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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 13, 2008
Imagine being able to share the 3G on your Windows Mobile device with anyone over WiFi. Thanks to a piece of software called WMWiFiRouter, you can do it! Great for traveling some place with your WiFi-...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 6, 2008
The Utili-Key 6-in-1 Tool from ThinkGeek is about the size of a normal key, when it's all folded up anyway. They've manage to pack in a flathead, Phillips head and eyeglass screwdriver, a sem...
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by Mark Rollins on January 5, 2008
This Napkin PC concept is for those who have their best ideas over lunch, and write their ideas on napkins.
As you can see, it is a napkin rack full of e-papers and digital pens so a user can interf...
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by Mark Rollins on January 2, 2008
You have to admit that this Time Cube Clock just looks cool. I'm not certain how practical it is, for you will need to learn how to tell time all over again.
You see, three triangles are designe...
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by Mark Rollins on December 28, 2007
Even though this next device isn't really a gadget, per se, as you cannot take it home with you, I could easily make a home out of this.
As it turns out, some hotel in Berlin, the Radisson SAS H...
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by Mark Rollins on December 27, 2007
That is, use your finger to open the Sequiam Biometrics Biovault 2.0. I'm not saying giving it the finger as in flip it off. After all, there is a lot to like about this particular product.
In c...
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by Mark Rollins on December 27, 2007
Yes, we really still use these dang AA batteries that eat up power like hungry termites in a forest. However, we don't have to be their slave anymore as the USBCell Batteries from Moxia work for u...
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by Mark Rollins on December 26, 2007
Man, those rich people with their Garage door openers. Too bad just anyone can steal those garage door openers and open the garage on their own. Fortunately, the SmartTOUCH Garage Door Opener by Maste...
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by Mark Rollins on December 13, 2007
The Philips AJL308 Alarm Clock is Living Proof of how technology changes every day before we realize it. After all, who needs an alarm clock if you have a cell phone or MP3 player?
Therefore, why no...
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by Mark Rollins on December 7, 2007
Every once in a while some new device comes out that measures things you don't want to measure, but probably have to. For example, this tanita AB-101 Belly Fat Scanner is designed to tell you exac...
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by Mark Rollins on December 5, 2007
Take a look at this and tell me you don't like this. It is a billboard that is affixed with solar panels. It actually has a bigger purpose than just trying to sell me something. It is here to help...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 1, 2007
I guess I'm pretty lucky as most of my shirts don't need ironing. No, that doesn't mean I wear t-shirts, quite the opposite. There are a couple of shirts, however, where I need to break o...
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by Mark Rollins on November 28, 2007
It is hard to believe that a device like the Metaphys Uzu cyclone is a vacuum cleaner, as it is one of the most unusual vacuums I've ever seen. Yet even though this product may suck, the design mo...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 27, 2007
If you've been following my work here, you might have noticed I have a thing for eco-friendly gadgets. Maybe it's the environmentalist in me screaming to get out.
This time around, the folks ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 25, 2007
When you're camping and you don't feel like building a fire, having some way to cook is quite a useful thing. Camping stoves are one solution to this, but they are rather large.
Not anymore. ...
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by Mark Rollins on November 23, 2007
I'm not certain why you would need a USB putting green unless you are a victim of office boredom. Well, assuming you can keep it from your boss, it does seem like something nice to have.
Persona...
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by Mark Rollins on November 21, 2007
Clearly this saw with a laser has some star potential, and I don't mean a recurring role in the Saw movie series.
If you're like me, you just can't saw in a straight line. Or you can but...
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by Mark Rollins on November 20, 2007
When I first saw the USB Blender Alarm Clock from Brando, I'm certain I thought what many others are probably thinking: what could I possibly use that for?
Well, for one thing, an alarm. I reali...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 19, 2007
Ever wonder why your phones typically work in a power outage? Because there is anywhere between 50 and 70 volts of direct current running through it. It's more than enough to power your phones, bu...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 18, 2007
For all the movies that are produced year in and year out, only a select few deserve to be called classics. The ironic thing is, when blade runner was first released 25 years ago, it did not do all t...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 13, 2007
If you're a gamer who likes to play first-person shooters, you might think it's cool if you could actually feel getting shot. Would certainly make the game seem more real, right?
Put on this ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 12, 2007
What does this pearl and plastic as strong as steel have in common? They are made by a series of very thin layers. Let me explain.
Researchers at University of Michigan have come up with a way to mak...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 11, 2007
You may not know it, but the Nokia N95 has an accelerometer built into it. The only built-in application that currently uses this is the camera. However, Nokia recently released a C++ library that all...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 11, 2007
This video reminds me of a potato-powered clock I saw as a kid:
I can't even begin to explain how unpractical this is. If you have your USB cable for your iPod, you can likely find a spare comp...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 10, 2007
Why am I covering a piece of furniture on a gadgets blog? Well you gotta put your toys somewhere. And, quite frankly, this drawer is cool.
What makes this different is that the top of this drawer is ...
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by Mark Rollins on November 7, 2007
There is so much to like about the KLOSS DelighTable I am not even certain where to begin. First of all the name is awesome, a pun on De-Light-Table. Second, the way the table surface reacts to the to...
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by Mark Rollins on November 7, 2007
I suppose there are several uses I can think of for Sanyo's inspection robot, and not one of them is what it was designed for: a way an inspector can get into foundations and crawlspaces for build...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 7, 2007
As someone who grew up in California, lived in Hawaii, and now lives in the Seattle area, I am all too familiar with earthquakes. They are quite simply a part of life along the Pacific Rim that, quite...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 6, 2007
At least where I live, smoking in a public place is becoming harder and harder to do. It's banned inside most public places in Washington State and several others. Heck, you can't even do it o...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 4, 2007
This is a Do-It-Yourself project from Instructables, and it's pretty cool. rubber bands, parts from an old CD-Rom drive, and a simple circuit is the ticket to charging a device that can be charged...
