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Episode 36: Traveling With Your Tech
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This episode finds the Gurus of Cool preparing for a major road trip to Las Vegas, where they'll tell you what to bring along and what to leave at home on your next road warrior experience. They also talk about upcoming Apple announcements, the Ojo video phone, exploding chocolate bombs and the Slingbox.
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Ojo Personal Video Phone
by Charlie White
WorldGate's Ojo Personal Video Phone ($250 street after rebates) promises to bring full-motion 30 frame-per-second video communication down to the simplest level, not even requiring a PC. Using a broadband connection and the latest video codec, Ojo's $14.95 monthly subscription lets you call other Ojo users with ease, as well as make regular telephone calls using your existing analog phone line. WorldGate sent us two Ojo units for review, and here's what happened. ...Read More »
Docking Station Guide
by Stephen Schleicher
With a huge share of the portable MP3 player market, Apple’s iPod has moved beyond the solitary figure sitting at the bus stop to the living space of the home and office. In order to share the love with the rest of your friends, family, or co-workers, you’ll need some type of docking/speaker system. Consumer Electronics Net’s Stephen Schleicher has a run down of some of the popular docking stations on the market. ...Read More »
ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer
by Charlie White
If you need to know the surface temperature of anything, the ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer ($59.95) gives you accurate readings between -27° and 230°F with a resolution of .5 degrees. Intended for homeowners, computer users, fishermen, hobbyists, mechanics, gadget aficionados, or anyone who just wants to mess around with a fun gadget, the ThermoHawk offers impressive accuracy in a convenient form factor that's just 5 inches long, a half inch in diameter, and weighs 1.5 ounces. It's remarkable that you can carry around such a precise scientific instrument on your keyring. ...Read More »
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Know-Nothing Rumors from Think Secret
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SearchAlert Luggage Locks
These locks are approved by the TSA to be used by people checking their bags at airports, because the TSA have master keys to open the bags if needed. Best of all, the SearchAlert lock has an indicator that immediately reveals if the lock has been opened by airport security.
ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer
If you’re curious about the temperature of objects in your world, the ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer by Q3 Innovations can give you instant readings of the surface temperature of just about anything. About half the size of a ballpoint pen, it has a range of between -27°F and 230°F, and uses an infrared sensor to figure out how hot or how cold something is, quickly showing you its results on a monochrome LCD within one second. It's $59.95.
Skyrest Travel Pillow
Trying to sleep on a plane can be a big problem. Nothing is worse than having your head flop around getting drool on the person next to you. The Skyrest Travel Pillow inflates and fits between you and the seat in front of you, allowing you to lean forward while you count sheep.
Cordless OneTouch Can Opener
Open up a can of whoop-ass with one hand, where all you do is push a button and the Cordless OneTouch Can Opener by Daka Designs walks around that can, opening it up in seconds flat. Originally designed for senior citizens, you don’t need to apply any hand pressure to get it going.
Air Supply AS-150MM
If you are phobic about all the germs in your airplane or that person standing next to you in line, get a personal air purifier you wear around your nectk. Weighing just 1.5 ounces, this Air Supply will help to purify your breathing space with the most power ION Life has available.
Explosive Chocolate Bomb
Don't take this on the plane: The Explosive Chocolate Bomb is covered in dark chocolate and has chocolate-covered almonds and party favors inside, and you light it for a big explosion of fun. It includes a safety guard that you're supposed to place around the bomb when you want to detonate it.
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