News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
This week we have four crowdfunding projects that range from toys to wallets and productivity tools. Click through for all the campaign details.
Fidget Cube, Laser rulers, leather notebooks and more – Notable crowdfunding projects Read More
This new FIRE HD tablet from Amazon features an 8-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, Dolby Audio speakers, rear and front-facing cameras and 12-hour battery life. When Fire OS 5.4 is released, this new tablet will have Alexa enabled. Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music,
Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablet will soon have Alexa baked in Read More
If youβve been searching for a hands-free navigation tool, look no further than the M-9 Wrist Compass from Suunto. Suunto who are well known for their sports watches, dive computers, compasses, and other precision instruments, also make the M-9 Wrist Compass which features a glow in the dark dial, an accurate sapphire jeweled bearing and
Put a Suunto M-9 compass on your wrist and never get lost again Read More
The new No Starch Press: Geeky LEGO Crafts 21 Fun and Quirky Projects by David Scarfe will turn you into the Martha Stewart of LEGO. This 128-page book full-color hardback book features step by step instructions for 21 kooky and useful items that you can build with LEGO bricks. Some of the crafts include mounted
Geeky LEGO Crafts – New from No Starch Press Read More
Itβs been a busy week for tech news. If you have been distracted by the flood of iPhone 7 announcements and Samsung Galaxy Note7 recall news, and didnβt get a chance to read all our posts here on The Gadgeteer, this post will let you quickly scan a list of titles to see if thereβs
ECOVACs robot vacuum, laser rangefinder, Focal headphones and more – Weekly roundup Read More
DIYers, makers, and anyone else who likes to repair or create things will be interested in learning about FORMCard. What is it? Itβs moldable bio-plastic cards that come in different colors. To use it, you put the card in hot water, which softens it up enough to become pliable. Shape it as you wish and
FORMCard is exactly like Sugru only different Read More
When you think of Garmin, pet activity trackers are probably not the first product that comes to mind. The Delta Smart is an on-collar training, obedience and activity tracker device that has been designed especially for dogs of all sizes and coat lengths. The device works with the iOS and Android Garmin Canine app to
Garmin’s Delta Smart is an activity tracker and training device for your dog Read More
Drone racing is the new RC toy past time for geeks and RC enthusiasts. The Rogue βBetaβ FPV (first person view) drone from xCraft is not only wild looking, but this drone is wild in the air too. The Rogue flies like regular racing drones, but when youβre ready to really fly, you just flip
I bet this drone flies faster than your drone Read More
In 1966 The Beatles released Yellow Submarine, the title song of the animated film by the same name. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatlesβ Yellow Submarine, Moleskine is debuting The Beatles Limited Edition notebook collection. This new collection of notebooks from Moleskine includes five styles and two sizes including a
Moleskine’s new notebooks celebrate 50yrs of The Beatles Yellow Submarine Read More
If itβs true that good things come in small packages, then today, better things come in small packages. Bowers and Wilkins has released the new and improved P3 Series 2 headphone. I reviewed the original P3 and said that, βThe P3 headphones are a big step up for people on the move. Their warmth, detail
Bowers & Wilkins new P3 Series 2 headphone is a better thing in a small package Read More
If youβve ever tried to shoot iPhone videos at night then youβve surelyΒ run into problems. The iPhone has a great camera, but it has a teeny tiny apertureΒ which makes night shots problematic. You can overcome this limitation byΒ shooting at a wide angle; iPhone also tries to compensate by adding gain, but mostly you end up
The FirePak is the SureFire way to light your iPhone videos Read More
Last Sunday I posted a review of the Smoovie Pocket Video Stablizer and wasnβt very impressed with it. Now I see that Olloclip is offering a video grip that looks interesting. The Pivot doesnβt have a gimbal like the Smoovie, youβre on your own for stabilization, but a lot of phones already have built-in image
Olloclip Pivot grips your phone for steady video capture Read More
This week we have five notable crowdfunding campaigns that include two Titanium pocket knifes, a watch strap that turns your finger into a Bluetooth headset, spoons that decorate drinks and foods and more. Click through for all the campaign details.
The Mogees sensor will turn a table into a drumkit, a skateboard into a harp, a shovel into a guitar, etc. The sensor is a contact microphone that connects to an iPad or iPhone and creates music from the vibrations within a variety of materials such as woods, metals, plastics, and glass. But it gets
Mogees turn any object into a musical instrument Read More
Book lovers will enjoy these fun bookends and shelves from Animi Causa. The Runaway bookend gives an optical illusion of books that are about to fall on a running couple and the Levitation book stacker provides the illusion of a yogi magically levitating your favorite book stack. These bookends are a little pricey at $25.99
Have fun displaying books with these whimsical bookends Read More
The Logi Circle is a home security camera that I reviewed late last year. I liked how easy it was to use, the time lapse view of detected events that make up a day and the fact that you werenβt required to pay a monthly or yearly subscription fee to use it. Although you still
Logitech begins offering a video subscription service for their Circle camera Read More
Garminβs been on fire the last few months with several new product announcements. In May they announced the VΓvomove fitness tracking watch, then a few weeks ago it was the fΔnix Chronos watches, and just a couple days ago it was the VIRB Ultra 30 action cam. If you thought they were done, youβd be
Garmin’s new Forerunner 35 watch packs a lot of features into fitness watch Read More
Weβve had a busy week here at the Gadgeteer. With the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall, lots of reviews, an opinion piece about phone upgrades from Smythe and other news, it would have been easy to miss something if you didnβt visit the site several times a day. No worries though because I have you
If you have a smartphone, then you also have a smartphone that has fingerprints and smudges on the screen. Itβs unavoidable when the screen is made of glass and are fingers are dirty and greasy from all manner of reasons. Yuck. If youβre like me, you probably turn the phone over and rub the screen
i-Wipe – when wiping your dirty phone screen on your pants is just too hard Read More
Last year, Bowers & Wilkins stepped into the future with their on earΒ P5 Wireless headphone. In my review, I said β¦ βthe fact that Bowers & Wilkins makes the P5 sound as good as it does when wireless is a wonderful bonus.β That bonus has been expanded to include the over ear B&W P7 Wireless.
Bowers & Wilkins P7 headphone is now wireless Read More