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Striker shows off some cool products for all sorts of uses

February 15, 2014Accessories, Auto, CES 2014Todd Cochrane

Striker Hand Tools Company is a unique corporation in today’s technology world. It makes a variety of items for various different purposes, including your home and car. Recently we got them to show off some of the coolest items.

Starting with the Simple Sucker, which is perhaps the simplest phone mount you will ever find. It is a simple rubber stand with suction cups at both ends to stick to a surface, such as a car windshield, while the other end holds your phone, making for an easy GPS mount.

Striker also showed off the Flex-it Light, a unique flashlight-type system that can be utilized during home repairs or while camping. It can be bent and manipulated into all sorts of shapes to light your way in most any direction. It has two rare-earth magnets so it can stick to metal surfaces — such as working on a breaker box when the power is off. Striker also shows off several other models of lights, but you will need to watch the video below to get the full details and demos.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network

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TrackingPoint Weapon System

February 4, 2014Accessories, CES 2014, Gadgets, HomeTodd Cochrane

tracking Point TrackingPoint introduced a precision guided firearm at CES 2013. The kit consists of a digital rifle scope and a guided trigger. This kit works with a traditional bolt-action rifle.

The way the system works is that you point the weapon toward the target and the system tags the target. The tag, which is a red dot will remain with the target even if the target moves. The system then calculates all necessary measurements including distance and wind velocity. When you pull the trigger the shot is held until you can align the target. A cross hair will appear and then the shot is fired.

The TrackingPoint system includes five processors within it. There is an image processor that processes up to 54 frames per second. There is also a DSP processor, an Arm core processor and a FPGA with RISC processor inside.

The TrackingPoint kit includes a rifle, a scope, the trigger package, 200 rounds of ammo, a pelican case, a wind bag and an iPad mini. There is also an app for the iPhone or iPad which allows you to stream and record video of your shot. The total kit will be around $20,000. More information is available at the Tracking-Point website.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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Vievu Millitary Grade Wearable Camera Technology

February 3, 2014Accessories, CES 2014aluminum housing, law enforcement, police agencies, smartphone upload, vievu, wearable technologyJeffrey Powers

We are joined by CEO Steve Ward of Vievu joins us for the TPN CES live broadcast. Vievu is a company that makes wearable technology cameras for law enforcement. Since 2007, Vievu is in over 3,000 police agencies in 16 markets. They are now expanding into other professions that need to record video.

The Vievu is rugged and waterproof. The housing is aluminum, so its durable and lightweight. The VieVu also sends recordings to your smartphone for upload. The mini-USB port also allows you to move files to computer. The battery is around 2.5 hours on the VieVu2.

Get VieVu. To find out more, go to VieVu.com

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Roocase iPad cases

February 3, 2014Accessories, CES 2014business card, folio, ipad case, roocase, zipperJeffrey Powers

Annie Blanco from Roocase joined us with a Roo Girl to the TPN CES live broadcast. Roocase makes cases for tablets and smartphones. With a rotating clip, you can turn your iPad to match the landscape or portrait style. Unclip the iPad and you get a strap handle in the back so you can hold your iPad with ease.

Roocase also showed off the folio case with zipper. The Executive portfolio case allows you to hold more than just an iPad. Business cards, pens and more can be put in the folio.

Get Get Roocase at Amazon More information at Roocase.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Don Baine of The Gadget Professor

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OtterBox Preserver Series of phone cases

February 1, 2014Accessories, CES 2014, Home, MobileTodd Cochrane

Don Baine talked with Jordan Vetter at the Otterbox booth at CES 2014 about the new OtterBox Preserver Series of phone cases.

The Preserver Series is a waterproof and dustproof case that will keep your iPhone 5S, iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S4 safe and sound while you enjoy whatever environment you find yourself in. All the phone’s functions, including the Touch ID sensor on the 5S, remain available while protecting your phone against water, dust and drops. The cases are fully submergible up to 6.6 ft. (2 m) for 30 minutes and can take a drop from up to 6.6 feet (2m) without damage.

The OtterBox Preserver is available now in assorted colors for $89.95 from otterbox.com

Interview by Don Baine, the Gadget Professor for the TechPodcast Network.

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QisDesign Designer Lighting from BenQ

January 31, 2014Accessories, CES 2014, HomeTodd Cochrane

BenQ aren’t really known for their designer lighting but this is what Bob Wudeck brought along to Don and Todd at CES. BenQ has a range of about forty different lights and lamps sold under the QisDesign brand, and on show is a beautiful flexible table LED lamp. Inspired by the human spine, the Hatha LED table lamp won a series of design awards, including a Red Dot Design Award in 2012. It’s definitely designer lighting with a ticket of price of $450 and this is one of the cheaper ones!

More ordinarily for CES, Bob also brought along a BenQ GP20 projector. This 700 lumen HD projector is designed for cord-cutters and watching video rather than execs and Powerpoint slides. The HDMI input is ideal for connecting up a Roku for Netflix viewing and it’s quite portable at only 22 x 62 x 18 cm. Bob says in the video that it’s only 720p, but the specs at BenQ say 1080p; worth clarifying before shelling out around $700. It’s a nice little unit.

Interview by Don Baine, the Gadget Professor and Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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Brookstone wants to help make your mixed drinks

January 31, 2014Accessories, CES 2014, HomeTodd Cochrane

Todd stopped by the Brookstone booth to show off Perfect Drink App-Controlled Smart Bartending, a product he actually uses himself. With that disclaimer out of the way, here’s what it is.

Essentially, this is a food scale with a 1/8-inch jack that plugs into an iPad. It then utilises an app that allows the user to begin mixing ingredients from the many recipes available to make a mixed drink exactly right. You can even enter in the contents of your cabinet and the app will offer suggestions of drinks that you’re able to make based on that data. It’s available now and retails for $69. Find out more at Brookstone.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network

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YourKarma Wifi Hotspot at CES

January 31, 2014Accessories, Auto, CES 2014, Mobile, WirelessTodd Cochrane

Todd interviewed Robert from YourKarma about their Karma Wifi hotspot device at CES. The Karma device is a pay as you go wifi device that lets you buy and use your data as you need it. It costs $14 per 1 gb of data with no other fees. Use it when you want and it never expires. You can even earn more data when a new person uses your Karma Wifi. Earn 100mb of free data for sharing each time.

This device would be real handy for someone that only uses it once in a while and doesn’t want a monthly fee. It is also priced so that the heavy user can use it and not blow the budget.

The Karma Wifi hotspot is available for $99 at yourkarma.com

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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Pelican Pro Gear Introduces iPad Vault Hard Cases

January 30, 2014Accessories, CES 2014enclosed ipad case, ipad air, ipad mini, military drop test, mobile cases, pelican, protective casesJeffrey Powers

Michael Garcen of Pelican joins us on the TPN CES live broadcast. Pelican has announced at CES they are getting into the mobility with iPad Air and mini cases.

Pelican has a fully enclosed iPad case. The case comes with a built-in screen protector (not a separate item). This will protect from 6 foot falls, using military drop test procedures.

With iPads becoming a part of police, fire, medical, industrial, and other professions with hard-use, a good protective case will keep the devices safe. These cases also bring water and dust-resistant, shock resistant protection to your mobile device.

Currently for iPads and iPhones, with Samsung Galaxy 5 coming soon. Get Pelican Vault Now via Amazon or visit Pelican.com

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