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Ride back to the future with the Schwinn Grey Ghost bicycle

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You can relive your childhood, or give your favorite child a cool retro bike, with this offering from Dick’s Sporting Goods.  This limited edition Schwinn Grey Ghost replicates the 1968 Schwinn Classic bike, with its Sting Ray frame, high-rise ape handlebars, a sissy bar, and a banana seat.  The bike completes the retro look with […]

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New audio with timeless design now available from SŌLIS

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SŌLIS is not a name you hear every day in the audio world. But they plan on changing that with a new line of speakers that are stylish, wireless and incorporate much of today’s latest tech. SŌLIS has built the latest wireless streaming—Bluetooth and Google Chromecast—into each high-resolution speaker. SŌLIS  Combines simple forms, sleek lines

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My Audio Pet Duets speakers can pair up for twice the audio punch!

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These cute little My Audio Pet speakers look like animals, as you’d guess from the name.  They are just a little bigger than a golf ball, and they have a 3W audio driver that packs a punch for such a small package.  They connect via Bluetooth to your audio device to serve as an external

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Pad & Quill introduces the first all-leather bumper case for iPhone X

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Three years ago, Brian at Pad & Quill found his father’s old leather coin purse.  He was intrigued by the walled leather construction of the purse, and he set about incorporating that design into an iPhone case.  It took three years to develop their propriety tension method of containing the phone in the all-leather case,

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$4500 buys you the most unique speaker I’ve ever seen

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For $4500, you would hope that this speaker would be the most unique ever right? Well, the Lyric Speaker from COTODAMA is definitely unique. It features a unique (Ok, I’ll stop using that word now) see-thru panel that displays animated song lyrics in real time with the music. The Lyric Speaker uses WiFi and a free app on

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ZoomGo wireless in-car cinema entertainment system keeps everyone happy

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The ZoomGo wireless cinema entertainment system allows you to stream, via its local WiFi network, to up to four smart devices simultaneously, so that the car’s occupants can watch movies, read books, listen to music, or even play games on their devices.  No cellular connection is needed for the ZoomGo.  It’s powered by the car’s

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Jigger Bottle Stoppers are the perfect gift for the home-bartending chemist

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As a chemist, I have a weakness for laboratory glassware or items that even mimic labware.  This set of Jigger Bottle Stoppers caught my eye, because they combine barware shapes – whiskey glass, snifter, hurricane, and martini glass, respectively – with a labware feel.  Measurement markings both add to the lab feel, and they serve

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This toilet cleans itself so you can throw away your toilet brush

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I don’t normally think of bathroom fixtures as gadgets, but this American Standard VorMax Plus toilet does seem a bit gadget-worthy.  This 2-piece, elongated-bowl, single-flush toilet uses 1.28 gallons per flush.  The “uniquely powerful VorMax flush hydraulics” alone cleans 2X better than conventional toilet flushes, but American Standard then added in a Lysol FreshInfuser cartridge

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You’ll always have a fully-charged backup battery with the Grab & Go station

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Having a backup battery for your phone is always smart, but unfortunately, you also have to remember to charge your backup battery.  It’s a bad day when you find your phone is dead, you aren’t near an outlet, and your backup is dead, too.  With the Grab & Go Powerbank Station, you’ll have three batteries

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WaterField’s Duo Dopp Kit is exactly what the traveler needs for toiletries

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A long time ago, I told you about a wet-shaving travel kit I had assembled for my husband.  Since then, I replaced the original leather razor case with the beautiful, sturdy, and safe WaterField Razor Case, which still looks great and performs wonderfully.  What doesn’t look so great now is the faux leather bag I

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Blackboard is the newest Boogie Board LCP digital writing tablet

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Fans of the original Boogie Board ewriter tablets will be excited to learn about the new Blackboard LCP (Liquid Crystal Paper) tablet from Boogie Board that gives pen on paper feel without pen or ink. The Blackboard ewriter is larger previous Boogie Boards and features a semi-transparent writing surface that allows you to use templates with grids

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Jelly smartphone, ZTE Axon M smartphone, Cat S41 smartphone, and more – Weekly roundup

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We posted reviews of three different Android smartphones this week, from the tiny Jelly Pro to the double screened Axon M, and the ruggedized Cat S41. I don’t think we’ve ever posted that many phone reviews in one week. I also changed site themes this week and am still working out a few kinks so let

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Ditch plastic wrap and use this glass spatter guard in your microwave

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If you’re anything like me, your microwave is used daily to reheat leftovers. And the interior of your microwave might look like you nuked a small animal if you don’t regularly cover your plates while you’re reheating your food. Or maybe your microwave is clean, but you use plastic storage containers with plastic lids when you

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