Archive for the ‘House Gadgets’ Category
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
Thanko produced a low-cost underwater USB camera. This is the perfect gadget if you want to take some pictures when you are swimming or diving. This underwater USB camera is compatible only with Microsoft Windows. The gadget can be bough for about $140 and has a 4 GB memory and a maximum resolution of 736 x 480. The videos have made in AVI format and you can import them into your computer using the USB cable.
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Latest gadgets in Japan are Hello Kitty fans. If you don’t know what Hello Kitty is, we are going to tell you. Hello Kitty is a cartoon character produced by the Sanrio (this is a Japanese company). The Kitty lives in London with her twin sister called Mimmy and their parents. In Japan you can find many gadgets with Hello Kitty designs.
For example, Casio released on the market the Hello Kitty Camera. The camera has a cute pink design and with the nice Hello Kitty on the corner of it. For Hello Kitty fans, this camera can be a nice gift, because it makes Hello Kitty noises when you start it and it is a great camera with 7.3 megapixel.
Next Japanese gadget with Hello Kitty design is a set of Hello Kitty headphones. This can be the perfect accessory for every music player if you are a fan of the little feline lady. The color is, of course, pink and it works to most common MP3 players. The latest, but no the least Japanese gadget with a Hello Kitty design is a weird one – a Hello Kitty Chainsaw. Well, this is not a gadget but this is wrong. Who needs a pink chainsaw with beautiful small hearts and flowers? Other nice Hello Kitty items are: cute watches, playing cards and pianos.
From the latest gadgets in Japan comes the Zutto Rice Cooker. This gadget is made by the Zojirushi Company and will help you that perfect cooked rice. This kitchen appliance has a simple and nice finish and it comes with an easy to use LCD.
The next gadget from Japan is a USB lunchbox. This is made by the Thanko Company and gives you the possibility to heat your food thanks to its USB feature. All you have to do is plug it into a USB port from a desktop or a laptop and you can say good bye to the cold soups or other cold food.
The latest Hybrid Dual Portable Computer from Miu (Mobile Intelligent Ubiquitous) looks very nice and it is made with an Intel Atom Processor. This gadget comes with two operating systems, two processor and two screens. One of the screens has a 4.1-inch display and the other one has a 2.4 – inch display. The small screen is used for taking photos, playing music and talking on the phone. The big one is designed for surfing the web and other activities you can do is the Windows XP environment.
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 |
There is something special and sentimental about beach houses, because many of them can be found in the most amazing places in the world and come in great and unique designs. Great beach house designs must take into consideration the local climate and geography.
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One of the great places in the world where you could have a beach house is Miami; this is why here you will find the coolest beach houses in USA for sale. For example, we found a fabulous pool home located on Sunset Island II. This is one of the coolest beach houses in the country for sale at $2.300.000. The house has a nice 2-story foyer, a breakfast area, a very big family room where you and your friends can watch a movie or play games.
This beach house doesn’t forget the romantic fire place, because it has one in the living room and it also has a theater room and a library. The kitchen has all the professional appliances everyone needs and, even, if the house is near the beach it has a heated pool.
The next cool beach house in the country for sale located in Hibiscus Island. The house has a great architecture and it is very modern, providing a great view of the whole area. The house has 4 big bedrooms and 4 full bathrooms and also 3 half bathrooms. The interior design is very modern, making this beach house a perfect home for a young couple. The great architecture and the modern interior design come with a price of $9.999.999.
If the modern look is too much for you and you want something classic, but also romantic we found the perfect beach house located in Palm Island which come with listing price of $7.999.000. All about this beach house is romantic from the fountain located in front of the house, the great Mediterranean architecture to the rustic kitchen and nice swimming pool.
This nice house also comes with a separate guest house and great arched windows and doorways. A romantic house must have a fireplace, and this house isn’t an exception. The next cool beach house is also located in Palm Island and it is a great two-story Mediterranean hone. This is a very luxurious house which features a grand master suite with a big balcony and other 6 bedrooms. This house a lot to offer from a private dock with lift, elevator and a fantastic water view and, of course, an entertainment pool.
The luxury comes with a price and the cost for this great beach house is $27.000.000. On the Zilbert.com website you will find more cool beach houses in country for sale and also a lot of Miami beach condos, located in many great place form Fisher Island to Downtown Miami.
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Friday, February 12th, 2010 |
Batman is a fictional character and its secret identity is Bruce Wayne. The first appearance of Batman was in May 1939 in Detective Comics, a comic book published by DC Comics. In 1940 Batman becomes very popular with his own comic book title called Batman. In 1960 everyone saw Batman at TV with his Batman television series.
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Batman doesn’t have superpowers and he relies on his gadgets to fight criminals. All Batman gadgets are black and the coolest of them all is the Batmobile. Many gadgets lie in the gadget belt or utility belt of this superhero and all Batman has to do is to dig in it and use them when as he needs them. Other Batman gadgets are the Batrope which Batman uses to climb skyscrapers and also the Batrang which is actually a boomerang used to disable the villains.
For mobility on sea, air and road Batman uses the following gadgets: Batwing, Batcycle, Batboat and, of course, the Batmobile. In the TV series, Batman has new and cool gadgets like Bat Spay which Batman uses to immobilize sharks, Bat Cuffs and Bat Radar. On the website Batman Gift Store.com he found a lot of Batman gadgets and other Batman gifts. You can choose from: Batman kitchen accessories, Batman games, Batman car accessories, Batman books, Batman jewelry and watches, Batman PC accessories and more.
For example, we found a nice Batman Animated Lamp. This Batman gadget uses the sound and the look of Batman and at the base of the lamp you will see a nice Batman sculpted character. This cool lamp plays Batman theme music and it also has a nice night light feature. You can purchase it for $59.99 from the website mentioned above.
Other great Batman gadget is the Batman 1.3 megapixel Digital Camera. This could be a nice gift for your children and it actually works okay. If you have a Microsoft Windows operating system, all you have to do is to plug into your personal computer with its including USB cable and the operating system will recognize the gadget as a removable media. The 1.3 MP will gibe you a decent picture and your kids will love it.
Another nice Batman gadget is the Batmobile Telephone manufactured by Columbia Telecommunication Group. This is an actually phone with the following feature: ringer on and off switch, tone and pulse and flash call waiting. This nice telephone also gives you the possibility to redial the last number. You will find it on the website Batman Gift Store.com at the price of $59.95. As kitchen accessories, you can find many Batman gifts. For example, we found a nice Batman Thermos for $15.95, Batman DC Comics Stainless Steel Spoon and Fork – this set retails at $6.99, Batman Salt and Pepper Set, Batman Travel Mug and more.
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010 |
Grocery gadget is a shopping application for your iPod touch or iPhone. This is the perfect gadget if you like to shop a lot at convenience stores, supermarkets and you are tired of those paper shopping lists.
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With this application you can manage your shopping lists and you can save a lot of time by having a shopping list at your own fingertips. The Grocery gadget gives you the possibility to arrange list items the way you want to and you can look in your bathroom or refrigerator and mark the items you need to buy.
You can describe the items and the products in many and precise details and you can also add a photo to the item you want to buy. This feature, the quick photo-enabled shopping list will help you purchase everything you need in record time and it doesn’t matter who made the shopping list.
The photos taken for the products are stored in the application and not in you phone’s Gallery.
This gadget also gives you the possibility to make many lists and you can label them as a different store or, for example, you can label them as “weekly groceries†or “weekend shoppingâ€. The Grocery gadget comes with a variety of brand names and items and you can also choose from many office supplies and pharmacy items.
You can even make shopping lists for holidays or for Christmas and if you don’t find in the application the product you need, all you have to do is make a picture, type o a short description of that item, type a price and know you have your customized shopping list. The items you add in the shopping list will stay in the Grocery Gadget until you remove them.
If you want to go shopping with members of your family, you can share your shopping list with them trough the Grocery gadget website. They will have to use an iPod touch or an iPhone to receive the shopping list. On the website you can set up a group and share with that group the prices, the picture and your entire grocery list and so you know that everyone will purchase the right products.
Having your grocery list at your fingertips will safe you a lot of time and will make the shopping more easy and more pleasant for everyone. The application has a nice and easy to use interface. You will find the “prepare†option that allows you to create a new shopping list, to type an item, to add the price and the picture. The Grocery gadget will also to the math and will give you the cost of your shopping list.
This application actually makes you want to go to the grocery store and puts the shopping in a whole new dimension with its features and its user friendly interface.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010 |
Because a lot of people all over the world like reading, the first home gadget we present you is the Book lover’s cave. This is not actually a gadget, but actually an ingenious piece of furniture.
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The idea came from Japan when the designer Sakura Adachi wanted to make a combination between the reading space and the bookcase. He invented a very comfortable space where you can read while you are actually inside of the bookcase.
This nice space is designed in the form of a chair and it is made from soft materials. It is very comfortable space and the fact that is doesn’t occupy any space will have a lot of customers.
It look great and will not spoil the interior of your living or library, actually it will make it special and unique.
The Wooden Mast Humidifier doesn’t have a single electric part. This home gadget is made from Japanese cypress and all you have to do is to add water to make it work. The water must be added in the boat part of the gadget. The water will be sucked up and will be dispersed in the air.
It looks very nice, the wood is rot-resistant and it also gives you a lemony-scent thanks to the wood. You will find this home gadget at a price of $69.00.
If you want cool video game chairs you should try the ones from Lumisource. These chairs are high quality video games chairs and can they be a very nice home gadget. Sky Lounger is a video game chair with chrome rockers. This nice chair comes with a powerful subwoofer and 2-way speakers. You can also control the bass level and the volume with a remote. This video game chair is very comfortable thanks to its big size and everyone will love to watch movies or play video games with this chair.
The next model from Lumisource is Admiral, this one has an ergonomic design and two-way speakers. It comes with an adjustable headrest and you can adjust the tension, the base and the volume to your own needs.
Stealth comes with adjustable headrest and strong padded armrests giving you a very comfortable game experience. You can use this chair when you want to play games or watch movies. The chair comes with a nice subwoofer and 2-way speakers.
All the chairs were display at CES 2010; therefore we don’t know the release date or the prices for them.
The XV-11 robo-vacuum is a cool home gadget made by Neato Robotics which uses the RPS – Room Position System to find its way on your floor. This RPS technology uses laser vision to avoid the obstacles when the gadget moves around your floor.
This home gadget is able to search and to find the most efficient path to clean. This cleaning gadget does a great job at cleaning your floors and once the cleaning is over it will return to the charger and it will recharge itself.
You can program the cleaning for this gadget, for example you can program it to clean one or twice a day. The price for it is about $399.00 and you will find it on the market starting with 4 February.
The Picture Table is a nice piece of furniture that will turn your home into a work of art. This piece of furniture is able change an ordinary and boring dining table into a piece of art. The Picture Table can flip back against the wall from a dining table to a picture of your favorite landscape or photograph.
This home gadget is design to be mounted on a side wall. When you don’t need the dining table, but you need more space you can rotate it towards the wall and the table will become a large frame where you can put the type of image you want and change it where you want.
The legs of the Picture Table are kept in place by magnets and the table is mounted on the wall with 3 metal supports. This is a nice piece of furniture which is perfect for coffee shops, hotel rooms or small apartments.
This
mode gadget is produced in Italy and it retails at $1.368 plus shipping.
Sanyo’s Air Washer Plus is the first of its kind in USA and it designed to use the electrolyzed water technology to eliminate the germs, mold, allergens and bacteria. The filter is able to remove almost 99.97% of germs and bacteria. The technology uses tap water combined with electricity to create active oxygen which cleans the air without chemicals.
The clean air is distributed in 3 directions to help clean all the room. This
home gadget is portable and its retails at $249.99.
iRobot ConnectR is a cool gadget that will help you stay in touch with for family members or friends, and you want an alternative to your computer. Your kids will have a lot more fun with this gadget then just staying in front of a computer webcam. This gadget has high quality video camera and audio and you can control it and drive it around using a joystick, a mouse or your computer’s keyboard. The gadget will be able to help your friends or family members to participate in a virtual way at your home activities. The gadget works only with Microsoft Windows platforms and even if it was released on the market in 2008, in 2009 it withdrawn from the market because it was not practical enough. We hope that this nice gadget will come back, because it is very nice and useful in many ways.
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