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Big Skinny Wallets Protect Against RFID Skimming

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) A pickpocket thief today does not even have to lift your wallet to grab your credit card. Big Skinny Wallets block electronic skimming, protecting your plastic purchasing while maintaining a slim design. Big Skinny Wallets use a thin material that is a poly-blend of copper and nickel incorporated into the wallets design surrounding everything inside in an RFID-blocking Faraday cage. The material used to create this information safety zone is very thin, flexible and even machine washable protecting your cards from skimmers in the ten to three-thousand megahertz range of frequencies. The material has to [...]

The Levitating Mars Speaker Elevates Music Enjoyment

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Getting the best sound from a speaker means reducing vibration from contact with solid surfaces. CrazyBaby knows this, which is why their new portable speaker levitates. Mars Craft is a Bluetooth speaker system that delivers high fidelity sound in 360-degrees while impressively levitating above the subwoofer base. The speaker uses a neodymium motor system in combination with aptX audio codec compression to produce CD-like quality audio over wireless streaming. Up to two Mars systems can be controlled from the Mars application to produce stereo sound for up to eight hours on [...]

NVC Makes the Case for Night Vision on an iPhone 6

If you have a need to see in complete darkness but do not want to carry around night vision goggles everywhere with you, a better option might be a new iPhone 6 case from MSM Labs. NVC transforms your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus into a super-spy gadget enabling high definition pictures and video to be captured in complete darkness. The camera uses special Infrared LEDs for vision in complete darkness and provides a range of thirty feet or can be turned off for passive viewing using ambient light. The case itself is a complete capture system meaning that while it is designed to be a case, it can also [...]

Access Critical Internet Information Anywhere with Lantern

There is no question that the internet has changed how we learn, research and access information. Outernet will provide massive amounts of critical information to everyone with Lantern and without an internet connection. Outernet has built a large core archive including reference sites like major news outlets, Wikipedia, educational courseware, books, music, videos and other critical internet content that it uploads to a satellite. Lantern is a small satellite signal receiver designed to pull down that collection and store the content on an internal hard drive giving anyone a complete reference library free of charge and free of censorship. The receiver is about the size of a small flashlight, charges [...]

WingLights Provide Side-Profile Visibility for Bicyclists

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Cyclists who ride at night know the importance of being seen, using a headlight to light the way and a rear light for approaching traffic. WingLights are the final illuminating safety idea, giving your bicycle running lights on the handlebars. WingLights are very bright amber LED bike lights that provide side-profile high visibility for bicyclists riding in low-light conditions, improving safety. The lights snap into place on the end of the handlebars in just a few seconds and are built tough inside a shock and waterproof aluminum case for all biking conditions. The energy efficient [...]

Retrofit Old Smoke Alarms with a Roost Smart Battery

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Even wired smoke detectors require a battery and when that battery gives up the ghost, usually in the middle of the night, the hunt is on to find the chirping device. Roost enables retrofitting of those old detectors making them smart in a few minutes. Roost is a smart battery in a tradition nine-volt form factor that quickly adds smart device connectivity to typical smoke detectors. It uses an internal lithium battery, not alkaline, to provide power and open up real estate inside the package for the controller and Wi-Fi modules. Set-up requires download of [...]

Take Water Conserving Smart Showers with Eva

Low-flow showerheads are frustrating, but so are high water bills and the guilt of sending water conservation ethics down the drain. Eva lets you shower smarter, saving water and money while providing a perfectly refreshing hot shower. Eva is a smart shower sensor that installs between the wall and your favorite showerhead automatically regulating water flow. Eva starts conserving from the moment you turn on the water to warm your shower by checking temperature, shutting off the flow and alerting that the shower is ready. Once inside, the system adjusts the flow based on your proximity to the showerhead, blasting water to rinse your hair and body then reducing flow [...]

Connect Pod Tents and Transform Camping Vacations

If your ideal get-a-way includes a two-bedroom retreat with a full-size living room and a great view, grab your Pod Tents and hit the backcountry vacation trail. Pod Tents are a new idea in camping that use tunnels to connect between different size dome tents creating a hamster-like habitrail tent house. The tents are constructed using durable and flammability tested rip stop nylon with taped seams and are supported by aluminum and steel poles. The larger Pod Elite Maxi is roomy enough to sleep eight people or make it the center of your tent house as a social area. The smaller Pod Elite Mini is more of a cozy bedroom [...]

Mega Bar Offers Small Space Workout Options

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) In the time it takes to drive back and forth from the gym, you can have a complete physical workout in a small space, like being stuck in the office all day, with Mega Bar. Mega Bar is a physical fitness product designed for people who do not have the space for a full gym or cannot make it to a fitness club on a regular basis, but still want to look and feel their best. The bar weighs only twelve pounds when fully assembled and can hold up to three-hundred pounds of free weights [...]