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Morpher Folding Bike Helmets Save Riders and Space

Bike sharing systems are changing urban transportation options but without a helmet, riders are taking a big chance with personal safety. No one wants to carry a bulky bike helmet around all the time, which is why Morpher is the solution to spontaneously hitting the road, in a good way. Morpher is a new idea in bicycle safety that unfolds from a compact package into a protective bike helmet that exceeds all relevant safety standards. The helmet is made from materials that not only protect the rider, they also look out for the planet and the helmet is produced green and completely recyclable. Strategic Sports, an OEM helmet manufacturer will [...]

Qleek Makes Sharing and Streaming Memories Personal

Holding a photo in your hand is like holding onto a memory and with digital media, that tactile emotional feeling is just not there. Qleek is an innovative streaming idea that makes sharing memories personal again. Qleek is a fun little gadget that instantaneously streams photos, music, videos or any online content. The system can be set-up in one of three ways: either plugging in an HDMI connector to a television, pairing the base through Bluetooth or even connecting through a 3.5-millimeter audio jack. Qleek uses wooden hexagons called, "Tapps" that can be decorated to express the content contained on the block. When a Tapp is placed on the Qleek [...]

MBLOK is Mobile Storage without Internet Dependency

Photos, music, documents... They take up a lot of space on our mobile devices and as we all know, there is never enough space on our mobile devices. MBLOK expands your memory cloud storage so your media content is as mobile as you are. MBLOK is a small and portable file cloud storage device that can connect seven mobile devices allowing file storage and sharing without internet or cloud servers. MBLOK works by having its own operating system and internal power giving it a 300-hour standby life and offering ten times the streaming ability of other portable memory. MBLOK pairs with a mobile device through Bluetooth and uses a free [...]

iStick Finally Solves USB File Transfer to iDevices

Transferring a file from a PC to an iPad is a hassle: finding the cord, synchronizing with iTunes; I just wanted to transfer a single file! iStick has fixed this problem developing the first USB flash drive for Apple products. iStick is on one side a typical flash drive with a standard USB 2.0 connection usable with personal computers. By sliding the selector switch, the drive becomes usable in iDevices with the Apple Lightning Connector. File transfer on the iDevice is handled by a free application, or the file can be opened directly from the iStick saving space on the device. The iStick will be available in black, white, grey, [...]

Aerial Imagery Made Fun and Easy with EasyDrone

A videographer or photographer does not necessarily want to design, build and modify a drone to carry their gear. What they need is a flight ready, out-of-the-box solution to grabbing breathtaking aerial images and that is the thinking behind EasyDrone. EasyDrone is a modular system that sets up in a matter of minutes by connecting the carbon rods to create the frame and then plugging in the compact command unit. The command unit is programmed to handle any combination of motors and blades and will even auto-configure best settings without manual tuning. The drone can carry a GoPro or comparable weighted camera and with built-in gimbal control, camera power and [...]

Kangaroo Light Brightens Every Place You Go

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Portable light options used to mean bulky flashlights that are not practical to carry around every day. For a more stylish portable light that brightens your entire surroundings, check out Kangaroo Light. Kangaroo Light is a shapeable, soft personal lighting solution for making the dark places of our day a little brighter. On the outside, a splash-proof silicon exterior covers twenty-four soft white LED lights that are Arduino controlled for customization. An accelerometer acts as the power switch; just tap the Kangaroo Light twice to turn it on and flip it over to turn it [...]

Take Steps toward Better Physical Health with SmartMove

Recent research indicating sitting can severely affect your health might not have gotten people up out of their chair, but it did motivate SmartMove to take steps to get us moving and living better. SmartMove is a shoe insert that contains a highly accurate motion-tracker that uses multi-sensors to monitor daily activity. The insole is powered by a typical coin cell that will last for about three months and uses Bluetooth to pair with a smart device application. With the app, SmartMove users can see in real-time their duration sitting as well as the amount of time engaged in over 800 different activities, calories burned, number of steps and distance [...]

Shot Stats Challenger Tracks Tennis Match Performance

Tennis anyone? Shot Stats Challenger and the companion application will soon enable your smart device to both track every tennis statistic and find opponents in your area. Shot Stats Challenger is a small activity tracker attaching securely to the strings of a tennis racket just like a typical dampener. The device has a lightweight and durable aluminum design with a rubberized exterior giving it impact-resistance against everything you can throw at it. Players can track almost every stat and see the results instantly by using the Challenger's touch-screen display or wait until off the court to synchronize through Bluetooth with their mobile device. Using the app, players can break down [...]

Two Content Versions from One Display with Invisivision

Picture-in-picture changed the way we watched two shows simultaneously and 3D viewing made sitting around the living room wearing viewing glasses the norm. Invisivision is the next level of entertainment viewing, enabling two different content streams at the same time. Invisivision is two viewing lenses in one that uses passive polarization filters to separate a stereoscopic projection from just one display. In basic terms, when using the standard viewing lenses you will see one version of content and when the other lenses are flipped down, an entirely different content stream is revealed. The glasses require no power being totally dependent on the projected content to deliver the hidden stream. Invisivision [...]