If you lose your keys more often than you lose your phone, the Hone might be a big help. It’s a low energy device that connects to your keys and when signaled by your Hone iPhone app, it makes the fob light up and vibrate so you can find your keys and get going.
The original Wii gaming console was awesome because, among other things, it got grandma off the couch and up dancing. And with the upcoming release of the next-gen Wii U, a system Nintendo is calling a “Swiss Army Knife” for games, things are gonna get even wilder. There are few concrete details but we know 20+ new games are in development.
This digital clock is powered by water. That’s right, no electricity, no batteries, nada. Just fill ‘er up with regular old water and you’ll get 8 to 12 weeks of accurate, pollution-free time before it needs a refill. How’s that for simple?
Finally, somebody made a USB power strip. About damn time. With 4 USB slots, this packable little gem lets your computer or one device feed power to all your other dying devices for efficient group recharging on the fly.
At 8GB capacity, these Avengers USB flash drives aren’t quite big enough to hold your bootlegged copy of the new blockbuster Avengers movie but they’ll hold a lot of other data. Captain America, Thor, Hulk, and IronMan. Get the whole set. Note: These seem a bit hard to come by. We found them on eBay.
The makers of LaserSaber highly recommend the use of safety glasses and advise against any sort of “sword play” while practicing your fencing techniques with their high-tech, laser-powered sabers. That said, with a 32″ polycarbonate blade and sturdy aluminum hilt, swordfighting will be hard to resist.
Unfortunately for those endeavoring to lead a paperless life, there is still a lot of dead tree material we must deal with: receipts, photos, business forms, contracts, etc. The Doxie helps you tame this pile of pulp. It is a wireless scanner that requires no computer – send your scans wirelessly to any of your devices or (gasp) straight up to the cloud.
Think of the fun you can have in the Monday meeting with a laser pointer controlled by your iPhone. Plug the Smart Dot unit into your headphone jack, download the free app, and boom, you’re instantly putting a red dot on the bosses bald spot. And if you actually want to use it for work, put it in Presentation Mode and link it up with your PowerPoint or Mac KeyNote application for remote control scroll. Source
You said you were going to get more organized this year. You need to charge everything up and this docking station looks much better than all your crap hanging off the wall with wires just waiting to be pulled out by a passing dog, kid, or idiot co-worker. It has four USB ports and stashes all the cables in an orderly fashion. This helps.
How many $300 electronic car key fobs will you buy before you get something like the Bikn (beacon)? Using tiny electronic tags you put on stuff like keys, your dog’s collar, your manpurse, this smartphone app-driven lost & found makes it easy to keep from losing your shit.
