Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
The TED 5000 series of smart meters allow home energy monitoring in real time. You can even view your electricity usage from any Internet-connected device, including your mobile phone. This device is compatible with Google PowerMeter. Kits start at $199.95
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To be honest, I have not used a mouse pad in years at either home or work. I walked through my floor at work and found that about one out of 20 were using a mouse pad. With the advent of the laser mouse and the roller ball a thing of the past, mouse pad
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This is going to be a very short review. Not because I don’t like the product, but because there really isn’t much to talk about. The iSmartCase is a protective case designed to keep your iPod touch safe. There are a million and one different cases out there that you can buy. However this case
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The Cord Catch from OXO is one of those extremely simple little gadgets that you never knew you needed until you had the opportunity to use one.
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Serendipity is a term used to describe a situation that turns for the better without any effort on the part of the receiver. This is how I would describe the finding of these Lights-of-America LED lights that are replacements for the GU10 Halogen bulbs that I have in the track lights above my kitchen sink.
Lights Of America LED GU10 “Accent” Bulb Review Read More
Remember the “Help I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” TV commercials from the 80’s? The advertised product was a personal emergency response system (PERS) for seniors that included a base station and a pendant that interfaced with an analog phone to dial out for help when the pendant’s button was pressed. MobileHelp is a
“I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up” Goes GSM and GPS Read More
Have you ever heard of the phrase “Purse on the floor, always be poor”? Probably not… I propose a new version of this old adage: “Phone on the floor, always be poor” I can say from personal experience that nearly every time I have left my phone on the floor I have become slightly less
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This past holiday season, my wife and I remodeled our basement putting in a relatively nice media room with fancy in-the-wall speakers, A/V receiver, big LCD TV, Blu-ray player, AppleTV, and Nintendo Wii. All of those components having their own remote which adds up to a fair amount of juggling just to do something as
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My first five days with the LG eXpo Smartphone has been a mixture of good and bad experiences. Good because I like the phone’s hardware and bad because I’ve had issues with that hardware. Life with gadgets is never perfect is it? In this installment, I’d like to talk about the user interface, using the
A Week With the LG eXpo Smartphone and Pico Projector Days 1-5 Read More
I admit I am not sure I had ever heard of Tucker and Bloom before, but the high-end bag company sent me one of their North to South Messenger Bags to review and I am quite impressed… once I got over the shock of the cowhide.
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We have all seen iPod docks and speaker systems, right? In my opinion, these so called speaker systems are a fantastic idea. They are small, compact, and if you’re lucky, have great sound quality. If you are in the market for a product like this, you can easily grab one from anywhere at a price
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When Julie announced the Sound ID 400 I couldn’t wait for it to be announced. Small, simple and packed with features like PersonalSound (enhanced listening power) and Automatic Volume Control (self-explanatory) in a nice looking package. Well I’ve been using the headset for a little while now, and was surprised by how it performed.
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When my wife drags me to the mall, I take the opportunity to visit our Apple Store. While the Gadgeteer Kid ‘tests’ the floor iMacs, I look around for review-worthy technology to potentially play with. During these times, I have fondled the Bang & Olufsen A8 Headphones (package) countless times…. Their unique high-tech look, quality
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You ever wanted an ice-cold beverage but were sitting too comfortably to get up to quench your thirst? This gadget might be the tool that solves just such a dilemma. The RC Cooler InteractiveToy Concepts is a remote-controlled cooler. You might recall that Julie posted a comment on the site about this on 3-Dec-2009. Let’s check
My daughter, Rachel, has asthma, so a clean environment can be a great help in keeping her lungs in good shape. She has allergies to various pollens and foods that can trigger asthma episodes. Every time she gets a cold, she also has problems. Dust can also cause a lot of problems for her. Dust
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When it comes to extreme sports part of the fun isn’t just being in the middle of the action but capturing the excitement of the experience for others to share. Plus looking cool doing it doesn’t hurt either. One thing about sports cameras is that many of them are without a decent water-resistant and shock-proof
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I’m always on the lookout for a fun game for my iPhone that can give me a few minutes of entertainment. I prefer puzzle style games because they typically aren’t frantic. Who needs more stress in their life right? 😉 Arroic from Outlaw Games is sort of a cross between a pool game, coin collecting
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Looking for an iPod dock with a little pizzazz? How about one that links up with your home WiFi connection, plays podcasts and FM/Internet radio from around the globe, and – here’s the kicker –streams music in from you home computer? The WiFi Internet Radio (Model IR-3101) from MerConnect can do all these things and
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Today I want to show you the Swiss Army knife of wallets. It’s the TMT Tactical Wallet from Toner Machining Technologies of North Carolina. The TMT is no ordinary wallet my bulging back pocket friends. This bad boy has been designed for extreme conditions on land, sea and air.
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It’s a sunny day and you get out your digital camera to snap a shot. The only trouble is you can barely see the screen because of the glare from the bright sun. Except that when you go to look through the view finder, you find that your hi-tech camera may not have a view
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