REVIEW – How many times have you needed something – a screwdriver, knife, something to pry with? One solution is to carry the well-known Swiss army knife, but those tend to be bulky and heavy. That need led to the creation of multitools – small, pocketable tools and Leatherman is at the forefront of that […]
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NEWS – Bubble wrap – arguably the greatest invention for protecting packages, not to mention providing hours of satisfying popping fun. How could you possibly improve on that? I mean, shipping items is pretty simple – get a box, put in your item to ship, pad it completely with some bubble wrap, get out your
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NEWS – Chevrolet has finally announced the long-anticipated 2020 Corvette with a brand new mid-engine design. Moving the engine behind the seats changes the overall weight and balance of the vehicle for better overall performance. This has long been the case in exotic supercars like Ferrari and McLaren for the well-healed that can afford $100K
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NEWS – Have you ever visited a frustrating website? You know what I mean – the one where the buttons don’t work, hint characters don’t clear from text boxes, tab order doesn’t work and so on? The folks at Bagaar have built a shrine to poor web design with their User Inyerface web page. Once
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NEWS – Sony is bringing their “A” game with their new WF-1000XM3 headphones. Fully wireless, the earbud style headphones are fully wireless, provide long battery life and my holy grail for headphones – noise cancellation. With dual microphones on each earbud, the headphones pick up noise in both the forward and backward directions along with
REVIEW – Airline fees. I hate them. A lot. But, they’re here to stay so we need to deal with them. One of the most annoying is baggage fees since most of us take some sort of bag with us when we travel for more than a day. Yes, you can fly Southwest with two
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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – There is a whole invisible world out there. Some of it is cool, some of it is eewww. If you’re inclined to want to see it all, the Hunt22 UV micro flashlight wants to help bring it all into view. Billed as the world’s coolest UV flashlight, the Hunt22 is indeed tiny.
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REVIEW – I have been looking for a security camera for inside my front door. When the opportunity came up to review the Momentum Robbi, it seemed like a great fit. Was it? Read on! What is it? Robbi is a 1080P, plug-in HD video camera that connects to your network via Wi-Fi. What’s in
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REVIEW – Holiday lights, landscape lighting – what do they all need? Power! Beyond that, we want those lights to turn on and off – sometimes on a schedule, sometimes with the sun, and sometimes, just because we want them to. In the ancient past, we had to rely on outdoor power strips and timers,
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NEWS – Flying drone market leader, DJI, is beginning phase two of their robot overlord project with a ground-based robot – the Robomaster S1. Billed as an educational tool, the Robomaster S1 is an assemble-yourself robot designed to get today’s youth, or really anyone, excited about the possibilities of robotic technology. The S1, short for
NEWS – Are you tired of those “been there, done that” kind of vacations? I mean, beaches are great, but water and sand can only go so far. Skiing is fun, but after you’ve been to the mountains, it gets repetitive. You can only look at so many ancient ruins, right? What is a world
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NEWS – Auto manufacturer General Motors and tire manufacturer Michelin have teamed up to push forward with Uptis (Unique Puncture-proof Tire System). This tire uses a unique flexible structure to replace the air-filled chamber in traditional pneumatic tires. This eliminates the possibility of a flat while providing similar rolling dynamics and impact resilience. General Motors
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REVIEW – Shaving – the bane of most men’s existence. Every morning, and for some poor dudes, twice a day, we drag razors over our faces, hacking the whiskers off to give us that smooth, professional look. In my case, as a retired guy, I do it so I am not all hairy and scratchy
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REVIEW – With apologies to William Shakespeare… To ear, or not to ear, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The pains and aches of outrageous ear tips, Or to take arms with compliant materials And by opposing listen to them all day. Rock Jaw Audio introduced an updated
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NEWS – iRobot, the leader in robotic cleaning tech has raised the bar with two new product announcements. The new Braava jet m6 robot mop can handle large, open areas up to 1,000 square feet. With overall cleaning and spot cleaning functions, along with dry sweeping and wet moping options, the m6 provides versatile cleaning
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REVIEW – Robotic vacuums suck. Well, that’s their job, right? They suck all the dust bunnies, hair, and dirt up from your floors so you don’t have to. Roborock’s new Xiaowa (pronounced ZY-o-wa) E35 robotic vacuum ups the ante by adding wet mopping to its repertoire. What is it? The E35 is a fairly standard
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REVIEW – Home security is all the rage today. Yi, maker of the Yi Home Camera 3 standalone security camera is jumping into the full system fray with their Kami product. What is it? Kami is a modular do-it-yourself home security system. I was sent the base system that includes the base station, three entry
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NEWS – Cars today run on software. Programs control everything from climate control to transmission shifting to air/gas mixture in the engine. Car manufacturers release software updates, just like other hardware manufacturers. I get firmware updates for my Sonos speakers and my Kevo door locks. They are delivered and installed pretty easily. But…for cars, it
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REVIEW – There are a ton of different ways to cook. You can fry, air fry, grill, barbeque, boil, stir fry and so on. One of the trendiest cooking methods today is sous vide (pronounced soo-veed). Sous vide is French for under vacuum. Sous vide cooking places the food in vacuum bags that are immersed in
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REVIEW – The Internet of Things (IoT). That’s the term applied to essentially all connected devices that bring us the ability to control various items via connected apps on our PCs, tablets, and phones. As soon as we do that, we open potential doors into our networks for bad guys to hack in and do
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