Home and Kitchen

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DoorBot doorbell with camera and audio let’s you see who’s at the door – no matter where you are!

With the DoorBot, you’ll be able to see, hear, and speak with a person who rings your doorbell, no matter if you’re at home, at the office, or traveling.  This device is currently seeking funding at ChristieStreet, and it is roughly 20% funded at the time of this writing, with 41 days to go in […]

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Winbot – A Roomba style cleaning robot for your windows

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A floor cleaning robot is one gadget I’ve yet to try, but the ECOVACS Winbot window cleaning robot looks very interesting to me. I hate cleaning windows… a fact that would become immediately clear to you if you were at my house right now. Winbot attaches to the window with suction and cleans using special reusable pads.

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Add light wherever you need it with this battery-powered LED ceiling fixture

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Just as the title says, you can add a pendant lighting fixture wherever you need one without having to pay an electrician to run wiring to that location.  The Battery Powered LED Pendant Light from Solutions installs with the included bolts.  The shade cover and the ceiling cover are both stainless steel with your choice

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Doxie One mobile scanner – paperless made personal

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Doxie makes going paperless easy with their new Doxie One personal scanner.  It’s about the size of an empty paper towel roll, so it fits into a desk drawer or your gear bag.  You can scan anywhere, and the scans will be stored onto an SD card.  When you get back to your computer (Mac

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Mini Espresso Maker allows you to remain civilized even while backpacking

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You’ll be the hit of the campout with this one shot portable Mini Espresso Maker from Restoration Hardware. Made in Italy, it is made of aluminum with a brass spout and can make a 2.5 oz double shot. You even get an enamel cup with the kit. The Mini Espresso Maker makes a fun gift

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Nebula 12 – Hey, you! Get off of my cloud

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Here’s one more reason that proves the human race can’t do anything anymore unless it involves a gadget… Introducing the Nebula 12 concept indoor weather forecast station. Developed by the same Swiss team that will be bringing you the insanely expensive power generating iRock rocking chair, the Nebula 12 puts a self generating indoor cloud

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Moxie Showerhead with waterproof Bluetooth speaker

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This showerhead from Kohler is available in water-saving 2gpm or 2.5gpm models, but both feature a waterproof speaker that pumps out your music, the news and weather, or podcasts from your Bluetooth-enabled device.  The Moxie Showerhead with waterproof Bluetooth speaker has a rechargeable battery that can give you up to seven hours between charges.  You

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Bar10der is a multi-tool for mixologists

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The Bar10der is a Swiss Army Knife for mixed drink aficionados. It includes 10 different tools for all your cocktail making needs, such as a Jigger, Zester, Stirrer, Strainer, Reamer, the all important Muddler and more. I actually have no idea what a Muddler really is, but it sounds like something every mixologist should have in

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Logitech Alert Commander now available for OSX

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Last year I reviewed the Logitech Alert 750i Master System and continue to use it to this day to monitor both the interior and exterior of our home. One of my main Cons of the system was that its main control software was Windows-only. With Boot Camp running Windows to set it up and the

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Kidde 10-yr Smoke Alarms won’t bug you with annoying low battery chirps

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Have you ever had the joyful task of trying to figure out which of the smoke alarms in your home is chirping due to a low battery? The chirps happen infrequently, so unless you have a small house with only a couple detectors, it’s tough to figure out which one it’s coming from. My house

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Simplify notetaking and highlighting books with the Scanmarker

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Just scan the Scanmarker from Barnes and Noble across a line in your book, just as if you were using a highlighter pen, and the text will be automatically transferred into a Word or Excel document or into another application.  The scanner has several modes to transfer data to your computer:  “Data Entry (Scan &

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ZAGGsparq 6000 mAh Portable Battery/Charger review

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I travel a great deal for my day job and all too often forget one or more of the needed accessories to charge my litany of tech equipment. Every time that happens, I think to myself (after several choice words) that I really need a dedicated set of charging gear staged in my bag. Well,

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bitplay BANG! – Perfect solution for too much money and not enough light

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If you happen to have $299 just burning a hole in your wallet, the bitplay BANG! from Dynamism will really class up your home (or not). It’s a lamp that is controlled with a gun. Point the gun at the lamp, pull the trigger and bang, out goes the light and the shade cocks to

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Black and Decker 4v MAX Gyro Screwdriver review

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We all love power tools, but let’s be realistic:  Unless your tools are part of your job or you’re a serious handyperson, most power tools are overkill.  Yes, I’ve been guilty of using a $400 cordless uber-drill to tighten a cabinet hinge.  But what’s this odd-ball, palm-sized thing?  A Gyro?  Isn’t that meat eaten inside

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Chef Sleeve products protects your iPad in the kitchen

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If you like to have your iPad in the kitchen while you cook, you know the hazards of protecting it.  Whether you’re using a recipe in an ebook, following directions on a cooking show, or just listening to music or watching a video, you need to protect the iPad from spills.  Chef Sleeve has two

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Cook up something tasty with the help of the Belkin Universal Kitchen Cabinet Mount

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If you are a cook who likes to use a tablet to access recipes and food prep videos while whipping up your culinary delights, you should check into the Belkin Kitchen Cabinet Mount. Instead of taking up valuable work space on a kitchen counter like some tablet stands, this mount attaches to an existing overhead

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