March 2006

Vocal Smoke Alarm

Perhaps I am on a smoke alarm kick but today’s Gizmo of the Day is a vocal smoke alarm. This is a great idea for families with smaller children in the horrible case that you have a house fire. The Vocal Smoke Alarm allows you to record your child’s name as well as using the [...]

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Audio/Video Cables and Connectors Explained

eCoustics.com is running an informative article on the slew of different connectors that you run across in your dealings with your audio-video equipment. The article takes the tack of just going through the different connector types in alphabetical and best of all, including a nice close-up photo of the connector in question. Don’t be confused [...]

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Remote-Controlled Smoke & Fire Alarm

At my last house the builder, in his infinite wisdom, decided to put a smoke and fire alarm in our kitchen within five feet of our oven. Everytime we broiled something in the oven the fire alarm would sound which annoyed my wife and I and downright scared my cat under our bed. We really [...]

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Tanita BC533 Innerscan Body Composition Monitor Scale

Scales have come a long way from just seeing how fat… uh… how much you weigh. Tanita is one of the leaders in the field, and they have an impressive array of scales that measure things like body fat %, body water %, muscle mass, bone mass, and they even have something called a physique [...]

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Memorex TravelDrive ID

Memorex has decided that the USB memory sticks need an LCD screen that can display the used and available spaces on the drive via a mini chart displayed on the LCD. Also, the LCD displays up to 11 characters helping the user designate a name to the drive, add a date or id the contents [...]

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Digital Foci Announces Memory Card Travel Case

Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2006 – Digital Foci, Inc. (www.digitalfoci.com), a leading provider of digital photo albums, digital frames and accessories, introduced today the Memory Card Travel Case, which organizes and protects all important digital flash memory cards in one place. The Digital Foci Memory Card Travel Case is the only case you will [...]

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New SLAPPA Velocity PRO SPYDER Laptop Backpack

SLAPPA (www.slappa.com ) today announced the launch of their new Velocity PRO SPYDER laptop backpack, featuring a thick rubber exoskeleton with rainproof PRO Grade Scuba-prene offering reinforced storage protection for all of your digital gear. The Velocity PRO SPYDER offers superior protection, superior design and superior materials. “We continue to hear from many end users [...]

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Sanyo Xacti HD Digital Video Camera

Now I remember why I’ve held off purchasing a digital video camera since my was stolen a few years ago… progress! This year we’ve seen the emergence of hard drive based digital video cameras (no extra media needed) and now the smaller high-definition digital video cameras are starting to emerge. Now if these two technologies [...]

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Nintendo DS Lite (Crystal White) 110V

The Nintendo DS Lite was released a couple weeks ago over in Asia and luckily the Geeks know where to get it… directly from Hong Kong! Nintendo products are region-free meaning it does not matter where you play the device because it’s a universal system! As long as you can read English, Japanese, Spanish, French, [...]

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Review: OtterBox 1900 – Waterproof PDA Case

A week or so ago we reviewed OtterBox’s waterproof iPod Cases so the extreme geek with an active lifestyle could kayak or even swim while listening to their favorite tunes. What about if the extreme geek needs access to their PDA around sand, water and other harsh elements? OtterBox again comes to mind with their [...]

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