You have never seen a thermostat quite like this. Designed by Tony Fadell, the man who designed the original iPod, Nest is the world’s first learning thermostat. Set the temperature in your home and over the course of a few days Nest will learn your climate preferences and start adjusting the temperature on its own. Since Nest is connected to your Wi-Fi network, you have the ability to control the temperature in your home from just about anywhere using a smartphone or tablet. Nest will also tell you when you are saving energy to help you save money. It will cost you $249. To find out more, visit nest.com.
At the intersection of “geek” and “snow freak” lie the MOD ski goggles from Recon Instruments. These super-specs come equipped with a tiny Android ARM Cortex-A8 MHz processor that logs and displays a variety of instant information like cruising speed, altitude, jump air time, location, distance traveled, free fall detection, and temperature. There is also the Android-connective MOD live version, which includes Read More →
While 3-D TV still carry the “luxury” status, 3-D enabled Blu-ray players don’t cost much more than your typical Blu-ray unit. This elegant and sleek little wall-mounted Blu-ray player is Wi-Fi enabled to connect to other devices through your home network and up-converts 2D, 3D, 3D Blu-ray units work with both active and passive screens, so don’t worry about your TV matching your player. You can buy the Samsung 3D Wi-Fi Blu-ray player at Best Buy for $399. Read More →
When you’re at the office there are days when you don’t feel like doing anything productive, especially if the boss is away, for days like those we present to you the Desktop Bowling set. The kit is small enough to keep inside your desk and comes with 10 metal bowling pins, two different colored bowling balls, and a plastic shooting canon. Read More →
I can’t remember exactly when the Angry Birds game/App was first introduced but it has been a huge success and the game developers have licensed the Angry Birds name to so many different gadgets and toys that it’s pretty hard to keep track. To add to that list, we now get Angry Birds USB drives by EMTEC.
The Angry Birds USB drives come in various characters from the game including Red Bird, White Bird, Yellow Bird, Read More →
For those of you who have been interested in personal mobility space-age style, there is something you have been waiting for. Well, you still have to wait for flying cars and jet packs, but here are motorized shoes for you. All the technologies found in smart phones, laptops and radio controlled cars have been integrated into a pair of “shoes” so that you can go for a spin. Read More →
Now you can regulate your home temperature with Allure Energy’s touchscreen EverSense thermostat from anywhere, whether you are at home or on the road. It has mobile app integration and streaming media functionality and also connects to the internet via Wi-Fi, and in a clever feature borrowed from the company’s previous line of thermostats; you can use the Allure Mobile iOS app to control the temperature while Read More →
Wouldn’t you like a lightweight camera (just 1.4 oz.) for a mere $80 that shoots 100 minute of video on a full charge? Although the resolution is just 640×480, but it is adorable and can communicate with both PC and MAC. The 1.3MP sensor can also capture stills. Shutter speeds run from 1/6 – 1/2500 sec and the lens has a maximum aperture of ƒ2.8. A USB 1.1 connection is somewhat unimpressive, but the files Read More →
