speaker that doubles as a stand.

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CompuExpert, a division of Digital Interactive Systems Corp. extensively searches the globe for the most innovative and unique electronic gadgets and peripherals and brings them exclusively to the North American market.  They are introducing the i-Microphone, a convenient and affordable device to enhance the recording capabilities of your US smartphone and other US mobile devices.  [...]

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I know pepper spray isn’t the first thing you consider for a Mother’s Day gift, but I think giving something to keep your mother safe is a great way to show her you love her.  The Sabre Pepper Spray Home & Away Protection Kit contains a small canister for her keychain, and a larger glow-in-the-dark [...]

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T-Mobile is joining the ranks of Google Voice and Skype by allowing you to make free calls to Facebook friends.  You download the Bobsled app, then you can call any of your friends through Facebook Chat by just clicking on their Facebook name.  You can call anyone around the world, and computer-to-computer calls are always [...]

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I’ve seen pillows used as iPhone stands before. like the Movie Wedge reviewed by Andy Chen.  Until now, I’d never seen a pillow that looked like an iPhone.  iCushions.net offers reproductions of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G in pillow form.  The pillows have a polyester/spandex fabric covering and polystyrene bead filling.  The pillows measure [...]

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Carbon is the first Bluetooth headset made of carbon fiber, and it weighs only 5.9 grams.  Bluetrek designed the Carbon with Noiselock noise cancellation, a manual on/off switch, and multipoint technology so you can connect with two devices at once.  Colored LEDs and voice alerts in three languages (English, Spanish, and Mandarin) indicate headset status.  [...]

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The Sculpteo company “prints”, or creates, 3-dimensional figures from a 3-D computer file.  If you are a graphical designer, you can create your own images and have them rendered by Sculpteo.  If, like me, you have no artistic abilities, Sculpteo can help you create a 3-D likeness of yourself or a loved one.  You simply [...]

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I’ll come right out and admit that I have an obsession with Kickstarter lately, and with the sorts of brilliant ideas that have been rolling out of there recently, it’s pretty obvious why. One of the more recent projects up for funding is Coffee Joulies.  What appear to be large, shiny coffee beans are in [...]

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There’s a shared obsession with unique writing instruments here at The Gadgeteer, so it’s sort of a big deal if I can beat my fellow Gadgeteers to posting about a new and different gadgety pen.  Turtle, a new company based out of the UK, has just released their first two contributions to the world of [...]

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The ToddyGear Smart Cloths have a plush microfiber side to clean and buff and a patterned silky microfiber side to polish.  They are very effective for cleaning phones, computer and tablet screens, even your eyeglasses without using any liquid.  The also have the AEGIS Microbe Shield® technology to protect from germs, mold and mildew, making [...]

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I have a fascination for USB flash drive jewelry, and Unica Italian Design has some really pretty pieces that caught my interest.  Unica Italian Design is a company formed by people with years of experience in designing and manufacturing gold and silver jewelry.  Their mission was to combine jewelry with technology to make art out [...]

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And I’m sure whimsical drinks taste better than plain ones!  Convenient Gadgets & Gifts is offering a line of reusable ice cubes and trays to make your own cubes that are anything but “cubular”.  The reusable cubes are dishwasher safe, filled with purified water, and won’t water down your drink.  They come in fun shapes, [...]

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M-Edge has announced several Nook Color accessories that will be available through the M-Edge online store, as well as Best Buy stores. These new accessories include resized and updated versions of their Executive, GO!, Latitude, and Trip Jackets, as well as sleeves and bookstands for the popular Barnes & Noble eBook Reader. Prices range from [...]

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