I’ve had brief flirtations with having long nails over the years, but I find them to interfere with using my tech devices. When they’re too long, they can cause typing errors by causing you to strike keys above the one you’re aiming for on your keyboard. With capacitive devices, they can prevent you from being […]
Forget using a stylus – use your capacitive fingernail instead! Read More
If you like kitschy in the kitchen, these salt and pepper shakers will fit right in. These are actual wind-up robots that can walk themselves over to the diners needing some seasoning for their food. They’re made of food-grade plastics, so you’ll have no worries using them on your table. The Salt and Pepper Wind-up
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This Universal Multi-Device Charging Station can charge up to six USB-chargeable devices simultaneously. It has six USB ports inside; two of them are 5V, 1A for charging smart phones and similar devices, and four of them are 5V, 2A for charging power-hungry tablets. There are slots on top to hold your devices as they charge,
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The XtremeMac Tango Bar looks deceptively simple at first glance. It has a single USB cable that’s used to deliver power and sound from your computer. It’s not minimalist inside, though. This 10W speaker has a “six-speaker configuration with dual dome tweeters, midrange/bass drivers, and passive radiators gives you best-in-class audio.” It also has an
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The title statement isn’t going to make this camera appeal to everyone, but it may be just what a young child with a budding interest in photography needs. The Superheadz Clap Digital Camera isn’t much bigger than a USB flash drive, and it even has a USB connector built-in, which eliminates the need to keep
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If your kid needs a night light or perhaps you’d just like an accent light with a touch of the Dark Side, check out the Star Wars Mood Lights. They look like Darth Vader’s or a Storm Trooper’s helmet, and they have five LEDs inside to provide enough light to keep the dark at bay.
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It’s too late to use these to ring in the New Year, but the Fourth of July will be here before you know it. If you live somewhere fireworks are illegal, or if you just prefer not using them, you could use the LED Fireworks Grand Finale to have a safe light show. These indoor
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Did you have a Spirograph toy? You remember, those plastic gear-like toys that let you draw amazing geometric designs? Well, you won’t have to expend any effort to draw the designs if you use the Scribbler Drawing Robot from Perpetual Kid. The Scribbler is actually a kit; you’ll need a hot glue gun and hot
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Larry Geisz told us how to unlock our inner Jedi, and now this kit will help us unloose the power of the Dark Side. The Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side (Vault Edition) is a book and artifacts stored in a pyramid-shaped vault. In addition to the book, which is filled with instruction manuals
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Normally you expect to see candles on the dining table, but you could have the Carl Mertens Guido Wahrmann Paraffin Tabletop Fireplace instead. Two 18/10 stainless steel tubes serve as the “logs”. They have cotton wicks and burn liquid paraffin. They’re mounted on a piece of slate that’s inset into a walnut base. It measures
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This is not strictly a gadget, but it’s a cute idea for the gadgety contact-lens wearer. Instead of those generic cases, you can store you contacts in keyboard keys. The compartments of the Contact Keys Lens Case are labeled like the L and R keys on a keyboard. The snap-on covers keep your lenses safe
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If you have a budding explorer in your family, he or she will need some equipment. The Moulin Roty Explorer’s Kit contains everything a budding scientist and explorer needs during their field trips. The sturdy cardboard case looks like it’s well-traveled, as evidenced by the stickers. Inside are “functional cardboard pocket binoculars, a compass, string
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Remember Operation – the game where you were the surgeon removing the “bread basket” or “water on the knee” from your patient? The worst that could happen to you with that game was being startled when the loud buzz sounded to indicate you had touched the sides of the patient’s “incision.” With the the Shocking
This board game is not for the kiddies! Read More
Next Issue, my favorite app for my iPad, is now available for Kindle HD and HDX. Just download the free app from Amazon, and you’ll be able to access more than 125 magazines – current and back issues. Of course, you’ll still need to subscribe to the Next Issue service, but where else can
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Winter is here, and so is the possibility of power outages due to ice storms in my area. When the power goes off just just an hour or so, you’re pretty sure the stuff in your freezer is still okay, but what if the power is out for most of a day or more? If
Here’s a low-tech solution for a first-world problem Read More