REVIEW – The UBTECH JIMU Champbot kit is a very fun, complex toy that’s perfect for older kids who are interested in construction, robotics, coding or anything STEM-related. What is it? The Competitive Series Champbot is a building set that allows you to create the interactive ChampBot, BasketBot and ScoreBot. It requires a free app […]
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REVIEW – Back in the day, if you wanted to take photos, you had to lug around a camera. Way back in the day, you had to take your film to the pharmacy or photomat, wait for a week or more, get back your prints, decide if any were worth enlarging, take in your negatives,
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NEWS – If you don’t like to carry a knife or small multitool in your pocket, how about wearing one around your wrist? The Sawyer and Finn bracelets from Higher Objects give you that option with their rugged wearable tools. The Sawyer Utility Bracelet features a leather wrist strap that has a blade as part
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REVIEW – I’ve been searching for a portable battery that will charge my Lenovo Yoga laptop for a while now. My laptop requires that the power source provide at least 45 W and there are only a handful of batteries out there that will do so. Recently, I stumbled on a battery from Hyper that
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REVIEW – For the better part of 2019, I have been carrying a portable scanner with me when I go to meet with my clients with their photography or videography contract in hand. I usually have them sign the relevant places on the contract and then I scan it and send them a copy by
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ARTICLE – A few weeks ago I asked everyone on the Gadgeteer team to send me a list of their favorite products of 2019. I told them that the products that they pick didn’t need to be restricted to the items that they had reviewed this year, but that they could include any products that
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NEWS – January 1st is coming fast and you know what that means, it’s time to make a new year’s resolution to get fit. To help you get ready, check out this unique watch from ELEXTOR. The Earbuds SmartWatch is a fitness tracking watch that has a flip-open top that reveals a pair of TWS
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ARTICLE – Have you ever been lying in bed unable to fall asleep due to loud traffic or obnoxious neighbors? It turns out that enduring stressful noises like these negatively impacts our well-being. Similarly, sounds in the workplace can disrupt us and influence our productivity, which is where noise-reducing and noise-canceling gadgets come in to save
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REVIEW – I recently upgraded to a new iPhone that supports wireless charging and a new laptop with a USB-C port, so when the opportunity to review the new Aukey Omni-Power accessories arose, I leapt on it. This review will cover all of the Omni-Power line of accessories except for the Sprint Wireless portable wireless
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REVIEW – If you’re into one bag travel, the Kathmandu Transfer 28 L Travel Pack may just be your jam. I just took this beastie on an overnight trip where I got to play with all of its travel-friendly innovations, so I have lots to share in this in-depth review. Let’s get on the road!
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REVIEW – My main computer is a desktop with three huge screens, and my portable device has been a Surface tablet for about four years now. When the offer for me to review the Walmart Motile brand laptop came along, I thought this might be an excellent time to see if a budget laptop could
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NEWS – Do you drag after lunch or even first thing in the morning? Pepsi wants to get you cranking with a new high-caffeine offering called Pepsi Café. PepsiCo, the caffeine experts that bring us Gadgeteers Mountain Dew, is again venturing into the coffee/cola blend arena with Pepsi Café, coming in April 2020. Pepsi Café
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REVIEW – The Anti-Wallet from the Anti-Gear Co. is a study in simple, minimalist functionality for your EDC. You’ll probably look at this review and wonder what you’re missing… and that’s entirely the point. It’s so wonderfully simple that you may underestimate how clever it is. To the review! What is it? It’s a
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REVIEW – I used to spend quite a bit of time working from home in a former job. The job I am at now requires that I go into the office, but that still does not keep me from wanting a comfortable home office chair. My current office chair is a super nice chair from
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Cameras. Does anyone use them anymore? Well, I do, specifically for nature and long-range photography, but for nearly everything else, I just use my phone. The cameras on phones these days are pretty amazing. Their one shortcoming is that phones just are not easy to hold steady in a lot of shooting
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NEWS – If you own a Ring Video Doorbell 2, you can now dress it up for the holidays. In the spirit of the Christmas season, Ring is selling holiday-themed interchangeable Faceplates for their Ring Video Doorbell 2. The Ring Video Doorbell 2 lets you watch over your home in crystal-clear 1080HD video and see,
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REVIEW – As a fairly frequently work traveler I am both a proponent and practitioner of “one bag travel,” reduced the items I carry to all fit into my GORUCK GR2 rucksack for up to a 10-day, multi-destination European trip. Getting to this point necessitated experimenting with items, especially clothing, that could serve multiple purposes
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NEWS – I’m in a Facebook group for parents of teens and young adults. Moms often post questions for other moms, and this time of year many ask for gift suggestions or game ideas to entertain their brood. Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. It’s a name that stands out. And one that keeps getting recommended.
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REVIEW – Electricity is an essential commodity for us Gadgeteers. Everything takes power, and there simply are not enough places to plug in our gadgets. Power strips are nice, but with so many gadgets coming with wall-wart style plugs, it’s hard to use a power strip fully. Add to that a large number of USB-powered
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REVIEW – I recently reviewed the MecArmy SGN1 USB rechargeable EDC flashlight and for the price and features I found it to be a great little EDC flashlight. Now I’m back to show you one of their larger flashlights that’s also rechargeable. Let’s see if it’s a winner in value and functionality too. What is
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