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Cuppow is a silicone drinking lid that converts any wide-mouthed canning jar into a travel mug. Canning jars are sturdy, heat-resistant, easy to clean, and cheap, but their wide openings don’t make them a travel-friendly mug. Simply replace the seal with the Cuppow, screw the ring back on, and you have a eco-friendly cup that […]
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Who among us is a notebook / stationary junky? Let’s see a show of hands please… 🙂 Me too. That’s why I was grinning from ear to ear when the mailman dropped off a box of samples from a company that I’d not heard of before: Daycraft. I suppose the reason why I’ve not heard
Daycraft – Alternatives to Moleskine and Rhodia Notebooks Read More
Wondering what to get for the stylish gadget guy this coming Valentine’s Day? It would be difficult for him not to love these Polished Silver Oval Wifi and 2GB USB Cufflinks from Brookstone. On the surface, they’re a regular pair of classy polished silver cufflinks, but there’s more than what meets the eye. Each cap can
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The Sense Apple iPad 2 Leather Case from Mivizu completely covers your iPad 2 in leather. The iPad 2 slides into a geniune grain leather frame with a padded back for extra protection. The interior is lined with microfiber fabric to help keep the screen cleaned. The folding cover wakes/sleeps your device and protects your
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Verizon announced a new DROID RAZR that is available on January 26th. I have often commented that I wished manufacturers would stop with the thin obsession, and focus on battery life, and they finally listened to me. OK, so probably not to me, but still, I like this change. The RAZR MAXX is only 8.99
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Sparxgear has designed a Fire Piston, and they are using Kickstarter for funding. Never heard of a fire piston? Before the days of matches, fires were often started with a fire piston. A combustible material – cloth, wood, even milkweed down, etc. – is inserted on the end of the fire piston. Quick compression of
You Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark – Sparxgear Fire Piston Read More
On its own, the iPhone has a great build in camera. But if you want to kick it up a notch, you should check out the iSteady Shot M-27 action camera mount. Your iPhone 4/4S snaps into a 16 oz. aircraft grade aluminum fixture that comes with a detachable 37mm wide angle/macro lens that has a 130
iSteady Shot M-27 puts your iPhone’s camera on steriods Read More
Vera Bradley has a new Laptop Travel Tote that’s designed to make travel with a laptop a bit easier. This tote is 11 1/4″ x 14 3/4″ x 3″ with a 12″ strap drop. It’s made of Vera Bradley’s standard quilted cotton fabrics. There’s a laptop compartment on one side; the other side has a
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Here’s another of those arty watches from Tokyoflash Japan. The Kisai Optical Illusion Watch has a touchscreen for accessing the four main functions. Like those optical illusion posters from years ago, the time display is buried in a pattern of high-resolution digital lines. Once you’ve trained your eyes, you’ll be able to see the time.
Kisai Optical Illusion Touchscreen Watch from Tokyoflash Japan Read More
This is for the 5 people out there that are not completely sick of seeing new Angry Birds merchandise. Feast your eyes on these cute USB 2.0 8GB flash drives in the shapes of your favorite video game characters. They are priced at $19.99 from Staples.
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With forScore, you can carry a complete library of music scores with you. You can download most any PDF into forScore and even annotate it using text boxes or add common musical notation symbols with the built-in library of stamps or your own, custom-designed stamps. forScore has an organizational system that lets you sort your
Collect, Annote, and Carry Your Music Scores in Your iPad Read More
Available for preorder from Brookstone the iConvert scanner allows you to scan on the move. Capable of scanning at 300dpi, it’s small enough to throw into your gadget bag and take with you wherever you go. For flexibility the front feeder adjusts from 2 inches to 8½ inches wide, so should be flexible enough to
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We did a review of the Time Warner Cable app for iPad a while ago. With the app, you could watch select channels in your Time Warner Cable lineup on your iPad in any room of your house while you were connected to your home’s WiFi network. Now, the app has been updated into a
Watch Live Time Warner Cable on Your iPhone and iPod touch Read More
If you’ve been trying to find an elegant and minimal stand for your iPad 2, the Magnus stand from Ten One Design looks like it might be it. Designed specifically for the iPad 2, this hand-finished aluminum stand takes advantage of the magnets that are built in to the Left side of the tablet to
Magnus iPad 2 Stand – Most Elegant iPad Stand Yet? Read More
We talk about a lot of small bags and organizer pouches here at The Gadgeteer. Most of them work great, but many of them are utilitarian looking. If you’d like an elegant, leather pouch to carry your cables and flash drives in, check out the Premium Leather Accessory Pouches from MacCase. They’re made from premium
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Those of you who lug around a lot of gear like myself, and remember my article on a single convergence device, might just find this concept design by Indian Industrial Designer Prashant Chandra very interesting. His entry in the Fujitsu Design Awards competition, the Lifebook2013, was shortlisted to the top 100 from over 3000 entries from
Lifebook 2013 Concept – A single convergence device? Read More
This is another Kickstarter project. The iHeadCase is available in either a plastic shell case or a faux leather case for iPhone 4/4S. The Hardshell version is made of polycarbonate and is available in piano black, and some other colors that will be selected later. This case can also be used as a stand. The
iHeadCase: iPhone Case with Built-in Storage for Earbuds Read More
Just as the title says, you can charge tablets, phones, MP3 players, cameras – most anything USB-chargeable – with the Converge Rest and Recharge from Quirky. The pictures even show it charging an iPad 2, which uses 2.1A. The Converge has four powered USB ports hidden in the back and a slot through which you
Quirky Converge Charges Most any USB-Chargeable Device Read More
In my Google 2 step authentication article, I covered extra security you could place on your Google account (come on, you’ve all implemented it now haven’t you ? 🙂 ), but key-loggers can still get your username and password when logging onto a public unsecured computer, and the less information you give away the better.
Google Security Part 2 – Open Sesame – Look ma, no hands login Read More
The newly-launched try-before-you-buy online subscription service, YBuy, lets you try a product for 30 days before deciding to buy. For a monthly fee of $24.95, subscribers can try any of a wide variety of products – like iPads, Jawbone headsets, Keurig coffee machines, TaylorMade drivers, Dyson heaters, iRobot Roomba vacuums – for 30 days. If
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