The Kung Foon is a barbed spork style eating utensil available in titanium or stainless steel. In addition to being able to use it as a fork or a spoon, it also has a unique feature that allows you to insert a chopstick to turn it into a long handled ladle for stirring or serving. You […]
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Ever use your phone in “unsavoury” places ? Well even if you don’t, who knows what bacteria and germs live on your phone that you’ve picked up during the day? I mean we use them everyday, everywhere we go…and sometimes it really is everywhere. 🙂 PhoneSoap is a Kickstarter project to address this issue. Rather
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You can control your home theater setup with this handy 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard with Trackball and IR Remote from Brando. One side has a 51-key keyboard with function keys and a trackball. The other side is a universal remote that can replace your pile of remotes if you teach the remote their functions. You can
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Old World Craftsmanship. Hand-finishing. One hundred percent American-made products. Building your own tools of wood and metal. Financing everything yourself, with no outside investors. Helping to drill water wells in countries where fresh water is not readily available. Being open and honest with customers about sales goals and expenditures. Which of these items sounds like something a modern gadget-focused
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To prevent getting taken by one of their April Fool’s jokes again this year, I’ve stayed away from ThinkGeek for several days. (Dang it, I wanted light saber popsicles!) I was checking them out yesterday, and I found a product that they swear is a real product. The Star Trek Inflatable Captain’s Chair is an
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In my review of Sugru I mentioned that it would be great if it came in primary colours, which would give you yellow and reds and allow you to mix almost any colour. Well they must have listened to me. 🙂 Announced today, it’s now available in packs of 8 x 5 gram packs of
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I’ve noticed there’s been a surge in the number of people reading the 2011 post about the Masters Tournament app for iPad, and that reminded me to check to see if there’s an update for this year’s tournament. The Official Masters Tournament app is free, and it again gives you access to CBS’s live simulcast
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Now you can carry and protect your camera equipment in a great Tom Bihn bag! It’s been in development for some time, but now the Camera I-O (insert, outsert) bag is ready for purchase. It’s 14″ x 11.75″ x 3.75″, and its walls are all 0.25″ thick closed-cell foam laminated to an exterior of Durastretch
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My original invisibleSHIELD for the (first) iPad review has been my most grrr’d/scorned review by far. Folks disliked ZAGG‘s protective film for a multitude of reasons. But I liked the protection and additional grip the original invisibleSHIELD gave my iPad. Even though I have passed that iPad onto a friend, the film continues to protect
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Finnish company Biolan specialises in ecological farming and green area management as well as environmental products. The Icelett is a dry toilet that does not require water, sewer, or a ventilation pipe, and is easy to install anywhere. The difference: the Icelett freezes your waste to -15 degrees Centigrade, which inhibits and stops the activity
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The Next Issue app for Android gives you unlimited access to all the magazines in their library, with new issues available each month. All the magazines have enhanced content, like videos and interactive content, and all are managed by a single app, so the reading experience is the same for all titles. The app is
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The SoundFly VIEW Bluetooth FM Transmitter from Satechi is a car gadget for those of us that are not fortunate enough to own a Bluetooth enabled vehicle (like my 2006 Mazda 3). Here at The Gadgeteer, we’ve reviewed Bluetooth speakerphones before and we’ve reviewed FM transmitters. But I think this might be the first Bluetooth FM transmitter
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All the earphones I have reviewed fall into two design philosophies: dynamic speaker (looks very much like a tiny speaker) and armature (the same technology used in professional hearing aids). There are advantages and disadvantages to both but the word “unique” seldom comes to mind with either type. I had been reading about the ClarityOne
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When I think of iHome, I usually think of speaker systems and alarm clocks for mobile devices. With the new iHome iDM5, I’ll have to add typing to my list. You can use Bluetooth to connect the iDM5 to your phone, MP3 player, tablet, or computer and play music through the stereo speakers. It’s equipped
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The La Boite Concept+CC LAB’s LD120 Hi-Fi Soundsystem+Laptop Desk from the A+R Store is the first high-fidelity laptop desk. The desk has a leather-covered surface, and it’s available with red, black, or white legs with a piano-lacquered finish. It measures 30″ tall x 22.5″ wide x 20.5″ deep. It has a built-in DAC (digital-to-analog converter)
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If the popularity of Julie’s journalling posts is an indication, there are a lot of people interested in keeping journals. The Paper by FiftyThree app is definitely something you need to look at if you’re interested in journalling on your iPad. This app lets you combine drawings and handwritten text in Moleskine-like “notebooks”. You can
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We write a lot about keeping gadgets safe from damage. Cases, gear bags, screen protectors and the like are all subject to being damaged by something you may accidentally do. But what about preventing an unwanted transfer of technology (ie. theft)? We can’t all go around with safes and lockboxes strapped to everything, can we?
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Copper River Bag Co. creates beautiful, hand-crafted, American-made leather gear bags. They have a couple of water-resistant iPhone pouches that can actually also serve as your wallet. There’s both a Lady’s style (bottom left) and a Men’s style (top), although I don’t see any differences other than the shape of the snap tab. (Click on
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From the BBC comes a report on “e-textiles” that can provide clothes with a single, central power source to charge devices. Intelligent Textiles from Surrey UK has developed and is testing a lightweight uniform for the military that has conductive fibres woven into it. Rather than carrying seperate batteries for each device, a central battery can
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I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to be implanted with that chip people keep talking about because I want to be always connected. Until that day, I have to find other ways to keep myself connected. It seems most every device now offers a cellular option for 3G (or even 4G) connectivity, but
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