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Happy Hour Timepieces celebrate happy hour, with each of their watches highlighting the 5 hour marker. The Ish, for example has a slightly frosted mineral crystal that’s only clear “where it matters most”. Instead of traditional hands, it marks the hours and minutes with their Splash graphic. The screw-back case is made of brushed or […]
Happy Hour Timepieces remind you it’s happy hour somewhere Read More
If you need to take good pictures for items you sell on eBay or say, review for a website, you need a well-lighted, clutter-free spot for taking pictures. There are folding studios for just this sort of work, but many of them need a large flat space to set them up, and most of them
Foldio is a tiny, portable photography studio Read More
Using your iPhone’s built in GPS to navigate from point A to point B is easy to do as long as you have a cellular signal. But get off the beaten trail and you’ll quickly find yourself lost. If you want to add a high performance GPS to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad that
Bad Elf GPS will help you find Santa Read More
How many credit cards, debit cards, membership cards and gift cards are crammed into your wallet? If your answer is more than 2, the Coin card could reduce your total number of cards down to just one. Coin looks like a regular credit card and can be swiped used and swiped just like a regular card.
Coin – Is this the one credit card to rule them all? Read More
As a current MINI Cooper owner, I was excited to receive an email this morning with details about the new 2014 MINI Cooper Hardtop. This new model has more power under the bonnet and so much new tech that it’s insane. The new Twin Power turbo engine allows you to go from 0 to 60mph
New 2014 MINI Cooper Hardtop can be controlled from outer space Read More
If you have a Verizon LTE enabled tablet but find that you use WiFi more than the LTE option, you can save yourself some money and use Verizon’s new pre-paid $5/day plan. Five dollars provides 24 hours of LTE data access with 300 megabytes of data. If you run out of data before the 24hrs
Verizon now offering pre-paid $5/day data plan for tablet users Read More
I have a handyman working in my new (to me) condo this week, and I’ve noticed his Android phone gets some use. If he needed, he could get a recharge by plugging his phone into a outlet in my house, but what if he were working on a construction site that may not have a
Charge your phone with your power tools Read More
Although it looks very much like a cassette tape recorder I had years (and years) ago, the iRecorder is actually a speaker for iPhone 4/4S and 5/5S. (It should work with any audio source with a 3.5mm jack, but the cassette compartment fits the iPhones.) You plug the speaker’s 3.5mm audio cable into the iPhone,
This retro “tape recorder” is actually a speaker Read More
We live in a world of uncertainty – hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tornados, blizzards. I would venture to say that most of us have some sort of emergency kit set up for such occasions. One common item that we all probably carry is a flashlight. Unfortunately, most flashlights are limited by the design of the light
The GoBe is a flashlight with multiple personalities Read More
The COBURNS minimalist iPad stand is a current Kickstarter campaign. These iPad stands look like some plastic phone stands I’ve seen, but the wood brings them up a notch. The two pieces have magnets inside that hold the pieces together until you’re ready to use them, and there’s a felt loop that can attach them
Minimalist iPad stands Read More
Tokyoflash Japan‘s watches usually have colorful faces, but their newest watch uses ePaper from eInk for the face. The Kisai Rorschach brings to mind those Rorschach tests psychologists use. The hour is displayed in the upper right, with its mirror image in the upper left. The minutes are in the lower left and mirrored on
Tokyoflash Japan adds an ePaper watch to their lineup Read More
You’ve probably seen our news items about the gorgeous Paper app from FiftyThree and about having custom Moleskine notebooks created from your Paper notebooks. Now we need to tell you that the folks at FiftyThree have introduced a stylus designed to work with their app. The Pencil is available in Walnut (shown) or Graphite brushed
Here’s a Pencil to go with your Paper app Read More
As far as holiday decorations go, I have always been firmly in the anti giant tacky blow-up lawn ornaments camp. Then I saw this guy and my bah humbug, Grinch-like heart grew three sizes. This isn’t just 5-foot long pre-lit stegosaurus covered in tinsel. No, it’s an animated stegosaurus, and he’s wearing a santa hat, scarf,
A very roar-y Christmas Read More
The Smart Travel Router from Satechi works with the electrical prong layout used in about 150 countries, and it allows you to charge one device in an AC outlet and one in a 2.1A USB outlet. Be aware that only the prongs are converted; you’ll need to make sure your device can handle the local
Satechi Smart Travel Router Read More
If you’ve been shopping for a portable Bluetooth speaker but just can’t pick one because they all seem to look alike (AKA boring), check out the Boomerang Bluetooth Speaker from FAVI. There are two models of this unique U shaped speaker that can double as a stand for your smartphone or tablet. The regular Boomerang is
We’ve told you about HoodieBuddie jackets in the past (see related links at the end of this article). They are zip-up hoodies in adult and kids sizes with headphones built in to the drawstrings, and best of all, they are washable without removing the headphones first. Their newest hoodie, the hb Standard Issue with hb
You can now make calls with your HoodieBuddie jacket Read More
The Nimbus Smart Dashboard from Quirky looks a little like a gauge display in an old car, but it syncs with your mobile device to display information to keep your day on track. You can customize each gauge to display up-to-date information about traffic, your Fitbit stats, calendar, social media, Eggs in your Egg Minder, your
Have a smart, personal dashboard on your desk or night table Read More
I’ve seen chalkboard paint, but I’ve never seen dry-erase whiteboard paint before. With IdeaPaint, you can add a dry erase board to walls, tabletops, or other suitable surfaces using just a paint roller. (Professional installation is available, too, for the non-DIYers.) It’s available in the standard white, but it’s also available in black or in
Now you can have a dry-erase whiteboard anywhere if you have a paint roller Read More
It is inevitable that electric cars will someday rule the roads. I have no doubt that the internal combustion engine that we all know so well, will go the way of the dinosaur within our lifetime… or at least within the Gadgeteer Kids’. I have been waiting years for electric vehicles to gain traction and
Now this is cool…Zelectric Motors Read More
Los Angeles, California based KILLSPENCER has just added a new selection of camera straps to their already impressive line of handmade bags, cases and pouches. Their new Bridle Leather + Paracord Camera Straps feature a tangle-free strap made of practically indestructible paracord, with riveted hand threaded leather ends. The strap connects to your camera with
KILLSPENCER Bridle Leather + Paracord Camera Strap offers indestructible good looks Read More