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With the colorful Logitech Play Collection, you’ll never suffer with a boring mouse again

Why have a boring black or white computer mouse when you can have a colorful Logitech Play Collection Mouse? The mice are covered with bright animal designs or with geometric designs. They fit comfortably in your hand, and they track precisely and accurately, thanks to Logitech’s 1000 dpi Advanced Optical Tracking. They are compatible with […]

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Beautiful LEGO: Wild! – New from No Starch Press

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 22, 2015 / News / Toys / Leave a Comment

If building LEGO robots, race cars and spaceships don’t excite you anymore, you need to take a look at Beautiful LEGO: Wild! by Mike Doyle. This is a 232-page book that features nature related LEGO sculptures from artists around the globe. Full-color pages show animals, flowers, insects, landscapes and more made entirely of LEGO bricks.

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Keep your phone going with the CulCharge keychain powerbank

By Dennis Moore / June 22, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Crowdfunded, Keychain / Leave a Comment

One of the biggest issues a gadget enthusiast faces on a daily basis is battery life. As our devices capabilities increase, so too does their power consumption. One of the more common solutions to this problem is to purchase a power bank. I myself own a few power banks; however, I never remember to bring

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Affordable neon art for your home

By Janet Cloninger / June 22, 2015 / News / Art, Home and Kitchen, Home lighting / 1 Comment

Before I got married, I found some pieces of neon light tubes and a power supply at a local “junk” shop, and I assembled them into a really beautiful, abstract art piece for my living room. When I got married, I realized this huge light sculpture above my fireplace didn’t exactly mesh with our new furniture,

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Baggizmo aims to be the only everyday-carry bag a man needs

By Janet Cloninger / June 22, 2015 / News / Bags / 6 Comments

The folks who created the Baggizmo (and its Kickstarter project) want you to think about how you look when dressed nicely for a meeting with your client, and then replace that polished image with how you look for that meeting after you loaded up your pants and jacket pockets with all your daily-carry gear. Ladislav

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Case Logic backpack, TapHanger, FLIR FX camera and more – Weekly roundup

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 21, 2015 / News / weekly roundup / Leave a Comment

Happy Sunday morning or as I like to call it: Ughday. Why Ughday? Because there’s only a few more hours of the weekend left before it’s back to work. So make the most of it by doing something really fun like catching up on your favorite site – The Gadgeteer! Check out this list of

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Build your child the LEGO Creation Station of their dreams

By Janet Cloninger / June 21, 2015 / News / Toys / 2 Comments

This isn’t a product you can purchase; it’s a wonderful, Portable LEGO Creation Station that an Instructables author named Tez_Gelmir designed and built for his very lucky LEGO-obsessed son. The station is seen closed on the left. I had to crop the original pictures to get them to fit on this page, but the station

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2nd generation Nest Protect available for pre-order

By Dennis Moore / June 20, 2015 / News / Home and Kitchen, Safety, Security / 1 Comment

As I’ve stated before, I love smart home products. I’m not entirely sure if it’s laziness or the cool factor, but I love having the ability to control things from my smartphone. Nest recently announced a redesign of its Nest Protect fire alarm. I have the original Nest Protect at home and was excited to

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The Red Stripe app helps red/green colorblind people distinguish between the two colors

By Janet Cloninger / June 20, 2015 / News / Apps, Health and fitness, iOS / Leave a Comment

Well, it doesn’t actually distinguish red from green, but it does indicate the amount of redness in red, orange, and purple objects by a series of stripes superimposed over the object. The Red Stripe app uses the device’s camera to view the objects in question and overlays stripes on those objects with a red component.

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The only gardening tool you’ll need… is your smartphone

By Leslie Hosmer / June 19, 2015 / News / gardening, Home and Kitchen / 1 Comment

Growing veggies on your counter is neat. I love the idea and will probably try it very soon, but growing full-sized plants indoors, hydroponically, organically, and controlled by your smartphone? I’m in! Niwa has pioneered the first interactive system that controls the growing conditions 24/7 and lets you interact via a smartphone app to grow whatever you

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Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite Resolution

By Margaret Dornbusch / June 19, 2015 / News / eBook reader, eBook Readers / 2 Comments

Amazon this week announced an update to its popular Kindle Paperwhite. The updated ebook reader now boasts a resolution of 300 pixels per inch, the same resolution as Amazon’s more expensive Kindle Voyage. The new Kindle also comes with Amazon’s new font, Bookerly, which claims to give readers a better reading experience — faster reading

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Here’s the perfect sippy cup for taking your toddler to visit the grandparents

By Janet Cloninger / June 19, 2015 / News / Beverage, Kid Gadgets / Leave a Comment

Of course, only a fool would put a caffeinated drink in a toddler’s cup, but it would be fun to give the grandparent’s a start when they see the grandkid coming to visit with their own cup of high-octane energy, wouldn’t it? This 8oz cup is made of BPA-free plastic and has a hard, snap-on sippy

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DxO ONE turns your iOS device into a DSLR

By Janet Cloninger / June 19, 2015 / News / Camera, Camera gear, dslr, iOS, iPad accessory, iPhone accessory / 25 Comments

The camera on my iPhone 6 Plus is okay, but it’s no where as good as my Nikon D5100 DSLR. The camera on my iPad is no where near as good as the camera on my iPhone. Sometimes you have to use the camera you have with you, and often that’s not the Nikon because it’s

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Nest Cam (the new Dropcam) is now available

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 18, 2015 / News / Home and Kitchen, security camera / 4 Comments

I’m a big fan of the Dropcam and have reviewed and used every model since it first came on the market five years ago. In that same time period, I’ve reviewed many other home security cameras like the FLIR FX which is the latest camera I’ve had the opportunity to try. I tend to compare

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You won’t be beat with the Microsoft Elite Wireless Controller

By Larry Geisz / June 18, 2015 / News / Game controllers, Gaming Gear / Leave a Comment

If you don’t know it, the E3 conference is happening this week. Along with the announcement of new games and system updates, I am always interested in the new gear coming out. This year Microsoft has announced the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. While on the surface, a new Xbox controller does not seem groundbreaking (especially at

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xylum charging dock for Apple Watch

By Janet Cloninger / June 18, 2015 / News / Apple Watch, Batteries and Chargers, charging stand, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

The xylum charging dock for Apple Watch is machined from a solid piece of aircraft-grade aluminum for extra strength. The brushed surface and chamfered edges of the xylum complement the design of the Watch. The circular stand fits the charging cable inside, and two rubber inserts hold the cable and magnetic charger in place while

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Beautiful lighting for your deck that doesn’t require expensive wiring

By Janet Cloninger / June 18, 2015 / News / Home and Kitchen, LED lighting, Outdoor Gear / Leave a Comment

Outdoor lighting makes using your deck much more enjoyable, but it can be expensive when you have to have an electrician come out and wire them. These Solar LED Stained-Glass Postcap for 4X4 Posts lights don’t need wiring because they have solar panels built in to charge the included 1 AA NiMh rechargeable battery that powers

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That cuddly stuffed animal is really your dead dog Fido. Wait, what?

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 17, 2015 / News / Crowdfunded, Pet Gadgets / 6 Comments

Here’s a product that is supposed to be comforting, but it seems creepy and icky to me. Heavenly Pals is a new Indiegogo project for stuffed animals of the 10 most popular dog breeds (according to the AKC) that include: Boxer, English Bulldog, German Shepherd, Poodle and more. What’s the big deal you ask? Well,

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Now you can BYOT (build your own tripod) with MeFOTO

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 17, 2015 / News / Camera gear, Photography / 3 Comments

If you’ve ever wanted a rainbow colored tripod, your dreams have come true because MeFOTO has just announced the launch of their customized color-based tripod: the BYOT. BYOT stands for build your own tripod service for MeFOTO’s RoadTrip model travel tripod for on-the-go photographers. Now, photographers can choose from 12 colors for each component to

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This EDC wallet is Hell-Bent for Combat

By Janet Cloninger / June 17, 2015 / News / EDC, Wallets / Leave a Comment

The Combat Wallets from Hell-Bent Holsters is a simple, compact wallet that fits in more pockets than standard wallets will. They have a patent-pending design with a clipped corner on the card pocket and “pressed the retention straight into the kydex to create a unique fanning motion that enables you to find the right card

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