In my search for retro, mid-century items, I stumbled upon an interesting item for the kitchen that really does qualify as a gadget. The Dishmaster was developed “in 1948 in the post-war years when the American kitchen was being re-invented”, and it replaced a typical faucet with a gadget that could make washing dishes easier. The Dishmaster […]
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Now you can take your gadgets into the bathroom with the ShowerTunes Shower Curtain / Liner. The curtain features a built in waterproof speaker system and a special play-through/see-through pouch to place your smartphone or tablet. Watch and listen to music while you shower, or take a call while you soak in the tub. The
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I don’t usually like to write about active Kickstarter projects, but the auris skye project caught my eye. I’ve bought Bluetooth receivers for some old docking speakers, and they worked great for turning them into wireless Bluetooth speakers. No matter how well they work, it’s still Bluetooth, though, with its inherent problems of sound compression
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Because the external speaker on my iPad mini is wimpy, I’m always happy to try out another portable, Bluetooth speaker. When Planet Audio offered their Lynx PB252C Bluetooth Speaker for a Gadgeteer review, I raised my hand. It looks nice, and it has a compact shape that should make it great to throw in your gear bag. How does
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I’m up to my eyeballs in phones right now because Verizon has sent me not one, not two, but three of Motorola’s latest Android smartphones to try out for a few days. Yeah, I know it’s a rough life, but someone has to live it 😉 I have the Moto X, DROID Ultra and the
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I’m on a mid-century modern furnishings kick right now. We got new living room furniture this summer, and I went with reproductions of a design from the 1950s. I’m trying to make the rest of the room fit in, and my giant HDTV looks really out of place in there now. If only this TV
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I bring my DSLR camera with me to all sorts of places, as I never know when some crazy scene might break out that I would not want to miss photographing. (Actually, my life typically isn’t really quite that exciting. But I digress.) However, a DSLR isn’t a point-and-shoot camera, and most times the bulkiness
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If you’ve started trying to automate your house and find you’ve now got a variety of systems doing various tasks, you should check out the Revolv Smart Home Solution. Simply power up the Revolv hub in your home, and it uses the proprietary FlashLink system to join your local network (you’ll need to enter the
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If you feel that typical wrist straps are too wimpy or just not cool enough for you to use, check out the CamCuff from ByWanderlust. This wrist strap isn’t for those little point-and-shoot cameras; CamCuff holds a DSLR safely. It’s made of premium top-grain cow leather, and the roll buckle adjusts to any of four positions
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If a superhero needed a portable charger to make sure that he (or she) always had backup power for his (or her) smartphone and gadgets, I imagine the Mophie Juice Pack Universal Powerstation Pro would be their go-to charger of choice. With rugged looks and a rock-solid feel the Powerstation Pro is intimidating just to
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