Many people suffer with pain in their hands, wrist and arms due to such things as arthritis, or tendonitis such as tennis elbow, or repetitive motion injuries/ carpal tunnel syndrome. People in some professions, such as mine, dentistry, experience these problems at a rate higher than most of the rest of society. While I have […]
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Originally one of ThinkGeek‘s annual April Fool’s product pranks, this “sleeping gag” was turned into a real product and is fully LucasFilm-licensed. You’ll sleep safe and snug like an injured and delirious Jedi Knight while stuffed into this simulated carcass. Featuring a built-in embroidered tauntaun head pillow, protruding leg, arm and tail, plush lightsaber zipper
Your Tauntaun May Freeze, But You’ll Stay Toasty Read More
Emailing is a very important part of everyday life and Google’s Gmail is wildly popular in the emailing realm. I use it heavily for work and personal emailing. One interesting functionality of Gmail is the use of keyboard shortcuts to help save time in issuing common commands like new mail, delete, send, reply, etc. The
Did Santa bring you a shiny new Kindle 2 or DX ebook reader for Christmas? Did he forget to include a case to protect it? Never fear, the kind folks at OCTOVO (formerly known as OCTO) have generously offered 4 Gadgeteer readers their choice of any Kindle 2 or DX product on their site. It’s
OCTOVO Kindle 2 or DX eBook Reader Case Giveaway! Read More
I am a master of multiple monitors. At my last job, I wrangled my way into having a total of four LCDs connected to my workstation, which was pretty fantastic for multitasking. The downside was that such a configuration requires more than one video card (usually). Your run-of-the-mill video card has either one or two
VillageTronics ViBook DisplayLink USB Video Card Review Read More
Most of the US is COLD now, even in the south. It’s too cold to go outside without a coat, hat, and gloves. But people with iPhones and other devices with capacitive screens have to decide between frostbite and using their devices. Dot Gloves are designed to let you use your device and keep your
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The Ritmo Advanced Pregnancy Sound System connects to most audio devices such as iPods, MP3 players, iPhones and Blackberries with a universal stereo plug. The expectant mother wears a fashionable (have you ever wondered who decides what is and is not fashionable?), lightweight belt around her pregnant belly. The belt has four speakers and a
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Another CES unveiling: Kodak will have a new entry to their consumer-grade digital camera line–Slice, available in April 2010. The 14MP camera will feature a widescreen 3.5″ color touch screen and built-in facial recognition software in order to instantly tag and search for your friends from your customized database. Up to 20 unique faces can
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Featured in the ‘Top 10 for the year’s coolest gadgets’ from CNN, The Sonos S5 is an all-in-one music system that brings unlimited wifi-based streaming into the home that is controlled from an app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Play music from your iTunes library, internet radio stations, music from Pandora, Last.FM and Napster.
Stream music around your house with a Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Read More
One of the most useful things about my old Palm handhelds was the ability to take notes while on the move and bring them over to my Mac to finish them. I was disappointed in the iPhone for not having serious copy/paste/selection tools until the release of OS 3. It took a few weeks after
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At least it’s a watch for the amateur astronomers! ThinkGeek offers the Astrodea Celestial watch for about $600. It’s pricey, but the face revolves to show a real-time display of the position of stars and the sun. The watch displays 1109 stars (brighter than +4.8 magnitude) and 169 galaxies. Sorry, but it’s only accurate if you are near
A Watch for Astronomers Read More
Have you ever fried a keyboard because you spilled a drink on it? Do you have to share a keyboard at work and you wonder how clean those keys are – especially now when everyone is concerned with preventing H1N1? Unotron makes a line of waterproof, washable keyboards, mice, and even card readers. They offer corded
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Here at The Gadgeteer, some of the cat fanciers on the team have reviewed four different automated cat litter gadgets. First there was the ScoopFree, then the CatGenie, then the CatGenie 120 and just recently, the Litter Robot. Each one of these systems have their good points, but they all require you to purchase consumables
Forget the litter box, let the cat use YOUR toilet Read More
Ever been in a hit and run accident? Well I have. I made a left turn and I noticed a white Honda Civic with a giant whale tail spoiler closing in fast from my right. “That car isn’t gonna stop for the light” I thought to myself. I slammed on the brakes but it was
Dash Cam Dually Review – A black box video recorder for your car Read More
For me, winter weekends mean staying indoors and either reading a book, watching some TV, playing my ukulele, surfing for gadget news or playing iPhone games. Today I’ve been trying out four different puzzle games that have helped me waste a large chunk of my Sunday afternoon – but in a good way 😉 SHARE
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As you all know, I have been searching for the ultimate gear bag for years. I posted a glowing review of the Duluth Traders Fire Hose Field Bag just a few weeks ago, and that was the best bag I had seen. I bought an Asus eeePC 900HA (one of the last available 9” netbooks)
Olympia Multi-Purpose Waist Pack Review Read More
The Korg Pitchjack is a chromatic tuner for guitars and basses. It allows for tuning seven-string guitars (7B through 1E) and six-string basses (low B through high C). It plugs into the instrument jack and has LEDs that show the string number and tuning status. It even allows for flat tuning. It’s angle is adjustable, it has a
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The StandHear from Agent18 is an adjustable device stand for your iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry Storm, Palm Pre, etc., that makes it a perfect accessory to take with you on your next flight. The feature that makes this $24.95 device shine is the built in earphone splitter. Now you can easily watch a movie with
StandHear lets you share a movie with a friend Read More
The gateway between your home/office network and the rest of the internet is your router, and in most cases it’s a very ‘dumb’ device. That’s started to change, with routers becoming more useful, and I started thinking about getting an upgrade. I’ve been using a Linksys WRT-54GL with DD-WRT firmware for the last couple months
La Fonera 2.0N Wireless Router Review Read More
ThinkGeek has a watch with Bluetooth 2.0 that pairs with your cellphone so you can see caller ID information right on your wrist without having to take your phone out of its case. When your phone rings, the watch vibrates against your wrist to let you know you have a call. There’s even a button
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