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This Gives Hiding Your Gaming Controller in the Coffee Table a Whole New Meaning

By Janet Cloninger / April 14, 2012 / News / Furniture, Game controllers, Gaming Gear / Leave a Comment

Instead of hiding your Nintendo gaming controller in your coffee table with your remotes, the Nintendo Controller Coffee Table from TheBohemianWorkbench Etsy shop is the controller. This table is made of maple, mahogany and walnut with dovetail joinery and mid century modern legs, and it functions as a Nintendo NES controller. A floating glass top […]

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CamelBak Groove Insulated 0.6L Filtration Bottle Review

By Mark Adkins / April 14, 2012 / Reviews / Health and fitness, Outdoor Gear, Travel Gear, Water Bottle / 2 Comments

I’m a big believer in using refillable water bottles to stay hydrated, lose weight, be environmentally conscious, and so on, so we usually have half a dozen 32oz. wide-mouth bottles in the fridge. I’ve been thinking about upgrading my system though. Our local water is a little hard (but still pretty tasty), but about once a month

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Wacom’s Upgraded Bamboo Stylus Duo

By Jackie Cheng / April 14, 2012 / News / Android, iOS, Styluses, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 2 Comments

Wacom just released an update to their Bamboo Stylus. Their new Bamboo Stylus Duo adds a ballpoint pen on the other end of the stylus. This new design makes much more sense as you won’t have to carry an additional pen. They will sell for $39.95 when they come out in May. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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ATTSaving’s Fiction to Reality Timeline

By Ian Lim / April 14, 2012 / News / Gear / Leave a Comment

ATTSavings has released a cool Fiction to Reality Timeline for gadgets (you can also click on the graphic above for a full size version). From the screen to your hand, I suspect there’ll be some debate about some of the associations and claims put forward, but still a bit of fun anyway. Much is the

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Feedly News Aggregator Review

By Ian Lim / April 13, 2012 / Reviews / Android, Apps, iOS / 3 Comments

Hands up! Who likes to start their morning with a coffee and a catchup of the daily news? In “the old days,” this meant grabbing the latest newspaper to read, but these days with all the digitised content out there, you’re no longer constrained to having to read a single source about a single subject.

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WaterField’s Custom Fit SleeveCases for PC Laptops

By Janet Cloninger / April 13, 2012 / News / Bags, Laptop Sleeve, Laptops and Gear / 1 Comment

If you’re tired of generic laptop sleeves that don’t really fit your laptop, take a look at the new Custom Fit SleeveCases for PC Laptops from WaterField. Simply enter the dimensions of your laptop, choose whether you’d like a horizontal or vertical orientation, make a couple other style choices, and WaterField will produce a sleeve

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Pebble E-Paper Watch for iOS and Android Smartphones

By Janet Cloninger / April 13, 2012 / News / Android, iOS, Smartwatch, Watches and Clocks / 3 Comments

This Pebble E-Paper Watch is a Kickstarter project. It probably set a funding record, receiving pledges of over a million dollars in 28 hours. The Pebble watch connects to an iPhone or Android smartphone via Bluetooth, so you’ll be notified of incoming calls or emails with a vibrating alert. You can access functions of the

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PEAR is another workout gadget that doesn’t want to be called a workout gadget

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 12, 2012 / News / Health and fitness, Outdoor Gear / Leave a Comment

Fitbit, MOTOACTV, and Nike Fit are all gadgets that are designed to help you maximize your workouts. PEAR claims to be different and better, by offering real-time advice and motivation from an actual coach instead of a sexy recorded voice. The device is definitely a gadget because it runs on batteries, clips to your waist or arm

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Magpul Cases Wrap Your iPhone in Tactical Style

By Andy Jacobs / April 12, 2012 / News / iOS, iPhone Case / 3 Comments

In the spirit of Act of Valor and all things tactical is the Magpul Field Case for iPhone. Made from the same synthetic rubber as the original Magpul loop, a weapon magazine made from a proprietary polymer known for its reliability and durability, the Field Case is a semi-rigid cover for your iPhone that provides protection

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Hack Your Own Bluetooth Keyboard Case for iPad

By Janet Cloninger / April 12, 2012 / Uncategorized / Bags, Do-It-Yourself, iOS, iPad keyboard case / 6 Comments

I’ve tried a lot of Bluetooth keyboard cases for the iPad, and they all suffer from the same complaint. Regardless of any other features they may offer, all keyboard cases have undersized keyboards. If you’re a true touch-typist, like I am, you’ll find it very hard to type on these small keyboards because your finger

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Atomic Floyd SuperDarts +Remote Earphones Review

By Bill Henderson / April 12, 2012 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Earphones / 7 Comments

At first glance, the new Atomic Floyd SuperDarts +Remote earphones look like a souped-up version of the bullet-designed Koss KEB40 or Ortofon e-Q5 earphones. The cord comes straight out the opposite end of the earphone instead of the side of the main shell. It’s obvious Atomic Floyd wants to make a statement with the SuperDarts.

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Sushibot – Feed an army of hungry Sumos

By Ian Lim / April 12, 2012 / News / Food, Home and Kitchen, Robot / Leave a Comment

The kids and I love making Sushi rolls, but it can be a tedious and slow process. The Sushibot was demonstrated at the World Food and Beverage Great Expo 2012 in Tokyo. Produced by Suzumo, a company that specialises in sushi making machines from domestic to commercial, the machine is capable of making up to 300 rolls

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Tell Time Without Numbers

By Janet Cloninger / April 12, 2012 / News / Watches and Clocks / 3 Comments

The Verbarius Digitless Clock from ThinkGeek displays the time without using the typical digital format. It uses the same words that people use when they say the time. For example, 12:00am is displayed as Midnight with the Verbarius. The clock comes pre-loaded with English, German, Spanish, French, and Russian, but there are more than a

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LIL KIKR Charges and Amplifies your iPhone’s Audio

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 11, 2012 / News / Dock, iOS, iPhone / Leave a Comment

The LIL KIKR is an anodised aluminum charging dock that also boosts the sound of your iPhone or iPod’s speakers by 10db without requiring power to do so. It’s been designed to work with the iPod nano 3g, iPod 6g, iPod touch, iPhone 3/3G and iPhone 4/4S. LIL KIKR is a Kickstarter funded project and

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Create Your Own Offline Wikipedia with BytePac

By Janet Cloninger / April 11, 2012 / News / Computer Gear, External hard drive, Laptops and Gear / Leave a Comment

We told you about the BytePac hard drive enclosure system late last year. With BytePac, you can use internal hard disk drives as external drives in the BytePac cardboard enclosures and the disk connection kit, or you can even archive a series of hard drives in the cardboard enclosures. Now, BytePac wants to tell us

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Never Drop Your Cell Phone Again with Feinger

By Janet Cloninger / April 11, 2012 / News / Android, Gear, iOS / 8 Comments

The Feinger system consists of an mount attachment for the back of your phone and a finger sleeve to attach the phone to your hand. The neoprene finger sleeve is available in sizes to fit fingers of most sizes. The mount has an adhesive pad that attaches to your phone or small, handheld device. Snap

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DYMO LabelManager 500 Touch Screen Label Maker Review

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 11, 2012 / Reviews / Home and Kitchen, label maker, Printer / Leave a Comment

I’ve been a fan of DYMO label printers for years. I still use their Twin Turbo label and stamp printer which I reviewed 6 years ago (see related posts at the bottom of this review). They recently asked if I would be interested in reviewing their LabelManager 500TS. The TS stands for touch screen. Let’s see if

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Brick Brites Light Up Your LEGOs

By Andy Chen / April 11, 2012 / News / Toys / 1 Comment

Sure, there are LEGO bricks that light up, but do they blink in different colors? Brick Brites are motion activated pieces that work “with major toy brick brands” and blink when tapped, which helps conserve battery life. That’s good, because I don’t see a way to change the batteries. Comes in White/Red, White/Green and White/Blue for $9.99

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Philips Monitor ErgoSensor – My monitor sounds like my mother

By Ian Lim / April 11, 2012 / News / Computer Gear, ergonomics, monitor / Leave a Comment

“Don’t slouch!” “Don’t spend so long at that monitor!” “Turn off the power when you’re finished!” Sound like anyone’s mother? Well the new Phillips ErgoSensor range of monitors is now a mother substitute. The monitors feature: Optimal viewing distance measurement and advice Time-break reminder Neck posture detection and corrective advice User presence detection and behaviour

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Chrome Citadel Rainy Weekend Laptop Pack

By Andy Jacobs / April 10, 2012 / Uncategorized / Bags, Laptop bag, Laptops and Gear, Travel Gear / 4 Comments

Planning a weekend getaway with your laptop to a rainy destination? Chrome‘s got your back with their new Citadel pack. Made from weatherproof 1000 denier nylon exterior and waterproof 1800 denier military grade truck tarpaulin liner with high frequency welded seams, the Citadel fits up to a 17″ MacBook Pro inside its roomy, full-access,

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