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Motivate to be Active All Day with the Nike+ FuelBand

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you are looking for a simple and stylish alternative to clip on fitness monitors that can also double as a watch, check out the Nike+ FuelBand. The Nike+ FuelBand is more than just a calorie or step counter. It uses a metric to measure your activity that they call, "NikeFuel" a proprietary technology developed by fitness experts that interprets activity from movements of your wrist. It is based on oxygen kinetics, a normalizing score that goes beyond factors that can skew measurements like age, gender and weight. On the inside, the device uses a [...]

Breathometer Takes the Fear Out of the Beer Run

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Before you make your next beer run, make sure the person going is legal to drive. The new Breathometer breathalyzer will help you nominate the individual that will be heading out or maybe the friend who will get everyone home from happy hour safely. Breathometer is a small breathalyzer designed for smartphones that plugs into the audio jack and works with a downloadable app. It’s an easy process to check if you are over the limit, just blow in the device and the app will display your blood alcohol level (BAC). The app is designed [...]

Thermodo is Your Personal and Portable Weather Station

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) When you check the temperature on your phone, you are relying mostly on a weather station that could be miles from where you are. If you want an accurate thermometer reading, you are going to want a Thermodo from Robocat. Thermodo is a small temperature sensor thermometer that you can clip on to your keys and take with you anywhere. When you want to check the temperature exactly where you are at, you can plug Thermodo into your audio jack and the temperature will be measured instantly. It seems simple enough but this little accessory [...]

TiVo Mini Extends Your TiVo Entertainment for Whole-Home Viewing

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you own a TiVo but wish you could watch your recorded programs in another room of your house, the new TiVo Mini companion device is just what you have been waiting for. The TiVo Mini works with your TiVo Premiere 4 or XL4/Elite DVR and your home network. The device does not have wireless capabilities, so you will need a wired connection to either Ethernet or Cable network connectivity. Set up is very easy, just hook the TiVo Mini up to the network attach an HDMI cable to the television, power it up and [...]

The MakerBot Replicator 2 and 2X for Prosumer 3D Printing

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) The 3D printing market offers consumers a growing number of choices for home and office fabrication, and, like any growing market, there is a prosumer line for designers that want more. MakerBot has been meeting that demand since 2009. The MakerBot Replicator 2 and 2X prosumer line of additive printing machines allows designers to take their models to the next level. The Replicator 2 is a single extrusion printer that uses PLA filament to create models in one color. It uses an acrylic build plate and offers designers a 410 cubic-inch high-speed printing area. The [...]

The Roku 3 Again Redefines Streaming Media Entertainment

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Just a month after Western Digital introduced their streaming media system, the WD Play, Roku has a new product that again redefines streaming entertainment. The new Roku 3 is now available and is, "action packed and fully loaded." So what makes it different from the Roku 2? For starters, the Roku 3 is available only for High-Definition televisions connecting to the TV through an HDMI cable. Also on the hardware side, it has the most current wireless dual-band standards. The remote is also different and unique. Each Roku 3 comes with a set of earbuds [...]

Measure Your Athletic Fitness Intensity with the Armour39

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you are a fitness junkie, you probably have a heart rate monitor or a way to measure the amount of calories burned, but have you ever measured your willpower? This spring, Under Armour will release the Armour39 ultimate fitness monitor system designed to push athletes to their limits. The Armour39 is actually several items that work together to bring you a complete fitness picture. The system consists of a chest strap, a monitor module and either a watch or a downloadable app. Once you put the system on, you give it a WILLpower target, [...]

Jedi Motion Control with the MYO Armband

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) The MYO Armband from Thalmic Labs will be released later this year and you can pre-order one now for 149 bucks. So why is this product being marketed as, "unleash your inner Jedi?" Using the MYO Armband might have you believing. The MYO Armband is a gesture control device that you wear on your forearm. Unlike traditional motion control, this device does not use a camera-based feedback system to identify motion. What it reads is the electrical currents being sent to your muscles as you gesture and combines those readings with a 6-axis motion control [...]

The Oculus Rift 3D Stereoscopic Virtual Reality Gaming Headset

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Your gaming experience is about to change forever. In April of 2013, Oculus VR will begin shipping the developer kit of their Oculus Rift gaming headset to game companies for integration into their titles while Oculus VR works to get the consumer version on the market. So let's check it out! The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that is being developed specifically for gaming and with the focus of being affordable for the consumer. It will connect to your computer through a DVI connection although it will be possible to use HDMI with [...]