The Popular Science magazine released a list called “Best of what’s new 2006” containing over 100 products and innovations, ranging from home entertainment to transportation and personal health. Below you will find three cool gadgets that appeared on the list.

Sony Reader PRS-500: this e-book reader equipped with e-ink promises to revolutionize the way we interact with text, notations and books. The development team behind the the product made special efforts to make sure that the eye-strain experienced with the e-book would not be greater than the one we face with normal printed material. The Sony Reader PRS-500 received in fact the grand award of the “Gadgets” category on the list. Read the rest of this entry »

Know someone who needs to spend a little more time outside and away from their computer? Maybe a techie gift for the outdoors might do the trick. The Arbordale Solar Birdfeeder is just your average run-of-the-mill birdfeeder by day. But at night, this birdfeeder provides a soft, warm amber glow to its surroundings.

Thanks to several solar panels that capture energy during daylight hours, three amber LED lights illuminate your outdoor space while not adding a single cent to your power bill.

Constructed of durable aluminum with clear glass panels, the feeder holds a generous 3-1/2 pounds of seed. A removable top ensures easy filling and the Arbordale Solar Birdfeeder hangs easily on the nearest tree branch or shepherd’s hook from a steel chain.

This birdfeeder is a fun way to add a touch of tech to your outdoor space and give the birds something to ponder during their next free meal.

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So you think your $500 silk shirt looks spiffy on your Versace jeans and Hugo Boss shoes, but that look just ain’t complete without a watch that makes you outpimp even the high rollers at Vegas. Touted to be the first high quality LED watch in the world that makes use of 72 LED lights to tell the time, the Pimp Ain’t Easy LED watch from PIMP comes in a polished black or stainless steel body. This neat watch that looks extremely futuristic must be imported from the Land of the Rising Sun as you won’t be able to find it anywhere else.

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We all know how environmentally destructive Hummers are, with their fuel guzzling habits that would put even the most hard core drinker to shame. These oversized and overpriced vehicles made the fateful jump from military service to civilian life no thanks to the excessive lifestyle of celebrities who have more money to throw around frivolously than you and I can ever earn in 5 lifetimes, even with the help of compound interest. Since the Hummer itself is so huge, modding and pimping it out is an extremely easy task as there is plenty of space to move around inside. This is exactly what GeigerCars did, and they have thrown in a full-blown fireplace inside along with a chimney to keep the airflow going.

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When you hear the words iPod Dock, you think, blah, not another one of these things, there’s been at least 100 released now and they all seem exactly the same. Well the iSymphony is indeed an iPod Dock, but it does do some other cool stuff that separates it from the pack, like the built in CD player, and the card reader that plays music off of your SD cards.
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This year I’m trying to do all of my Christmas shopping online (I hate queues) and as I’m a bit of a gadget fiend I thought it would be cool idea to get all my family and friend gadgets of some sort. I just spent the last couple of hours looking at what gadget shops there are in the UK and I am absolutely amazed that there are that many, so I thought I’d share my list here (over the next few days I’ll do one of these for gadget shops in the USA).

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According to the definition of the official site “Electrolux Design Lab is an annual design competition that is open for students from around the world to use their creativity to develop solutions that meet the needs of tomorrow’s consumers. It is also an opportunity for the students to exchange ideas and discover new possibilities with Electrolux designers.”

Below you will find the first four places of this year’s competition:

1) Nevale: a food carrier that uses a vacuum system to isolate the interior. Additionally the carrier was created in layers so that different combinations of food, either hot or cold, can be stored together. The project was developed by a student at the Istanbul Technical University. Read the rest of this entry »

The world is divided into two types of people - those who absolutely love Star Wars and all of its nuances and those who loathe this piece of fantasy science fiction with a touch of mythology and hokey religion. Thankfully, there are way more of the latter that keeps the Star Wars merchandise machine going for decades ever since Luke Skywalker graced the silver screen almost 30 years ago. Hammacher is currently carrying the Star Wars version of the classic board game Battleship for a $59.95 price tag. Unfortunately, those who are living out of the Continental U.S. and Canada won’t have any luck bagging one as Hammacher will not ship it anywhere else.

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