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The Siva Cycle Atom is Pedal Power for the World

Energy spent cycling can get you around and away from it all to places where charging a device might be an issue. With the Siva Cycle Atom bicycle generator you can now capture that energy and turn your pedal power into real, usable power for your devices. The Siva Cycle Atom is a small bicycle generator that securely fastens to the rear wheel axle of your bike. As you pedal, the Atom captures the energy you are expending to ride and stores it in a small battery. When you need a charge, hook your device up to the battery pack and the calories you burned biking are now charging your [...]

The iLumi Full Spectrum LED Smart Light is a Bright Idea

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Finally, someone had the bright idea to make an energy saving LED light that is functional and intelligent. The iLumi smart lighting solution is a product that will, "bring your light to life". iLumi is a full spectrum LED light that is wirelessly controlled through Bluetooth on a smartphone app. On board each bulb is computing technology that also makes the bulb programmable through the phone, including a fast Flash processor, four megabytes of Flash memory and a real-time clock. Setup is as easy as screwing in a light bulb and downloading the free app. [...]

Locate Anything with the BluTracker Bluetooth GPS Locator

If your dog is a jail-breaker or you have ever had a hard time locating your car, the long range BluTracker might be what you need. BluTracker is a small Bluetooth GPS locator that has a range of up to 2500 feet and when combined with their free app provides accurate location information to ten feet. It works by using specially modified RF amplifiers and an omnidirectional long-range antenna to broadcast with Bluetooth 4.0 the GPS location of the device. The app lets you see the device relative to your position on Google Maps and even lets you set a virtual fence, alerting you if the device leaves the fence [...]

Easily Grow Indoors with a Click & Grow Smart Flowerpot System

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you like to cook but do not have the space or time to grow your own herbs, Click & Grow is a smart flowerpot solution that fits perfectly on any counter or table. Click & Grow takes the guesswork out of growing a small indoor garden using technology that ensures a plant gets the right amount of water, light, fertilizer and even air on the roots. The Click & Grow system is very easy to use, pop in four batteries, fill the water reservoir and insert a plant cartridge. The sensors within the Click [...]

Tethercell Remotely Controls Battery Operated Devices

For battery-operated devices, there is no real way to look at the cells and know exactly how much charge is remaining. Tethercell will not only give you battery life information, but also let you control the device using your smartphone. Tethercell is a double-A sized enclosure that holds a triple-A battery replacing one double-A battery from your device giving you a smart battery. Once you have a Tethercell installed, you can use your smartphone to turn the device on or off, schedule device power, find the device or just to check the life of the battery. Tethercell only knows the charge status of the triple-A battery and since triple-A batteries [...]

HAPIfork Provides Haptic Feedback for Eating Healthy

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) You can improve your health and lose weight just by eating at a slower pace and now, a smart fork that that I always thought would stand the test of time is getting an upgrade to teach us how to eat again. The HAPIfork is the world's first smart fork that tracks several factors as you eat a meal. It counts the number of times it travels from the plate to your mouth, or, "fork servings" and measures the interval between fork servings. If the interval is too short, indicating you are stuffing your face [...]

The 27-Inch Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Tabletop Tablet PC

While other tablet manufacturers are going mini, Lenovo is going big, really big. The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon is a full 27-inch tabletop tablet computer that provides a multi-user shared computing experience allowing two or more people to use the screen at the same time. Let's get the specs out of the way. This is a personal tablet computer built for performance. An NVIDIA GeForce 620 video card with up to two gigabytes of video ram powers the 27-inch full high-definition display. Depending on the model you choose, the third generation Intel Core i-processors combined with up to 8 gigabytes of DDR3 ram will give you plenty of computing power. Unlike [...]

Greenbox Keeps Your Lawn and Wallet Looking Green

Keeping your grass green can be challenging and for a lot of us involves guesswork that can underwater or overwater your lawn, wasting money. Greenbox is about to bring sprinkler control technology into the smart home age. Greenbox is a sprinkler control system designed by 22 Seeds that uses your smartphone to program and optimize watering schedules. Installing Greenbox is easy enough, just mount the controller on the wall next to your existing analog controller and move the control valve wires to the corresponding zones. Once the application is downloaded to your smartphone, the device will synchronize using Bluetooth Smart for programming your schedule without trying to figure out dials, [...]

The Pass It On for Good Card is the Gift of Good Karma

It may look like a gift card, but it is not, or is it? The Pass It On for Good USB drive card enables the repurposing of old computers to improve the lives of people who might have never even seen a computer before. Pass It On for Good is actually a USB drive card loaded with software that makes it easy to not only repurpose that old computer in the closet but also to protect your information. When that card is inserted into a computer, it will first check the health of the system, compare the specs to a world need database and then offer the user a chance [...]