Gadgets

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.

Becoming a pet owner involves a lot of responsibility and it’s also one of the reasons some people even the thought of it including myself. I’ve always wanted a dog but I have no interest in picking up after it. I had a Beta fish twice and both times it died within a few weeks. I have no interest in rodents and my wife would probably mistake it for a rat and you know the rest of that story. A cat is always on my list as they only seek attention when they feel like it and that’s not all that often. My sister had two cats but the problem was that their house would kind of smell funny thanks to the litter box. But stinky litter and the act of cleaning the litter box is now history thanks to the ScoopFree Ultra Self-Cleaning Litter Box! Wow, that was a mouthful.

Admit it, you love yourself. You love yourself so much that you even have pictures of yourself hanging on the wall in your apartment despite the fact that you live alone. And since you love yourself so much, why not have your picture plastered on the very toast you eat each morning? That’s right, you can have an image of yourself on a piece of toasted bread! People always find images of Jesus or Virgin Mary on a variety of foods and call it a miracle. Now you can trick your friends by serving them a toast with an image of YOU thanks to the Toasted Selfies toaster.

We are all guilty of wasting resources. From consuming more food than we need to unnecessary packaging materials to wasting too much energy. The human race is headed in the wrong direction and changes need to be implemented now or one day we’ll wake up and ask ourselves how this came to be.  It all starts with small changes and that one change may seem insignificant but it all helps.

One of those steps is the EcoDrain. We all take hot showers and allow that hot water to go down the drain. What if you could make use of the already heated water? This is exactly what the EcoDrain does. The device is designed to recycle the used hot water from your shower by using it to preheat the incoming mains shower water. By doing this, you now use less energy to heat the new incoming water. This will help in saving you money on your heating bills by a noticeable amount.

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.