Gadgets

Every enthusiast of magnets knows that when two magnetic objects are brought close to each other they will either attract or repel each other, depending on their polarity. But what if you brought two magnets close to each other on a plane surface and they started to attract each other and then suddenly stopped without touching each other, leaving a visible air gap of about  between them. And then when you moved one specific magnet the other moved with it maintaining the same air gap between them. Amazing! Isn’t it?

Radiation is the energy that travels as high-speed waves or particles. The most common sources in households include microwave ovens and sunlight. Microwave ovens are extremely useful in heating our food and are proven safe to our health unless they start leaking large amounts of radiation. Recent studies have revealed that direct exposure to microwave radiation can cause destabilization and degenerative changes in the front portion of the brain that leads to poor memory, concentration, mood swings, and sleep disorders.

I find it very stressful when I have to pick up luggage after a tiring and long flight. Every piece of luggage appears the same. Life is much easier after I found this Wireless Luggage locator that alerts me with a sound and flash whenever my suitcase comes within 20 meters.

It has a built-in wireless transmitter and wireless key chain recognition device. It automatically de-activates in the plane and re-activates on the luggage belt and is CE and FCC approved. Individual code prevents mistaken identification. The device can also be used for tracking keys, cell phones, and more.

Many of us are familiar with David Dear, an inventor and humorist, whose work is represented in many gift shops and museum stores worldwide. One of creation of this genius mind is the Hourglass Desk Clock which is more modern than the ancient hourglass, and more refined than the traditional clock. The Hourglass Desk Clock keeps track of time on a beautiful design.

It is not based exactly on Salvador Dalí’s theory of “softness” and “hardness”, which was central to his thinking at the time, but this inexpensive timepiece creates a surreal optical illusion with its cool, chrome clock.

The fluidity of time is manifest in its design as it appears to be melting and transforming right off the edge where you place it for display. This is a real timepiece which accurately displays time and at the same time giving the observer an impression that time is fluid.

Ever since I was a kid I have been fascinated by tricks where something or somebody would suddenly rise without physical means and seemingly break the laws of gravity. I watched with great interest magicians levitating or floating cards, pencils, finger rings, and other small objects or even levitating people, live animals and sometimes even cars in big stage illusions. Even now when I understand the whole mechanism of levitation I am still amazed by them and would love to have a gadget or toy that would produce a gravity defying effect.

Only the other day I was just joking about these new gadgets and apps appearing every day. What’s next? Is it going to be a sleeping bag with a shower; well maybe that’s too farfetched, but the “Road Shower” is probably the closest thing to that, that an outdoor enthusiast can get. It can be easily mounted on a car rack and can hold up to 5 gallons of water.  Pressure can be applied by a simple bike pump and water be heated with a solar panel. It can not only freshen you up at the end of the day, but can be used to clean your muddy boots, bike and other camping gear. The product will soon be available and will cost you $210 if you book your order early. Below is a video demonstration of the Road Shower.

The idea of getting rid of his pocket watch for a wrist watch would have flabbergasted great grandpa even more than it will amaze you if you are told to wear a ring watch that doesn’t have conventional dial or hands instead of your wrist watch.

This unique and somewhat chunky ring is made up of three surgical steel rings, each for hours, minutes, and seconds. The rings have a choice of blue or orange LED lights that light up on a twisting action to show you the time of the day.  To keep the battery usage to a minimum the LED lights only light up when you twist the outer ring to display time.

These days almost all Building Codes require that smoke alarms be installed in buildings, especially in areas where people sleep. Two thirds of fire-related deaths are a result of inhaled smoke and occur in areas without proper smoke detectors. No doubt these are life saving devices but sometimes smoke alarms are really annoying because these will trigger off even if you burn a piece of bread and takes quite an effort to silence that annoying noise. Some people even tend to rip off the batteries exposing themselves to real danger.