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Keep Your Coffee at the Perfect Drinking Temperature

thermobuffer mug

This is an indiegogo funding project.  The ThermoBuffer is “the world’s first thermodynamic mug”, and it will reportedly keep your coffee at a perfect drinking temperature for up to 3 hours.  Instead of a dual-wall structure for insulation, the ThermoBuffer is has a triple wall.  The gap between the inner walls is filled with water, […]

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Cooler Master Announces Two New Aluminum Stands for MacBook Pro

coolermaster macbook pro stands

Cooler Master has two new stands for the MacBook Pro that will be released in the US on August 21, 2012.  Both of the beautiful stands are made of sandblasted aluminum to complement the MacBook, and they have rubber linings to protect the laptop and rubber bottoms to prevent sliding.  The JAS Pro stand (top

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Allsop Ohmetric 2-in-1 Laptop Workstation with Built-in Laptop Stand

allsop ohmetric 2 in 1 laptop

The Ohmetric 2-in-1 Laptop Workstation from Allsop consists of two parts – a hardshell platform and a mobile organizer.  The hardshell platform has a pocket on one side that can hold up to a 15″ laptop; interior padding and the hard side combine to form a protective sleeve for the laptop.  The mobile organizer has

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Uncle Milton Force Glove – “Discover the Power of Magnets, You Will”

Force Glove

From Uncle Milton, the Force Glove disappointingly doesn’t actually use the Force but rather magnets. 🙁  The glove is part of their educational Star Wars Science Range. By changing the polarity of the magnets, you can either “Force Push” or “Force Pull” the supplied Droids or Light Sabre. Available for $16.99 from the Uncle Milton

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CruxSKUNK – Unfortunate Name, Great Keyboard Design

The folks at Crux have been busy working on the ultimate iPad keyboard case and are looking for backing from Kickstarter fans for their new CruxSKUNK. Yeah, that name is ummm… strange. But forget the name and check out the keyboard. First of all, it’s Bluetooth, it has full size keys and a standard layout with

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Dynaflo Liquid Armor – Nano Protection

Hands up – who’s ever had issues installing a screen protector on their smartphone or tablet or camera or …….? Unless you’re VERY careful, it’s so easy to end up with bubbles, dust, or hairs under the protector. From Dynaflo comes Liquid Armor, a Nano coating technology that protects your screen without affecting the sensitivity,

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Parrot Zik Headphones are Loaded with Tech

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2012 has been an interesting year for headphones, but things just got a whole lot more interesting with the release of the Parrot Zik headphones designed by French product designer Philippe Stark. No other headphones look like them and no other headphone has as much techie goodness crammed into them.

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Phosphor Touch Time is a Smartwatch You Don’t Need to Charge or Pair With Your Smartphone

phosphor touchtime

If Kickstarter projects like the Martian, Pebble, cookoo,  SYRE and Strata are any indication, chunky Dick Tracy style watches are making a come back. At least with geeks like us. The latest Kickstarter smartwatch project is the Phosphor Touch Time. If the name Phosphor sounds familiar to you, that’s because we’ve reviewed several of their watches

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Mimoco Unveils Bruce Lee MIMOBOT Designer USB Flash Drive

brucelee mimobot

When it comes to offering collectible USB flash drives, Mimobot is the leader. The latest addition to their Legends of MIMOBOT Series is the Bruce Lee X Mimobot. Available in 8, 16, 32 and 64GB capacities, this flash drive includes exclusive pre-loaded content such as sound bites from Bruce Lee’s classic movies, videos, icons, wallpapers

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Kisai Upload is the Latest Watch from Tokyoflash

tokyoflash upload

Tokyoflash Japan has just released the Kisai Upload. This new watch design features replaceable USB Memory via a built-in microSD card slot and an always on time display. “The inventive and simple to read Kisai Upload watch from Tokyoflash Japan has an LCD display that can be read from an angle – digital time from

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theKube2 is the World’s Smallest Touch Enabled MP3 Player

kube2

Is there still a market for stand alone MP3 players when so many of us have smart phones and other devices with that capability already built in? I think so because I still use my iPod Classic because my iPhone can’t hold my entire music library. TheKube2 can hold way more tunes than my iPhone

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HSN has a Special Discount on Beats Studio HD Headphones Today (8/17) and We’re also Giving a Pair Away!

This post brought to you by HSN. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you think your headphones or earbuds make your favorite music sound the way the artist intended it to sound? Probably not. In 2006, Dr. Dre, legendary rap artist and producer, and Jimmy Lovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records and American Idol

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Achy Feet and Calves? Your iPhone and the OSIM uSqueeze will Fix Them Right Up

osim usqueez

It’s been a long day at the office, school, factory, chain gang, (insert your job here) and all you want to do is go home and have your significant other rub your feet. If you don’t have an SO or your SO refuses to touch your little piggys, the OSIM uSqueeze may be the next

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Verizon Announces the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)

samsung galaxy tab2

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) is the successor to the original Galaxy Tab which Verizon launched about 2 years ago. The Galaxy Tab 2 is a 7-inch tablet with 4G LTE, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Bluetooth 4.0, 8GB RAM and powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s enterprise ready and has multimedia features

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Exogear Exovolt Plus – Stackable Power

Exogear Exovolt Plus

So you want backup power for your devices when you’re out and about, but you don’t want to go too small because you might need more, or too big (with it’s additional weight and size) because you might need less?  The exovault plus from EXOGEAR is a stackable battery pack so that you can customise

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Protect Your iPhone’s Screen with the Aegis

topkase shutter iphone

Most cases protect the sides and backs of your iPhone 4/4S, but they usually leave the screen open and vulnerable.  The Aegis for iPhone 4/4S from TopKase has a shutter that slides over the screen when you aren’t using the phone.  The case and the shutter are made of anodized aluminum, with eight internal shock-absorbing

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Cubelets – Square Robots

Construction toys are always good for kids both big or small.  Cubelets from Modular Robots is a set of magnetic and modular building blocks that can be built into robots that respond to the world around them.  Using sensor, logic and actuating blocks, you can build robots that drive around on a tabletop, respond to light, sound, and

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