Frequent travelers know that J.W. Marriot’s line of hotels offer nothing but the finest in all aspects, and the hotel chain has gone one up on its competitors by keeping up with the times in terms of technology, offering “ultra-adaptable” rooms that definitely puts a regular room to shame. These new suites come furnished with a Plug-In Panel that is smart enough to detect virtually any device you attach automatically. The list of compatible devices are far and wide, ranging from MP3 players and iPods to digital cameras, notebook PCs, and even DVD players. A 32″ widescreen LCD display rounds off the ultra-adaptable room’s function by offering split screen views that enable you to work on your computer while keeping up with the latest in news simultaneously.

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As much as I love my Roomba it is no were near as cool as this new robotic vacuum cleaner, the Track Vac Robotic Vacuum. Read the rest of this entry »

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I need this gadget, the light switch.

I have a really really comfy sofa, which when combined with a few beers means I often find myself waking up downstairs at 4 in the morning. If that wasn’t bad enough the lights are burning my retinas and to turn the lights off, it means leaving the comfort of said sofa. This is where the magic of the On/Off switch comes in, it’s a remote light switch that you can carry around with you to turn lights off from the convenience of the sofa.

Usage is pretty simple:

The wireless switch can control any light fixture you choose, and you can set it anywhere in your house. Simply attach the remote component to your light fixture, open the On/Off box and flip the switch - that light on the other end of the room instantly turns on or off! The switch works up to 100 feet away and comes encased in an elegant Lucite box with a magnetic lid.

The only real drawback of this cool light switch is the price, costing $120 from uncommongoods.com it does seem some what steep.

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Other than the prefix ‘i’ which is attached to virtually any third party iPod accessory, the word ’smart’ is another favorite. Smartphones, smartcars, and now we even have smarthomes to contend with. Control4Home have been working for quite some time now to help enhance places where we live and work in. Their mission is to harness the dramatic enhancements found in modern technology to provide home owners a user-friendly system in which they can control their surrounding environment. With more and more homes becoming insulated, home owners want to take control even when they are not physically at home, which is where the Control4Home system comes in handy.

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We all welcome natural heat that filter through the windows during cold, winter months, but feel otherwise whenever summer rolls around. Japanese scientists have been working hard to design a new kind of technology that turns windows into mirrors, depending on the surrounding environment. These switchable mirror glasses are meant to be realistically compatible in all forms of buildings, houses, and cars. Imagine what looks like disappearing windows within a building whenever the weather gets too hot.

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When I first heard about this I was imagining a dustbin on wheels that would roll around the kitchen sucking dirt up, alas it’s not that clever but is still pretty darn cool. The SweepEZE Vacuuming Dustbin resembles an ordinary old kitchen bin but it has a hidden talent, the ability to automatically suck up dirt.

The SweepEZE sort of does half the job of sweeping the floor, you’ve still got to the actual sweeping but instead of stooping down with a dustpan and brush (or sweeping the dust it under the carpet or cabinets), simply sweep the muck pile under the SweepEZE. It will then detect the muck (with it’s infrared eye) and suck it up, hey presto clean floor!

You can get the SweepEZE from Amazon for $34.97 (hat tip to Crib Candy).

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I have a feeling I now know where the phrase “shop till you drop” comes from, if this gizmo is anything to go by. Dubbed the Compact Sit-Down Shopping Cart, you wheel it around like any other normal shopping cart, filling it up with essential groceries as usual. The advantage you hold over other shoppers is quite unusual - when your legs start feeling wobbly, all you need to do is pull down the plaid seat cover and plant your tush on it.

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How many of you have actually played Gears of War on a 20″ LCD TV, sipping on a nice, cold beer (the vital drink that sustains all of us at Coolest Gadgets), listening to our favorite tunes on the iPod? I’m sure that many would have answered in the affirmative, but when you realize that one can do all that in the loo, your jaws are guaranteed to drop, just as mine did when I laid eyes on the Pimped Out John from Roto-Rooter.

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