Posts Filed Under — Gadgets

[ November 6th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Next Room Eavesdropping Device: Kinda Creepy, Kinda Cool

The next room eavesdropping device is pretty simple really. It features an “electronic internal sound amplifier” to boost sounds from behind whatever you stick it up against. So you can hear what your boss is saying behind closed doors (cool), find out what people are saying about you in the next room (also cool) or [...]

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[ November 5th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

GPS Watch, Tracks Your Movement For Your Own Amusement

Thanko has built a GPS watch that doesn’t look like a GPS watch, which is pretty cool if you ever wanted to automatically track your own wanderings. The watch connects to Vista and XP PCs via USB and from there you are only a hop, step and a jump away from logging all of those [...]

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[ November 5th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Underwater Cell Phone, Is Nowhere Sacred?

If you absolutely must stay connected, even underwater, then it can be done with the Alpha UWCP. A 40m cable connects a full face mask with an integrated microphone and speaker to a buoy with an electronic interface, which in turn can be used to connect to a cell phone via Bluetooth.
All it takes is [...]

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[ November 5th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Linked Mugs Make It Easier To Fetch Coffee

As designated coffee maker for a small group of teachers that refuse to drink the drek that spews forth from our office coffee dispenser, I have had to carry a few scalding cups in my time. Linking the cups together might seem unnecessary, and could in fact be so, but it would no doubt make [...]

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[ October 27th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Transformable: Water-powered Flashlight Does Double Duty as Lantern

Liquid-powered NoPoPo batteries give this flashlight/lantern the juice it needs. In case you need a reminder, NoPoPo batteries can be filled with water, juice coke or… urine. The batteries are included.
Price: $54 [Coolest Gadgets, Geeky Gadgets]

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