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Use the magic of fire to charge your gadgets

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Can you imagine what the first humans thought when they were able to create fire for the first time? You can experience a tiny bit of that magic by harnessing the energy from fire to charge your gadgets. The FlameStower converts heat from a campfire into electricity that you can use to charge your USB

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Snag a copy of “Coding For Dummies” (Free eBook expires 10/17/17 )

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Coding For Dummies is an ebook which normally costs $16.00 but it is being offered FREE of charge until 10/17/17. This ebook offers hands-on exercises will help you learn to code like a pro without needing prior coding experience. Coding for Dummies is a guide that uses plain English to help the reader build up their knowledge in writing

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Nuraphone: A headphone customized for your individual hearing

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In reviewing headphones over the years, I’ve learned one important lesson: No single headphone will sound good to all people. But what if you could customize a headphone to how you hear music? Now you can with the nuraphone—a headphone that will automatically tune to your unique hearing bringing your music into focus. At nuraphone’s

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Naztech will add a solid state “hard drive” to your iPhone or iPad

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iPhones and iPads consume content like a hungry teenager and that means it might not take long for your device’s storage to become full. And on the opposite side, how do you get content INTO your iOS device without using iTunes (I’d rather stick a fork in my eye)? Naztech has a gadget for that

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Use the power of the sun to charge your gadgets with this ultra thin solar charger

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Paying your electric bill every month is a real drag when you can get as much power as you want from the sun – for free. Ok, it’s not totally free because you need a solar panel to collect the power and they aren’t free. But if you are interested in going green, consider starting

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Burn more calories wurfing in front of your standing desk

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Standing desks have obvious benefits. They promote standing to do your daily office work instead of sitting in front of your computer all day. I’ve tried a couple standing desks and like them just fine for a few days, but then I either get bored standing or my feet and knees begin hurting. The Wurf

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Focal Clears things up with a new high-end headphone

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A year ago, I said the “The Focal Elear headphone may be the best headphone available for the money today.” However, it was (and still is) 1000 bucks—no small amount for headphones regardless of budget. But that—as they say—was then. Today, Focal has swapped the E in Elear for a C and has released the

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Slingshots, cool pens, iPad Pro cases, wallets, and more – Weekly roundup

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Here we go again Gadgeteers! We’ve survived another 7 days or 168 hrs, or 10,080 minutes. That calls for a celebration and I have just the thing to help with that – a full list of everything we posted this week from news, articles, and reviews. Click through to see the list. 

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Bowers & Wilkins PX headphones cut the cord—and the noise

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Bowers & Wilkins are known by their extremely accurate speakers and comfortable and warm sounding headphones. Recently, they’ve ventured into the wireless world with the excellent P5 Wireless headphone. Now, B&W has upped the ante with their first noise canceling headphone, the PX with aptX HD Bluetooth.

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Sketchcase literally turns your MacBook into a whiteboard

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Do you remember the Wipebook reusable journal that featured whiteboard style pages that could be wiped clean and used over and over again? If you thought that sounded useful, consider the Sketchcase Whiteboard Skin that turns your MacBook into a real whiteboard that you can write on with markers – even permanent markers. 

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McIntosh Audio goes small with the MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier

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Anyone who knows audio is aware of McIntosh—no, not Apple’s Macintosh! McIntosh is one of the most respected brands of audiophile gear with a history of great sound, long life and understated design with their signature blue lighting. Many years ago, I bought a Marantz receiver solely because it looked like a McIntosh (couldn’t afford

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Sonos One is their first smart speaker with Alexa (Hands-on)

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“Play mom’s playlist.” We suspected it was coming, and today Sonos confirmed that they are bringing Alexa into their eco-system. A software update is now available that allows Sonos owners to use Alexa to control their Sonos. The update is a beta that will be available for users in select countries, including the U.S. 

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