Last week the NYT had an interview with George Sowden, designer of the SoftBrew. SoftBrew is a pitcher style coffee brewing gadget. George Sowden's obsession with coffee led to him inventing the SoftBrew. Sowden often visited factories instead of museums as a tourist, and believes there is a disconnect between…
The Datel TurboFire2 Wireless Xbox 360 Controller is pretty slick and very customizable. It is a little to slick according to Microsoft who is suing the British company Datel. The Datel TurboFire2 controller for xbox 360 even allows you to connect it to your PC and download specific game enhancements…
It has been a while since we have heard anything from Sirius XM, but their latest piece of hardware, the XM Snap, allows anyone with FM in their car to get Sirius XM satellite radio (assuming you have the Sirius XM subscription). Simply plug the XM Snap into your cigarette…
Who doesn't love ice cream? (you farting Ed Zecha lactose intolerant types don't count) If you don't always want to run to the grocery store and buy overpriced, weird ingredient laden, ice cream every time you have a fix make your own. And yes, you can make ice cream at…
If/When we end up in a grid down or disaster situation which leaves us without power for cooking, a solar oven just seems to make sense. One of the best options out there, the Sun Oven seems like a logical choice to add to the list of options. It won't…
The minute we saw the latest iPod Nano we know that people would try to turn it into a watch. The latest watch accessory for the iPod Nano is iLoveHandles ($19.99) which is watch strap made for the iPad Nano.
Take this all with a grain of salt as I have never baked anything in my life. With that said, decorating with the squishy icing bag looks a bit messy and difficult. Enter the Kuhn Rikon Frosting Deco Pen (great name) which is battery powered and comes with 3 refillable…
There are several different types of phone recording systems available. Some are USB call recorders, some rely on tape recorders to do the phone conversation recording, etc, Many have far to many cables and intricacies to use daily. One of the best phone loggers we have found is the USB…
Concrete Canvas Shelters are rapidly deployable hardened shelters that require only water and air for construction. Concrete Cloth (CC) is a flexible cement impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable water proof and fire proof concrete layer.
Tough times call for tough measures. An acquaintance of mine is moving in to his mom's backyard and setting up a Habihut. Sad and mostly funny. Never heard of this inexpensive relief housing before, but the thought of one in a backyard is awesome. I hope he got the toilet…