Home Gadgets
Never in our history has there been more and more gadgets to help us and enhance the home. This section of CG is dedicated to the household gadgets that are available and includes sub-topics for most popular parts of the home.
Denim Smartphone Handset
If there is one thing that I have learned about fashion throughout my relatively short life here on earth (I am right now going through what they call the middle of the second half of my two score years), it is this – fashion statements get recycled from time to time, so if you happen to have this hot fashion item back in the days of your youth, do not throw it out! It might eventually return to style one of these days, and who knows, by then you might have a vintage piece in your closet. Jeans and denim, however, rarely go out of style, and if it is good enough for Steve Jobs, it should be good enough for everyone. Style just called with the £39.99 Denim Smartphone Handset, where it sports a classic ‘telephone-style’ design, being covered in high-quality denim.
There is also a 0.25” audio cable that will plug into the headphone socket, and the Denim Smartphone Handset plays nice with all smartphones that are in the market at the moment. This is definitely the device or accessory to tote around when you want to make a fashion statement, telling the world that you are an ’80s kid.
Bracketron NanoTek Stand targets just about all mobile devices
With the vast array of mobile devices that we carry around these days, managing and keeping track of them could prove to be a challenge for the less organized among us. Instead of returning home after a long and hard day at the office, dumping everything in your pockets onto the table out of habit, smartphone included, how about turning over a new leaf and taking a more tidy stance? Bracketron might have just the answer for those who want to change with their new universal NanoTek Stand for mobile devices, where it adds a dash of simplicity and style to both the home and office desks, ensuring that power cords would remain neat and readily available always thanks to its patent-pending integrated cable management system, not to mention ensuring that your mobile device remains upright in perfect working order within easy access all the time.
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RinserBrush – Toothbrush and Water Fountain, in One
Toothbrushing, the necessary evil. I remember my parents riding me to brush my teeth, the horror stories they told about plaque and cavities. The graphic descriptions of the dentists drill and blackened teeth. I never did get a cavity, but to this day, I’m still scared to death of the dentist. I take a less dramatic approach with my kid, I try to make tooth brushing fun, and hope she keeps her teeth and her sanity.
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Page Illuminating Cordless Magnifier
As we age, our bodies do not get any better from a certain point onwards. Some of us start to “break down” earlier than the others, but regardless, no one has yet managed to find the secret to living forever, even the fictional characters like Mr. Weyland of Prometheus fame still failed to do so despite being the first trillionaire in the world. Having said that, wobbly hands and knees, pains and aches all over the place, as well as failing eyesight are all common symptoms of getting old, so if you are an avid reader of traditional reading material, you might want to consider getting the $59.95 Page Illuminating Cordless Magnifier.
The Page Illuminating Cordless Magnifier comes across as a tabletop magnifier with an added touch of class – it will illuminate an entire page without having to being tethered to a power cord. Boasting an extra large 7.5″ x 10″ lens that delivers up to 3X magnification of a full page of a magazine or book at once without having to reposition the magnifier, it works great since you would not lose your train of thought or reading pleasure along the way. A dozen bright LEDs would help reduce the amount of potential eyestrain, making this ideal as well for close work such as crocheting, writing, and coin-inspecting. A trio of AA batteries are required to power this puppy.
Easy To Use Powered Nail Clipper
It seems that we are all into automatic stuff these days – anything that ain’t automatic just is not going to cut the mustard. After all, they did say that if you want to prevent anyone from stealing your car, just buy stick – as car thieves these days are unable to drive stick, so they will most probably settle for an automatic car. Well, surely you have grown up all along, using a manual nail clipper to ensure those nails remain nice and short, right? Fast forward to the 21st century, and the power of electricity would help you shorten those claws in the form of the $39.95 Easy To Use Powered Nail Clipper.
The Easy To Use Powered Nail Clipper is pretty much self explanatory, and if it was not, then it certainly does not deserve the “easy to use” tag. Powered by a couple of AA batteries, it is ideal for those who happen to have limited manual dexterity. It has a 0.5″-long x 1/16″-wide alloy bit which will spin at 500-rpm, allowing it to use its precisely beveled blades to safely and gently trim nails each time you gently nudge your fingernail against the bit, and all of this is done without having to squeeze the fingers one bit, neither do you need to bend your wrist or risk cutting the cuticle. Easy as pie, no?
Click & Grow introduces the new Grow Light
It goes without saying that plants need the sun to survive, thanks to the scientific process known as photosynthesis. The thing is, some plants do not like bright and sunny days, but rather, prefer a dark and dank atmosphere. However, for those of us who like to potter around with green stuff, hoping to grow plants around the home, but if you so happen to live in an area where sunlight is at a minimal amount, you might want to skip having mold growing. Click & Grow has come up with something interesting, where it is called the Grow Light. Click & Grow so happens to be a designer of indoor smart gardens, and with the introduction of their spanking new Grow Light, they could be on to something here.
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Comfort Lift Power Seat
When you get out more often and move around in circles where folks are less fortunate than you, whether in terms of financial capability or physical well being, then you would be a whole lot more thankful with who you are and what you have. For instance, folks who have suffered from a stroke and are not properly treated tend to suffer from a lack of movement or control over some muscles, and performing a simple task that we take for granted such as lifting ourselves from our seat could prove to be an insurmountable obstacle. Good thing there is the $249 Comfort Lift Power Seat which is said to be able to transform most chairs into a lift chair.
The Comfort Lift Power Seat would boast of patented lifting technology, where it will be able to safely and gently lift you out of your chair, all the way to a near standing position on a level plane. Even more impressive is the fact that it achieves this without having to go through any kind of quick moves, sans abrupt ejections or a shifting base. The lift will offer 100% electric lift for those who weight up to 300 lbs, and the presence of a flexible, adjustable hand control and an easy-to-use toggle switch ensures that you remain in control at all times. There is also a pair of easily accessible handles which will allow you to move the power seat from chair to chair around your home.
Serenading Pool Gondolier
Ever been to Venice, the city that is full of canals? If you haven’t and reside in the US, having found it too difficult to save up enough cash to make that flight across the pond to Europe, how about indulging in a little domestic tourism and go local by dropping by into the Sin City, that is, Las Vegas? those who have been there would definitely have visited the fanciful hotels such as the Venetian, where there are gondolas plying the fake waterways all over the place.
Well, even after this particular suggestion you do not have the financial resources to make it to Vegas even on the cheapest flights and staying in the most affordable hotels or inns, how about settling for the most affordable option of all – with the $49.99 Serenading Pool Gondolier? This is one gondolier who happens to sing a trio of classic Italian melodies all the while he meanders around a pool. Standing at just 6″ tall, this tenor will be able to transport listeners to Venice’s magical canals while he renders near perfect performances of La dona è mobile, ‘O sole mio, and Funiculì, funicular. Just make sure that there is a quartet of AA batteries available at all times to keep it running.
