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Lock Your Valuables with Safe Box for the Beach

Hitting the beach for the day is a great escape although we still need things like cell phones, money, keys and other necessities that can get lost in the sand or worse, stolen. Adding a Safe Box for the Beach to your day-trip gear can make a summer day get-a-way worry-free. Safe Box for the Beach is more than just a box for your stuff; it is a dug in, locked down and secure option to protect your valuables that also supports an umbrella. Safe Box uses a long auger screw that twists deep into the sand and a mounting bolt that attaches the box from inside so that when [...]

Coolest Clock Turns Walls into Projection Clocks

Wall clocks fit your decor and can tell you the time however with a Coolest Clock, your wall clock can look any way you want and provide more information than just time at a glance as a projection clock. Coolest Clock is a wall-mountable RBG LED projection system that displays a 16:9 aspect ratio image of information. The clock uses a smartphone application for customizing the, "smart faces" of the clock allowing the displayed image to match the room or your mood. With built in Wi-Fi, anything from social media posts, sports scores, inspirational quotes and current weather or news can be displayed on the image, keeping you up-to-date and [...]

Lightors Batteries Recharge Through Built-In Micro USB

In any device that uses batteries for power, like game controllers, remote controls or clocks, using rechargeable batteries is eco-smart and saves money. Lightors will also save wall outlet space and time spent searching for a battery charger. Lightors are rechargeable batteries, which is not amazingly new technology however these rechargeable batteries eliminate the need for a wall charger. The batteries are designed around the double-A and triple-A form factors and contain a nickel-hydride battery that is charged through a micro USB connection built into the cell. The double-A cell has a 1500 milliamp-hour charge capacity, 600 for the triple-A, which is about equal to most general purpose batteries or [...]

The All-Terrain Storm E-Bike goes Fifty Miles on a Charge

There have been several ideas and prototypes for e-bikes in recent years and now, it looks like there is a Storm coming later this year. Storm is an e-bike with big backing that could make it a widely available product by the end of the year. The most eye-catching part of Storm is the all-terrain wheels giving the bike dominance over sand, snow and rocky terrain while providing a smooth riding experience. Those wheels can be powered by pedaling or by Storm's 350-watt gear motor that can propel the bike at up to twenty miles per hour. The motor draws its power from a swappable lithium ion battery pack giving [...]

Prynt Smartphone Case for Instant Photo Printing

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Polaroid cameras were so much fun because in an instant, you could grab a snapshot and share a real, physical photo keepsake memory. Prynt is bringing back the days of instant photography, this time as a smartphone case. Prynt is as easy to use as any camera by simply docking your smartphone, grabbing the perfect shot and in a matter of seconds; a photo is printed from the case. Prynt works by using thermal technology that heats a special photo paper to precise temperatures, which allows the ink that is already embedded in the paper [...]

Dolfi for Hands Free Hand Washing of Delicates

Hand washing your delicates can still be hard on the fabric and we know it takes a toll on our hands and our time. Dolfi is a new idea in laundry aids that makes hand washing easier than ever, and it is hands free. Dolfi is a soap-bar sized device that uses ultrasonic vibrations to clean delicate fabrics that can easily be damaged. Once you have your delicates in a basin with soap and water, just drop in Dolfi, switch it on and in about thirty minutes, the clothes are clean. Dolfi not only saves your hands and time, it can save money by using almost eighty percent less energy [...]

Shed Light on Your GoPro Video with Sidekick

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Every Hero needs a Sidekick and if you own a GoPro and have tried shooting video in low light and backlit conditions, your Sidekick will shed light on your most heroic moments. Sidekick comes in two varieties and uses a low-profile arm mounting next to the GoPro camera that is compatible with all GoPro mounts. The Cree U2 LED on both units delivers 600-lumens of light with 90-degrees of coverage. An additional 400-lumen spot on the Sidekick Duo targets light where it is needed narrowing the coverage to a focused 23-degrees. Both models are factory [...]

iTager Changes the Laser Tag Battlefield Landscape

If you have some time to kill, grab some friends and head out into the woods for bragging rights in what is sure to change laser tag forever. Move over paintball, here comes iTager. With iTager, players can either use an integrated laser tag rifle or set up their own favorite rifle, like an airsoft gun, as a laser tag weapon. The primary laser in the unit is accurate up to 2,500 feet and is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery giving the unit up to fifty hours of playtime per charge. iTager records headshots through a worn headband alerting the player they have been defeated while also using Wi-Fi [...]

The Open Source Pi Smartwatch is Certifiable Geek Wear

The wearable device race is about to go into full speed this year with smartwatches leading the pack. There is no doubt Apple will have a strong horse in the race, however, there will be others with unique offerings. Pi is a smartwatch that is slated to be released in early 2015 and uses an Arduino platform to bring personal programming to the smartwatch product field. The user interface is a combination round touch-enabled LCD display with 160-pixel per inch resolution and a ten-point capacitive touch ring all driven by a 32-Bit Cortex M4 processor. The code for the watch is all open source giving amateurs and advanced programmers the [...]