If you’re using Biometric Fingerprint Access Entry System Door Lock, you cannot be afraid of forgetting your keys anymore! To unlock the door all you have to do is to press your finger against the biometric sensor with a resolution of 500dpi and enter the 8-valued code. In fact, to lock the door you do the same thing.

Biometric Fingerprint Access Entry System Door Lock

The cost of Biometric Fingerprint Access Entry System Door Lock is $208. It comes with the handle for the right-handed and can be installed in doors not less than 4 or 5 cm thick. The device can remember up to 32 different passwords. It means that you can fix the lock not only at home but also in a small office as well. The keys may be used in emergency cases like when the batteries have died.

The whole procedure of fingerprint recognition takes one second while false acceptance rate is less than <0.001% and false rejection rate is less than 1%. It means if you’re using this lock twice a day, you’ll have to press your finger to the sensor one more time once per two months and once in 137 years someone will be recognized incorrectly! But does it really bother you?

So say, we’re up to make a nice breakfast in a kitchen packed with up-to-date gimmicks. What do we start with? Right. We open the fridge with built-in monitors with touch-screen and lots of functions. However, what’s inside this marvelous fridge?

DaysAgo Digital Day Counter

First of all, it’s DaysAgo counters that draw your attention. These little widgets are placed on cans and bottles and show days and hours passed since the product was placed in the fridge and unpacked. These little colored “pills” with LCD display and buttons have two types of fastening: magnet and suction caps. It means you can attach these tiny gimmicks to metal, plastic or glass surfaces!

DaysAgo Digital Day Counter

SmartSink from Leonardo Bonanni and Jackie Lee

The next move is washing vegetables. We head straight to SmartSink from Leonardo Bonanni and Jackie Lee. As the title hints the sink is rather brainy. It adjusts to your height and runs water when we reach our hands to it. Moreover, somehow this marvel device recognizes what we wash, vegetables or dishes, and chooses the appropriate water temperature. Also the material the sink is made of protects from bacteria. It’s firm and elastic. And when you drop a plate it doesn’t break.

SmartSink from Leonardo Bonanni and Jackie Lee

New Glide device from George Watson

To make a toast with style is possible is ever! New Glide device from George Watson doesn’t only look saucy. It toasts bread in a very original way! It slowly passes a slice of bread through the toasting element and serves it on a stylish plate! By the way, Watson has received 5 thousand euro at the international contest Ceramics for Breakfast Competition for his smart invention.

Toast cooker from George Watson

Corona-Matic Keyboard Waffle Maker

As for the wafer-iron it has an underlying message in a literal sense. Corona-Matic Keyboard Waffle Maker was created by Chris Dimino from School of Visual Arts in New York. The designer constructed his thingummy from a typewriter!

Corona-Matic Keyboard Waffle Maker

Gastrovac for cooking and impregnating in a vacuum

Another interesting device is called Gastrovac. It’s the brainchild of the Le Sanctuaire company. This 20 kg monster contains 8 liters of water and may be considered as a pan, vacuum “room” and a heating element at the same time! Let’s put inside this widget a sliced pear. Then pour some wine into another section and push the button. Gastrovac evacuates all the air. Then it plunges pears into the wine and restores the pressure. The liquid fills all the cells of the fruit. And now you have a pear with the taste of wine!

Gastrovac for cooking and impregnating in a vacuum

Ok, you can say that those gadgets are way too complicated and expensive. You can do without them. However, microwave ovens have been created though we had ordinary stoves and ovens. But now we cannot imagine our life without them. So may be some of the above-mentioned widgets can become our traditional kitchen utensil gadgets in a while.

With the help of the audio and video spy devices you can trace your “victim” on large radius. Using a phone you can record data with no special equipment. The spy cameras and microphones are tiny of your nail size. However they can detect movement in the dark and large distance away!

Apart from audio and video surveillance you may opt for virtual surveillance as well. There is a plug-in device that reads everything your target prints on his or her computer. Everything is monitored as the text is being printed. What is more, to use it you don’t need any software. Just make sure you have entered a password and plugged in the device.

Lots of spy movies involve sticking small tracers to shadowed persons. Now Global Positioning Satellites made it as simple as ever! GPS tracers are matchbox size and may be attached to any surface with magnets. Impressively, they can detect your target on the other end of the world!

Just like in Bond films we can play with lasers! Modern technologies offer lasers with all colors possible. They are visible in daylight and you need to protect your eyes with special glasses when using these gizmos. Still, they are not built in the watches yet but some of them can cut and set things on fire. So be careful. Seriously.

Meanwhile, if you do play seriously, then you can’t do without intrusion gear. Just like Jackie Chan with the help of these tools, suction cups, hooks and ropes you can penetrate anywhere! If your physical training is not that impressive, choose lock picking tools.

It is important to get sure you’re protected. Being a spy is dangerous! Pack yourself with ninja weapons, police batons and tasers to hold your own!

However, with all these spy gadgets remember that privacy should be respected.

So play with these toys but don’t get too far!

Here comes the top 5 of guitar gadgets.

1. Intellitouch PT1 Tuner

Any guitarist will say that such thing as Intellitouch PT1 Tuner is a top choice! In fact, this gadget is designed not only for acoustic guitars and basses but also for banjos, violins, mandolins and many other musical instruments. It tunes everything without any wires, pickups or microphones. Intellitouch is even smarter as it remembers all your adjustments as presets.

2. Shubb Capo Noir 6 String Guitar Capo

Another smashing thing is Shubb Capo Noir 6 String Guitar Capo. Basically, the capo was manufactured specifically for steel string guitars. However, it works equally well on acoustic guitars too! To date, Shubb is considered as one of the best at capo manufacturing. So, you can’t lose with this device!

3. Planet Waves Varigrip

Meanwhile, Planet Waves Varigrip is intended for those who suffer from long and tense performing. This gadget is more like a massaging device that will make your fingers stronger and more ready for breaking world records on guitar playing!

4. Planet Waves Pro Winder Tool

Planet Waves Pro Winder Tool will also delight a guitarist that knows well what a guitar is for! This restringing tool is a fantastic peg winder. It has a high-quality built-in clipper. The device fits all kinds of guitars as well as banjos and mandolins.

5. Guizmo Guitar Gizmo Multipurpose Too

Let’s finish our top 5 of guitar gadgets with Guizmo Guitar Gizmo Multipurpose Tool. It is a universal tool for any musician, especially guitarist as you never know what’s going to happen with your instrument. It fixes anything in any time. What does it have? Well, it has everything starting with a string cutter and needle nose pliers and ending with freestanding LED flashlight and string winder attachments. Nice package? You bet!

Simply look at these jaw-dropping babes and treat yourself!

As for Druids, the Gift of the Earthmother was redesigned. Now the spell haste is increased by 2/4/6/8/10% and the base global cool down of Lifebloom is reduced by 2/4/6/8/10%. Also there is no a powerful spell error message for Druids when overwriting a Rejuvenation they cast. The Victory Rush ability is trainable at level 6 now. Regarding Murder there is now a 2/4% damage increase against all targets.

What is more, the glyph of Hurricane now sports a spell tooltip indicating the spell and applying a nice slowing effect. The Infected Wounds ability is not related to magical defense category anymore. Finally, the Nature’s Grace tooltip now works properly while the Swipe (Bear) tooltip displays 8 yard range.

Check out WoW Patch 3.3 as the game is worth it!

Square - Mobile Payments System

To make it work you should get a small module that connects to the iPhone, iPod or laptop via a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. Basically, you need this device to scan a credit card. The payment itself is performed via the online-system. As a result, there is no need to use relatively expensive card readers and services.

Apart from traditional payment Square uses the internet for the “smart” history of purchases. For example, you can send and receive e-mails instead of conventional paper correspondence. Also the history helps you to get rid of different discount cards.

To date, Square is being tested by a small number of companies and will come to commercial use in the next year. According to the creators, this service will be particularly useful for the representatives of small businesses who usually do not carry devices for credit card reading.

Square seems to be rather convenient. Whether it survives or not, the time will show.

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Skype Phone Box Experiment

The entire process of the campaign created by The Viral Factory – one of the best agencies in this domain – is shown on the site www.phoneboxexperiment.com and on Skype itself where you can watch the experiment live. The creators have promised to provide tools for the broadcasting in the social networks. However, there are no instructions of such on the official web site.

Notably, the site is available in several languages however Rob can speak only Spanish, English and German.

Obviously, the main goal of the campaign is to inform the users about the possibility of low cost international calls from Skype to fixed location phones as everybody knows how to communicate from one computer to another already.

Whether Phone Box Experiment will work or not, we’re going to find out in the nearest future!

So, what is Sony VGN-NW265F/B Laptop Package remarkable for? First of all, it boasts with T4300 Intel Pentium Processor. Also, it has 4GB DDR2 Ram, 320 GB hard disk as well as high-speed wireless networking (notably, 802.11b/g/n).

Sony Vaio VGN-NW265F/B

What is more, Sony VGN-NW265F/B Laptop Package also includes entertainment features: DVD RW/CD-RW with blu-ray disc support, accelerator Intel 4500MHD Graphics Media with widescreen of 15.5 Inches supplemented with Windows 7 Home premium.

Furthermore, the package is stuffed with Antispyware and Trend Micro’s Antivirus to get your machine armed to the teeth as well as Sony ear bud headphone featuring volume control and adjustment cord to make your music and video experience even more exciting!

For a final touch just look at this slick black design with microphone and media reader! Isn’t it great?

However, the main delight is the price of this splendor. It’s some $480! So pose yourself a question – what else do you want at this laughable price? I guess you know the answer.

LG BD270 Bluray Disc Player

The device is notable not only for visual performance (that is over-the-top, by the way). It plays audio perfectly! Also, it’s not only about Blu-ray movies, the player runs DVDs as well, making altogether LG BD270 Blu-ray Disc Player a universal ride.

To make visual experience as exciting as ever the gadget is equipped with Cinema mode and HDMI port for more convenience. Plus, its Dolby Digital Plus as well as 7.1 channels guarantees a superb sound quality.

The design is very slick and stylish. LG BD270 Blu-ray Disc Player will make a resonant arrival to your home electronics!

As for the price, it’s quite tricky. The first price was $199.95, then it dropped to $128.49. Later it was cut off by $28.50. So now it’s $99.99! Pretty cool?! You bet! This is more than just a nice offer. At this price it’s a giveaway! I suppose that it won’t drop any further so don’t linger or there won’t be a single item left!

So how does it work? The upper lid that covers the PSP’s display holds a special screen that transforms the world of any game. Everything that is happening in the game becomes three-dimensional. Thus it seems that you can touch any object by reaching it with your hand.

RealView V-Screen for Sony PSP

Meanwhile, the official release of RealView V-Screen is planned for the end of December however some reviewers have already tested the “device” and expressed their opinion. All of them agree that RealView V-Screen enhances the effect of presence, indeed, which in its turn affects the realism of the game. However, in practice you’ll have to hold the gadget on eye level so the hands will become numb rather quickly.

On the other hand, RealView V-Screen is a pioneer in this field. So, if it gains popularity among gamers (which is quite likely to happen), the developers will keep on improving it. Therefore, if the price of $40 doesn’t seem to be wasteful for you, check it out!

At the same time the company ADE offers something even more. In the nearest time it is going to release a new model of kitchen scales Rihanna equipped with a docking station for iPod. The iPod port is placed just above the LCD-display with the dimensions of 42,5 x 20 mm.

Under the scales glass working surface you’ll find the speaker (with 2 watts capacity). You can manage the playlist only from iPod meanwhile it will be possible to change the volume using the scales buttons. The input power varies from 100 to 240V at 50Hz. Also, the LCD display is powered by a conventional Lithium battery.

The weighing feature of the scales handles 5Kg. When the weight of a load exceeds the 5Kg limit, the display shows that it’s too heavy. Moreover, the gadget has a battery charge indicator.

Only God knows for whom this device is intended but Rihanna scales will be able in two colors and at price of 105 dollars or 70 euros.

Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Everything started when a new anime television series Bakugan Battle Brawlers were debuted on a Tokio channel in 2007. The plot is developed around Bakugan monsters and their owners, the battle brawlers. Soon after, a strategic game appeared. It was called Bakugan in conjunction with the series and used metal cards and magnetic miniature figures loaded with springs.

Bakugan Battle Pack

The background legend is rather complicated but I’ll try to make it as clear as possible. One day it started rain with cards. Kids from all over the world picked those cards. Each one had an image with a different creature. Kids started playing, especially good were six children who became Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Again, the world gets in danger. It’s because the balance between the two basic cores of the dimension Vestroia have been damaged. So the team of Bakugan Battle Brawlers has to put everything back to normal state.

Bakugan Apollonir

You know, I had a good hour of scratching my head to understand what it’s about. It turned out that was in vain, unfortunately. Unlike Pokemon this story has nothing to do with the game itself. You just throw the Bakugan balls across arena trying to land them on cards. When balls roll on a card, they open and reveal a little monster inside. Each monster has points. Obviously, the Bakugan having the highest points wins at the end. The main purpose is to win three cards. It can be done in battles or by successful throwing of your Bakugan ball.

Bakugan Falconoid

All in all, the main question is whether Bakugan ball can beat Pokemon. Obviously, no. But. The mechanic principle of Bakugan Battle Brawlers is way more engaging than Pokemon. You improve your throwing moves and watch Bakugan appear… Come on! It’s really cool!

sWaP Mobile Phone Watch

It should be noted that sWaP Mobile Phone Watch is not another phone with watches or vice versa. It’s rather a communicator. In addition to the SIM card support it’s got 1.3 megapixel camera, alarm clock, a slot for a Micro SD card, 512 MB board memory and playback of such formats as MP3, MIDI, WAV, AAC including MP4, plus connection with the Internet. It looks like multimedia functions are not neglected here…

sWaP Mobile Phone Watch

What is more, sWaP Mobile Phone Watch has a 650mAh rechargeable battery that provides the whole 100 hours of standby time or 150-180 minutes of talk time. The set includes stylus with a handy slot and a hands free kit. You plug the latter into the watch and talk all the way through wherever you go!

sWaP Mobile Phone Watch

The claimed price is $ 370. A bit expensive. However, the device can check e-mail, play the music and movies, surf the net as well as make picture and movies (yes, it can!). So the gadget seems to be worth that money. How do you think?

sWaP Mobile Phone Watch

Mint Cube music player from Mintpass

The device is created for those users for whom nostalgia is not alien. Nowadays in the era of touch pads and LED displays, Mint Cube boasts with analogue buttons and old school needles shifting when the volumes changes. We all remember cassette players with analogue buttons. We pressed one and it remained squeezed in. And when we pressed another, the first squeezed out. Mint Cube has exactly the same effect!

Mint Cube music player from Mintpass

However this “retro” has found a nice compromise with an up-to-date filling: USB port, earphones jack and Bluetooth module. On the left side it has a battery capacity indicator; on the right panel you’ll find a radio frequency indicator. All in all, Mint Cube is just 50 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm size, so it will perfectly place itself in your backpack as it was meant by the creator, by the way.

Mint Cube music player from Mintpass

Created for men Mint Cube is a smashing toy for gadget savvy geeks and for those who enjoys showing off!

Mint Cube music player from Mintpass

So what new could happen to this item, you may ask. You must have heard about solar technologies. Ok. I already see your frowned brows and skeptical look. Solar technologies and keychain? No way! In fact, solar technology allows displaying any emblem that flashes any time it’s exposed to the sun light. Pretty amazing? A solar keychain operates thanks to a solar battery which makes the gadget almost eternal. It’s some kind of sci-fi, isn’t it? This piece flashes in the sun all the time.

What is more. Such thing as Key Chain Solar Charger can recharge your mobile phone! And all that thanks to a solar battery again! Although, the manufacturer positions this device as an environmentally-friendly gadget saving natural resources, I suppose that the production of Key Chain Solar Charger took much more energy than the device can save. But if you’re keen on “green” issues, then you can opt for this item.

Key-chain solar charger

Basically, the selection of solar key-chain is enormous! They come in any shape, size and material or with any additional features you may wish. Solar key-chains are a fantastic way for entrepreneurs to place the logo of their company on. It’s an advertisement that never stops, in other words. But for those who don’t have any commercial purposes solar key-chains are just a cool toy as we’ve never seen anything similar before!

Samsung Omnia

Samsung Omnia also has a thought-out and intuitive user interface. Compared with the previous model, the icons became larger and the whole interface is optimized to finger control. Furthermore, the universal codec package excludes any problems with file conversion. 1500mAch storage battery ensures long duration without recharging even with running multimedia functions. The total volume of the Samsung Omnia 2’s memory makes up 48Gb. Impressive?

What is more, with the Samsung Omnia 2 you no longer have to be stuck to your working place all day long as the phone edits Microsoft Office documents, receives e-mails and installs different applications. Samsung Omnia 2 loads Web pages stunningly fast. Meanwhile Wi-Fi and HSDPA technologies provide the high-speed Internet.

As a cherry on top, it is impossible to get lost with the Samsung Omnia 2. Maps with pedestrian and driver’s mode will help you to find the right way. Three-dimensional image of the selected objects defines the location extremely precisely. So, with the Samsung Omnia 2 any road becomes just a nice stroll.

So as you’ve already understood, the Samsung Omnia 2 is everything you’ve been dreaming of. And even more.

Yeti USB Microphone

However, the price is not that democratic – $149.99. As the manufacturer claims Yeti USB Mic will be available in December already. The mic is ready to be plugged into a USB port and be used directly out of the box. Your PC or Mac will do. What is more, the microphone has a few convenient controls for mic pattern, mic gain, volume and headphone volume.

Overall, Yeti USB Mic is not a good investment for such purposes as Skype. However, if music recordings, Internet living communication and doing podcasts make up your daily routine, I think it is worth attention.

Samsung BD-P2500 Blue-ray Player

The company claims that Samsung Blu-Ray 2500 provides impressive HD home theater sensations. It outputs Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus. The player produces sound just like sound system in any modern movie theater. In addition, dts-HD HR has been updated with firmware. What is more, Samsung Blu-Ray 2500 makes it possible to check out all the latest interactive features like BD Live and Bonus View. It means that you are going to look at your favorite movies from other visual and acoustic perspectives.

Priced as much as $500 Samsung Blu-Ray 2500 comes out integrated with 1GB flash memory, wired Ethernet connection as well as USB port to expand memory. All in all, the device promises some very extraordinary sounds and sights with high definition features. Oh, I really want this smashing glossy chrome-detailed raven black thing!

How does it work? Well, it has a 60 mm fan set in its bottom part blowing on the radiator which is the stand for cans at the same time. Still, there is something that confuses me. Conventional fridge cools beverages up to 8-12 degrees while USB Mini Fridge can cool only to 19 degrees when the room temperature is 24. However, this stand doesn’t cover the whole device. Thus, USB Mini Fridge can be useful only if you take a chilled beverage from a normal fridge and don’t want it to warm up quickly. But if you go exactly for this, plug this trendy piece into your computer USB port and chill out!

USB mini fridge

USB Mini Fridge is compatible with any USB device including MAC, PC, Play Station, Xbox 360, including cable boxes. Its measurements are 194×90x90 mm while its weight is 362 g. The cost of this little wonder reaches no more than $33. Pretty nice, huh?

In any case, USB Mini Fridge just looks smashing on the desk! So, you may think of it as of the saucy decoration of your working space which has some practical side.

Lego Mindstorms

I just love playing Lego. I like to construct robots and machines. And I really like programming. I like to write programs and frameworks. And not so long ago I found a way to combine these two passions. Lego Mindstorms - a set that includes several motor, sensors and a programmable module that can read information from sensors and control motors.

I will tell more about the Lego Mindstorms and the ways of programming in it.

The architecture

• sensors transmit information to the control module
• the program running on the module processes information and sends control commands to the motors
• motors make the construction move

Sensors

The standard Mindstorms 2.0 Invention System kit includes:

Light sensor

This sensor is able to do quite a lot. First, he knows how to read the current color and return its RGB-value. Secondly, he knows how to measure light level. Oh, and finally, he knows how to work as a flashlight.

Two touch sensors

• button pressed
• button released
• button bumped

These sensors are able to register three events:

Ultrasonic sensor

This sensor can measure the distance between obstacles and itself. It is able to measure distances from 0 to 255 centimeters.

Servo motors

There are three motos in the kit. Each can rotate at a given angle (promised accuracy to one degree), as well as read the current rotation angle. The last feature will be really helpfull if the motor is fastened to the wheel controlled by user.

Programmable module

It’s a small computer. CPU at 48 MHz, 64 KB of RAM, 256 KB flash memory, USB 1.1 port and the bluetooth radio.

Programs

From here the fun begins. Along with the standard kit comes the program Mindstorms NXT. This is a graphic shell for writing simple programs. As for me it’s not very comfortable. Here, for example, is the screenshot of a program with a single loop and if:

Lego Mindstorm screenshot

Fortunately, there are a number of projects, which allow writing programs on normal programming languages. For example “lejos”. Programs are written in Java, compiled into classes, and then translated into binary format, which is supported by patched control module.

Java is quite true: there are quite a lot of standard libraries, there are strings and even API to work with bluetooth. Moreover, there is a plugin for eclipse. In general, there is everything that a developer can dream of.

A little more about sensors

It’s great that third-party developers also produce sensors for Mindstorms. Search around the internet and you can find the accelerometer, compass, GPS-receiver, a thermometer, infrared sensor, RFID reader, and much more. Unfortunately, one programmable module can support no more than four sensors at a time. So for complex projects you need to use multiple modules working together.

Summary

Overall, Lego Mindstorms is a great way to spend time. I would highly reccoment it to you if you like Lego and want to feel like a mad professor.