News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
When Matthew Clough, the founder of Stone + Cloth, realized the man who guided his climb of Mount Kilimanjaro earned only $1-$2 per day, he knew Benson didn’t earn enough to send his children to school. Matthew realized how lucky he was to have been born with the privileges he had, and he wanted to do something […]
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Ever wanted to make one of your doodles come to life, just rip it right from the page? That childhood fantasy is shortly going to become a reality. The 3Doodler is up for funding on Kickstarter; it’s a 3D “printing” pen that utilizes the same base ABS plastic used in 3D printers to physically create
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lark has released the larklife tracking bands. The $149 package included a daytime activity band and a nighttime sleep tracking band integrated with a IOS coaching app for logging diet, exercise and alerts. The application tracks the users actions, diet, and sleep patterns. The data is analyzed on the back-end servers and makes suggestions and tips to improve performance.
larklife tracking fitness wristband tracks activity and sleep patterns Read More
Any cook worth his/her sea salt knows that weighing ingredients results in better, more consistent food. It’s a pain, though, to have to drag out your digital kitchen scale, tare the cup, measure the ingredients, then start again for the next ingredient. With the Taylor Digital Scale & Measuring Cup from Williams-Sonoma, you won’t need
Taylor Digital Scale & Measuring Cup simplifies cooking Read More
The Retro Belt-Drive Turntable (PVTT2U) from Pyle reminds me of the old suitcase-style record players of the 1960s. Inside the suitcase is a 3-speed (45, 33-1/3, and 78), belt-driven turntable, a ceramic stereo cartridge, and speakers; you can playback your records with no other equipment. If you want to convert the music on those vinyl records
Play your vinyl records and convert them to MP3 with the Pyle Retro Belt-Drive Turntable Read More
POV cameras are great, but one of the weak spots tends to be the mounting hardware. The Video Head Camera Helmet is perfect for sports like bike riding, skate board and similar, where this sort of helmet is appropriate. The built-in camera has a positional camera lens, and controls are built into the side of the
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If you’re like Dr. Sheldon Cooper, you spend a lot of time working in front of a whiteboard. If you hate finding yourself with a thought but no board upon which to expand your thoughts, you’ll want to check out the Noteboard Foldable Pocket Whiteboard from ThinkGeek. When folded, it has the same footprint as a
Whiteboard – never leave home without it Read More
If you liked the looks of the Levenger Bomber Jacket Electronics Phone/Note Case I reviewed last November (see the related links to read the review) but it didn’t fit into your pre-holiday budget, take another look at it now. This week, Levenger is offering $30 off the price of this great little “go to lunch” wallet.
Get big savings on the Levenger Bomber Jacket Electronics Phone/Note case Read More
American Express recently announced that consumers who use Twitter will be able to pay for items using a special hashtag for certain products and websites. After tweeting them what you want, you get a confirmation hashtag. You then need to tweet back the confirmation hashtag, an email will be sent to you, then you need to confirm
American Express and Twitter let you pay with #AmexSync Read More
At Snupped, you will find a variety pouches designed to protect your laptops, tablets, or smartphones. You can choose from zippered horizontal or vertical laptop sleeves (top image), Socks (open sleeves) designed for tablets (bottom, left), or the Mini for phones (bottom, right; showing exterior and interior fabric selections). Cases for laptops or tablets are
Personalize your device cases with Snupped Read More
1964 Ears is a small company who make custom in-ear monitors. The in-ear monitor business is very competitive, and you might think that this process would be kept as secret as possible. Well, they obviously want to brag about what they do and how they do it, so who are we to keep a secret? If
Ever wonder how custom earphones are made? Read More
Now, I know what you are thinking, how does a book rate a mention on a gadget site? It does when the book is The Jedi Path:A Manual for Students of the Force and comes in a mechanical vault. This Vault Edition of the Jedi Path comes with: hardcover version of the book letter tracing the
Unlock your inner Jedi with Vault Edition of The Jedi Path book Read More
The Shomer-Tec Sap Cap may look like a regular baseball cap, but it’s really a self-defense “weapon” that you happen to wear on your head. The fact that it looks exactly like an ordinary cap means attention won’t be drawn to it. Hidden in the back is a special pocket that holds a pouch of metallic
Sap Cap – Protect yourself with a baseball cap Read More
Carrying cash and worried about pickpockets? Need to smuggle that micro-fiche past those foreign border guards? (oops micro-fiche… am I showing my age?) The Smuggler’s Belt from Barrett Alley may be your friend. It’s made of 10 oz (4 mm) US vegetable-tanned cowhide, 1.25″ (3 cm) wide and hand-cut and sewn in Texas and has an individually
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Tablet bags come in a myriad of sizes, shapes and configurations, but the F1 Micro Workstation from Fusion Bags USA brings a dual standard to the table. The first part of the F1 Micro Workstation is the main bag with the Fusion “Zip-away” feature. The “Zip-away” feature allows the front of the bag to zip
The F1 Micro Workstation, the tablet bag with a need for speed Read More
Ever wonder what happens to Kickstarter projects after the funding period because you saw something you wanted but didn’t pledge, and now you don’t know where to purchase it? BiteMyApple.co is a new internet store that sells only successful Kickstarter products, and all the products are those either developed for Apple gear or at least
BiteMyApple.co is the one-stop shopping location for successful Kickstarter projects Read More
Adafruit , run by the 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year Limor “Ladyada” Fried, has announced the Gemma, a wearable micro-controller board with just a 1” diameter. The Gemma uses an Atmel Attiny85 and is programmable with the Arduino IDE through a micro-USB cable. It has three programmable I/O pins, one analog input, and two Pulse-Width
Adafruit Gemma miniature wearable electronic platform Read More
From the ever growing minimalist wallet Kickstarter projects comes the CINCH wallet by Portsmith Co. The CINCH wallet consists of the backbone, made of either stainless steel or oak, and a black elastic keeper that wraps around the backbone to keep your wallet items together. The stainless steel version has the added benefit of being
In a pinch for a minimalist wallet? Take a look at a CINCH wallet Read More
I like fancy, expensive pens more than is good for me, but I have to admit that few pens I’ve used can rival the smooth ink lay-down of those iconic Bic pens. A medium-point, clear barrel Bic with blue ink is my absolute favorite for doodling. This Classic Pen Stylus from SUCK UK (I know,
Does this stylus look familiar to you? Read More
The Wireless Multifunction Mini Router / Repeater from Satechi really earns the “multifunction” label. This little 2.9″ X 0.9″ X 2.9″ device is small enough to fit in a gear bag, and it offers features found in much larger devices. The Wireless Multifunction Mini Router / Repeater has five functions. It can serve as your main