Protect your EpiPen with the EpiShell

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If you or your child has a life-threatening allergy, you probably carry an EpiPen with you.  If you have an EpiPen, you are aware that temperature extremes can damage the drug and reduce its life-saving properties.  And you are certainly aware of the recent unconscionable increase in the price of these pens, so you need

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Fitbit Flex 2 Fitness Wristband and official accessories are available

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The new Fitbit Flex 2 doesn’t have a watch face, but it gives you all-day activity tracking.  It has SmartTrack automatic activity tracking that automatically recognizes activities like running, sports, and aerobics workouts and summarizes your activity in your Fitbit app.  It tracks your steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes, hourly activity and stationary time without

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VIZIO M50-D1 Display, swrve jeans, Fits Socks and more – Weekly roundup

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It’s time to get your gadgeteer news, reviews and articles fix by checking out a full listing of everything we’ve posted in the last seven days. Click through to browse the list and catch up on anything you might have missed this week. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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ILDOCK for iPhone 7 is fully funded on Kickstarter

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Kickstarter continues to be one of the places you find items that device manufacturers should have included with their new items. My most recent sponsored item is the ILDOCK for iPhone 7. While I don’t have an iPhone 7, I do use a 6s Plus, and really want the ability to use SD, TFT, or lightning

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Never mistake a rook for a bishop again with the Typographical Chess Set

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At first glance, this chess set looks a bit like the traditional Staunton set.  Upon closer inspection, you’ll see that the pieces are actually formed by their names.  Even the newest beginner will have no trouble telling the queen from the king or the bishop from a pawn.  If you order these pieces, you’ll need

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DreamWave Tremor Bluetooth speaker review

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I was not prepared for this.  I thought I was going to review a rugged Bluetooth speaker.  I didn’t expect to unpack something that looked AND felt this rugged.  This is the DreamWave Tremor- probably the only Bluetooth speaker I’ve tried that could double as a battering ram. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Begin your own five year mission with The U.S.S. Enterprise Quadcopter

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This Star Trek-inspired quadcopter has four 3.5″ diameter propellers for superior flight stability;  its “six-axis stabilization allows it to be tossed into the air and throttled up simultaneously”.  The U.S.S. Enterprise Quadcopter  (15.5″  x 9.75″  x 4.25″, 4 ounces) is designed to look like the Enterprise of the 1979 movie, and it has ten LEDs

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Go back to the future with the Qwerkywriter Bluetooth keyboard

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Back in July 2014, Julie wrote about the Qwerkywriter, a retro-styled Bluetooth keyboard that looked like the keyboard from a 1930’s typewriter.  At the time the funding campaign was launched, the keyboard had a decorative return bar and paper platen, as well as vintage-style keys with mechanical switches for that clickety-clackety sound.  In the time

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There’s a new LEGO set for everyone on your gift list this year

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It’s the middle of October, and my thoughts have turned to all the gifts I have to get before Christmas this year.  While searching for ideas, I saw that LEGO is releasing a 550-piece Beatles’ Yellow Submarine set complete with the submarine and all four Beatles plus another figure on November 1 for $60.  (source:

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VIZIO M50-D1 SmartCast Ultra HD Home Theater Display review

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Six years ago we remodeled our basement and bought our first flat screen TV, A 55″ Samsung that we mounted on the wall. It’s served us well, but when I bought it, it was before smartTVs were a thing, so I’ve felt like my home theater setup has been lacking Gadgeteer worthy features. That is

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Julie’s gadget diary – What comes after the smartphone?

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I’m sure you guys are getting tired of my whining about how the current crop of smartphones isn’t as “fun” as devices were back in the good old days of PDAs when new features and technology was being developed every few months. I even get tired of listening to myself because I’m starting to remind

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STACK is a modular power strip with LEGO brick style design

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I think it’s a safe guess that you have several power strips in use at your home or office. How many of those power strips have the right amount of outlets? Of the ones I use, they have either too many outlets causing them to take up too much space, or not enough outlets, causing

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Julie’s gadget diary – Now that the Note 7 is toast, which smartphone is the next best choice?

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After almost two months of spontaneously combusting drama, it’s official. Samsung has finally stuck a fork in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and it’s been declared dead. My guess is that we’ll never see another new Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone model because that name just has too much negativity attached to it. So, what do

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It’s a pen, it’s a ruler, it’s a stylus and it’s even a necklace

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Most multi-tools have knives, pliers and screwdrivers, but the Rule/One “multi-tool” is a multi-tool for writing and drawing that features a removable pen that can be converted into a stylus or a lanyard, and a ruler with inches on one side and metric measurements on the other side. The Rule/One has a milled aluminum body

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BodyGuardz Ace Pro case with Unequal Technology for the iPhone 7 Plus review

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When Apple releases a new batch of iPhones, manufacturers scurry to bring accessories to market to help protect your very expensive smartphone from hard-knocks and gravity. I recently reviewed the BodyGuardz new Pure 2 aluminosilicate glass screen protector, in addition to this next-gen screen protector BodyGuardz has released several new cases for the iPhone 7 and 7

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