Hose and Nozzle Connectors – slide together (instead of screwing on)
This is a cheap, irresistible gadget requiring no batteries, and you can even get it wet! This pair of garden hose connectors slide together instead of screwing together. In no time, you can connect hoses or nozzles and get straight to the important business of washing your car, watering your plants or getting the slip ‘n slide ready.
The Easy Slide Garden Hose Connector promises no leaks and clicks together easily and solidly.
Price: $6.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
No, it’s not a predictor of impending quakes, but the GraGraph will sound an alert and tell you how large the earthquake is on the Richter scale (anywhere from 3 to 10).
I love these things. Another example of “why didn’t I think of that?” These pizza scissors cut through pizza without scratching the pan underneath it, and also serve as a serving spatula to get the pizza slice onto plates without spilling. The parts separate for easy dishwashing (in the dishwasher is fine). I don’t want traditional roller pizza cutters any more!
The Smart Shopper is the electronic gadget for shoppers who can’t live without their lists. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: say the item in the Smart Shopper, it records it and then you can print out the list on the built-in thermal printer. Smart Shopper has a built-in database of over 2500 common items, and you can add your custom items as well. It also has voice-recognition to understand what you’re telling it.
If you’re a road warrior, then you really need to think about investing in one of these. The iZap is a travel toothbrush sanitizer that contains a germicidal UV bulb that eliminates up to 99.9% of germs. The bulb turns on as soon as the lid to the case is closed, sanitizes your toothbrush for about 6 minutes and then automatically shuts off. 
ThinkGeek is helping us to keep our clock obsession going, with this matrix cube alarm clock. Each of the 3 cubes displays a pair of digits that is either the hour, minutes or seconds of the current time. 
Here’s another touch-free gadget to add to your touch-free arsenal, a touchless faucet adaptor. All you need to do is attach this infrared-based adaptor to your existing water faucet. Just place your hands near the gadget and the water comes on. Not much more to it. There is an override switch so you can turn on/off the faucet manually (but that’s so 2007).
This is exactly the type of product that you may have once seen at an EPCOT exhibit or a future-looking tech documentary, but the difference is this is real. NetLinc is an INSTEON Central Controller that allows you to schedule and control your INSTEON home automation network from the Internet, via a browser on a PC, your Web-accessible smartphone or PDA.