Gadget Hoard

The Ex Voodoo Knife Set

Alex — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:14:30 +0000

Why settle for just a boring old block of wood to hold your knives when you can have this litle guy? (Literally, little guy…) This 14″ tall human figure comes with an 8″ Chef Knife, 8″ Bread Knife, 8″ Carver, 5″ Utility Knife and a 3.5″ Paring Knife, all protected by a 25 year manufacturer’s warranty. Knives are all held in place by a neat little magnet in each hole. Have a little fun when putting your knives away, for once! Get it from Wowzzers.

Kinniku Mouse Stimulates Your Body

Alex — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:03:18 +0000

Today’s Around the World Gadget is from Japan. It’s called the Kinniku Mouse, cute huh? Well, not so cute when you see what this thing does! It apparently uses 4 little electrode pads to shock and stimulate your muscles as you work on the computer.

Translated to English, the name of the gadget is “Muscle Mouse.” It uses EMS technology (Electrical Muscle Stiumlation) to relax you for the long hard workday. From the translation it’s hard to see exactly how it’s powered, but it appears to either be from the movement of the mouse, or actually powered by the USB port. (Or a combination of both - the movement of the mouse activated the current which is powered by the USB port). The Japanese come up with some cool stuff!

Read on for more pictures of the Muscle Mouse.

32″ Digital HD Picture Frame: Go Big!

Alex — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:18:36 +0000

Digital picture frames are actually very practical, one frame to display unlimited pictures, instead of just one. Plus, most can play video, support expandable memory, and have RF remote controls. Until recently, you’d be setting up your 7 inch digital frame on a mantel or table, but now you can mount a 32 inch high resolution LCD on your wall dedicated to displaying your home pictures and videos at 1366×768.The frame can also playback video with sound, including MPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMA and AVI files, at their native resolutions with sound on it’s built in speakers..

OptiPix’s SP3200 wide screen 32″ digital photo frame is sure to turn some heads for your home visitors. It supports most of today’s memory cards, and no computer is needed to set it up or change the options since they’re all done via the 100′ range RF remote control. (In case the frame is somewhere far from reach).

Most 32″ high definition wide screen LCD’s come at a steep price, but all things considered, the $839.99 you’d drop on this frame is quite a deal (although, it’s still just a picture frame…) Unfortunately you can;t use it as a PC monitor, nor does it have any inputs at all except for it’s media card slots and power input (you didn’t think it’d run off of batteries, did you?)

Find it at Gadgeta.

80-in-1 iMONO High Speed Card Reader + USB Hub

Alex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:53:28 +0000

Now, I’m not sure who really needs support for 80 different storage mediums, but if you are, here’s your solution. iMONO’s 80-in-1 card reader not only supports like… every memory card known to man, but also has the ability to connect 3 other USB devices. Heck, if you wanted, you could buy a whole slue of these things and daisey chain them for a ridiculous amount of memory cards. It wouldn’t be all that expensive either since they’re cheap as dirt.

It supports all of the latest mediums, including Micro SDHC (used by most current mobile phones), SD, M2, SDHC, MMC4.2, CF4.0, MS Pro DUO, and XD.

Features:

80-in-1 Card Reader built-in 3-port USB 2.0 hub, it supports most kinds of cards without any adapter

Support the latest card types as M2, SDHC, MMC4.2, CF4.0, MS Pro DUO, micro SDHC, XD and mini SDHC

Easily transfer your data to PC

Interface: USB 1.1 and USB 2.0

System Requirements: Windows 98/SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.0 above

Dimension: 101.5 x 46 x 15mm (approx.)

Weight: 45gSupport Card Types:

CF I / CF II / CF 3.0 / EXTREME III CF / EXTREME CF / ULTRA II CF / HS CF / XS-XS CF / CF ELITE PRO / CF PRO / CF PRO II / CF 4.0 / IBM MD / HITACHI MD / MAGIC STOR MD

MS / MS PRO / MS DUO / MS PRO DUO / MS MG PRO / MS MG / MS MG DUO / MS MG PRO DUO / EXTREME MS PRO / MS SELECT / EXTREME III MS PRO / ULTRA II MS PRO / HS MS MG PRO / HS MS MG PRO DUO / HS MS PRO / HS MS PRO DUO / MS ROM / MS PRO HU DUO

SD / MINI SD / HS MINI SD / EXTREME SD / EXTREME III DS / ULTRA SD / ULTRA II SD / ULTRA II SD PLUS / SD-ULTRA-X / ULTRA SPEED SD / SD PRO / SDHC / SD ELITE PRO / HS SD / MMC / MMC 4.0 / HS MMC / HS RS MMC / RS MMC / RS MMC 4.0 / MMC MOBILE / MMC PLUS / MMC 4.2

Micro SD (T-Flash)

x-picture / x-picture 1.21

Get yours at Brando for only $19.

XKD Touch Screen Remote Watch

Alex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:23:30 +0000

We’ve seen touch screen remotes, and we’ve seen remote watches. It’s about time we see a touch screen remote watch! For some reason I always get a kick out of “mysteriously” changing people’s channels or randomly switching on the television. The watch can be programmed to a few different brands of TV’s at a time, and supports a wide variety of brands overall.

The watch itself is fully functional, with a stopwatch, alarm and of course it tells time. The remote functions allow you to change the channel, volume, or switch the device on and off. It’s backlit with a white LED for those midnight covert operations, but don’t even try sneaking around during the day with this guy as it’d be the equivalent of trying to sneak around with a refrigerator strapped to your wrist. In other words, this thing is… huge. But all in all, a cool gadget idea. It comes in either black or silver, ships worldwide for 3 bucks, and is only a mere $14.99.

Features:

Dual function for remote control and watch

Fashionable Design

Alarm and Time function

Easy code setting for TV remote control

Volume, Channel adjustment and power on/off function for several TV brands

Stop watch function included

Many kinds of TV and VCD can be remote controlled

Using CR2032 battery cell (Battery included)

White LED Back Light

Dimension: 26mm x 23mm (Display Area), 48mm x 35mm x 14 mm (Watch Area)

PU (Black) or Steel (Silver)

Optoma Handheld ‘Pico’ Projector for Mobile Devices

Alex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:29:59 +0000

People have spent years talking about portable projectors for their video games and cell phones. And until now, there has never actually been anything to back up the “prototypes” or ideas. Optoma has finally changed that by introducing their portable handheld projector called ‘Pico’ made for a wide range of mobile devices from iPhone, to many other smart phones and PDAs. They have a world wide release date set in 2009. Yeah, that’s right, a release date!

The device is based on DLP technology ensuring high picture quality and contrast, and uses LED lighting, guaranteeing a bright, colorful image. Plus, it’s tiny: small enough to fit in your pants pocket. The product will be first shown at Texas Instrument’s InfoComm 2008, close to it’s limited release in Europe, before it’s worldwide 2009 release.

“Skin-tenna” Uses your skin to transmit wireless signals

Alex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:18:44 +0000

Skin-tenna is a technology that can be used for today’s high tech medical devices or personal gadgets, or both! It’s based on the conductivity of the human skin. Ever touch those old rabit ears on top of the T.V., or a loop antenna from your stereo and notice improved clarity? Well this is sort of the same principal. It uses a device to transmit signals harmlessly over the skin.

This type of technology is especially crucial for health benefiting technology such as pacemakers since they no longer need to waste electicity on power hungry protocols such as Bluetooth. Skin-tenna uses the body’s natural energy!

Read more over at NST, of course it’s not so… lamemans terms.

Stylish 4-Port USB ‘Runner’ Hub

Alex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:42:57 +0000

This stylish little USB Hub will surely spice up your desk. Another quirky gadget from gadget4all.com provides you with a figure in the shape of a man carrying a briefcase (which spins 180 degrees). One of his arms, his swiveling briefcase, his foot, and the front of the base all have USB ports, with the PC connection in the back of the base. Pick up this little guy for $10 at G4A.

Downtown Classic Shootout Game

Alex — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:13:53 +0000

Every man’s dream is to be a part of a heist, or at least a heated shootout! Now you can live that dream in the comfort of your own cubicle or room with this Downtown Classic Shootout Game. It comes with 3 x 7″ figures that you can place randomly throughout your room to have fun little shootouts with. They will raise their guns and actually shoot at you! Use your infrared gun to shoot the others before they shoot you! The buttons on the Al Capone replica’s coat light up to show you how man lives you have left.

» Product Features

3 Gangsters (tethered 15 feet apart)

1 Infrared Reloadable Gun with Clip Sound

Requires: 3 x ‘AA’ Batteries for Gangsters (included)

Requires: 2 x ‘AAA’ Batteries for the Infrared Gun (included)

Dimension: Each figure is about 7.0″ inches tall

Get your own set from Wowzzers for $59.99.

Rotatable USB Hub + Clock

Alex — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:04:46 +0000

Earlier I posted about the 7-Port rotatable USB hub that allowed you to position the ports to your liking. This little gem is the sequel and features 4 ports, and on the reverse a digital clock. Another useful gadget to reduce the amount of stuff on your desk . Get it from USB Geek.

Features:

Display hour, minute, month and day.

USB 2.0, plug and play.

90° rotatable 4 port hub.

4 x rotatable hi-speed USB2.0 ports.

Data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps.

Support Windows Vista/XP/ME/2000/98, Mac OS 8.6 or above.

Dimension: 53 x 46.5 x 45mm

Weight: 52g