Over the years, there’s been a lot of discussion of how to get spreadable butter here on The Gadgeteer. We’ve examined heated knives, water-immersion chambers, and even electric butter dishes. This Butterie dish keeps it simple by just keeping the butter covered and sitting on the kitchen counter. Butterie is made of 95% BPA-free plastic and […]
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Barbie has been around for years, and she’s had hundreds of jobs and thousands of outfits and accessories. Today, she has fancy remote-controlled cars and multi-level houses, but back in the day, her accessories were simple and required using your imagination. Mattel has harkened back to a simpler time with the reintroduction of the 1962
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Giving yourself a manicure or pedicure at home doesn’t have a lot of tech associated with it, but it certainly does have some gadgets. In addition to scissors, clippers, files, and other little tools to keep our nails trimmed, some of us like to add polishes to our arsenal. Going to the salon can be
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Sure, there are plenty of games apps for iPhone, but do you find yourself pining for the old 8-bit, grayscale days of gaming? Your classic Gameboy may not work anymore, but the Wanle case for iPhone will give you a fix of old-style gaming, complete with buttons for tactile feedback missing on a touchscreen. The
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This version of Mjolnir might not be able to level mountains, but you’ll be able to build a level table with it. The Marvel Thor Hammer Tool Set is contained in a molded case that’s a replica of Marvel’s version of Thor’s hammer. The kit weighs 5.5 pounds, and it measures 15″ tall x 9″ wide
By Odin’s beard, this toolkit is for only the worthiest handyman Read More
You’ve seen those 3D-printed moon lamps, like the one The Gadgeteer featured last year. Those lamps are available in various sizes and come with a wooden stand for display in your room. Just like the bigger versions, the moon on this keychain is also 3D-printed to accurately represent the surface of Earth’s moon, and it’s
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We are still working on smartening up our house, and we decided we wanted to finally get a video doorbell. We had actually ordered a Ring doorbell, but I’m going to return that. We decided we’d stick with the Nest system once we realized their video doorbell was available for purchase, because we already have
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Are you tired of those traditional, green rubber-pipe garden hoses that get kinked up so badly water won’t pass through or spring so many leaks your yard looks like a water feature? Replace that old hose with a Bernini Pro Series hose and you won’t have to deal with kinks again. The Bernini hose is
There’s nothing kinky about the Bernini Pro Series garden hose Read More
If you use your tablet as your cookbook or for watching cooking videos while you work in the kitchen, have you found a safe place for it while you work? If you need a new cutting board, you should check out this bamboo board that has a built-in stand for most tablets 10″ and smaller.
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The folks at Tokyoflash Japan are back with another of their animated watches. The Radar LED watch has the appearance of those sweeping screens on a radar or sonar screen. The watch has two modes of displaying the time: sweeping mode, which highlights three points in turn to indicate the hour and minutes; and flashing mode,
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Sure, you’d like a whole wardrobe of baseball caps to display all your favorite sports teams, fandoms, and quotes, but who has money or room for all those caps? You’d only need one baseball cap with the Kaptur Smart LCD Hat. Kaptur has a 1.8″ 240×240 TFT full-color LCD display where a logo usually is
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I have an old-style downlight in my foyer, and I wanted a smart bulb for it. I saw a lot of retrofit kits for recessed lights with the light source and trim kit in one. But those weren’t what I wanted, because none I found were wirelessly controllable. I gave up on those kits
Retrofit your existing downlights with smart Philips Hue kits Read More
My house is probably like most houses out there. There are some rooms that are hotter than I’d like and some that are colder than I’d like, no matter the season. Because of the location of the thermostat and the long shape of the condo, our bedrooms tend to be chilly in the winter and
The new Nest Temperature Sensor helps rid your home of hot and cold spots Read More
Back in the day, I saw some pretty good concerts. I saw concerts by Yes, Queen, and Rush, among others. I loved the concerts, but I suffered from ringing ears and muffled hearing for days afterwards. I wish I had earplugs like these Loop high-fidelity earplugs to protect my ears back then. The Loop earplugs
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Winter in the southern United States is an unpredictable season. For example, temperatures were in the upper 70s a couple weeks ago, and this week we had snow and ice and temperatures in the low 30s. You never know what to expect weather-wise, which can make it difficult for those outdoorsy-types who camp year round.
Stay toasty warm on your next camping trip with the Alice heated sleeping blanket Read More