Showing posts with label Home Gadgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Gadgets. Show all posts

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Baby Monitor To Aid New Mom’s Day Out

Guardian Angel is a cordless video enabled baby monitor. This high-tech baby monitor can inform everything about your kid even when you are not nearby her.
Swann Guardian Angel Baby Monitor
Being able to see and hear what your baby is doing can make you feel comfortable. Guardian Angel baby monitor helps you to have instantaneous updates on baby moves when you are outside (the distance limit is 300 ft).

The baby monitor from Swann is quite handy and fits well in your pocket or can be hooked into your belt. This portability grants you freedom to do something else when your baby is sleeping in her bed.

The package comes with a camera and a receiver. The ultra sensitive microphone hooked to the camera picks up even the slightest murmur of your child. The infra-red LEDs provide night vision capability.

The colour LCD screen makes the video visible with ultimate clarity. To avoid any interference from Wi-Fi or cordless phones, the built-in 2.4GHz RF modules can be switched between four channels.

Altogether this is a perfect gift for new moms. You can get this Baby Monitor for $150.

Let Your Pet Grow Healthy Even When You Are Away

Whether you are a student or employee if you love your pet you should find this as something very interesting. Haven’t you often found it a trouble feeding your pet? - Especially when you are out of station and there is nobody at home to feed your kitten or puppy.
Remote Pet Feeder
The remote pet feeder comes to your assistance to take care of your pet when you are away. The set up is quite simple and you can be assured that your pet is having the right amount of food at the right time. For this, All what you need is an internet connection and a remote desktop access application already ready to be run on your home computer.

This remote pet feeder is apt for all those who really care for your pet and don’t want to feed him extra in the mornings to make up for a starvation for noon. This auto feeder allows you to set the hours when to feed the pet. The photo camera comes along can show you images as email, with your dog or cat eating at scheduled times.

All the required stuff comes along with the feeder and you can read about setting it up at the Smart Home’s website. The package comes at a price of $278.99.

BioKnob - A biometric door lock

BioKnob is a biometric door lock system to provide you advanced security and better convenience. Advancements in technology lead to a better living.
Bio Knob, Secure biometric lock for your home
The bioknob is a secure lock that can be used for your office or home doors. The lock allows the entry of registered people only with the help of an inbuilt biometric fingerprint sensor.

With bioknob, you don’t need to carry door keys and never worry about losing them. Also you don’t need to make duplicate keys or hide them in the back yard. You can roam around freely without any fear of strangers getting into your home.

Programming the bioknob is quite simple with the unobtrusive buttons and small display. Up to 100 people can register their fingerprints in the programmable biometric lock.

The biometric knob looks just like any other door knob. The installation of Bioknob is quite simple. You can make your home secure with bioknob for just $499.

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Be Ready for any Emergency with Solar Powered Lantern

Those who are planning to buy a new lantern to light up the attic or dark rooms should definitely try this multifunctional one. This solar powered lantern is best suited for any emergency or household need or to face a natural calamity.

Solar Powered LanternThis lantern has Emergency Flashing Strobe Light and a blinker with a sonic alarm. The strobe light is an energy saving 9W fluorescent tube with a twin amber blinking signal light. The in built AM/FM radio can entertain you any time when you are bored. Also you can listen to all 7 NOAA national weather channels.

Solar Powered Lantern With Solar Panles Streched Out for rechargingThe solar panel can be folded out for recharging. An exposure for 8 hours in bright sunlight you will supply it with power for 3 hours. To get it fully recharged 30 hours in sun should suffice.

Other features include:

  • additional AC adaptor or the 12V DC car plug
  • 3 way diamond cut reflector system
  • 2.5W/8.75V solar panels
  • transparent weather guard.
  • 4 switch positions: Off/Tube/Strobe light with 90 flashes per minute/Blinker with alarm.

This solar powered lantern could be the best companion for you in the farm at night. This is available for sale at Amazon for $74.99.

SkyScan Lightning Storm Detector

This device can detect storm.

It may sound funny or you may think it is a useless device. However, think about the potential uses of this device in every day life. This device will be highly suitable for people engaged in armed forces, weather research, telecommunication networks, logistics and other fieldworks.

SkyScan Lightning Storm Detector

This lightning detector from SkyScan recognizes the electromagnetic signals from the stormy lightning, and can tell you how far it happened, and can determine whether there would be any danger to the person holding it. It can detect lightning even from a far range of 40miles.

It has 4 LED lights indicating the distance of the lightning based on 0-3, 3-8, 8-20, and 20-40 mile radius.

SkyScan lightning and storm detector is available to buy online for $185.

Laser TV- Another Debutant for this CES

As the time runs on, news on more exciting stuff are coming out to light. The recent one is the much awaited Laser TV from Mitsubishi. You won’t be happy with your Plasma TV any more once you have a closer look at the laser tv.
Laser TV from Mitsubishi
The outstanding feature of Laser tv is that it can display 90% of human visible colours, Where as LCD and Plasma can offer up to 40% only. This new laser tv uses a tri-laser projector which can display a higher range of colours. This technology offers a brightness of 500 units and a wider viewing angle.
How Laser TV works

The big screen laser tv has a resolution of 1080p. Light weight and thin body makes it best to adore your bed room walls. The initial idea about laser tv banged during early 2006. And this CES Mitsubishi is planning to take it to a reality level.

Laser TV is to make a giant leap in large screen tv if the promises are kept. Well who will not go for a better quality screen at a more affordable price?

New Brighter LED Light Bulbs to Replace CFLs


We have already seen that newer LED (Light Emitting Diode) based light bulbs are highly energy efficient comparing incandescent or regular CFL bulbs. However, they are not bright enough to be used for regular lighting needs. In other words, you would require many LEDs to produce same illumination as of regular bulbs.

Scientists at Glasgow University have found a solution to improve the luminance of LED lights. The new process named nano-imprint lithography creates millions of microscopic holes on LED surface. These tiny holes will allow more light to pass through the surface and hence improving the illumination.

Dr Faiz Rahman, the scientist behind this project said to BBC

”As yet, LEDs have not been introduced as the standard lighting in homes because the process of making the holes is very time consuming and expensive. However, we believe we have found a way of imprinting the holes into billions of LEDs at a far greater speed, but at a much lower cost.”

According to Rahman the days of the humble light-bulb could soon be over.

Temperature Sensitive Illuminated Shower Head

There are some things in this world that I think every human being would find useful. This illuminated shower head is one of them. It can tell you how hot or cold your shower water is.

The illuminated shower head has a temperature sensor that changes its illumination colour according to shower water temperature. It shows white color if the temperature is below 32 degrees. It shows blue illumination if the temperature is around 33-41 degree Celsius. Similarly it illuminates in pink and red for higher temperatures.
Temperature Sensitive Shower
Here are the details of this innovative shower:

  • Powered by running water. No battery required.
  • Uses Multi-color LED lights for illumination
  • Temperature sensor based on Celcius scale.
  • Chrome coated shower head for better finish.
  • Plug & Play - just replace this one instead of your original.
  • Customized versions available on request

Friday, May 8, 2009

Penguin Teabag Dipper / Teaboy

Penguin Teabag Dipper / Teaboy
The Penguin Teaboy (as officially named) helps you in creating the perfect cup of tea every time you desire. Just set the timer and teaboy will keep dipping the teabag from 1 minute to 20minute. (I think 20 minute is too much for a teabag dipper; the tea would be too cold for anything)

You can buy this Penguin Teaboy from Signal’s shop for $19.

Flying Alarm Clock that literally takes you Out of Bed

Alarm clocks were just the same thing for centuries. The major difference technology brought was that, earlier they were made of metal parts and now they are of electronic parts. However, things are about to change with the invention of this Flying Alarm Clock.
Flying Alarm Clock
Yes folks, this Alarm clock will fly when the pre-set time is reached. This means you have to first find the alarm clock itself before turning it off.

The flying alarm clock has two parts, one is the main display part (the actual alarm and clock) and then there is the flying propeller part. The flying part holds the button to turn off the alarm.

When the pre-set time is met, the alarm will sound and the flying part will fly. As there is no fixed route for the flying part, it will move around your room and finally settles somewhere. To turn the annoying alarm off, you have to find this flying part and connect it to main clock.

This way, you are forced to get out of bed and find the flying part. Honestly, I think this is a great idea. Once you start searching, I’m pretty sure you will definitely wake up.

Solar Powered Eco Friendly Tooth Brush

A toothbrush that does not need tooth paste to clean. Instead, it uses light to create electrons that will work as your toothpaste.

Solar Toothbrush

Dr. Kunio Komiyama and his colleague Dr. Gerry Uswak at University of Saskatchewan has developed this new toothbrush that works just by creating electricity from solar energy.

The brush neck has a solar panel that generates electrons under sunlight. These electrons interact with acid in your mouth to destroy bacteria and plaque, which are the important causes of any dental disease.

This brush requires as much sunlight as your solar powered calculator needs to properly show the digits. In short, better the light better would be the cleaning activity.

Dr. Komiyama is testing this toothbrush among 150 teenagers, whose bacteria levels would indicate the quality of cleansing.

JooZoo - MP3 Player for your Pet

Haven’t you noticed your doggie behaving weird when you leave her alone at home? JooZoo the stylish mp3 player is designed for pet’s relaxation and safe play stimulation.

JooZoo- Pet MP3 Player

The heart shaped necklace mp3 player is adorned with 18 carat gold and diamond. According to the manufacturers, JooZoo’s sound wave stimulation enhances physical movement to increase blood flow rate.

The premium gadget manufactured by Innobitz, comes with a remote control and charger with sound speaker function. This special gadget for your pets comes at a price range of $2000.

Space Projection Alarm Clock from Discovery

Do you find your kids being lazy to wake up in Morning? Then this is the perfect gift for them. Discovery Kids, the kids division of Discovery, brings you this innovative alarm clock.
Space Projection Alarm Clock
Coloured in amber and black, this clock is a mini projector. The two lenses on top of this clock projects space images on to roof/wall of your room. While one lens projects galactic images, the other superimposes the time.
Discovery Space Projection Alarm Clock
When the set time is reached, it will flash space images with the current time; taking your kids to a futuristic galactic space.

The important features are:

  • Projects galactic images on any ceiling or wall
  • Choose from 3 space images – Full Moon, Starry Sky or Saturn
  • Dual projecting lenses superimpose the digital time over the space image
  • Built-in alarm clock
  • Wake to one of 3 digital spaceship sounds: “Transport,” “Ping,” or “Analyze”
  • Clock has amber LED backlight illumination
  • 9-minute snooze button
  • Date/time display
  • Memory backup
  • Manual focusing knobs

You can buy this new age alarm clock at Discovery Kids website for $30.

DeLighTable - Touch Sensitive Coffee Table

It is human to add glitter to any space. How about the coffee table lying in your living room? DeLighTable can beautify your living room with its touch sensitive surface.
Kloss DeLighTable
This amazing table can surprise your guests by offering vibrant luminance at the area of contacts. When you place your drink on the table, it glows as if the table has sensed it. This awesome gadget is developed by KLOSS.
Touch Sensitive DeLighTable from Kloss
The touch sensitive panel, on which the DeLighTable is made, can respond to any variation in the applied pressure. This action produces coloured light. This commendable technology makes any object placed on it to appear as if it glows.
Pressure Sensing DeLighTable from Kloss
This spectacular coffee table runs on 12 V making it fit in any living space or leisure room. The polymer used for making the panel is completely water proof granting a long life to the extra ordinary table.
DeLighTable Plugged On
You can add this as a luxury item to your home by shopping online from Kloss. The DeLighTable Coffee Table is available at a price of 1200 Pounds.

Mark – Bookmark Best Suited for Late Night Readers

It is surely irritating when somebody asks you to switch off the lights while you are almost at the climax of a novel. It is guaranteed that you will lose the thrill the next day.

For those late night avid readers here is some good news - A bookmark that glows. The design brings smile on your face for it requires very little power.
Mark Bookmark Designed by Avnish Gautam

This glowing bookmark is built on FOLED technology. The Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode placed on a thin sheet of plastic forms the bookmark. During the day it looks like an ordinary bookmark and does nothing unusual. But when the surrounding light goes off it glows making the text readable.

You can even control the intensity of the light to suit your requirement. The commendable advantage of this bookmark is that if you fall asleep the bookmark is already placed in the page where you left off.

The design has already grabbed a lot of attention. We can soon expect its commercial launch. Wish a long life to Avnish Gautam, the designer. Surely now late night bookworms can enjoy.

The Water Clock for the extreme minimalist


This clock may be about as minimalist as it gets, but it leaves plenty of room on your part for a bit of creativity. This clock consists only of two tiny discreet balls, anyone glancing at them would never know what they are. Actually even after you have them all set up, it may take you a long while to figure out what time it is exactly. With this around though, you get to choose the china you put these within, giving it your own personalized look.

They are two little magnets, the red one shows hours, whereas the small white ball shows the minutes. Choose a cup and then a small plate, add water to them and drop in the magnets. It then keeps time and there’s not even a need for batteries. It doesn’t entirely explain how it all works, but I’m sure if you order it they’ll give more instructions on that sort of thing. Despite that this is merely consisting of two little magnets, this clock is a bit on the expensive side. The Water Clock will cost you $299 from.