News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
I know this isn’t exactly a gadget, but it sure is eye catching. It’s a collection of 3D car replicas that double as shelves for your wall. Made of resin and glass, these colorful front bumbers of some classic car models from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s would be perfect for any man cave (or […]
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Ok, this is too cool… Giant LEGO bricks that double as storage boxes. Officially licensed by LEGO, these bricks come in three different sizes (they also sell a LEGO head storage container) and several colors. You can even stack them just like the real bricks. I would love a set of these, but unfortunately, they
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The Cable Collar is quirky’s latest community-developed cord wrap product. If you’re not familiar with quirky, it’s a site where people can submit their product ideas and actually have them built and sold. The Cable Collar fits between a power adapter and a standard wall socket, providing a channel to wrap excess cord. As of
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You’ve probably seen something similar to this – a desk lamp with a charging dock for iPod/iPhone in the base. Rotaliana, an Italian company that seems to specialize in lighting, has turned a simple product into art. The Diva is made from polycarbonate and aluminum. There’s an aluminum arm, hinged at the top, that opens
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It’s my belief that if you have a broadband Internet connection, you should dump your legacy phone service and join the growing number of people who embrace VOIP. There are many products and providers to choose from and now netTALK has come out with a convertible product which can be used with or without a computer.
Those geniuses at ThinkGeek have done it again! They have introduced the Star Trek Pizza Cutter – in the shape of the NCC-1701 Enterprise. The entire “ship” is about 8.5″ long (including the 4″ diameter stainless blade) and weighs 9.8 ounces. The blade is laser etched with “USS Enterprise” and “NCC-1701”. It has a solid zinc-alloy chromium-plated body.
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Roomba isn’t the only robotic cleaning device on the scene now. The new Mint automatic floor cleaner is designed specifically for hard surfaces like wood and linoleum and uses most popular disposable cleaning cloths (Swiffer) and re-usable microfiber cloths for dry sweeping and wet mopping floors. The square shape allows it to reach all the way into corners.
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Quirky’s latest community developed product is the Boil Buoy kitchen gadget. Its function is to let you know when your water is boiling on the stove. The Boil Buoy is made from 100% food and heat-safe materials and features a small buoyant chime that sits in your pot and rings when the water starts boiling.
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I have wanted an impact hammer/driver for a long time now….for years, if not decades. Several of my construction buddies have them and I have marveled at how effective they are at driving screws and bolts into very dense materials. I have used a standard cordless drill on MANY projects, fighting/stripping countless screws in the
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If you make calls using internet services like MSN, AIM, Skype, Yahoo Messenger (or any other computer messenging application), this Bedol Internet Phone can replace your earphone and microphone. You just plug it in to your PC or Mac, and you can use the Internet Phone like a hand-held phone, a speaker phone, or even
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I’ve been using powerline ethernet for several years and it’s allowed me to extend my home LAN to every corner of the house without having to rewire the building. I have used and tested several HomePlug devices, but the innoband Wireless N solution is unique in that it also includes a WiFi access point.
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A couple of days ago I posted a news item about the Mr. Coffee Café Frappe Maker. I mentioned that my family and I are addicted to the Starbucks’ frozen Frappuccino™ coffee drinks, and we spend a lot of money on them in the coffee shop in the local Barnes and Noble bookstore. Making our own
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Replace your deadbolt lock with the Advanced Protection Digital Deadbolt Lock from ThinkGeek and you’ll reduce your worry about break-ins. The lock resists lock-picking, kicking, sawing, hammering, and prying. You can unlock with a passcode or use the TagKeys. The TagKeys cannot be duplicated, and they can be deleted from the system if one is lost.
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The Audiovox Acoustic Research AW850 light with speaker lets you add music to your outdoor living space. The AW850 is a Mission-style light fixture/speaker in an aged copper finish. You replace an existing outdoor light fixture with the AW850 speaker, which is weather-resistant and can use up to a 40W bulb. You’ll get a single speaker that has an
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I have a serious addiction to Starbucks’ Frappuccino drinks. My husband and I usually go to the local Barnes and Noble every Saturday (and sometimes on Sunday, too) to peruse the magazines and have something to drink. I’m diabetic, so I always get a caramel frappuccino made with the sugar-free syrups. Starbucks drinks are expensive, especially
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