The GiqueGEAR Smart Station is designed to act as a protective holster, a wallet replacement, and a workstation or stand for your smartphone. It claims to be “the ultimate home for your Android smartphone.” As a local company, GiqueGear (pronounced ‘geek gear’, I think) already has a special place in my heart, but the claim of […]
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The PlugBug Charger from TwelveSouth is a different kind of powered USB charger. Pop the cover off the PlugBug, pop the power prongs off the Mac charger, and then plug them together. US power prongs fold out of the PlugBug. The other end of the PlugBug has a USB port that delivers 5V at 2.1A,
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Get ready for tractor beams pulling enemy alien vessels in deep outer space! Ok, so maybe not in the immediate future anyway. NASA has awarded a $100,000 research grant to the Goddard Space Flight Center team of Laser Experts to study how tractor beams could be used to collect smaller samples in space for analysis.
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Only in the last year did I finally replace my older than dirt mercury switch type thermostat with a programmable model. Although I’ve enjoyed the convenience of having the heat automatically come on in the morning before I wake up and then not come on while no one is home during the day, changing the
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I am an avid digital photographer, and I love to bring my DSLR with me where ever I go. I take great pictures that help me create memories that will last forever. But I, like many of my photography-loving friends, hate carrying the added weight of my DSLR around my neck. I am also self-conscious
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The iSurge from Energizer is a compact 3-outlet surge protector with a couple of extra bonuses. On the top of the unit is a 30-pin Apple dock connector to charge your iPhone or iPod. On the side is a USB port. And you’ll be able to charge your laptop, iPad, or any other gadget from
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I’ve read in a few audiophile articles that a good, reasonably priced set of stereo speakers paired with an amplifier will trump the best iPod speaker/dock no matter the cost. While that may be true, when I heard the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air, I began to have some doubts. The British company, Bowers & Wilkins
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Does your MacBook double as your desktop workstation, requiring you to manually plug in a full-size monitor, keyboard, printer, external drives and other peripherals every time you sit down to use it? Henge Docks has come up with an elegant solution. Slide your MacBook down into the Henge Docks Docking Station and bam, you are up
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My wife tells me I suffer from early onset C.R.S., so when the opportunity arose to review the Get-Back Mini GPS from Brunton, I jumped at it. Here’s a device that should keep me from getting lost in parking lots and in the back woods of our summer home. Now I won’t have to rely upon my
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The nice folks over at Inkubook.com have been kind enough to give us a coupon code for a free custom photo book that we are going to give away to one lucky gadgeteer reader. Inkubook offers both soft and hardcovered photo books (check out our review), along with calendars, photo cards and other products. The winner can use
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