News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
I’d never heard of nixie tubes until yesterday. They apparently look like vacuum tubes, but they have a wire-mesh anode and multiple cathode tubes that are usually shaped like numerals. Peter Jensen at TubeClock makes fabulous clocks from nixie tubes. He has a variety of pre-made clocks that range in price from about $100 to […]
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One of the common challenges in the living room is to find the remote control. What if we could use our hands to control the TV, then we would always have a remote control in hand. This is the technology that PrimeSense is trying to drive. We know PrimeSense as the technology behind Xbox Kinect.
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The iRetrofone Steampunk dock for iPhone (3G, 3GS, 4) from freelandstudios is hand-sculpted and hand-cast in 0.5″ thick urethane resin. Using your own docking cable, the iRetrofone dock allows you to charge and sync your iPhone. The coolest thing is that all vocal communications functions are routed through the handset, so you can actually make
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This is not a Gadgeteer contest, but the folks at Epson asked us to announce that they are giving away a Workforce 635 wireless all-in-one printer. The Workforce 635 is a small business printer with fast print speeds, automatic duplex printing, scanning, faxing, and many more features. Epson says: “One lucky Tweeter will have the
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Today 4iConcepts is announcing 3 Apple related accessories. The one that caught my eye is the 4iTorq – a luxury watch band for the 6th generation iPod nano music player. Unlike the nano watch bands that we’ve been seeing up till this point, the 4iTorq is not made of silicone or similar materials. It has
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Mimoco, the collectible USB drive manufacturer has just announced their first DC Comics MIMOBOT – a vintage 1930’s Batman. Available in 2GB – 16GB capacities, the Caped Crusader will be offered in a limited (5,000) quantity. In February, Batman will be joined by friends and foes including Robin, Catwoman and The Joker. Prices range from
Holy Cow Batman Mimoco Announces DC Comic USB Drives Read More
The founder of Assero Industries found a major drawback to the iPad was that he couldn’t use it unless he was sitting. He wanted a case that would work well for the commuter, traveler, and sports enthusiast like himself. He wanted a case that would serve as a mobile office to keep his iPad, wallet,
Assero Industries Introduce Unique, Front-Facing iPad Bags Read More
Monsoon will be adding the Vulkano Blast and Flow devices to their line of video convergence products. The Vukano Blast allows consumers to access their live, recorded or archived content anytime, anywhere by integrating DVR, web video, TV Anywhere, Universal Plug and Play streaming (UPnP), Mobile Video Recording and 160 GB internal storage for $199.99.
Monsoon Multimedia Announces the Vulkano Blast and Vulkano Flow Read More
Recently the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), CNN and many others have been focusing on the issue of privacy online. It makes one wonder why this is in the news now. After all it has been known for a long time that many companies are watching what you do on the web. It must have been
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Ice Blue Line is a Danish design firm that is offering some unique iPad and iPhone holders made of acrylic and steel. There are four different iPad wall mounted holders. Three of them are arcylic and one is steel. There is also one iPhone holder for your desk, that is made of acrylic and available
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The Samson Meteor Mic is a chrome plated USB microphone with an interesting fold-up design. It has a large 25mm condenser diaphragm, a cardioid pickup pattern, flat frequency response of 20Hz – 20kHz and records in CD quality, 16-bit, 44.1/48kHz resolution. It can function as a Skype microphone and is great for all sorts of
Samson to launch new USB Meteor Mic today at CES Read More
This is the most gorgeous bag I’ve seen in a while. The Col. Littleton No. 42 Courier Bag is sold by Griffin Technology and is handmade in Lynnville, TN. This bag is made with polished American steer hide and solid brass hardware. There’s also a copper tube that equally distributes the weight of the loaded
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Intel is planning to present its new chip “Sandy Bridge” at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. One of the features they are planning to present is “visibly smart”. This feature will enable handling the entire encoding process of a movie in the CPU (including the DRM authentication). The enhanced security should help
Intel Presents New Sandy Bridge Chip at CES in Las Vegas Read More
A problem I have with the iPad is that the virtual keyboard doesn’t offer any tactile feedback, so I have to keep my eye on the keyboard when I type. I’m not a gamer, but I would imagine the virtual controls in iPad games would suffer from the same lack of feedback. To address this
Fling Tactile Game Controller from Ten One Design Read More
The Barnes & Noble NOOK kids iPad app lets you take a library of childrens’ books with you where ever you are. The books are interactive, allowing kids to swipe through the pages and enlarge text and pictures. The app lets you or your child read the book, or the app can read select books
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We all know that backing up our computer’s hard drive contents is a must do operation. That said, how many you out there actually do it? The better question is how many of you aren’t doing it? Not backing up your data (pictures, documents, videos, etc.) is like playing Russian roulette. You might never get
Clickfree Introduces New Clickfree Wireless Backup Drive Read More
How many times has this happened to you? You are sitting behind a car at a light waiting for the car to go when the light turns green only to miss the light because the driver is distracted reading their email or texting? Or, even worse, watching a car swerving in and out of lanes
A Free App To Stop Distracted Driving – DriveSafe.ly Read More
The Origami Sleeve case for iPad from Incase combines an iPad case with a stand. Just as you’d think from the name, you fold the sleeve case into a stand that can support the iPad in horizontal or vertical orientation. The sleeve protects your iPad when you aren’t using it. The Origami Sleeve case is
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This guitar from ThinkGeek is a real electric guitar with a lot of features. It has metal strings that never break and never go out of tune. It supports finger picking, slides, and chord-based playing; it even has a whammy bar to allow you to bend notes. It’s a synthesizer with 25 guitars, 50 synths,
YouRock MIDI Electric Guitar from ThinkGeek Read More
Fatheadz specializes in eyewear for men that can’t wear average sized sunglasses and prescription glasses. With modern, sleek and trendy styles for men, Fatheadz is the only eyewear maker catering to men with bigger heads. Fatheadz are sold online for $29.95-79.95 and also come in standard and intermediate sizes.
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