News, reviews and articles about gear.
Moleskine has new limited-edition Star Wars notebooks in both the Pocket (3.5 X 5.5 inch) and the Large (5 X 8.25) inch sizes. There’s two designs for each size: The Empire (shown) and The Rebel Alliance. The covers are printed with metallic inks, and the endpapers have space-scape designs. Each book also has a full-color […]
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Epson is introducing a new, smaller printer for home printing, scanning, and copying. The Epson Stylus NX430 Small-in-One printer has a small footprint but a large set of features. The NX430 has a 2.5″ color screen, and it has built-in memory card slots so you can print without needing a PC. It comes with Epson
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It’s not just touchscreens that get dirty. Any device with a screen can build up dust and smudges that are hard to see through. (I never touch my laptop screen, but gremlins apparently do because it’s a smeary mess right now.) SmartWipes from Griffin can help you cut through the murk on any of your
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The CardSharp is an ultra thin knife that conveniently stores in a credit card slot in your wallet. It has a stainless steel surgical blade and a polypropylene handle that only requires three quick folds to transform it from rectangular credit card shape to a super sharp knife. The CardSharp is $25 from Iain Sinclair.
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With all of the accessories available for your iPad, Kindle, Nook, TouchPad, Xoom, or other tablets, it isn’t surprising that there are some great accessories and some not so good ones on the market. Knowing which ones to consider for your own use can be a challenge at best, so I am always excited to
QR codes are everywhere now, so why not have your own? The QR Code Necklace Pendant from Blend Creations is a stainless steel tab laser-etched with a QR code of your choice. The pendant is 7/8″ X 7/8″ X 5/8″, and you can choose to have it engraved with one of three ready-made messages (I
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LG has released their LSM-100 Mouse with built in scanner. Push the scan button and swipe the page in one go and save your image in a multitude of standard formats including OCR for editable Word documents. It will scan up to an A3 page. To see how it works check out the preview video
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This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that…” ideas. The Cardstick is a set of 3 vinyl stickers that you can wrap around the edge of one of your existing credit cards. The stickers do not interfere with the normal operation (swiping) of your card and will provide a 3 inch ruler
Cardstick – A Ruler for your Wallet that Requires Zero Space Read More
What looks like a Swiss Army knife but can’t cut you? It’s the Victorinox Slim USB Flash Drive which is available in five colors and in 4 GB to 64 GB (Victorinox Slim) or 2 x 64 GB (Victorinox Slim Duo) capacities. They sent me 4GB Orange version of this flash drive. Let’s take a
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Wallets were designed to carry cash, but who knew they’d make a great ‘toolbox’ too. Check out all these stainless steel credit card sized tools from Touch of Ginger. Priced from $8-$16, there are lots of different tools to choose from. Need a comb? Guitar picks? Dice? I guess they aren’t really tools, but they
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The Jewelry Designs for Men website has some beautiful rings and cufflinks for men that are sure to appeal to the techy crowd. These items all incorporate pieces of meteorite into the design. The ring shown is the 18K Gold Nine Planets Ring with Meteorite and Gemstones. The ring has an 18K backing with a
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Got your vinyl stored away in boxes somewhere? Grab out the best (or worst) record and revive its sound (well kinda). London Designer Paul Cocksedge molds old 12″ records into a smartphone amplifier, working on the same principles as the gramaphones of old. Paul will be heating and molding old LP’s at an Exhibition called
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Now you can bite the bitter cold a bit better while on the job site or off doing other activities with the Milwaukee M12 Cordless Lithium Ion Heated Jacket. This jacket utilizes M12 Red Lithium battery technology to warm the body and stimulate blood flow during cold conditions. The battery is concealed in a back
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You’ve seen news programs, movies, and TV shows where people who are planning strategy for the situation at hand are surrounded by maps with locations marked. In the “old days”, colored pushpins were used to mark locations, but now you can use colored LED lights to mark the locations of your travels on a map
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We all know fruit’s good for you however in Australia, due to Cyclone Yasi devastating Australia’s crops, bananas are very expensive. So I don’t want to chuck a banana in my gadget bag or pocket and end up with bruised, mushy and inedible fruit, they’re just too expensive to waste. That’s besides the devastating effect that
Bananaguard – Is that a banana in your pocket or….? Read More
Ever been caught short needing a quick shave before that hot date or job interview? Perhaps this is the answer, the Carzor-Card credit card sized razor and mirror. The lubricating strip even comes in 5 scents: mint, sandalwood, lemon, ocean and orange. Certainly more convenient than trying to carry around a cartridge razor in your
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Awhile back Julie wrote about the Orpheus wallet, a wallet for guitar players. The company selling that wallet is currently out of business, awaiting a relaunch, but it seemed that from that article’s feedback the price ($107) was a bit much for the average gadgeteer. Whipping Post, makers of a gorgeous line of guitar cases,
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It seems like all the cool stuff is coming from Kickstarter these days. The Packlight is another product that will hopefully see the light of day (sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun). The Packlight is a 45 LED light that can bend into convenient shapes. It has neodymium magnets so that it can be affixed
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Okay, these aren’t technically gadgets – no wires, no batteries – but this notebook from Levenger certainly appeals to the science geek side of me. These Special Request Circa notebooks come with a variety of cover designs and page formats. The Skyline cover, with it’s 3-D wire frame cityscape, and the full-grid graph paper caught
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Are you like a bazillion other people that use their car keys to open boxes? Don’t you hate it when tape particles stick to your car key. The Key Knife can solve that problem because it has a retractable snap-off blade built into the key shaped holder. The Key Knife is available from World Tools
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