Archive for the ‘Household’ Category
If you’ve ever wanted an awkward looking little device to plug your iPod into, we’ve got just the perfect one. Meet the iPig. This little docking station from Speakal has five drivers in it, including a 4in subwoofer, adjustable bass, 360 degrees of pure rocking sound distribution. Oh, and did I mention it looks like a pig?
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So your significant other has convinced you to leave all your gadgets at home on your upcoming romantic get away weekend. But after getting her hopes up about a fireplace, you realize that they don’t actually have one. Luckily for you, you’ve got just the gadget to keep your addiction going and her smiling.
The German made Conmoto Travemate Portable Fireplace weighs in at just about 55 lbs and is well worth the weight. This device allows you to turn any room into a romantic fireplace lit environment with it’s easy to use and fuel efficient bio-ethanol flame that lasts up to 3.5 hours. The casing is weather resistant, so you can bring it outside incase you’re not skilled enough to light twigs on fire.
But be prepared! This little wonder will run you about $3,300!
Multifunctional devices are a must for any geek, even at the office. So when a gadget comes along that replaces a technologically deficient tool such as a tape dispenser and adds the functionality of a full 4 port USB 2.0 hub, you can’t help but get excited.
While the more tech savvy you are, the less likely you are to have need for scotch tape over duct or electrical tape, this USB hub tape dispenser is still pretty nifty. It transfers at full high speed 480mbps and three of the four ports can actually rotate 180 degrees.
The USB Tape Dispenser is fully plug and play capable, so feel free to plop it on the desk at your new job and start taping junk in nerdtastic style.
Do you have a gadget you are especially proud of? Maybe on that you might want to show off? If so this new gadget is for you! The Solar Powered Revolving Display Table Stand for Gadgets is just what is sounds like. This is a solar powered display that will allow you to display the gadget you are most proud of right on the nearest flat surface. But make sure there is light because unlit several other cool gadgets this one runs strictly on the power of the sun. This cool gadget display spins around slowly to allow you and your guest to admire your favorite gadget from all angles. If you’ve got a gadget to show off this is the gadget you need to do so!
Most everyone will remember those cool ant farms almost every kid everywhere had when they were growing up. Those are still around but just not as popular as they used to be years ago. Now with the age of technology kids want everything to be virtual. Well, one manufacture is listening. The new Bandai Ants Life Studio Virtual Ant Farm is a cool new virtual ant farm that just like the real ones the kids have to care for and feed. Gone are the days of tipped over ant farms when Mom’s would come screaming that the ants were everywhere and in come the days of virtual pets and virtual ant farms!
If you have ever taken a baby’s temperature you know how difficult it can be. Wouldn’t it be easier to just pop a pacifier into the baby’s mouth? Well here is the answer to the temperature issue: the infant pacifier thermometer. This works just like a thermometer with the ease of a pacifier. You simply turn the pacifier on, pop it into the baby’s mouth and wait for it to beep.
The pacifier also comes with a red or green alert color that will make seeing an important temperature easy to see. This great gadget also comes with its very own carrying case.
If you have kids then you know how uncomfortable they look when the fall asleep in the car during a long car ride. Their neck is bent in an odd position and you know that when they wake up they will undoubtedly be very cranky because their neck hurts. For years parents have searched for a way to keep their heads up so the child can remain in a seat belt.
That is when some smart manufacture came out with the head cushion pillows. It wraps around your neck and settles on your shoulder to keep your head and neck from going in a painful position. Now companies are coming out with cushion pillows that are ideal for children. What could be better than a pillow that keeps your head up and looks like your getting a big hug from your favorite teddy bear? I’m sure your kids will agree they are great!
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) had issued the call for a ChemBot and it looks like iRobot is up for the challenge. The idea is that this proposed robot will be able to identify its surroundings and avoid obstacles, having the ability to enter through openings smaller than its normal form. The robot will of course need to be able to collect intelligence as well to be even remotely worth the effort.
iRobot isn’t exactly new to the robot making industry, so in creating these flubber like creatures, they’ve enlisted the assistance of some of the great minds over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The idea is to combine advanced actuator technologies and chemistry to create something more than a pile of goo that can actually accomplish the tasks that DARPA is looking for.
Just imagine how clean your house will be with one of these things.
Looking for a new Hybrid car? Come 2010 Toyota will be launching Hybrid cars equipped with Lithium-ion batteries, allowing you to plug your car in. The idea has been discussed for quite some time, and even as soon as next year, Prius’s will be running on NiMH batteries. But come 2020, Toyota plans to run ALL their cars this way.
But Toyota isn’t just looking to pump out a plug in car, they’re also working with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co to develop a superior version of the Lithium-ion batteries for their cars. Are Hybrids the answer to high gas prices or just a hold over?
Imagine having this couch as your work station? Attach your TV to one side, throw your laptop on the table. Forget having a bed, besides going to the bathroom and feeding yourself, this could be your whole room.
It’s called the Jane Worthington DS 152 Sofa and Furniture Fashion has a great article on this wondrous chair that is perfect for every gadget geek and enthusiast. I’ll wait for the model that has a built in fridge.
Source: Furniture Fashion