I’ve been looking for some way to occasionally watch TV on my bedroom TV without the monthly expense of a cable hookup and digital settop box in there. I’ve tried an antenna that worked great for local HD stations, and I’ve tried a wireless transmitter that worked great with my Blu-ray player but not with […]
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A few weeks ago I posted a review of Zevia Stevia sweetened soda where I told everyone about my quest to find a healthier replacement for Diet Coke. While I really enjoyed some of the Zevia flavors, the price was way too high for me to justify buying it on a regular basis, so it
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The WipeCoin case is a specially designed iPhone 4/4S case with a built in cleaning disk that can be used to clean the gunk off your phone’s display. The coin stores in the lower right corner of the case, but when you need to use it, it slides out so that you can rub the
Your iPhone is Nasty, Clean it with a Coin. Do What? Read More
The Sharper Image says “aspiring knights will learn plenty about ‘The Force’ as they build their own Lightsaber Room Light“. (Though not as much as Dave Rees and the Gadgeteer Kid learned building their sabers. 🙂 ) This lightsaber runs on 5 AAA batteries (not included) and comes with a remote control. You can choose
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This is a paid advertisement Vonage has been in the business of providing VoiP service for home and business phones for years, and now they are entering the mobile calling market with new Vonage Mobile applications for Android and Apple iOS devices. Using the new mobile apps with the latest innovations in VoiP technology, you
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If your Sweetie has been wanting an ebook reader, you can give him/her a Sony PRS-T1 for Valentine’s Day for only $99.00. (Read The Gadgeteer’s review of the Sony PRS-T1.) Sony has reduced the price on their latest reader for a limited time, bringing the price of their touchscreen, WiFi-enabled reader in line with that
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Tom Bihn is known for smartly-designed, well-built, made-in-USA travel bags. But their passion for “Portable Culture” extends to travel accessories as well. Tom Bihn recently introduced several new items to make your travels a bit easier, among them the Travel Money Belt. Onward! SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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This may look like a microphone, but it’s really a speaker for your MP3 player. The Microphone Speaker from Molla Space is 1.5″ x 1.5″ x 3″ long. Remove the handle to expose the 3.5mm audio plug that works with any audio device with a 3.5mm audio jack. It has a built-in, USB-chargeable lithium-ion battery,
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This is another Kickstarter project. The Manifold Clock is a wall-mounted clock with a 30″ sweep. The hour and minute hands are joined with a flexible sheet that forms a changing 3-D shape. This “combination of simple mechanics and modern design is based on the mathematical notion of Riemann surfaces, derived from the log(z) function.”
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Wipit is a small microfiber pad to clean your touchscreens. What makes it different is that Wipits have adhesive backs so you can stick them on the back of your device, where they’re always handy when you need them. The adhesive layer lets you restick the Wipit up to 100 times without leaving residue on
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Back in the day when Palms and PDAs ruled the portable electronics market, you could get several designs of folding or mini keyboards to connect to your PDA to turn it from a ‘consumptive’ device (that mostly displays content) to a ‘creative’ one (one that allows you to easily create new content). Sure, you could
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I really NEED this handmade leather cover for my iPad 2! These covers are made by an Etsy seller who calls his store punkassjim. Jim was inspired by the cover of an 1940s electrical handbook. He hand-carved the embossing plate, embosses the leather using his car as the weight, and then constructs these covers himself.
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Isn’t it a pain when you have to look at your earbuds to work out which one’s left and which one’s right ? Or you find that you’ve had the wrong phone in the wrong ear ? Well the Japan Science and Technology Agency ( JST ) has a solution with their Universal Earphones. Using
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We all know that a screen protector will help keep your iPhone’s display as pristine as the day you bought it. But installing one can be a huge pain in the butt. First you have to make sure the screen is clean so you don’t install the protector over dust particles. That’s actually the easy
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Using only twigs, you can cook your food with this quick-lighting little camp stove. The CampStove from BioLite is only 8.25″ x 5″, weighs 2 pounds, and folds up for easy packing. When you get to the campsite, it burns twigs, pine cones, pellets, and other biomass, so you don’t have to carry heavy fuel
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The picture above is dominated by my giant 65″ TV, but you’ll notice two little speakers sitting in front of the screen (click for a larger view). These little beauties are Mod 2 speakers from Orb Audio, a US-based “high-end speaker manufacturer who has proven that price does not equate to quality in the home
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To many people, even the worst of news can sound better when said with a British accent. And what worse news can you have every morning than a blaring alarm at 5am to wake you up and get you started on your day? Wouldn’t the gentle prodding of, say, Stephen Fry help to better ease
Good Morning, Sir is Waking You Up, Classy-Style Read More
Check out this nice looking Aluminum and Carbon Fiber mini pen from Sunshine Products. Sunshine’s mini pens are modular, so you can “build” one with your own choice of body (stainless steel, aluminum, aluminum with carbon fiber or brass), end cap (brass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel), pen cap (brass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel), cap style
Sunshine Products Now Offering Carbon Fiber Mini Pens Read More
I hate lugging around my work laptop because it is bulky and weighs too much. That’s why my personal laptop is a 13″ Macbook Air. I like thin and light. Those of you that prefer the Windows OS and are interested in an ultra portable computer should consider the Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook. It’s due
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Plug this little paperclip-sized dongle into the 30-pin connector on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, and your Apple device can serve as a powerful universal remote control. The Zapper from VooMote uses the free VooMote Zapper app from iTunes to let you control virtually all the A/V devices in your house. You can define
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