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For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m still Christmas shopping past Thanksgiving. I’m usually finished before November, but I’m lagging behind this year and am still constantly on the search for gift ideas. These beautiful 3″ X 4.5″ Leather Luggage Tags from Oberon Design would be a marvelous gift for […]
Oberon Design’s Leather Luggage Tag makes your bag stand out in a crowd Read More
… and this “World’s Most Challenging Puzzle” results. The 36 Cube is available from ThinkGeek, who likens it to a 3D Sudoku puzzle. The game was developed by Dr. Derrick Niederman of MIT and is based on Euler’s 36-officers problem. The goal is to place the colored pieces so that each color appears only once in
Euler’s 36 officers, a Rubik’s cube, and a Sudoku puzzle walk into a bar… Read More
What do you get when you combine an author who is a former LEGO Group product designer and a trusty robot companion named Brickbot? You get The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2 by Megan H. Rothrock. This is a 196 page hard cover book that features 100 example LEGO models from the world’s most creative
The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2 – New from No Starch Press Read More
There are a lot of multi-purpose flashlights on the market today with a lot of different options and sizes. So how do you make your multi-purpose flashlight stand out? The ZEROHOUR modular tactical USB battery backup flashlight, a Kickstarter project from Amy Truong and Aaron Son, does it by being versatile and modular. As the
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Show your Christmas and Android spirit with this fun little ornament from newPCgadgets. Santa will know to leave a new Android gadget under your tree if you decorate it this ornament. Ok not really… But it will definitely add a cute and geeky flair to your tree. The clear acrylic ornaments are 3 1/2″W x 3
Decorate your Christmas tree with an Android ornament Read More
From all of us here at The Gadgeteer to all of you, have a wonderful Thanksgiving day. Even if you’re not located here in the US, don’t like turkey (I’m looking at you Janet) or pumpkin pie (with Cool Whip), please take some time today to count your blessings and give thanks to all the
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This is rather expensive for a USB car charging station, but could it be any cuter? The R2D2 USB Car Charger from ThinkGeek sits beside you in a drink holder; his arms adjust so that he will fit in most holders. Plug him into your car’s power outlet, and he’ll be able to charge two
R2D2 is my co-pilot – and my power source! Read More
If you use your iPhone a lot for taking photos but find yourself wishing for more versatility, you may find what you’re looking for with the Ultimate iPhone Lens Kit from Bazaared. The kit includes an 8X telephoto lens, fisheye lens, wide and macro lens, a 2X telephoto lens, and a 60X magnifying microscope. The lenses have
Here’s the ultimate iPhone camera lens kit Read More
Tokyoflash Japan has recently introduced some new watches with wooden cases and bands. Their newest offering, the Kisai Polygon Wooden Watch, has a dark sandalwood case and a leather band. The face is available in blue or mirror. The watch displays the time and date on the “always on” LCD display; it also has an
Tokyoflash Japan introduces a wooden version of their Polygon watch Read More
The Slate Mobile AirDesk is a new Kickstarter project that just launched yesterday and has already surpassed the funding goal of $6500. It is made in Tempe, Arizona from a solid block of hand sanded bamboo. A grid of holes has been drilled through the block to help with air flow and heat dissipation. There
Slate is a bamboo lapdesk with style and function Read More
We’re about to enter the holiday season, and what can make the holidays even more enjoyable? Music! The generous folks at Audioengine have offered to give one lucky Gadgeteer reader a set of their premium A2+ Powered Desktop Speakers that will make your favorite holiday tunes sound great! We also have a second place prize
Audioengine A2+ Powered Desktop Speakers giveaway! Read More
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