Posts from Coolest Gadgets for 10/06/2012

The latest and coolest gadgets daily digest Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Oct 06, 2012 05:30 am | Edwin Star Wars Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume So you have more or less run out of ideas on what kind of costume to wear for this coming Halloween season? Well, instead of playing on the sense of fear and dread with blood and plenty of make-up, how about becoming the embodiment of fear itself in the Intergalactic world as the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader? This is made possible thanks to a black faux leather jumpsuit with molded body armor, where it was molded straight from Lucasfilm studio designs for that added touch of authenticity. The thing is, the Star Wars Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume has one major drawback – its price point of a whopping $999.99. Still, if authenticity is right at the top of your list compared to other features, then you know for sure that the Star Wars Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume is worth every penny that you forked out for it. It is as real as it gets, and to add to the realistic factor, you would do well to purchase your own lightsaber, although I do not think that banks are right now giving out loans to construct a Death Star. [ Star Wars Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 06, 2012 05:00 am | Edwin Bubblescope for your iPhone 4/4S is like a portable Google Street View car For those of us who live in countries where Google's Street View is supported in the area or state where you live, you might have stumbled upon one of those Google Street View cars which have a somewhat bulbous camera located right at the top to capture a panoramic view of its surroundings. For those who want panoramic shots without requiring your phone's camera to have its very own software do so, then there is the £69.99 Bubblescope to get the job done. The BubbleScope is actually a 360º lens attachment for your iPhone, where it can shoot not only stills but videos as well, which is what the manufacturer calls 'bubbles'. All you need to do is attach the included case, pop-up the lens from its protective cap and launch the free BubblePix App, and you can start 'bubbling' away in a jiffy. Touted to be the "only true 360º panoramic attachment" that delivers not only still images and video on your iPhone, it is time to have a whole new perspective on your surroundings. [ Bubblescope for your iPhone 4/4S is like a portable Google Street View car copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 06, 2012 04:43 am | Alison Find Heat and Charge Concept alert, concept alert. But oh boy, does this make sense. Stoves, radiators, portable heaters – the list of heat generating devices in our lives goes on and on. And our lives have gone portable with phones, tablets, laptops and the like. Devices have existed to charge electronics via heat sources, but never with the portability aspect. YankoDesign features some of the latest industrial designs. Highlighted in their Technology section is the EcoCharge, a portable and green option for charging electronics. How so? EcoCharge draws heat from any heating device. Then thermoelectric generator modules convert heat to electricity. Power is delivered out of the unit via USB connection. Then just take your pick of what device to plug in. The concept had previously existed, but not in a portable unit – critical for our charging needs. Designer Ardavan Mirhosseini took it a step further by adding magnets to the side of the EcoCharge. Stick it to any metal surface while you draw out heat and charge. The unit also monitors and displays the conduction process so you could know how efficiently you charge. Imagine attaching EcoCharge to your hot pot of chili? Or how about affixing to the heating unit? It certainly makes sense and perhaps, someday, will become a reality. [ Find Heat and Charge copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 08:00 pm | Alison Forget Your Keys! The evolution of the smartphone as more than a phone is underway. They are slowly taking over tasks in our daily lives. Think about it. Things like music players, portable DVD players, cameras, GPS, flashlights, calculators and dictation devices go by the wayside. NFC and Passbook technologies mean no more need to carry a wallet. Next will be, yep, your keys. Funds have been raised and production is moving forward for Lockitron by Apigy. Expected in March 2013, the wi-fi enabled Lockitron fits under and on top of your dead bolt. Add the app to your smartphone and from there the possibilities are numerous. First, lock or unlock your door from anywhere in the world via the app. So if the kids forget their keys while you are at work, no problem. Have an overnight guest arrive while you are out? You and Lockitron can let them in. And if you don't have a smartphone a simple text to the device can unlock the door. From a security standpoint, the builti-in lock sensor alerts you via message when the door is opened – whether by key or phone. And Lockitron, via Bluetooth can even serve as a wireless entry system, unlocking the door as your phone is in range.  If that is not enough, NFC phones can even be waved over the door to unlock. Lockitron pros are obvious. On the con side, Lockitron works on 4 AA batteries which give a year of life. Alerts will let you know when batteries are running low. But I shudder to think what happens if they go dead and you don't have a key. Or if the phone loses power. Yikes. And what if you lose your phone? You can remotely (via web) disable the Lockitron so the phone thief has no access. The positives far outweigh any negatives. Pre-orders are being taken for March 2013 shipping. And at $149, Lockitron seems a pretty logical choice for convenience and peace of mind. [ Forget Your Keys! copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 07:45 pm | Alison Walk While You Work Unfortunately our bodies are not naturally geared to sit at a desk all day. There exists plenty of research showing that sedentary approaches to life can take years away from us. Being a desk jockey certainly contributes to these negative effects. But regardless, there we go – working our lives away in front of the computer. Don't you love the days when you work through lunch or when the 3pm "sleepies" set in? It is hard enough getting all the work done in a day, not to mention remembering to get up and walk around every so often. Desk work makes it easy to see the negative effects of being sedentary. LifeSpan Fitness offers both commercial and residential fitness machines like treadmills, bikes and rowers. Something you don't expect to find with a company like LifeSpan is a category of products called "Workplace Solutions" including the TR1200-DT Treadmill Desk. The concept makes sense – many companies have gone to stand up desks, so why not take it a step further and stay active? LifeSpan built-in some very logical concepts to make their units stand out. Included are a 2.25HP high torque engine – designed to be used through a work day (6 or more hours). Maximum walking speed of 4MPH means you can walk at a comfortable, “work friendly” pace. A 46.5" x 31" sturdy workspace gives plenty of room to support your laptop, monitor, phone or other devices. Of course the desk height is adjustable, foam armrests on the front help with comfort and a cable tray under the desks helps keep cords organized and out of the way My big question when reading about the unit was how do you get used to walking and working? Scott Neumyer of Popular Mechanics reviewed a TR1200-DT and found that after just a few sessions on the unit he acclimated to movement while typing, reading or talking and that he better through the work day. The great part about the TR1200-DT is the price. At $1,299 you pay a similar amount as a quality treadmill will run. So whether you work at home or in an office, make your work time healthy with a LifeSpan Treadmill Desk. [ Walk While You Work copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More In This Issue Star Wars Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume Bubblescope for your iPhone 4/4S is like a portable Google Street View car Find Heat and Charge Forget Your Keys! Walk While You Work Recent Stories The Hot Tug – Wood-fired Hot Tub Boat AT&T has Windows-powered tablets in its pipeline Samsung announces Galaxy Camera debut on AT&T Toys R Us – Takes a Share of the Movie Market Foldaway Foosball Table

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Posts from Coolest Gadgets for 10/05/2012

The latest and coolest gadgets daily digest Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Oct 05, 2012 11:11 am | Julie The Hot Tug – Wood-fired Hot Tub Boat Ah yes, I can’t think of 2 things I love more than hot-tubs, and being out on the open water. Ideally, I guess I would like to be using the hot-tub on the stern of my 115 foot yacht. Slipping off my high heels and sinking into the blissfully steamy water, while one of my outrageously handsome crew members serve me icy cold champagne and strawberries. Alternatively, I could get a Hot Tug. The first wood-fired hot tub boat in the whole world. Built to accommodate you and up to 7 of your closest friends, the Hot Tug hold around 530 gallons of water and a wood stove located in the bow of the boat can heat that water to 100 degrees F in just about 2.5 hours, using only a small wood log fire. Cruising the waterways is easy enough, with an available Minnkota electric motor you can power around in heated style for about 2 and a half to 8 hours, depending on your motor selection and, the fact that theres a fire burning on your boat seems to be of no concern, as the stainless steel surrounding the wood fire remains cool to the touch because of the water surrounding it, as of yet I have no idea whether the stove can be used to roast marshmallows. Currently, the Hot Tug seems to be only available in the Netherlands, where they are also being utilized in rental programs. The owners of the company are willing to entertain international requests and have their contact information located on their website hottug.nl and if your thinking about it, one of these little floating pleasure pits will run you around 16 thousand bucks. Hey, whatever floats your boat.   [ The Hot Tug – Wood-fired Hot Tub Boat copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 09:30 am | Edwin AT&T has Windows-powered tablets in its pipeline AT&T has announced that they will be making available a couple of Windows-powered tablets in due time – most probably before the year is over, of course, to jive with the timing of the Windows 8 operating system's release. Well, just what are the two models that has captured the attention of AT&T that they would want to have these tablets being made available on its network? They are the Asus VivoTab RT and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC which were specially designed for the Windows 8 platform, and to make matters even more exclusive, AT&T is the only U.S. carrier to offer these new tablets from Asus and Samsung to their customers. The Asus VivoTab RT is touted to be the first quad-core Windows RT 4G LTE tablet in the market when it is released, and while it packs quite the serious processing punch, that has not affected its functionality in any way despite being crammed into an ultra-thin and light tablet form factor that boasts of a 10.1" multi-touch Super IPS display with ASUS TruVivid technology, 32GB of internal memory, NVIDIA's next-generation quad-core Tegra 3 TE processor alongside productivity tools such as Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT Preview Edition. As for the Samsung ATIV Smart PC, this tablet model targets those who want choices, especially if you are a customer who wants a careful mix of PC capability in the convenience of a tablet form factor. There is a detachable keyboard-docking system available for users to switch between a clamshell notebook PC and a tablet PC in a snap. Other hardware configurations include an 11.6" HD PLS display, the Intel Clover Trail 1.5GHz dual core processor and 64GB of internal memory. If you are looking for a new tablet for yourself this holiday season, then you might want to consider one or the other. After all, what better way to keep yourself occupied this holiday than with a spanking new tablet and a mobile operating system platform to be reckoned with? The thing is, we are still kept in the dark regarding pricing and availability details, so stay tuned as the situation develops in due time. Press Release [ AT&T has Windows-powered tablets in its pipeline copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 09:06 am | Edwin Samsung announces Galaxy Camera debut on AT&T We do know that Samsung is a consumer electronics giant that has their finger dipped in just about every conceivable industry, but they are most famous for their range of TVs, home appliances as well as smartphones and tablets. As for the digital camera segment, well, it is suffice to say that Samsung is not at the top of most peoples' lists when one talks about a digital camera, never mind the fact that the South Korean conglomerate has done pretty all right for itself where conventional, consumer class digital cameras are concerned. Well, this time around Samsung has carved out a potentially new niche for themselves in the form of an Android-powered digital camera simply known as the Samsung Galaxy Camera. AT&T has just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Camera is headed towards the US carrier's way, where it will merge high performance photography alongside the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, not to mention coupling that with AT&T 4G mobile internet connectivity that results in a powerful point and shoot camera that Android users will certainly be down with thanks to the presence of a familiar, intuitive user interface, not to mention being able to access the slew of your favorite Android applications which can be downloaded or purchased from the Google Play market. I guess you can more or less say that this is the Android-powered version of the iPod touch – it does not have any phone capability, and yet is connected to a software market of sorts, and takes great images, too, at least for the budding photographer. Features of the Samsung Galaxy Camera include a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD display, a 21x optical zoom lens and a super-bright 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor that comes in handy when shooting high-quality images in macro and low light conditions. There is a quad-core 1GHz processor underneath the hood doing all of the grunt work, making sure it is responsive enough to your whims and fancies. No idea on pricing or an exact available date, but just like winter (for folks living in the northern hemisphere, of course), it is coming. For real. Press Release [ Samsung announces Galaxy Camera debut on AT&T copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 08:17 am | Julie Toys R Us – Takes a Share of the Movie Market   I really enjoy the possibility that digital entertainment services may slowly but surely be reducing our need to rely on cable television. Every time I get my cable bill I cant believe how much I’m paying just to watch TV, and yet every month I write the check. Over the past year we have managed to lower the bill by dropping some premium channels in favor or services like Netflix, but that too carries a price, in the form of a subscription fee. I prefer a “pay for what I watch” option. Well, Toys R Us is throwing their hat in the ring of digital entertainment options with their recently announced Toys R Us Movies, providing families instant access to over 4000 movies and TV shows that kids love. This new service provides an extensive library of premium digital content for both streaming and download and since the service is equipped with specialized parental controls, we get to choose the most appropriate content for our families viewing. Starting this week, users will be able to stream content to any PC, Mac, and any Adobe Flash enabled devices and rest assured that the service will be made available to additional web-enabled devices in the coming months. Toys R Us also plans to expand to Blue Ray players and tablets, and to offer HD services in the near future. Watch for the dedicated iOS and android releases later this fall. Movies will start at $2.99 for a 24-hour rental and $5.99 for a digital download. Family TV options  start at around $0.99, at toyrusmovies.com and keep on the lookout for the new  Toys”R”Us Movie gift cards which will be available later this fall in Toys”R”Us retail stores, just in time for the holidays. [ Toys R Us – Takes a Share of the Movie Market copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 05:30 am | Edwin Foldaway Foosball Table You know something? There is nothing quite like chilling the weekend away with the rest of the guys over a few drinks, while indulging in traditional pub games like pool, darts and some foosball. For those who have a greater love for foosball than the other two mentioned games, how about picking up this $399.95 Foldaway Foosball Table from Hammacher? It is by no means a gimped piece of furniture, as it is a full-sized foosball table which can be folded away to just 12″ deep while standing on its end when you are done with it for some upright storage goodness. Made out of solid birch that was harvested near Le Jura, France, it will be accompanied by durable plastic trim. The table’s two-leg pairs each unlock and fold inward while a built-in stand enables easy storage in a closet. Capable of accommodating two or four players, the Foldaway Foosball Table will feature eight metal control rods that glide easily in their slots for fluid movement and rapid wrist action. It has a laminated playing surface that has been bounded by beveled sides which rebound either the included plastic or cork ball (for silent play). [ Foldaway Foosball Table copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Oct 05, 2012 05:00 am | Edwin Arcade Pinball for iPad The iPad has definitely changed the way the world looked at tablets, and here we are with the £49.99 Arcade Pinball for iPad which will make full use of your tablet. After all, since all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, picking up the Arcade Pinball for iPad would let you let off some stress after a particularly long hard day at work. Of course, the iPad itself will not be included as you will need to purchase one of these puppies separately, but the Arcade Pinball for iPad works in a way that is so easy, you would figure out it is one of the better investments you have made with 50 quid. Basically, you slip your iPad into the case and hold the ergonomic handles, where the spring launcher and flipper buttons are strategically positioned in a way that you might be transported back to your younger days at the local arcade down memory lane. There are 5 tables included in the Duo Pinball App, and when you have mastered those, you can always purchase other tables online. It works equally well as a hand-held or as a table-top stand. While it was designed for the iPad, it would also be compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch, as it hooks up wirelessly. Just make sure you have a trio of AA ready at all times! Available from Firebox.com. [ Arcade Pinball for iPad copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More In This Issue The Hot Tug – Wood-fired Hot Tub Boat AT&T has Windows-powered tablets in its pipeline Samsung announces Galaxy Camera debut on AT&T Toys R Us – Takes a Share of the Movie Market Foldaway Foosball Table Arcade Pinball for iPad Recent Stories The Massager Mouse – Feels good in Your… Hands HotTug is a jacuzzi in a boat Solar Power Generator Vizio 60" Razor LED Smart TV

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