News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
Lets face it, with the cost of medical care and health insurance rising, it is more important than ever to look after your health. I have seen a lot of wearable activity monitors around, I even wear a Nike FuelBand everyday, but the information that you can get back is more about activity and not […]
Do you have fond memories of playing in the sand? I walked into a gadget store yesterday and saw a display for Kinetic Sand, which is made by WABA Fun. It reminded me of playing in a sandbox with Play-Doh. Kinetic Sand only sticks to itself so you can mold it and play with it
Kinetic Sand allows you to build sandcastles without the mess Read More
If looking at your little brother’s LEGO creations never inspired your imagination, this new book from No Starch Press sure will. Beautiful LEGO by Mike Doyle is a 280 page coffee table book that features LEGO sculptures from dozens of artists. From abstract to life-like, the models featured in the pages of this book are
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First, there was the Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones later followed by the P3. Both are on-ear designs that are uber comfortable and sound as good as they look. Now, B&W want to surround you in their signature sound with the new P7 over-ear headphones – a first for them. The P7 has the same
Bowers & Wilkins surround your ears with the new P7 headphones Read More
What you see in the picture isn’t a couple of camera lenses. It’s a couple of cameras! The Sony CyberShot DSC-QX10 Smartphone Attachable Lens-Style Camera is a fully-functional, fully-featured camera minus an LED viewscreen. Sony says this is the “first-ever zoom lens and sensor combo that clips right to your smartphone”. You can connect the camera
Turn your smartphone into a 10X zoom Sony camera Read More
In my search for retro, mid-century items, I stumbled upon an interesting item for the kitchen that really does qualify as a gadget. The Dishmaster was developed “in 1948 in the post-war years when the American kitchen was being re-invented”, and it replaced a typical faucet with a gadget that could make washing dishes easier. The Dishmaster
Become the master of your domain… err, dishes! Read More
Now you can take your gadgets into the bathroom with the ShowerTunes Shower Curtain / Liner. The curtain features a built in waterproof speaker system and a special play-through/see-through pouch to place your smartphone or tablet. Watch and listen to music while you shower, or take a call while you soak in the tub. The
ShowerTunes Shower Curtain – Now you can take a shower with the boys from New Direction Read More
I don’t usually like to write about active Kickstarter projects, but the auris skye project caught my eye. I’ve bought Bluetooth receivers for some old docking speakers, and they worked great for turning them into wireless Bluetooth speakers. No matter how well they work, it’s still Bluetooth, though, with its inherent problems of sound compression
Turn your old speakers with 30-pin dock into wireless AirPlay or DLNA speakers Read More
The PowerPak Xtreme NT120R from NewTrent has a 12000mAh lithium-ion battery, so it has plenty of reserve power to keep your portable charged. (It can recharge phones up to six times.) It has two USB ports, one 5V/1A and one 5V/2A, so you charge phones, most tablets, and most other USB-chargeable devices, like GPS units,
A backup battery that stands up to the elements Read More
I’m on a mid-century modern furnishings kick right now. We got new living room furniture this summer, and I went with reproductions of a design from the 1950s. I’m trying to make the rest of the room fit in, and my giant HDTV looks really out of place in there now. If only this TV
Go back to the future with this retro TV Read More
If you’ve started trying to automate your house and find you’ve now got a variety of systems doing various tasks, you should check out the Revolv Smart Home Solution. Simply power up the Revolv hub in your home, and it uses the proprietary FlashLink system to join your local network (you’ll need to enter the
Control your entire house with the Revolv system Read More
Many of the device stands that are on the market are larger and bulkier than they need to be to get the job done. The SINE Cable Stand from Urban Prefer is a compact triangle shaped wedge that not onlyprops up your iPhone at a convenient angle to view the display, but it also can
Make a stand with the Urban Prefer SINE Cable Stand Read More
If you feel that typical wrist straps are too wimpy or just not cool enough for you to use, check out the CamCuff from ByWanderlust. This wrist strap isn’t for those little point-and-shoot cameras; CamCuff holds a DSLR safely. It’s made of premium top-grain cow leather, and the roll buckle adjusts to any of four positions
Judas Priest’s camera wrist strap Read More
Years ago, I worked for a company that developed color matching, formulation, correction, and quality control software for the textile industry. Before you could create a formula or correction with our software, you had to first know what color you were trying to match (and what color you had created, for doing corrections). Spectrophotometers costing
Nix Color Sensor helps you match your paint to your new shirt Read More
It’s Monday and I can’t think of anything witty to say other than: “How about some free stuff!?” You like stuff, I like to give stuff away. Do I need to say anymore? Full contest details after the break.
Can’t think of a name for this contest Giveaway! Read More
The Safe+ Hit Personal Alarm from Unikia puts peace of mind right on your keychain. It features a plastic tube that has a built in audible alarm that can be activated with a press of a button. If a weapon is required, a quick yank of the attached key will turn the tube into a
Safe+ Hit = self defense on your keychain Read More
Here’s a new one for me. This low-heat LED lightbulb from the MoMA Store becomes an emergency flashlight when you need one. It screws into a standard socket, and it produces as much light as a 40W bulb using only 6W of electricity. The LEDs will produces up to 60,000 hours of light. When you
Charge an emergency flashlight in your bed-side lamp’s socket Read More
Here’s a unique notebook for those of you who can’t make up your mind if you prefer your notebook pages to have lines or dots. Hong Kong based Daycraft’s new line of Signature Duo notebooks give you the best of both worlds with a double sided notebook that has lined pages on one side and dotted
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Yes there are plenty of multi-tools on Kickstarter, with plenty of them made out of titanium, but the ViperFish just kind of caught my fancy. The ViperFish has 12 functions: Bottle opener Twist-top bottle opener Screwdriver Paint tin opener/pry bar 1/4 inch hex bit function Metric multi-wrench Imperial multi-wrench Key ring Pocket clip Belt-loop holder Piece
When is a fish not a fish? When it’s the Titanium ViperFish pocket tool Read More
With all the portable Bluetooth speakers reproducing like rabbits, market leader Jawbone can’t afford to sit by and just watch. And they haven’t. Jawbone has introduced the newest member of the JAMBOX clan, the JAMBOX MINI. This speaker is about half the width of the original JAMBOX. and the sound quality is a bit shy of its
JAMBOX goes MINI while the sound stays maxi Read More