Gadgets

I think it’s fair to say that most of us have had to deal with pimples at some point in our life. Some have it really bad while others get a few annoying zits in times of stress. I am somewhere in the middle. My face would get a few breakouts every few months in my late teens and early 20’s but my back was the area of concern for me. For some reason, that’s where the breakouts would appear. Thankfully those days are over but even now, I may get an occasional zit or two every 8 weeks or so and the timing always seems to be off. Just when I have an important meeting or an event to attend, those annoying zits decide to make a surprise visit. But the Tanda Zap acne clearing device is here to help show those pimples where the exit door is.

I remember the first TV commercial that I listened to and it has ever since been with me, “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup”. There is nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning.

Here is a whole new concept of waking up to that refreshing smell of coffee. It is not one of those programmable coffee makers that you keep on the kitchen counter. The Barisieur is an alarm clock and coffee maker right at your bedside table. The alarm sound is produced by the gentle rumbling of stainless steel ball bearings that boil water using induction heating.

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.

Alright, I don’t exactly have a 100 keys but maybe one day I’ll enough homes and cars to make it happen. For the time being, I’ll stick to my four important keys that I always have on me. The problem with multiple keys, they are freaking annoying as hell to carry around. They can be bulky, they jingle, and sometimes a pain to figure out which key is needed. The new and improved KeySmart is here to help you.

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.