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• Coolest Rear View Mirror Ever

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  Does this actually seem logical?  I’m not sure, but it’s cool as hell.  This rear view mirror first and foremost features a 5 inch screen, because your factory mirror doesn’t allow for good enough field of vision.   It also has a front dash cam, and a rearview camera in case you are a victim of police brutality, a stalker, or if you just want to do a better job parking.   It even records [...]

   

• iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: Just the Essentials, Nothing Else

  In DIY, Gadgets

  

  While I have all of the stuff in the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit in one place or another, I find myself slightly envious of the folks who have it all in one place in a neat little roll bag. What I love about this kit is that they have pared it down to the essentials, the tools that you need for most electronics repair jobs – but none of the stuff that you are unlikely [...]

   

• Devon Tread Gets an Update and an Awesome Set of Names [Tread 2]

  In Clothing, Design, Gadgets

  

  Devon has has just released a sequel to its interesting-looking Tread timepiece – so named because it uses rubber belts and an interesting mix of analog and digital technology to tell time. From Watchismo: The belts are only 2/1000th’s of an inch thick and are a technology appropriated directly out of the cockpits of airliners like the Boeing 747 where they indicated vital measurements such as air speed and fluid levels. the belts are mounted [...]

   

• Philips Jamie Oliver HomeCooker Promises Effortless Home-cooked Meals, Let’s Hope it Delivers

  In Gadgets, Previews

  

  I remember a few years ago when the first all-in-one cooking gadgets started making an appearance. They weren’t cheap, but they tapped an unmet need – for a quick, easy and relatively tasty home-cooked meal without the effort. I don’t know whether the Philips HomeCooker, which is the result of a collaboration between Philips and Jamie Oliver will be the appliance that finally takes all-in-one cooking gadgets mainstream – but if it doesn’t, something like [...]

   

• Numi: Best. Toilet. Ever.

  In Gadgets, Housewares

  

  When you’re an adult, especially when you have kids, sitting on the toilet takes on new meaning. It’s a place where you can be by yourself, turn your brain off for a while, and take care of “business” so to speak. Magazines have been replaced with technology, so why not create a toilet that aids your internet surfing, texting, streaming, Instagramming, etc.? It’s called the Numi, and it’s possibly Kohler’s greatest creation, boasting features galore.  These [...]

   

• BACtrack Breathalyzer Helps You Be More Scientific About Your Drinking

  In Gadgets, Phones

  

  The BACtrack is an interesting little portable breathalyzer that offers functionality well in advance of much of its competition by estimating how long it will take you to sober up. The innocuous little device uses your smartphone for its display and boasts just the right social functions to make it the life of many a party. Before we continue, let me be clear that I do not advocate drinking and driving, nor am I in [...]

   

• BeagleBone Gets a Performance Boost and a Massive Price Cut [BeagleBone Black]

  In Computers, DIY, Gadgets

  

  The once popular BeagleBone developer board just got a substantial price cut and performance boost in the form of the BeagleBone Black. The BeagleBone was always a great little piece of equipment – its only real problem was that it cost more than twice as much as the Raspberry Pi. That didn’t scare away the sorts of people who know what it can do – but it probably kept a good number of novice tinkerers [...]

   

• This is a $12 Cellphone [Gongkai Phone]

  In Gadgets, Wired Madness

  

  I’ve used cheap phones before, but nothing as cheap as the $12 Gongkai phone. Electronics maestro Bunny Huang did a teardown of a Gongkai phone that he picked up at Mingtong Digital Mall. His findings were interesting. At $12 you are obviously getting a burner – but the innards are an interesting mix of simplicity, functionality and frugality… it packs quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display – and the processor isn’t bad [...]

   

• QWERTY Keyboard Sofa by Zo-Loft…(Get it? Zoloft? Ha! Oh, Wait, That’s for Depression.)

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  Geek Chic is defined with this piece of functional art.  The QWERTY Sofa is an adjustable leather couch that represents probably the most used item in our day to day lives- the keyboard.  From the designer: Thanks to micro electric motors controlled by a remote control, every single key/cushion is adjustable in height to give total freedom to the full available surface. In this way, the furniture becomes a playful carpet, a comfortable support but [...]

   

• Combimouse Allows for One Less Piece of Equipment

  In Computers, Concept, Design, Gadgets, Misc.

  

  Close your eyes and imagine a world where you never had to take your hand off of the keyboard to move the cursor.   Now open your eyes.  May I present the Combimouse- A keyboard/mouse hybrid that allows for more productivity, and fluid computing.  It’s simple: The right side of the keyboard has a sensor that triggers the unit to mouse mode, when the user puts his hand around the sides of the mouse-shaped portion. [...]

   

• Tactical Fire Striker Pen Helps When You Need to Burn on Reading

  In Gadgets, Geeky

  

  The Smith and Wesson Tactical Fire Striker Pen is the first tactical pen that I have seen that comes with its very own fire striker. As a teacher, I am a huge fan of tactical pens – not because I fantasize about finding myself in situations where a heavy metal pen might save me from getting shot or stabbed (that would be ridiculous), but because a heavy metal pen makes a hell of a racket [...]

   

• iRing: The Stylish Stylus

  In Gadgets, Misc.

  

  When fashion and technology collide, the result is often something beautiful and useful.  Introducing the iRing- a classy piece of bling that you can use to navigate your favorite touchscreen device.   It’s made from elegant aluminum with a rubber tip that says “Can your engagement ring do this?”   And maybe the owner of said diamond is happy and bubbling over their impending nuptials, but this lonely Ruzzle Master is ready for action at [...]