If you’re looking to get away from the bright city lights, there are few places on earth darker than a moonless night out on the Western frontier of Afghanistan. A good light source is indispensable in this environment. In fact, several lights are part of most Soldiers’ kits. One light that has found a permanent […]
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Benny Johansson sent in a link to his site where he demonstrates how to make your own holders for flashlights, bicycle pumps and other items. His photography and clear instructions are great. I’ve bookmarked the site for future reference. Go check it out. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Levenger offers a nice lap desk with room to read, write, or use a laptop computer on its cherry wood surface. There’s a bean-bag cushion on the bottom for comfort and to protect your lap from heat when using a computer. There are two elastic bands to hold small items in place, and one band has
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The Philips 818566 LivingColors LED lamp produces 16,777,216 different colors of accent light. The lamp’s four LEDs (two red, one blue, and one green) can generate 256 different hues, 256 levels of saturation, 256 brightness settings and up to 120 lumens. By using the small remote’s touch-sensitive color wheel, you can wash a wall, corner,
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You can buy the Autonomous Saucier from Hammacher Schlemmer. It’s a battery powered sauce stirrer. No longer will you need to slave over a pan of gravy when you have this little gadget. It sits in the pan and automatically spins and revolves around to keep everything mixed and smooth. The three legs made of
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Happy Owl Studio has some beautiful cases for the iPad. Shown is the Clutch case, with accordian-style storage for small papers. The Clutch is also available in red. They also have a simpler style called the Wallet, with only one storage pocket. The Wallet is available in brown or black. Finally, they offer the Wallet
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Today I have something for robot and remote control toy enthusiasts. It’s the Zibits Mini R/C Robot from Senario. Zibits are cute 2 inch tall collectible robots that can rotate 360 degrees and are equipped with lights and sounds. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Your Saturday freebie is WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe from Digiarty Software. Normally sold for $49.95, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is the first video converter that supports converting multitrack HD Videos such as BDAV, M2TS, MKV, AVCHD, HDTV, MPEG-TS video movies to AVI, MP4, H.264, MPEG, WMV, FLV, etc. It enables users to choose
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Many digital cameras feature face detection, even smile detection.  But what about Buddy and Fluffy? The FujiFilm Finepix Z700-series digital camera features Pet Detection.  Billed as the world’s first, the Pet Detection camera, it can detect up to 10 dog or cat faces at a time. How does it work?  More info after the jump.
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About six years ago, my employer presented me with a laptop to use as my primary work computer. It was handed to me along with an ugly little basic black laptop bag, and soon I was carrying this bag with me to and from work every day. It wasn’t long before I abandoned that bag
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Here’s a Friday Freebie for you: A Computer Geek’s Smart Productivity Guide is a 20 page PDF file from the folks at MakeUseOf.com. It offers some tips and advice for increasing your ‘getting stuff done’ quotient. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Show of hands of road warriors among use who carry a lot of gadgetry. That’s what I thought. And that’s what Skooba Design thought too, so they’ve released some new gear-hauling goodies. The Cable Stable DLX is like a mini-suitcase that can hold multiple gadgets (even a netbook) and accessories in near-limitless combinations. The SkoobaWrap
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Being the overachiever that I am, I ordered two! I opted for a 64GB WiFi model for myself and I ordered the 16GB for Janet as a thank you for the excellent job she’s been doing with news and reviews here on The Gadgeteer. I don’t know about everyone else, but I didn’t see an
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A couple of years ago, I moved from a desktop computer to a laptop. I love everything about my laptop – except for its speakers. Those things must be smaller than my thumbnail, and they sound muted and muddy. They also aren’t capable of producing any volume, even when I peg the volume level at
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The Novothink Solar Surge is the first solar charging case for the iPhone and iPod Touch to be certified by Apple. This product has a built in lithium-ion polymer battery (1500mAH for iPodTouch and 1320mAH for iPhone) and claims to double battery life by using cutting-edge solar panel technology to power up directly from the
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The iPad will be here in less than a month, so it’s time to start dreaming about all the ways that you’ll use and carry it. Enter the modulR case and accessory system. he system consists of a play through case that has four ‘buttons’ on the back that can accept interchangeable accessory attachments. Their
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It seems like there’s a new media center/player introduced every week, so there must be some interest out there.  I had the opportunity to try out the Cirago CMC2000 TV Platinum unit, one of the latest offerings from this Company.  If you want to record video, stream music and photos or listen to Internet radio, this could be
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You’ve seen lots of iPad accessories announced – covers, cases, skins. The Book for iPad cover from LongLiveBooks is a little different from the rest. This slipcase style cover looks like a cloth-covered book, so you could hide your iPad among your books if you wanted. These Book cases are hand-made in Minnesota using a natural linen exterior, a wool felt sleeve
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The iPhone is definitely one device to own at the moment. Unfortunately though, all these wonderful apps you can download and use have a nasty habit of draining the battery, fairly rapidly too! What you Apple nerds need is an ultra thin protective case with a built-in battery – and here it is, the MiLi iPhone Power Pack. The MiLi
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If you do what I do everytime you go out and forget where you’ve parked your car, or have major trouble in finding your way back to your hotel, then worry no longer.   The ECCO GPS Keychain will help to show you the way. This staggeringly small GPS system is set to revolutionise the way you find your way back to…well, wherever it
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