Category Archives: Gadgets

StickNFind Bluetooth ID Tag System : TPN Best of CES2013

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SticknFInd logoIt’s almost unheard of for an IndyGoGo project to raise TEN TIMES the goal – but StickNFind has set the record with thousands of excited people waiting to get their hands on the product. It’s easy to see why. The system is built on a smartphone app that takes a “James Bond” style radar view for any object that has a Stick N Find tag affixed to it, and beeps as you get closer and closer to the object. The system is Bluetooth based, giving a range of a few hundred feet – but the smart phone app can adapt to a number of use scenarios. For example if a pet or child goes out of the range, it can immediately set an alarm. If an object comes into range (for example, luggage on an airline carousel) an alarm can sound. Plus, multiple tags can be observed by the same system. We were so impressed with this product that we gave it the highest honor – the TPN Best of Show for CES2013.
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Market Leader – Market Disruptor

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Monoprice LogoMonoprice CEO Ajay Kumar joined the Tech Podcast Crew at CES to provide insight into the company that has made a major contribution to podcasting by providing quality cables, hardware and accessories at extremely affordable prices. The enthusiastic response from CES attendees demonstrates how important Monoprice value can be to startup and established companies alike.  The company has over 250 employees and $125million in sales and is growing very rapidly. Feedback from customers helps them with the decision to add categories and products. Their goal is to insure a good experience, and to that end their employees are continually testing their new product additions.  Professional Audio products have just been added, sure to be extremely attractive to podcasters and other new media producers. New product areas in home automation, action cams and monitoring are also in the works.

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Displair Lets You Play with Air and a Screen at the Same Time

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Displair - Play with Air
Displair – Play with Air
One of the most interesting and unique technologies we saw at Eureka Park at CES came from Displair. This company is the inventor of the first interactive airborne display, by the same name, complete with multi-touch support. This is perfect for anybody doing advertising, promotional campaigns or anything else that needs the “cool” factor. The best thing about Displair is that the image stays totally penetrable for physical objects. For example, we got to see a demo of Fruit Ninja and were able to slash those fruits into oblivion by slicing through the screen. This is a really great product that you’ve just got to see to get it.

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Jhoombox Combines Karaoke and Internet-Streaming and Makes Singing Fun for All

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Jhoombox Internet Streaming Karaoke Device
Jhoombox Makes Karaoke a Blast Again
Jhoombox is the first streaming box that makes you sing. Running off of Android, think of it like a mix between a Roku and a karaoke machine, where you’re connected to the Internet and you don’t need any special cables to get the party started. Plus, just like any other TV enhancer, it’s got movies, TV shows, music, games, social apps and a web browser. We personally like the fact that you can live search thousands of available songs, record your song, publish it and then share it across almost any social network, including quick YouTube uploading. The console itself looks like a little keyboard and you get a really nice air mouse controller with it as well. Jhoombox still has some time before it hits shelves, but at that point the company looks to have millions of songs in its library to sing to.

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R360UND Brings Science and Data to Your Action Shots

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Action cameras have been one of the latest crazes at CES. From GoPro to one of our favorites, Liquid Image’s Apex HD, the cameras have gotten better, have added Wi-Fi and can really take a beating. But something is lacking from those gadgets once you capture that stunt or trick – the data. Not the video itself, but the science behind the video, like the acceleration rate or G-force the rider got from that last jump. Well, R360UND (pronounced “rebound”) looks to give you all of that with a sensor device that captures anything you’d ever want to know about that successful (or not so successful) backflip you just pulled off. It can read altitude, location, acceleration, G-force and more. You can then take that data and lay it over the video itself or, if it was a failed trick, look at the data to see where exactly the problem lied. So before you jump onto the ski lift and hit Devil’s Curve in Aspen, be sure to check out this video.

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Increase Signal Reliability with Indoor Cellphone Repeater

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WiEx LogoThe introduction of LTE technology and high speed data can’t eliminate dead spots within homes or buildings. Both 3G and 4G technology is still reliant upon basic radio transmission, and so there are still situations where the signal from the local cell tower will not be sufficient. The unit can handle a number of phones in a small business warehouse or in homes Wi-Ex has a variety of amplifier systems that can be used in commercial applications in challenging interior layouts, connecting units with coaxial cable.
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GoPro Hero 3

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GoPro, the popular mobile camera that has been used to capture video of everything from spectacular mountain bike crashes to shark encounters under the sea, was at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

GoPro showed off the Hero 3 Black edition, which is 30 percent smaller and 20 percent lighter than the previous model. The new Black Edition has a 12 MP sensor and can shoot 4k at 15 FPS. While shooting video users will also be able to tap a button on the camera to grab a quick still image. There are also dual mics and a photo-burst mode.

The new version will retail for $399 and include a WiFi remote. The camera is available for purchase now.

Interview by Don Baine, the Gadget Professor

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Satzuma Toys at CES

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Satzuma was at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce an alarm clock. That may seem like no big deal, but this one packs a few additional features that the clock radio setting on your nightstand is likely not to have.

First of all, it doubles as a four-port USB hub. It also has a bit of a different look — it appears to be one of those tiny director chalk boards with the snapping top that claps as the word “action” is yelled. But that wasn’t all — there was also a mini LED fan to keep you cool when that heat is radiating off of your computer.

Prices were quite reasonable as well, ranging in the $15-20 market. You can grab the goods from Satzuma directly or check them out at retailers like Staples.

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Combat Creatures – Your Own Battlebot

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Affordable Play With Robot Warriors

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Combat Creatures introduced WiFi controllable remote toys  called Attacknids . Introduced in 2012, the toys have been a big hit and have been featured on the David Letterman show, Fox News, and many gadget shows.

The units can be armed with Nerf missiles, Ping Pong ball cannon, flying disk ammo and roving crab-walk shields, and  provide some of the thrills of the old Comedy Central Battlebot series at an affordable price.

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Put That Cupholder to Good Use: Secure Your Smartphone

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Flexible Solution to Holding Your Phone

HerculesNot all CES is bleeding edge tech. If you are looking for an inexpensive way to hold your phone, GPS, or music player in a wide variety of vehicles – or keep the kids in the backseat a bit more organized, here’s the Cup Holder phone mount. Especially designed for over the road use – it can be found at various truckstops and RV destinations throughout the US, or available on the web at HerculesHolder.com.

CorrysCoolStuff.com also has a variety of specialized novelties that might be of interest to you as well. And the price is right – less than $15.

TPN Interview by Andy McCaskey, SDRNews

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