iPhone Helps Avoid Speed Traps And More
Looks like another iPhone app that I want has hit the market. Trapster's 4.0 release helps users log roadtrips, find friends, locate speed traps, rockslides, roadkill, etc, The beauty of the Trapster app is that is i database that is user updated so if a new speed trap pops up you will know about it. […]
Chase Business Southwest Rapid Rewards Visa Credit Card Sucks
This is a rant about my Chase Business card, the credit card I use to buy most of my gadgets, so while it is not strictly a gadget, it is most certainly a "gadget enabling device". The short of it is my Chase Business credit card, specifically the Southwest Rapid Rewards card sucks, it sucks […]
All Electric Tesla Roadster V.S. Porsche Boxster Spyder
Who will win? The 2010 all electric Tesla Roadster or the 2011 all new Porsche Boxster Spyder? Motor Trend compares the two cars in a race at Willow Springs Raceway. Watch the video after the break to see which car wins.
Sneaky Self Defense Weapon
At first glance this keychain looks like a cute cat but it is actually a clever self defense weapon., You slip two fingers through the holes and palm the device., , When/if you punch your attacker they will have two decent size holes., Pretty nice self defense item that doesn't need batteries or a can of […]
Cool Garage Door Graphics
The folks at style-your-garage have come up with some pretty cool garage door skins for garaged doors of all most sizes. Pick from many options like; an Italian landscape, an alligator, a jet airplane, etc, Your garage billboard comes complete with a separate, self-adhesive Velcro fastener and can be attached immediately! The billboard is fitted […]
Real Life Hover Chair
Smart folks at the University of Kobe Gakuin (in Japan) have built an actual hover-chair. It does about what you would expect a hoverchair to do, it floats around on a cushion of air. They best part, it can carry Americans as it has a payload of 330-pounds. Video of it in action after the […]
Cool Concept Laptop, The Rolltop
Let's hope that cool computers like this become a reality in the near future. "The device of the flexible display allows a new concept in notebook design growing out of the traditional bookformed laptop into unfurling and convolving portable computer. By virtue of the OLED-Display technology and a multi touch screen the utility of a […]
Open Just About Any Hotel Door Without A Key
Another reason to be paranoid I guess, now that you know how to reverse a peephole so you can see inside the hotel room, now you can open the hotel door without a key. Watch this scary video after the break, who knew it was so damn easy to open a hotel door without a […]
Zojirushi CK-BAC10 Water Kettle Review
As a follow-up to my previous post "A Good Electric Water Kettle - Just A Fantasy?", thought it was time to get down to business and put a few kettles through a some paces. A "standardized test", if you will, fashioned by me. As a refresh on my "methodology", full pots filled to maximum were […]
Berkey Water Filter Review
When I first heard about Berkey Water Purifiers I wondered how such a simple looking filtration system can actually work, and to be honest I still don't quite "get it". The company that makes Berkey filters has been around for about 200 years. The filters are pretty famous in most parts of the world and […]