Archive for the ‘Strange Gadgets’ Category
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 |
Technology is a big part of our society and we have very many advantages from using it. That’s why people always research to improve it and release on the large consume every kind of gadgets to improve our lives. They produce  devices to keep safe our homes, to help us make our personal spaces more beautiful and attractive, to satisfy our normal needs, to animate our free time. From the last category, the spy- gadgets have an important role for everybody who want to private investigate anybody else. If you want to spy somebody or you want to prevent your personal spying you can find on the market some ingenious products and pretty cool to explore gadgets.
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LANdroids Program, launched by DARPA it is inspired from the I. Robot movie, with Will Smith playing the principal character. It is highlighting the special idea that everybody could use a personal robot in his home, for usual and boring stuffs.
On 3 March, 2008, iRobot announced in Burlington, Massachusetts, that they won the auction from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), an organization of the Defense Department and that they will start to product robots able to communicate.

This it is a military program, designed to upgrade the operatives from intense positions and save some important communication lines.
This it isn’t an ordinary gadget and it is able to be the foundation of any operation in every place of the Earth, whenever some information is desired.
Helen Greiner, the chairman of iRobot Company said that over 1300 robots have been field tested and proven their ability in combats.
The most important characteristics of this spy gadget are their low size and the durability term. They are smaller than a palm and can be hidden in a simple pocket.
Boston Dynamics released an brilliant and very useful robot that it is named Big Dog. Unfortunately they aren’t yet for sale for ordinary population but they are expected as soon as it is possible. This robot can carry on every type of terrain, in rugged conditions, up to 100 kilograms. Also, this gadget it is able to absorb shocks and recycle its energy.
When you think that someone it is spying you with a camera you can easy catch him with Camera catcher, an extraordinary military gadget. There are some available models of this gadget on the market . You can try a Spy Finder Personal, mostly known as Total Security. They have over 20 years of experience and a good team of professional people so they are very trustful on this segment. The gadget have the ability to find any camera from a room, even if it is in function or not. Very easy and intuitive to use, spots every hidden camera, no matter of the place where it is positioned. In this moment. It is one of the most perfect and advanced camera catcher from the world. It is, also pretty cheap, its price being around 150 American dollars.
If you are a cop series fan, for sure you will want to have a cop tool kit that will help you find imprints and proof them. Also, this set can help you to catch a thief that you think it is spying on your papers or if you want to prevent someone to entering in some privet space, this set made from detection powder, markers and UV Lights will help you.
The detection powder can be found on the market in two forms. The UV detection powder, a little more expensive than the Visible detection powder it is most used in this kind of situation, but, the fun part of the last one it is that it is almost invisible until the hand skin react with it.
The UV Security Marking Pen & UV Light , a smart spy gadget, available to buy in the markets, have a very cheap price for its capacity. It have an UV light at the opposite end. But, if you want to be more tech, you can use the UV Lamp and Marker Kit at almost the same price. The disadvantage of this gadget it is that if you need to keep in secret your search, its dimensions will not cover you, but, on the other hand, it will help you by bringing more light to the spot you will need to illuminate with it.
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Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
Who says he didn’t know anything about James Bond is certainly lying. The popular series made the joy of everyone’s childhood and the amusement of every adult. For the obsessed fans of this secret agent, there are on the market some cool gadgets , special designed to make your safety more easier or to help you complete your fan collection.
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For example, this gadget, the Motion Detector Telephone , it is not only a funny toy but it will help you to keep your place more safe. It have a built- in sensor which will detect every move from the room and highlight its author. Most of us will say that it is a pretty freaky instrument but some will appreciate it when a thief will enter in their living room on a dark night. The best part at this cool telephone it is that he will call to a preset number every time when the alarm it is activated and it will detect a moving presence. Its range it is about 30 feet long and have a width of 20 feet.
For the action movie fans, there is a cool gadget special designed for the government use and it is named CJAM 1000 Portable Cell Phone Jammer. As you can figure yourself it can jam every single microwave signal in a range of 1 kilometer. That includes phone calls, radio signals or another such kind of signals. A fingerprint system will assure you the privacy and the security of your device. It is using an antenna as the principal technology.

In the most spy films we can see mostly the hidden camera captures. Hidden in a hole ventilation or after some bed, the mini- cameras make the delight of anyone who wants to catch every move from a room. With only 1/3-inch dimension, the Tiny CMOS Camera conquered a title in the Guinness Record Book, beating its elder sister, made by the same Company. It needs  only a 1/16-inch hole to snap  through in a 55 degree angle. It comes with plug- in cables and have a 1.5 resolution, from Lux category. The CMOS chip it is able up to 1/4-inch color  and have 380 lines. To have a non- technical image of the size of this mini- camera, you can imagine that it will cover half of the surface of a dime.
If you want to make a funny joke to your friends or just register someone who is near your computer, you can acquire a  spy- gadget mouse. The CP-1 computer mouse have an incorporated microphone inside of it which can register every sound in a room, while the computer it is powered on. Once you shut down the PC, it will stop the recording but it will start it again when you will press the power button. You can attach it to your PC trough a USB cable. Its weight measures only 75 grams and have the 53 x 95 x 35 millimeters dimensions.

You remember the scenes when James Bond scanned a document using a pen with a laser inside? Well, this device it is available in the stores now. Even it is pretty expensive, it will worth all its money. The  Planon DocuPen RC800 it is a
cool gadget with a 8 megabytes intern memory – perfect to copy any documents. If you think the incorporated memory isn’t enough for your necessities you can add to it a micro SD, thanks to the built- in slot. Once you have scanned your documents you can upload them to your computer using the USB port.
If you want to transport some money or some special and precious things, you can use a  80,000 Volt Electric Suitcase, who can shock everyone who will try to open it and doesn’t know the code. It benefices of a removal control with a deactivate/ activate button. As a second precaution it haves an alarm, which can be started from the remote control, and which will keep any bad- intentioned person away. It will come in varieties of colors and models, to satisfy all your preferences.

Ever been curious what it is behind the high fence near you? A plane with a camera integrated could help you. Well, this
gadget was invented and it is named  XB30 RC Digital Camera Spy Plane, being not only an attractive toy but a well organized radio controlled photo device. It is able to take up to 26 photos with only one button click. To transfer the images to your computer you will use the USB port, after you detached the mini- camera.
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Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
The Holidays are near and we all have to start our search for gift ideas for our beloved family and friends. We can find every type of products on the market but if we want to be special and unique we can try to find for them some unusual tech gadgets.
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The USB product market released a cooler that can help you to keep your drinks as chilled as your personal computer it is. It is perfect for those who made from games a way of life because they always forgot to drink their beer as long as it is cold, so, this gadget will keep it to a low temperature for them while they are playing their favorite video game. It is ideal even for those who will have to stay a lot to the office on the hot summer days, and don’t have a cold source of liquids. They can simply attach the USB Cooler to their laptop and let it do its job, while they are doing theirs also. Just in a few seconds after what it is plugged in the cold plate go to a 45 Fahrenheit degrees temperature, what it is perfect for any drink.

Some kids love to try to imitate some international DJs and some mature people have a real talent for this. If you love the old school vinyl. Our parents have a huge collection of vinyls that can’t be played anymore because there aren’t equipments on the market for this support or, if they are, they have a pretty expensive price and are for professional use. In this idea was invented the USB Turntable
gadget for personal computers. You can use it to create music and different sounds or to transfers your vinyls to your laptop. You have o simply put this high tech and
unusual gadget near to your PC, connect it trough the USB slot and start the Audacity program , software that it is included in its box. This will help you rip your favorite music from vinyls directly in a MP3 or a WAV format, straight to your computer so you can play them whenever you want or share them with your friends. If your vinyls are a little broken and have some pops and clicks, you can use the Audacity software to facelift and remove them. This it is a perfect
gadget for all those who love music and are melancholic.

If your friend or family member works a lot to computer and it is an agitated person, for sure the USB aquarium will help him to chill and relax. Also it is perfect for any tech
gadget freak. The USB Mini Desktop Aquarium have a blue light provided by a LED with a high- intensity range a classic decor with plants and stones and two tropical fish who looks almost like they are alive. With a little motor that generates some current intensity in the water they are able to move and swim, creating the beautiful effect of a real aquarium. The blue LEDÂ and the motor can be switched off, one by one.
Another unusual but cool gadget perfect for gifts can be this USB Tech Lamp, who can be easily putted on your desktop and let it to enlighten your room with a soft blue light. It have a flexible neck and a blue hood, in a minimalist form. It can be positioned exactly how you want and the light can be arranged to fall in many ways. It is a very cheap gadget and pretty nice for a present.

USB Microscope it is an
unusual gadget for computer which can be, also, and an idea for a cool gift. It can magnify any kind of object up to 200x and it is very easy to use. You can simply plug the USB in its computer slot and run the software which come in its box. It have, also, and a great toolkit and extensions that contains  an Eye dropper, to help you put the objects in the water, for a perfect view, a slide clip, a sample slide and some tweezers. This
gadget can help your kids to make their home works pretty fast and let them know some mysteries from the biology book.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
We hear this word everywhere, either if it’s about programs or some other kind of technology. The truth is many people don’t know the meaning of the word gadget, also known as gizmo.
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To be as precise as possible, a gadget is a small technological object. It can be either a device or an application thought to be more ingenious and unusually designed than other.

Although, it started as a small range of gadgets, today we can classify existent gadgets in various categories, such as:
- Mechanical gadgets, which include clocks, thermometers, and bicycles, that comes in a very large number.

- Programmable gadgets include almost any modern device.

- Application gadgets are small computer programs, such as the ones that Google Desktop implements.

- Eco-friendly gadgets are ones that are solar powered and can be used from lighting your garden to charging batteries or phones.

- Electronic gadgets is a category that has a few other subcategories:
- USB gadgets has a lot of benefits and that’s why they are very numerous and diverse. The simplest gadget known and owned by most people is the USB Flash Card. Other examples are the USB Heating Gloves or the USB Cup Heater. As long as you have a computer around, they are very easy to use. All you need is an USB port, at least 1.1. They are small so easy to carry around and require low power.

- iPod gadgets are the one that can be attached to the iPod or the ones the iPod can be attached to. For instance, mini or big audio systems, handbags, and even anti-pick-pocket locks with password coding.

- Spy gadgets are the most sophisticated ones. They can be spy cameras or night vision binoculars, listening devices, and even lie detectors.

- Watch gadgets come very in handy when in need of a calculator or calendars. Some of them can store music and pictures files and have playing features. In addition, others have built-in flash drives or walkie-talkies.

- Health gadgets is the one category that actually serves a good purpose. These gadgets can check for your blood pressure, temperature or sugar level and others can normalize them.

- Cell phone gadgets are most modern cell phones and their accessories.

- Other type of gadgets is all of those gadgets meant to entertain us and to make our lives much easier.
Like I said before, there are all kinds of gadgets meant to improve our lives and make it easier. Every one of them is useful in one way or another. Some are addressed to certain ages, while others are for all ages. Big companies rely on the fact that as the technological world goes only forward, they will always come up with something new and original to develop and sell. Maybe some of them will remain without any actual purpose, just to be left lying around, but maybe many others will have a good purpose. Personally, I think that the eco-friendly gadgets and the health gadgets will make always a good investment and we should focus on them because we will always be dependent of phones and other pieces of technology with lesser importance.
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009 |
At the beginning manufacturers released MP4 watches and they were seen as futuristic gadgets. The watches are small portable music and video media player. Most of these kind of devices are actually digital watches with multimedia features. Usually these devices have LED or OLED color display and speakers, but also small jacks for earphones or maybe Bluetooth protocol in order to connect with Bluetooth stereo headset using the A2DP profile. The first commercially available MP 4 watch was manufactured by Shenzhen Adragon Digitek in September 2006. MP 4 watches usually have in their design metal, plastic and leather straps. The screen size varies between 1″ and 2″. These devices are marketed as ultra portable multimedia players.
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However, since 2006 these devices got upgraded on a constant base. Features like digital camera and video camera recording, readable Office documents, organizer functions and file storage and file transfer are nothing beside the phone call function. The Samsung S9110 is a tinny wrist phone who packs a lot of features. The S9110 is the Samsung response to the LG watch phone launched in August through Orange. The Samsung model is however much more cheaply than the LG GD 910 watch phone.
The Samsung model has not only cut the price but it also cut the deepness too (11.98 mm, the value earns S9110 the title of the world’s thinnest watch phone). Its height measures 57.5 mm, wide of 41.1 mm and a weight of 91 g (kind of heavy). The design looks flawless, with scratch proof glass for the display and stainless steel for the exterior. The phone watch has a good TFT capacitive touch screen with up to 256 K colors. It sports a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels with a diagonal of 1.76 inches.
The Samsung S9110 can alert you not only using MP3 ringtones (or polyphonic ones) but also using vibration. It packs a good quality (for its sizes) speaker. The operating system is Samsung based. It is simplified for a better use. However you will easily find the symbols for the phonebook or call records. There is a big drawback in the multimedia features. The watch phone has nearly 40 MB internal memory with no card slot. Therefore this device does play in the “real” phone league. The connectivity is limited. We have GPRS Class 10 (4+1 / 3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps and Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and nothing more. No HSCSD, no EDGE, no 3G, no WLAN or even micro USB port.
This phone lacks a lot of good features. Also it lacks a digital camera, radio, GPS or java (pure sad). It runs on 2G network: GSM 900 / 1800. The Samsung S9110 has, at least, SMS, EMS, MMS and Email functions. Other interesting features include: voice recognition, voice memo, MP3 player, organizer and T9. No word yet about the battery life. However we do now the model: Li – Ion 630 mAh.
Overall, this is not an interesting device. Sure it is a watch and then a phone, but not a multimedia device at all. I believe that Samsung rushed in this new phone category and tried to create a futuristic gadget, but ended with a common phone-watch. Waiting another year or two would have been a better choice than to release a watch phone with features of 2003 mobile phones.
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