News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
I bumbled across this on Lifehacker: Make Photo Necklaces, Earrings, Magnets and More Using Shrinkable Plastic. Make your own zipper pulls, earrings, nose rings, key chain fobs, dog collar fobs, cell phone fobs, wine glass fobs, e-reader fob, blah blah blah. The technique involves the “Shrinky Dink” shrinkable plastic from waaaay back in the day, […]
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This is the most tempting reason I’ve found to buy a Macbook. Instead of obscuring the Apple logo, this vinyl decal from the lildecalshop on etsy incorporates it into the design. The decal shows the Wicked Witch from Snow White tempting you with her poison apple. The standard color is black, but you can request it in other colors. The decal is made from
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I noticed these thick flexible twistie ties while thumbing through the latest CyberGuys catalog that came in the mail the other day. These padded twists look much more elegant than the paper coated ties I sometimes use that come with trash bags. Flexi Ties are available in Black, Orange and Grey, as well as 5,
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Not so long ago, proud parents carried small photo albums called brag books loaded with pictures of their families. Brookstone is offering the 21st century version of the brag book – the My Life Pocket Digital Photo Frame. This portable frame offers a 3.5″ screen with 320 X 240 resolution. It has a rechargeable battery for
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These little 1.5 inch long PICO lite LED flashlights can project a 10 lumen beam up to 30 feet. They have a small clip that you can use to hang them from a jacket zipper pull so that you’ll always have a flashlight when you need one. You can get one for $9.95 at eGear.
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The Aegis Padlock is an external USB hard drive that is protected PIN number that you punch into the built in keypad. No software installs are required to setup your AES encrypted PIN numbers. Up to 10 different PINs and one admin PIN can be created and the drives are available in 250, 320 and
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As anyone with an ebook reader with an eInk screen knows, there is no backlight in these devices. If you want to read in low-light conditions, you have to provide an external light source. There are a multitude of clip-on book lights available, and someone has naturally developed one for the Kindle from Amazon.com. The Kandle is a
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It is now my lifelong quest (which started last year) to find and report about every wall outlet organizer product in the world. I found another one today – yay me! It’s the Driinn Cell Phone Charging Ledge. This one isn’t nearly as elegant as some of the others I’ve told you about, but since
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Several of my favorite Windows Mobile sites are talking about OpnMarket this morning. It’s a new application market for Windows mobile devices that only offers completely free apps that can be downloaded and installed directly from your phone. The only steps required to use it are to sign up for a free account and install
Totally Free App Market for Windows Mobile Read More
The Teltonika GH1202 is a handheld GPS/GPRS tracking device is a handheld terminal with GSM and GPS connectivity. It is able to get longitude and latitude coordinates and transfer them via the GSM network. The location of the device can be monitored in real-time over the internet, which makes it useful for keeping track of
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Recently, we told you about the Pet’s Eye View digital camera you could attach to your pet’s collar so you could see what he does while you’re out. Now, here’s some information about how you can get your dog online and tweeting. Mattel has announced Puppy Tweets, a plastic tag that will attach to your dog’s collar, will
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If you’d like to travel with a surge suppressor but don’t have room for one in your laptop or gear bag, the Tripp-Lite travel-sized surge suppressor may be your answer. The Traveler3USB has three A/C outlets, with room for one large transformer without blocking the other two outlets. It supplies 120 V A/C, 50/60 Hz, 15A
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We told you about the mydeskfriend Facebook robot last month and now Arimaz is holding a contest to give three of them away. The Pingo mydeskfriend is a small penguin shaped robot that can roll around on your desk, announcing when your friends log in and out of Facebook, or post new messages. The contest
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If you love your gadgets, but hate the cable clutter that goes along with them, the IDAPT charging system looks like an interesting solution to that problem. It’s a table top dock that is available in two configurations. One can charge two devices at once and the other can charge three. The dock can be
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Feeling nostalgic for the 80’s? Remember when everyone had a Sony Walkman and used headphones instead of earbuds? The Tanto headset from Urbanears is a retro styled headset that has been modernized with a selection of colors (12 of them!) and a built-in remote / microphone so that it can be used to talk handsfree
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Shinnorie makes gear bags and cases that you can customize to make them your own. They offer laptop bags, travel bags, and cases for small electronics in leather or nylon, all customizable to some degree. Sometimes you can only choose the color, but sometimes you get to select size of the case and the colors for
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If, in your locale, Old Man Winter overstays his welcome by a few months and Jack Frost kidney punches you when you leave the house every morning, you know well the joys and difficulties of a Hoth-like climate. For those of us blessed with such conditions, occasionally those difficulties creep into our gadgeting as well.
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Levenger has a new line of gear bag/laptop bag organizers. The organizers are all made of nylon with blue zippers. Shown is the Organizer bag. The Organizer bag has a center compartment to hold a netbook, files, or books. There is a variety of nylon or mesh pockets on the outside to hold electronics, cables,
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It might look like something that Dr. Seuss might eat for breakfast, but this Green egg looking USB device is a button. The USB Green Button from Solutions has been designed to put your Windows or Mac computer into low power mode when pressed. This is one of those devices that no one really needs
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Thomas Pink, a British clothier, has entered the tech clothing field with the Commuter tie. The ties are 100% woven silk in a variety of solid colors for $105. The back of the tie has a small pocket and a fabric loop designed to hold an iPod nano. An extra loop keeps your earbud wires
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