Hallmark have a new greeting card product that incorporates augmented reality. You just need a computer with a webcam, visit www.hallmark.com/extra and hold the (dead tree) card you received in front of the webcam to see the whole show.
Take a look at this video to see how cool it is. Next step, holocards.
Recycling your old electronics is really becoming easier, as more services spring up to cash in on the growing industry. Yes, cashing in, because they make money from re-selling the parts and raw materials. But I don’t want to rain on their parade, because it’s a win-win for everyone. You can get some cash for your device and they get to run a profitable business.
Take YouRenew.com – they even pay for the shipping of your old gadget and then pay you depending on what it’s worth. For example, a 1st gen 4GB iPhone will get you $94. Nice. Naturally, the older it is, the faster the price goes down, but hey, you’re recycling and not tossing a bunch of hazardous materials into a landfill, and the price on that is much higher!
Another service that we covered previously is Gazelle.
Looking for a high-tech gag gift, say for April Fool’s day? Take a look at the Cell-R-Derm which parades as a patch for obsessed cell phone users.
What’s amazing is how detailed their website is!
Buy now!
Price: $12.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
What happens when you string 24 drives together is you end up with a computer that is blazingly fast. Watch the video. It’s entertaining and you’ll be dying to have you very own RAID array that has a throughput somewhere north of 30x what you currently have.
Amazon now has a ‘green’ category off of its electronics page. The products listed within have certifications from both EnergySar and EPEAT.
Note that this doesn’t mean that all of the products match up equally – there are different levels of ‘green’. For example, there are only 14 TVs that make the EPEAT silver level.
Well the iPhone honeymoon at AT&T may be over, what with Android handsets coming to the network. The first one is here, the Motorola Backflip and like its name, it has a hinged design that lets the keyboard float below the screen or even to rotate all the way around.
Here are the big points:
You can get the phone with a service plan for next to nothing, or buy it outright for $350 at places like Amazon.
Buy now!
Price: $349.99 (without contract)
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Use one of your home’s largest gadget, your TV, to enhance one of the most low-tech activities we all do: read. The Wireless Page to TV Magnifier is a mouse-sized gizmo that scans your books or magazines and sends the image wirelessly to your TV in real time, magnifying it up to 25x it’s actual size.
The scanner is a 655×488 pixel scanner, and there’s a wireless base that plugs into your television via an RCA video cable. This would be a great gift for a lot of people, who enjoy reading but it’s too much of a strain on their eyes.
Buy now!
Price: $149.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Just about $10 is a small price to pay to have your air cleansed of unpleasant odors, fumes, bacteria, pollen and dust. The Wagan Ionic Air Purifier plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter. (They really need to give that thing a new name, because honestly, you shouldn’t be using it to help you smoke! Ok, end of soapbox rant!)
Buy now!
Price: $10.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
UK company RSLSteeper, maker of prosthetic, orthotic and assistive technology products has what looks like an amazing fully articulated prosthetic hand called the BeBionic. You have to watch the video on the BeBionic site.
Tell me this doesn’t remind you of Luke’s new artificial hand in Star Wars: ESB!
We’re kicking off Monday morning with some toilet humor. No, not that kind. Actually, it’s a set of gadgets for your bathroom. They’re night light accessories for your toilet, so you don’t need to turn on the light in your bathroom if you need to make a pitstop in the middle of the night.
First up is the Flush Light that replaces the flush handle on your toilet with one that has a red LED light and an on/off button. It shuts off automatically after a while.
The next toilet ‘night light’ is the Jonny Glow which is a self-adhesive fluorescent strip that goes at the top of the toilet bowl’s rim. Only problem I have with this one is a cleaning one, although they claim it’s easy to clean. On the other hand, it doesn’t need batteries or button-pressing.
Buy now!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: Flush Light: $11.99, Jonny Glow: $12.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
