When I think of robots, I think of Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons cartoons or ASIMO, Honda’s robot. The folks at Romotive have a different idea; it’s called Romo, The Smart Phone Robot. Romo is basically a small, tracked vehicle that measure 5.6″ long x 4.5″ wide x 3″ high. You plug either your […]
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Style is not something that I think of when thinking of a keyboard. However, when I noticed the SteelSeries APEX gaming keyboard while browsing the web recently, that is exactly what I thought – stylish. There are five illumination zones that can each be customized from 16.8 million colors, and the layout of the keyboard
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FELIX is using Kickstarter to fund their new MonkeyOh Charging Dock and Stand for iPhone and Android. We’ve seen stands that attach to the wall outlet before that are similar to this, but the MonkeyOh is the only one that looks like a monkey! The description says the MonkeyOh can be used without the charger
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ZAGG may be more known for their protective device skins, but they’ve long offered their ifrogz line of earbuds and headphones. They now have some Animatone products that are designed just for children. As you know, the loud volumes produced by earphones and headphones can damage hearing. Some devices include maximum-volume settings for their audio
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I reviewed the Withings original WiFi Body Scale back in 2010 and have been using it almost daily ever since. I like how it records my weight so that I can see trends using my Android smartphone or iOS device. Withings has recently announced a new model called the Smart Body Analyzer. Priced at $149.99,
City Prints is a map company that produces artful maps of a variety of venues – home towns, states, college campuses, stadiums, and more. They expanded their line to include the Pop Culture series (maps of video game, comics, and TV and movie locations) and Computer schematics diagram prints. The image shows maps for Resident
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As a followup to Janet’s article about restricting in-app purchases on an iPad, here’s the guide to doing it on Android. Like Janet, I’ve heard so many of my less technology-bent friends complain that they handed their Android device to say their nieces and nephews to play games and keep them busy, and lo and
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If you spend any time traveling, or even just have a long commute, you’ll at some point find yourself needing a power boost for one of your gadgets. NewTrent has two backup battery packs in their line of mobile accessories that can keep you powered until you reach your destination. The Travelpak (NT400C) has a
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Remember the Octa TabletTail Vacuum Dock and Whale Tail stand (see related reviews)? They have another TabletTail kit available, the MonkeyTail, and it’s available now at BiteMyApple.co. (BiteMyApple.co only sells successfully-funded former Kickstarter projects that have made it into production.) Just like the WhaleTail kit, the MonkeyTail and the vacuum dock work with most tablets.
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Julie reviewed the iClooly Multi-Touch Pen for iPad some time ago (see related links). That stylus had a hard tip for a resistive screen and a brush tip for capacitive screens. Since then, iClooly has introduced their Elite Multi Touch Stylus Pen. This pen still has the hard resistive tip, but the brush has been changed