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Yellow Jacket is an Absolutely Stunning Cell Phone Case

When it comes to self-defense and personal safety, you have a number of legal options. The Yellow Jacket stun gun phone case gives you one more and turns your cell phone case into a stun gun. The Yellow Jacket stun gun phone case was designed with two goals in mind. The first is to protect your phone with a hardened, impact resistant outer case. The second is to protect you in a defensive situation. Inside the case is a 650-kilovolt stun gun that when activated can incapacitate an attacker for a few minutes giving you time to escape. Two switches on the device prevent accidental discharge, one covering the electrodes [...]

The Fuel Micro Charger is Emergency Gas for Your Smart Phone

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) When you are mobile and expecting a call or email, the last thing you want to see is a dead smart phone battery. The Devotec Fuel Micro Charger is the emergency gas can charging solution and it goes with you anywhere. The Fuel Micro Charger has a small form factor making the design of this little power pack very cool. On the outside, the components are housed in a durable and light die-cast aluminum case that looks like a small gas can. The inside space is primarily a 220 milliamp hour lithium-ion battery that when [...]

Aluboo is a Sustainable Aluminum and Bamboo Bicycle

When riders think about racing level custom-made bicycles, their material choices usually do not include bamboo. Boo Bicycles in Fort Collins, Colorado is going to change that with their planet-friendly Aluboo bicycle. Aluboo is a production bicycle and Boo is a completely customizable bicycle that riders can build starting with the frame. Each frame is custom made-to-order and constructed from aluminum and Vietnamese iron bamboo. Riders can then customize their Boo for several different builds depending on their riding habits, anything from city, road, commuter, mountain biking or even racing and cyclocross. If you want to adjust your build later down the road, the Boo is engineered to, "grow with [...]

Automatic Link Lets Drivers Really Connect with Their Car

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) To become a more efficient driver and to understand what is going on within your car, you need a way to access the computer on your vehicle. Automatic Labs has your solution, and the connected car adapter takes advantage of the on-board diagnostics data port in most cars since 1996. Automatic Link is a connected car adapter that easily plugs into the data port located right by the driver's left knee. When combined with an app available for both Android and iOS, it communicates with your car and displays valuable data right on your smartphone [...]

Forget Stashing Cash and Keys with PocketBands

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Sometimes you just need a low-tech solution to not having a pocket like when you are headed to the pool or beach. The PocketBands sports wristband were designed for just that. PocketBands are a stylish and comfortable alternative to tying a key around your neck or stashing your cash in the toe of your shoe in a sports wristband. They are made out of stretchable surgical silicon for durability and comfort and can hold a couple of keys or some cash. They have several fashionable solid colors, a few pattern designs and also a glow [...]

Bikespike Gives Riders the Ability to Track Cycling Activities

If you are an avid rider, you can add a layer of security to your bike and yourself while also tracking and sharing your cycling activities with a Bikespike bicycle tracker. Bikespike is a small bicycle tracker that securely mounts to the water bottle area on a bike. It works internally by using a small GPS chip, an accelerometer and a cellular connection. When combined with an Android or iOS app, the device sends data about the ride telling the rider how far they have gone, the speed they traveled and where they are. The device also lets riders digitally lock their bike, and will get notifications on their phone [...]

The Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS Camera for Extreme Environment Shooting

When you need to capture the action in some extreme environments, you are going to need a tough camera. The Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS is a rugged, "lifeproof" digital camera that you can take anywhere. How tough is Tough? The Olympus TG-2 iHS digital camera can handle anything you physically throw at it. It is waterproof down to 50-feet and fully functional to that depth. In the rain, a water-repellent lens coating keeps your shot droplet free. It is shockproof so it will survive drops and fumbles from a height of seven feet. If you drop something on it that weighs less than 220 pounds, no problem, it is crushproof [...]

Swipe Your Hand and Scan Using the IRIScan Mouse

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) When you just need to scan something quick, the IRIScan mouse scanner puts a scanner right in the palm of your hand without having to figure out or find a scanner. The IRIScan mouse scanner works like any other mouse with the added benefit of a built-in 300 dpi scanner. It can scan any document, image or even newspaper up to A3 in size and the scan instantly shows up on your monitor. Once you have scanned your material, the software lets you save, print or you can drag and drop scanned text into most [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is Fast, Functional and Still Plastic

Samsung has finally announced the Galaxy S4 and is targeting a late April release. There’s been a lot of talk about this new phone, here's what you can expect from their latest smartphone offering. The hardware on the Galaxy S4 starts with the processor. For US models it will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.9 GHz quad-core processor; the rest of the world can look forward to the eight-core Exynos 5 Octa processor at 1.8 GHz. The device will use 2 gigabytes of RAM to help those processors run smoothly and users can choose either 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of internal storage. More storage on the device will be available [...]