Archive for September, 2009
Security At Any Cost: The Impossible Lock
This is pretty novel, a pretty cool security device. It’s a lock that requires no keys or combinations of any kind, The Impossible Lock. More about it here: This chunky padlock, made from brass and stainless steel, weighs 400 grams. The brass part of the padlock is 42mm high and 55mm wide. The entire padlock, [...]
Finders Keepers: The Alligetter Grabber LED Tool
We’ve all done it: dropped something valuable into a tough to reach place, and had no way to get to it. With the Alligetter Grabber LED Tool to grab it, this sort of predicament will never happen again. And even better, it lights the area you’re looking in, so that you can never blame the [...]
Sound Boost: The PodXTreme Amplified Speaker
The PodXtreme Amplified Speaker is something some users have begged for eons ago; a decent sounding, compact speaker that plugs into your music player via the headphone jack. The PodX is an add-on speaker that is supposed to generate a strong sound and powerful bass out of your iPod or any kind of MP3 player, [...]
Green Machine: The Automatic Can Crusher
We all know two things: recycling is good, and aluminum cans are a primary reason why recycling needs to be done. But inventory Doug Wehrly has created the Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher to make it easier to be a good citizen of planet Earth. It’s designed mainly for domestic purposes, not mass can crushing, as [...]
Control Your (Robotic) Universe: The Programmable Gaming Robot
Robotics and games sometimes can go hand in hand, and the Programmable Gaming Robot allows you to produce your own games and pit other robots against you in challenges of skill and thought. More here: The six included games are interactive environments composed of pieces that include a base station, energy port, special effects hub, [...]
Move With The Music: Dance On Keyboard
This is a great way to introduce your child to the world of dancing with the Dance On Keyboard, a tool to encourage musical growth and agility at the same time. More here: This keyboard mat allows budding virtuosos to compose their own music as they dance, jump, or run on the keys. Fourteen white [...]
Road Warrior Tool: The Twin Socket Battery Charger
The Twin Socket Battery Charger is a nice idea in a simple, easy to use package that, unlike many of the things we profile here, has one simple, efficient use: It recharges batteries. Well actually, it will quickly recharge your AA batteries using a car’s cigarette lighter adapter, which is nice for those always on [...]
Sideways Thinking: The Emily Alarm Clock
Now we like this one for its inventive solution to an everyday little dilemma that we never think about; reading an alarm clock while laying sideways in bed. Now this new gadget solves this age-old issue by being setable or mountable on its side, so it can be easily read: The Emily Alarm Clock. Mountable, [...]
Old-School New School Device: The ‘Keyboard Keys’ USB Card Reader
This is a neat little device that made me instantly think “why didn’t I think of that?”. It’s shaped like a keyboard key, and it’s a little USB dongle thing that you can put SD/Micro SD and other memory cards into, and they read off of that once plugged into your system’s USB drive. It’s [...]
Another 3-in-1 gadget: The Weather Alarm Clock Radio
We love our multi-function gadgets, as anyone who has ever read this blog knows, and therefore, we ‘heart’ the Weather Alarm Clock Photo Triple Frame from Verdict. It combines a bunch of different functions together in one attractive, sleek package. First, the alarm clock is in there, along with indoor temperature/humidity readings, a full weather [...]
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