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IDAPT i2 and i3 Universal Chargers

Chris Davies, Jan 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Universal chargers usually look like complicated octopus creatures, with multiple proprietary tips dangling off a cluster of cables, or maybe a single box and a bag of easy-to-lose adapters, but IDAPT's solution is bit more sturdy. Saying that, the i2 and i3 Universal Chargers also require a bit more room, being intended for table-top rather than travel use. Interchangeable plugs slot into the base plate, letting you centralise your commonly-used gadgets. Read The Full Story

Leyio Personal Sharing Device: exchange profiles, media & more

Chris Davies, Jan 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Leyio have taken the wraps off of their eponymous "personal sharing device", a compact portable file-sharing gadget that allows you to exchange business cards, profile addresses such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and digital media including audio and video files. It uses an ultra-wideband transmitter and receiver, offering high-speed transfers of up to 10Mbps that can swap a 3MB photo in 0.3s, a short movie in around 20s, or simple images, text and links almost instantaneously. Read The Full Story

Device helps you “translate” Sign Language

Shawn Farner, Jan 6th 2009 Discuss [2]

If you have deaf friends or friends in deaf-education majors, you've probably felt as I have, at times - totally lost as a flurry of hands whip through the air, making shapes and gestures you just don't understand. Luckily, a new device is coming to save the day. Read The Full Story

Glow Graffiti lets you tag with UV light

Chris Davies, Dec 30th 2008 Discuss [3]

If your kids love scribbling on your walls, or you're an agoraphobic tagger who gets fed up of filling your house with paint fumes, the Glow Graffiti might be your salvation. Ostensibly a normal spray can, in actual fact you paint with UV light: the nozzle hides a UV LED (the batteries hide inside the can) and you can "paint" light onto the included UV-reactive sheet. Your artwork stays visible for around 30 seconds, then fades away. Read The Full Story

Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector saves energy

Brenda Stokes, Dec 5th 2008 Discuss [1]

We all could use a few extra ways to save money right now. But what if you could save cash and help the environment, too? This new Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector can help you find drafts in your home so they can be repaired and you won't have to deal with wasteful heating and cooling bills anymore. Read The Full Story

reviteLITE keeps your iPhone charged; monsters at bay

Brenda Stokes, Dec 4th 2008 Discuss [1]

If you're in need of both an iPhone charger and a night light, then you might just be in luck with the reviveLITE. This thing acts as a dock to your iPhone and lights up nice and bright to help ensure you won't trip over any spare shoes in the middle of the night and won't get eaten by any monsters. Developed by Scosche Industries, the reviteLITE charges iPods and iPhones of all kinds. All you have to do is plug it into a wall outlet and it casts a subdued light against your wall. So now you can keep your iPhone charged up, keep a reassuring light illuminated in your room at all times and do all of this while maintaining some sense of style. You can get the reviveLITE now in black and white models for $39.99. [via Gearlog]

Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector

Chris Davies, Dec 4th 2008 Discuss [0]

It might look like a speed-trap gun, but this Black & Decker tool is actually to identify places in your home where heat is escaping. The Thermal Leak Detector uses a nifty colored light to tell you whether a particular spot is spilling all your central heating out into the cold or not: calibrate it by pointing at a normal wall, then move the light around and, if there's a particularly leaky spot, it'll turn red. Read The Full Story

Bird doorbells: a different sort of wireless tweet

Chris Davies, Dec 4th 2008 Discuss [0]

As I've mentioned before, when I was little I always wanted a doorbell. It's a long story. Anyway, imagine my childlike glee at these bizarre wireless bird doorbells: press the button, and be serenaded by a whole load of tweeting, chirping and generally bird-like sounds. You just know there's a demo video after the cut Read The Full Story

Sonic Nausea gadget makes people queasy

Brenda Stokes, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm just not seeing the practical purpose of this gizmo. The Sonic Nausea device is an electronic gadget that can actually make people around it feel sick to their stomachs out of the blue. The device is meant to be placed in a specific location and then it will send out high-frequency signals of all sorts, which can apparently make people that get within range feel nauseous. All of the varied soundwaves this thing outputs makes it difficult for a person to process directional source information, resulting in sweating, nausea, vomiting, headaches and irritability. Well, that's just lovely. I mean, is it supposed to be a gag (pardon the pun) device, or what? We're thinking crowd control or something like that. Perhaps a Tazer alternative? Regardless of this thing's purpose, the Sonic Nausea device will cost $29 and runs on a single 9-volt battery. [via The Red Ferret Journal]

USB Kitty Hub keeps your devices in order

Brenda Stokes, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [1]

If you're like most people these days, you have trouble finding enough USB ports for all of your gadgets. But this USB Kitty Hub can help put that problem in the past. In fact, it offers up plenty of ports for your peripherals. Read The Full Story

Peek on sale for $50 today only

Brenda Stokes, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

If you have any interest at all in the device known as Peek, then you had better get moving! Apparently, for today only you can get the handheld for just $49.95. That's a pretty good deal, which is about $30 off of its previous asking price. I never exactly saw the appeal of this device, especially since its one and only feature is email access. Is it trying to be an old school BlackBerry? I guess no one can really know. But if you need email and you need it now, the Peek might be for you. The only catch here is that you'll have to shell out $20 a month for the network access. Other than that, though, this is a pretty good deal. Again, if email is your one and only means of communication. [via Gadget Review]