The Clumsy Case – For Clumsy Kids (or Adults)

Clumsy Case

Designed by Melbourne Company Studio Proper, the Clumsy Case is an iPad case designed for kids or those of us who are just plain clumsy 🙂 Made of a soft foam that’s both durable and easy to clean, the Clumsy protects your iPad from those everyday bumps and drops as well as those messy and grubby

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GoldieBlox Knows it Takes More than Just Making it Pink to Appeal to Girls

A couple of years ago, I asked the question Are Gadgets Just for Guys? and said that making it pink doesn’t mean it will appeal to women – it just guarantees it won’t appeal to men.  The real problem goes beyond pink and making gadgets appeal to females.  It goes to the very heart of

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Reduce the Stress of Standardized Testing for Your Student

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It’s that time of the year, when high school juniors and seniors start standardized testing for college admissions.  There’s a long list of what you can and can’t bring into the testing room, and watches for keeping track of testing times are one of the few allowed things.  My daughter grew up in the digital

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Spotlight Spark LED Torch/Flashlight Review

Spark

You’re just come in from a night out, and find that someone’s forgotten to leave the front porch light on for you.  You can’t find the right key, and you can’t see the keyhole properly.  Sound familiar? The Spark from Spotlight is a small and portable flashlight than can easily be connected to your keyring, access card, lanyard, bag

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ANicelyDone Stylus Handpad Review

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If you enjoy drawing, doodling or note taking with a stylus on your tablet, you’ve probably run into the issue of not being able to rest your entire hand on the display while drawing. Although some note taking and drawing apps have a palm rejection feature, most do not. For those that don’t, I have

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The Chromonaut Camera Bag

photojojo chromonaut camera bag

Here’s another fun photography-related product from Photojojo.  The Chromonaut Camera Bag looks an old-fashioned book bag from the outside, but it’s much more than that.  The exterior is water-repellent canvas to protect what’s inside.  It’s handmade in Japan with lots of attention to details and triple stitching at the stress points to ensure the bag

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The Pad & Quill Cartella Case For Macbook Air Review

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The way we protect our portable technology these days comes in every shape, size and color constructed from every material imaginable; from a thin plastic film to platinum encrusted with diamonds. Well, the folks at Pad & Quill create cases that look like old leather bound books from days gone by. Historically, they have focused

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Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad is Now Available in White

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Logitech has announced that their award-winning Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad 2 and the new iPad is now available in pure white.  The Bluetooth keyboard serves as a protective screen cover when not in use.  Magnets in the cover connect to magnets in the iPad to keep the cover securely in place; they also work

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Power Outage Activated LED Lantern with USB Charger from ReadyBright

mrbeams readybright lantern

If you read Bill’s recent review of the mrBEAMS ReadyBright Home Power Outage System and thought it was a great idea but you’d like a portable light, too, you might want to check out the ReadyBright Lantern.  (This is an IndieGoGo project currently seeking funding.)  The ReadyBright Lantern is an add-on to the mrBeams system, and

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Pad & Quill Announce a Case for the iPhone 5

pad and quill iphone5 case

You’re probably familiar with Pad & Quill’s Moleskine-like cases for by now.  If you love that hand-bound book look for your mobile devices, you’ll be interested to hear that they are now accepting pre-orders for their Little Pocket Book Case for iPhone 5.  This case is leather inside and out, and it has the elastic

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Blue Mikey Digital Microphone Review

The Mikey Digital from Blue Microphones is a simple, yet powerful little device.

Everyone, except, of course, the tech “pundiots” (pundit idiots) of the world, knows that iPads and iPhones and even the lowly iPod Touch can be used for more than just playing music or games. There are hundreds of thousands of apps out there, as well as cases, speakers, holders, lens attachments, and tripod mounts for

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BEARTek Bluetooth Gloves – Give Your Phone the Finger

Here’s a product for those of you who indulge in sports where you have to wear gloves, like skiing or motorcycle riding, but want to enjoy your music while doing it. (Personally, I’ve never felt comfortable listening to music while riding a motorcycle.)  The BEARTek Bluetooth glove allows you to control your MP3 player or

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INSTEON LED Bulb and Controller Review

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I’ve been using X10 products to remotely and automatically control some of the lights and appliances in my house for years.  Insteon is the next generation of X10-compatible devices sold by SmartHome.   I’ve been considering updating the devices in my house to take advantage of the new technology, so I thought I’d start with

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Hi-Fun Hi-Call Bluetooth Glove – Talk to the Hand

Hicall Glove

If you live in a cold climate, then you’ll know the issue of trying to use your capacitive touchscreen on your phone or tablet with gloves on.  The Hi-Call glove from Hi-Fun in Italy fixes that with capacitive threads in the fingertips.  But that’s not all!  Integrated into the left glove is a Bluetooth microphone and speaker; using

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Shutter Thumb Rester Helps Prevent Camera Shake

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The Shutter Thumb Rester from Brando is a add on for your camera that provides a resting place for your thumb. The idea is that it allows for a more relaxed/natural grip on your camera, so that it will prevent shaking. The accessory is made of a “high quality material”… Not sure what the actual material

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Aperion Audio ARIS Windows® 8 Certified Compatible Speaker System

aris windows 8 speaker

Aperion Audio announces ARIS, the first speaker certified compatible with Windows 8 (also works with 7).  Using the Windows “Play To” function, you’ll be able to send music wireless from your PC, tablet, or smartphone to the ARIS speaker.  The ARIS connects to your home network using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), or with a simple on-board setup

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