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  Xbox One: Microsoft’s Next-Gen Gaming Console Is Here – Everything You Need To Know

  ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

  After what felt like an eternity with the Xbox 360 (it’s been out for the last eight years, to be exact), Microsoft has finally unveiled the device’s next-gen successor.  Called the Xbox One, the new home console goes beyond gaming, positioning itself as the quintessential sidekick for the large-screen HDTV in your living room. Home Entertainment: While Sony’s reveal of the PS4 centered on the console’s gaming features and graphics prowess, Microsoft kept its focus on the way the Xbox One [...]

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  Arduino Robot: Finally, An Affordable Full-Fledged Platform For Your Robot Projects

  GADGETS

  To say that Arduino’s micro controllers revolutionized prototyping and rapid hardware development for home tinkerers will be an understatement.  And it just keeps getting better.  Now looking to extend beyond single micro controller boards, the company has announced their latest product: the Arduino Robot. Made in collaboration with Complubot, it’s a Roomba-shaped robotic platform that further extends the kinds of projects you can build from the comfort of your mom’s basement.  That’s right, robots!  If you’ve ever tried to leverage an Arduino [...]

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  Mobile Trouser Press Lets You Iron Clothes On The Go

  FASHION, GADGETS

  Looking dapper and sharp takes a lot of preparation — picking the right clothes (nope, that Flask Tie won’t work), making sure they’re pressed tight, and all that hard work.  Sometimes, you just don’t have the time to do what’s needed.  That’s when this Mobile Trouser Press can help. While it won’t quite let you straighten up an entire shirt, it does allow you fix up small wrinkles, straighten visible folds, and put really sharp creases on your pants any [...]

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  Kombo Tool Combines Four Fisherman Tools In One

  GADGETS, TO DO

  You catch your own fish, kill it, gut it and prepare it for cooking all by your lonesome.  The Kombo Fish Tool won’t help you with the catching, but it will let you do the rest with just one contraption, so you can pack lighter the next time you venture to the lake to cast some bait. Granted, you’ll still have to bring all your fishing gear with you, so you’re not going to lighten whatever you normally cram into [...]

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  Xistera 8 Bundles iPhone Accessories And Other Tools In One

  GADGETS

  Buying a lot of accessories for your iPhone is par for the course, so a multi-tool that performs different functions you’d otherwise have to buy individually makes perfect sense.  That’s exactly what the Xistera 8 brings to the table. Designed to work with the iPhone 5, it’s a multi-function contraption that looks like a slightly more elaborate kickstand from the picture frames of old.  It’s compact and sized to fit into your pocket, so you can carry just one extra [...]

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  Square Stand Turns Your iPad Into A Full-Featured Cash Register

  GADGETS

  You use Square with an iPad to manage the cash register at your store.  While that works well enough, it just doesn’t look as official as when you have a full set of point-of-sale gear sitting in your counter.  The Square Stand changes that, providing a sleek payment processing center to make your ragtag of a store look plenty more dignified. Consisting of an iPad stand with an integrated credit card reader, all you need to do is set the [...]

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  JVC Kenwood MDV-737 HUD Projects Your NAV System Next To The Rearview Mirror

  GADGETS, WHEELS

  That turn-by-turn NAV system on your smartphone sure works great.  All that looking down to check it, though, means you’re spending even more time with your eyes off the road.  The JVC Kenwood MDV-737 HUD can help with that, giving you a see-through heads-up display right next to the rearview mirror. Instead of looking down, you have just to look slightly upwards, so you don’t have to lose sight of the road ahead.  While that doesn’t sound like a giant [...]

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  Othermill Desktop CNC Mill Is Perfect For Making Custom PCBs, Jewelry And More

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  You already make a whole load of original stuff with 3D printers.  Next step: turn those same objects into smart objects of sort.  If the kind of things you design, however, aren’t quite sized to hold conventional circuit boards that will let you turn them into self-functioning automatons, you’ll need to make your own.  The Othermill is designed to accomplish that. Made by Otherfab, it’s a desktop mill that lets you make custom circuit boards cheaply and quickly (1,000 mm/min [...]

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  Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp Turns Any Bottle Into A Beautiful Desk Lamp

  GADGETS, HOME

  Turning a bottle into the body of a desk lamp probably isn’t the most original idea.  We’re pretty sure we’ve seen it done a few times in the past, especially among folks who like upcycling erstwhile trash items.  The Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp, however, lets you use empty bottles for the same purpose without much work, allowing you to turn any bottle into a lamp body. A lighting unit cut in the likeness of a lamp shade, you simply [...]

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  Look Ma No Keys! Kevo Bluetooth Enabled Deadbolt Lock Opens With Just A Touch

  GADGETS, HOME

  We’ve seen add-ons for locks, such as the Lockitron, that allow you to control them via smartphone.  But why opt for a retrofit solution when a lock with built-in smart features is available?  That’s exactly the case with the Kevo. Made by Kwikset, it’s a smart deadbolt with a Bluetooth 4.0 radio built-in that allows it to communicate with your smartphone.  Just install it in place of your existing locks and you’ve got yourself a smart locking system that doesn’t [...]

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  Earl Is A Rugged E-Ink Tablet For Use In The Wild Outdoors

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  Your iPad is great for a whole load of functions — when you’re in the city.  Once you hit the less-traveled path, where broadband signals, free WiFi and a source of electricity aren’t always guaranteed, that utility tends to be much less potent.   The Earl Tablet will likely serve as a better companion. Designed for use in the wild, the device combines power-efficient hardware with internal sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, thermometer, barometer, humidity, and anemometer) that let you take a [...]

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  Automaxx Klamp Boasts Auto-Adjust Technology

  GADGETS, HOME

  If you spend a lot of time in the workshop, locking clamps should be part of your toolset.  How else are you going to keep those slabs of wood in place when your hands are busy hammering, warhammering and otherwise doing whatever you do in the shed?  And while there’s a healthy selection of clamping tools in the market, we’re really quite impressed with these Automaxx Klamps. Made by Kreg Tool, these clamps come with auto-adjusting technology that allows it [...]

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  BBQ Dragon Readies Your Charcoal Grill 4X Faster

  GADGETS, HOME

  The more convenient the grill, the less it’s able to produce that smoky flavor in your favorite barbecue dishes.  As such, charcoal grills remain a popular option among the grilling faithful.  If you’d like to spare yourself some of the usual hassles that come when cooking on your Fold Flat Grill, though, the BBQ Dragon can help. By far, the biggest problem with charcoal grills is just how darn long they can take to start up.  It’s not uncommon, in [...]

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  Halda Race Pilot Watch Brings Features For Racecar Drivers

  FASHION, GADGETS

  Most watches built for racing aren’t much different from other sport watches, getting just a fancy chronograph for counting lap times and an automotive-inspired design.  The Halda Race Pilot Watch takes things up a notch, bringing advanced functions intended to make a difference in the tracks. What kind of race-specific functions does the watch come with?  For preparations, it has a Racetrack mode, which displays vital information about 150 of the world’s most popular race tracks.  There’s, of course, a [...]

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  Thunderbolt Express Dock Is A Glorious All-in-One IO Hub

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  Apple’s Thunderbolt ports are pretty great, with the simultaneous 10Gbps upstream and downstream capabilities.  At this day and age, though, it’s really still rare we’ll need to transfer that much data over cables, so might as well use that port to tidy up your mess of a work desk.  That’s exactly what the Thunderbolt Express Dock will allow. Made by Belkin, it’s an IO hub that connects to your Mac’s Thunderbolt port then offers all the ports and connectors you [...]

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  Siva Cycle Atom Is A Kinetic Power Generator For Bicycles

  GADGETS, WHEELS

  Taking your Glow-in-the-Dark Bicycle to work is one of your smartest ideas ever.  It helped you get in better shape, saved you a small fortune in gas, and allows you to act like a stuck-up treehugger while only feeling half-pretentious.  Now, if only it can get you laid, too, it will be your smartest idea ever.  While the Atom can’t help with that, it will let you reap one more benefit from your daily bicycle runs: using all that pedaling [...]

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  Qumarion Is A Toy Mannequin For Automatically Animating 3D Models

  GADGETS

  Creating a 3D model is hard enough.  Animating them takes the skill required a whole other level.  The Qumarion Humanoid Input Device aims to simplify the process, allowing animators to simply move a humanoid model to register a movement on the computer. Made by Celsys, it’s a miniature articulated mannequin that you can position in various poses.  While similar contraptions have been available in the past, most mannequins have served to act as reference for artists — something they can [...]

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  USB Utility Charge Tool Is A Swiss Army Knife For The Modern Times

  GADGETS

  For most of us, Swiss Army Knives have lost their place in our pockets for daily use.  I mean, why would you really need a mini-knife, a mini-scissor and a mini-screwdriver head when you work in an office cubicle all day?  If you’ve been longing for something to take its place in your pocket, the USB Utility Charge Tool should make for a more useful contraption. Instead of miniature blade tools coming out of its pocket knife body, the contraption [...]

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  Tactical Fire Striker Pen Can Set Your Words On Fire

  GADGETS

      When I hear people in battle raps rhyme about putting their pens to paper, I always wonder whether they’re exercising poetic hyperbole or if they really write their bars old-school style with a pen and paper.  While I still don’t know the answer to that, anyone who actually still writes with a pen will probably be best served by this Tactical Fire Striker Pen. You know those old-school writers worked, right?  Mess of dried ink stuck all over [...]

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