Whether you want to have a nice spread for your tailgate party before the big game or travel in an RV, you’ll appreciate these Max Burton appliances. They plug into a car’s 12V power outlet and prepare a meal as you travel. The Digital Stove to Go (top, left) has a 1.5-qt capacity and reaches […]
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If you like chess, but you need a new challenge or perhaps you’re just tired of the other player forever pondering his moves, this chess set will add a definite time constraint to the game. The Ice Speed Chess Set from ThinkGeek comes with two silicone molds that will make two complete sets of chess
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We told you about the Paper by FiftyThree app right after it came out. It’s a beautiful journaling app that lets you create your own digital Moleskine-like notebooks full of your photos, drawings, and writings. Now FiftyThree and Moleskine have joined forces to create Book to turn your virtual notebook into a real-life notebook. After you’ve created
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Smart phones seem to be the camera most frequently used these days. Many of them have weak flashes that don’t do as good a job illuminating your subject as you’d like. The Pocket Reflector, available from Photojojo, is a portable light reflector that directs extra light onto your subject for a better photo. It folds
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Ematic is a leader in “value tablets”, and they have just released the EGP008, an HD Pro Series 8” tablet with Android 4.1 (“Jelly Bean”) and Google Play. The tablet has a 1.6GHz dual core processor and dedicated quad core GPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of memory (expandable with up to 32GB more with the microSD slot,
Ematic launches the EGP008 Android tablet for $130 Read More
The holiday gift-giving season is coming quickly, and Roddenberry Entertainment has a perfect gift suggestion for the Captain in your life (especially if it’s you). Captain Kirk’s own chair was built by surrounding a Danish chair with a plywood enclosure and equipping it with incandescent lights for the buttons. These Star Trek TOS Captain’s Chair
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I know that people have different ideas about how much water we should get in a day, but we can all agree that we all need to drink water. If you’re like me and forget to drink enough water during the day because you get distracted by what you’re doing, you could probably need a
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This post brought to you by Bang & Olufsen. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you ever think about what you’d do if you suddenly came into a lot of money? I do. I’d buy my mid-century modern dream house, order a bunch of Knoll furniture, and call Bang & Olufsen to equip my house for
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There are a lot of docks out there that allow you to use your iPhone as an alarm clock, but Snooze from DistilUnion says their working snooze bar separates them from the pack. The body of the dock is made of maple wood; the snooze bar is made of a rubbery material with an internal
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I have a fascination with nixie tubes, or vacuum tubes that ThinkGeek calls the LEDs of the past. These tubes aren’t being manufactured any longer, but there are still some available that are being used to make Steampunk things like clocks and thermometers. You’ll need to know how to read schematics and how to solder
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PureGear has a line of accessories to protect your brand new Moto X phone. Seen at the top, the GripTek flexible cases add an extra shock-absorbing layer at the corners for extra impact protection. The grooved design improves your grip as well as adding interest. The GripTek is available in blue, black, green, or lavender
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Halloween is coming, and you want to go dressed as one of the crew from the original Star Trek TV show. Don’t despair! You don’t have to make do with cheap costumes; you can have a uniform shirt as authentic as Roddenberry Entertainment can make it. “Using decades worth of accumulated research and access to
Boldly go – and know you have the most accurate uniform out there! Read More
Several years ago, we told you about the Zoku Quick Pop Maker, a kitchen gadget for making your own popsicles. That Zoku made three popsicles at a time and a maximum of 9 popsicles per session before needing to go back into the freezer. If you live alone or if perhaps you have a hungry
Zoku now offers slushies and individual pop makers Read More
Anyone knows a rock concert’s not worth listening to if there isn’t a wall of Marshall amps on the stage. You can’t have a wall of amps in your home, but you can have a Marshall. The new Stanmore speaker has the classic look of a Marshall amp, right down to the included coiled cable.
It’s only rock & roll, but I like it more when it’s coming through a Marshall Read More
We’ve featured a lot of pet gadgets on The Gadgeteer. There seem to be more and more of them on the market, which indicates how devoted pet owners are to their pets. I know my little Teddy seems like a child to me, and I hate having to leave him home alone for long stretches
Your pet doesn’t have to be lonely when he’s home alone Read More
There are a lot of choices in watches today. You can choose a simple watch or you can choose a tiny computer that you wear on your wrist. The problem with the tiny computers is that they are expensive and something you probably don’t want to wear while engaging in sports because of the potential
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The Minx Xi from Cambridge Audio lets you access and enjoy music regardless of your source. This Bluetooth audio streaming device plays music stored on a smart phone, tablet, or other Bluetooth-enabled device. In addition to “Standard Bluetooth CODEC (SBC), Minx Xi also supports the much higher quality Bluetooth system, aptX, which sounds even better
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BioLite, the same company that brought us the CampStove, is now offering an accessory that serves two functions. The KettlePot is made of thin stainless steel, so it’s more durable than aluminum pots and easier to clean without worrying about scrubbing off the coating. It comes with a BPA-free plastic kettle top with a silicone
A compact, multi-purpose cooking pot and kettle from the makers of the BioLite CampStove Read More
What you see in the picture isn’t a couple of camera lenses. It’s a couple of cameras! The Sony CyberShot DSC-QX10 Smartphone Attachable Lens-Style Camera is a fully-functional, fully-featured camera minus an LED viewscreen. Sony says this is the “first-ever zoom lens and sensor combo that clips right to your smartphone”. You can connect the camera
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In my search for retro, mid-century items, I stumbled upon an interesting item for the kitchen that really does qualify as a gadget. The Dishmaster was developed “in 1948 in the post-war years when the American kitchen was being re-invented”, and it replaced a typical faucet with a gadget that could make washing dishes easier. The Dishmaster
Become the master of your domain… err, dishes! Read More