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An enormous amount of thermal energy is wasted during every day cooking and heating. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could convert some of it for some useful purpose. BioLite has been thinking on these lines for quite some time. They have come up with yet another idea of an ordinary water boiling kettle with a built-in device charger in its handle that can charge phones and tablets while you are brewing some tea or coffee.

Casio’s G-Shock line of watches is one of the favorite timepieces/gadgets for the tech savvy geeks. These watches are tough, reasonably priced, and are loaded with useful features.

There are also some very expensive Casio G-Shock watches in the marketplace, like the 30th Anniversary Casio G-Shock Limited Edition (MTG-S1030BD-1AJR). These watches celebrate 30 years of the successful line of watches and also come with all the features of the regular G-Shock watched. But these watches have a special place amongst collectors because of their rarity, only 1,000 pieces are produced; so if you’re a hardcore G-Shock collector, these watches are a must.

Victorinox has given a whole new look to its already popular Swiss Army Knife by introducing the Swisscard Lite that also features a new LED mini white light. Only the size of a credit card, this versatile multi-tool includes 13 features: LED mini light, magnifying glass, letter opener/blade, scissors, straight pin, nail file, two screwdrivers, tweezers, toothpick, ball point pen, ruler in inches and a ruler in centimeters. Measures only 3.25 in. closed length. It comes in three colors; classic red, black, and blue, and holds all those handy tools in a flat design to fit in your wallet or back pocket.

It is always a good idea to keep your precious smartphone free of scratches and stains. This IN1 Multi-Tool Utility Case for Samsung Galaxy S5 was made with not only that in mind but more. It’s a protective case that comes with a set of the most frequently used tools, namely; a blue ballpoint pen, red ballpoint pen, Phillips-head screwdriver, flat-head screwdriver, nail file, tweezers, scissors, toothpick, and a kickstand.

There are plenty of devices that track your activity, but Vessyl is the first ever consumer product to automatically track your consumption in real time. It is a smart cup that tells you the dietary content of the beverage it contains, such as its sugar, protein, calories, fat, caffeine – even identifying the beverage by name.

Working with a companion smartphone app for iOS and Android, Vessyl transfers data via Bluetooth to automatically record and analyze your daily beverage intake.

Traditional incandescent lamps, although inefficient and short lived, are still popular for home décor. We all know that an incandescent light bulb produce light when a wire filament is heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows .The inside of the bulb is vacuumed or filled with an inert gas to protect it from oxidation. At the same time we also know that incandescent bulbs are much less efficient because less than 5% of the energy they use is converted into visible light while the remaining energy is converted into heat.

Here is another unique phone charger that is a combination of art and science. Similar in concept and material to the Orée Pebble 2, the Swich wireless phone charger uses both natural wood and stone to charge your smartphones and other devices wirelessly. It is elegant in structural form and has a slanted surface coated in micro-suction cups to enable you to use your device in both vertical and horizontal positions while it is charging. The angled stand uses Qi technology to wirelessly charge android phones and iPhones equipped with Qi standard cases.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy air conditioning of your home takes a 43 percent bite from your monthly utility bill. This could be significant if you live where the heat is unyielding and summers are long.

Lowering your energy bills doesn’t require spending large amount of money on overhauling your ventilation system or purchasing green power gadgets or sacrificing your sanity. You can drive your energy costs down by a small investment in this SmartAC Starter Kit by ThinkEco. This will control your AC unit into a device that is controlled by an app that will help you schedule on and off times and control the temperature with your smartphone.