Everything in your home has been automated nowadays, from garage doors to the thermostat. However, you still need different remotes for all your different gadgets, which is quite an annoying experience. Why not just control everything with only your smartphone and nothing else. That sounds much better, doesn't it? Meet the Wink app and HUB – the all new way of connecting all your home appliances to your smartphone so you can control [...]
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We’ve been covering Android TV boxes for a while, and they’ve come a long way since the early days of under-powered, over hyped gum-stick units. Nowadays the best of them are really cool, and can turn your television into a beast of an Internet enabled multimedia device. Now the manufacturers have stepped up the game and introduced the first of the ultra high resolution models, which can deliver 4K to your compatible TV. 
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There’s a ton of diet and nutrition apps on the market, but for the most part they focus on things like weight loss or counting calories and stuff like that. Which is why it’s nice to find a new app which takes a new and different approach to keeping us healthy (wealthy and wise?). NutriHawk is designed specifically to monitor our intake of essential vitamins and minerals. Of course tracking the intake of this kind of [...]
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Usually the ‘as seen on TV’ set of products is full of a lot of nonsense that no one needs, but every so often a product arrives which actually seems to make a bit of sense. For instance this little light box may save a family losing all their valuables, and even save their lives. The FakeTV is a little box which mimics the look of a running television, using LED lights which [...]
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A few days ago, we wrote about a handy app called CamScanner, which scans any photo and turns it into a digital document. It does get the job done, but what if someone sends you a digital document that you need to sign? You know, like your manager, agent or the head of your trust fund? No worries! There’s an app for that, too. SignNow is a web and mobile app that allows [...]
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Spring in the air makes me miserable. Itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, sore throat, the whole nine yards. Lucky for me the boys at Thanko have devised a product to help combat this menace, the USB Pollen Blocker. Desperate times demand desperate measures, eh? It's not pretty, but neither are seasonal allergies so I'll take looking silly over being miserable. The hood resembles a cross between a beekeeper's mask and [...]
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Hmm…now here’s interesting. This brand new theQ camera aims to replace your smartphone as the camera of choice by offering instant uploads to social networks using in integrated 3G wireless networking. Which basically means you should be able to do instant uploads from just about any place on earth. Which is fascinating. One of the goals of all citizen journalism is to grab the photo-story and get it where it needs to be instantly, and now [...]
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Buried amongst all the headline hoop-la about Google’s self-driving cars, there’s a steady stream of interesting snippets from various car manufacturers who are clearly working towards some sort of radical future for the automobile. The era of the driverless car looks as though it’s going to be a part of our lives sometime soon, whether we like it or not. The latest example is this very clever Hyundai Empty Convoy commercial, which shows off the use [...]
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Lots of folk like the look of steampunk gear, and add vintage touches featuring cogs and gears to their homes at the drop of a hat, but First Light takes it the next level by being an actual clockwork, wind up lamp. This lamp may not be right for every home but it sure is a discussion piece. At first glance it doesn't really look like a lamp at all. It [...]
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My kid wants to watch loud cartoons and play annoying apps, I want to read Science Fiction and be left alone. Here's some headphones kid. Five minutes later, broken headphones. Happens all the time. So HeadFoams are just what the doctor – and my bank manager – ordered. HeadFoams are brightly colored, nearly indestructible headphones for children. They're full headphones, not ear buds or wrap around the ear types. They're lightweight, which [...]
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Too lazy or frantically busy to leave your browser and look for a program’s icon to open it? Well now there’s a cool Firefox add-on which can help you with that. If you work in your browser a lot – and who doesn’t? – but occasionally want to open another program, say, Photoshop, External Application Buttons 2 is probably what you need. This is an interesting new add-on that allows you to add the [...]
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Every year there are far too many tragic deaths caused by accidental drowning, so it’s always good to report on products which are designed to prevent these sad events. The problem is especially acute at crowded public pools where it can be very difficult to keep track of small children from poolside. The iSwimband is a new device which comprises a sensor worn by the swimmer, which connects via low power Bluetooth to an iPhone or [...]
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What goes hand in hand with music? The correct lighting of course, because it takes you into a world of mood and imagination, which is where you need to be when listening to your favorite tracks. However that’s all well and good, but changing the lighting with each song can be a bit of a pain. Not anymore because the Playbulb is here to rid you of all this tiresome manual labor. This [...]
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I can never finish a whole can of soda before it gets warm. I start and then, before I know it, it's warm and tastes like syrup. So the tiny USB Thermoelectric Cooler and Warmer is a great solution for all my first world problems (or at least this one). This small unit is classic gray and black, looks like a retro fridge, and hooks up via USB. It [...]
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I love rainy days. Love them. Every time I have to leave my house on a rainy day, and forego listening to the sound it makes, I feel it was a day wasted. Now my dark and gloomy soul can have a thunderstorm (sans rain) whenever I want with the Smart Cloud. This unique light fixture promises to mimic the experience of being in a thunderstorm, cloud lighting and thunder included. Don't [...]
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Not much to say about this one really. Except to say that if you’re in need of something to make a splash at the next office party, this could be just what you’re looking for. Or not. These American Flag Capes are…well…capes. Made out of a design which looks remarkably similar to something that usually sits at the top of a flagpole on large white houses. Is it legal? Is it justifiable? Is it even necessary? ![]()
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Every so often we come across something which is completely totally bonkers, almost surreal in concept. Like making plastic suspenders which won’t set off airport security alarms. Really? Anyway now there’s another one. PaperLater is a new service which takes stuff you like but don’t have time to read online, and converts it to a fully formatted newspaper for delivery to your doormat. So let’s be absolutely clear about this, OK? 
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If you’ve been using web and mobile apps for some time now, chances are you’ve given most of them permission to access your email information and other private data on your Gmail or Facebook accounts. The problem is remembering which service has access to which accounts, especially if you want to tidy up and/or stop old services for security purposes. Basically tracking these app permissions can be a tedious task. Fortunately, a Firefox [...]
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I just watched this freak-out video on YouTube and now I'm afraid of the dark. So the UCO Arka XP-E CREE 180-Lumen LED Flashlight Lantern and Portable Charging Station for USB Devices is looking pretty good right now. It's probably not something which would be an impulse buy, it's more likely an emergency necessity if hordes of zombies decided to work out on my front door. This LED flashlight looks large in [...]
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The OTG Robot micro-USB to USB adapter isn’t the only micro USB adapter on the market, but it is the absolute cutest one. But don’t let its absolutely adorable exterior fool you. More than just a pretty face, it's a pretty sturdy and useful product. Designed for use with Android devices, hence the shape of the product, this little guy adapts micro-USB ports to be used with full size USB products. The OTG [...]
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A couple of years back we told you about the Orée Board, a wooden Bluetooth keyboard. Since that post, the company has upgraded its product and introduced the Orée Board 2 as well as expanded their customization options. The Orée Board is a keyboard made from a solid piece of maple or walnut wood. They are all handmade to order so really, they are, all in their way, unique. But in case [...]
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