Hasta La Gadget!

If you so happen to be well off enough to actually own a swimming pool in your home, then to pick and choose the various accessories for it would make plenty of sense. After all, swimming lap after lap in it can get boring after a while, unless you are on some sort of strict training regime. Having said that, you might want to check out this particularly useful add-on for your swimming pool, the $4,000 Solar Powered Entertainment Lounger.

The Solar Powered Entertainment Lounger’s name says it all – this particular motorized reclining lounge chair will come with its fair share of built-in misters to help you keep nice and cool even in the sweltering heat, while the integrated speakers would work well in letting you chill out to your latest songs. If your water-resistant device happens to be running low on juice, fret not – there is a USB charging port that will help you out, where the entire shebang is powered by harnessing the power of the sun. A pair of 24″ x 6″ solar panels that are located on each side of the chair’s base will provide power for all the extensive entertainment features, while there is a control pad on the left armrest which offers simple push-button operation of a quiet hydraulic lift that will gently recline or raise the back. The fingertip-adjustable nozzles atop each armrest will also be able to emit a refreshing mist. Now this is definitely living it up in style.
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You know how some homes have one of those really large globes sitting in the living room, showing off where each country is in a much, much scaled down version of the spinning ball of molten rock and lava that we live on? Well, why not accord the same honor to other planets in our solar system as well (sorry, Pluto!), with the gas giant Jupiter taking center stage in the form of the $144.99 Jupiter Solar Spinning Globe.

The Jupiter Solar Spinning Globe might be able to pique the interest of your little one when it comes to future space exploration, where it comes in a 4.5″ diameter globe that depicts the massive Jupiter. Its rotation will be powered by low-light solar cells, although in the real world, it is a whole lot more complicated than that to have Jupiter orbit around the sun. Definitely one of the more mesmerizing things to occupy your time with at the office or at home if you’re bored, or need to take your mind off some serious matter at work. The equatorial bulge and planetary rings are not included, so do take note of that.
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We all like the idea of getting something for nothing, but there are usually consequences involved with that line of thinking. Having to charge so many different gadgets is going to hike up your energy bill, but not to a point where you’re going to be destitute. What would you do if there was a way for you to charge all your gizmos without having to tack onto a bill?

We’ve seen a lot of solar-powered options for backpacks, phones, and more, but not many wind turbines. Mainly because they’re so bulky, and would be obnoxious to carry around. If there’s a will there’s a way, and innovative minds found a way to create the Trinity. This portable wind turbine will charge any USB device, and fits everything it needs into a 12” cylinder that can fit in your bag. It utilizes a 15W generator that holds 15,000mAh, which will give you several full charges on your smartphone.

To use this device, pull out the aluminum legs to arrange them in either a tripod configuration or on the ground to fit your situation. The blades will open and close in correspondence with the legs. The bottom of Trinity has a USB plug to charge your devices, and a miniUSB plug so you can charge up the internal power bank via wall socket. This will cost anywhere from $250-300. Seeing that this is fairly pricey, you’ll want to make sure this is something that would see enough use to justify it rather than just getting a more portable backup battery that requires no set up.

Available for crowdfunding via Kickstarter
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All right, so the Fairphone is not all that it is cracked up to be – there is no balance to the Force that needs to be done, although on certain levels, some people might agree that there is a need for the smartphone manufacturing industry to encourage a change that will keep things sustainable in the long run. Apparently, the manufacturing process of smartphones do seem to come with its fair share of environmental and social issues, ranging from their use of conflict minerals all the way to the working conditions at the factory for the workers there. The Fairphone hopes to change that, being an idea from a social enterprise.

What kind of positive vibes does the Fairphone bring with it? Well, for starters, it will make use of conflict-free raw materials during its construction and manufacturing, while the workers who work at the assembly lines will be paid a fair wage, which in turn would reduce exploitation of manpower while raising the standard of living in the community around. Not only that, there is also the effort to set up e-waste recycling programs that will ensure that such consumer electronics devices will be recycled or disposed off properly at the end of their life cycle.

As for the materials used by the Fairphone, it will contain conflict-free tin where its soldering paste is concerned, hailing from conflict-free mines in the South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The tantalum in its capacitors too, have been extracted from coltan sourced from Mai Baridi, Kisengo and Luba, which so happens to be conflict-free mines located in the northern part of the Katanga Province, DRC.

The other hardware specifications include a durable and scratch-resistant 4.3″ touchscreen display, 16GB of internal memory, cameras at the back as well as in front, a quad-core processor, and the Fairphone OS which is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Available in Europe for 310€ each, it remains to be seen whether it will be released worldwide or not.

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It would not be too far off the mark to say that without electricity in our homes, we would feel crippled. There is no Internet to hook up to (at least, until the batteries on our smartphones that function as a hotspot dies off), and neither can we watch TV or do the simplest of household chores such as getting the clothes washed in the washing machine. Hence, it makes perfect sense to make sure that we use electricity as prudently as possible, which makes the €72.59 Smart Sensor Energy Egg and Power Strip worth checking out for any home.

The Energy Egg is actually a very simple device which intends to reduce your electricity bill, as it offers home automation all the while improving home safety, now how about that? It arrives in a stylish form factor and is a snap to set up, as you gain intelligent control of all your appliances and prevents wasted electricity. Thanks to cutting-edge motion sensor technology, the Energy Egg’s sensor will be able to know whether someone is in the room or not. The moment it detects a movement, it will double up as a remote control, wirelessly turning on/off lights and appliances depending on your prior preferences.

It is full well capable of controlling the entire range of your devices that have been paired with the unique power strip, socket and light switch. In order to gain the most savings possible, one will have to use the Energy Egg in a room where majority of the devices can be accidentally left on, such as in the bedroom as well as the living room. Since each family’s use of energy is different and dynamic in nature, the amount of money saved can vary between £50 to £150 each year.

To get started, just pair the Energy Egg and power strip wirelessly with but one click of the Energy Egg button. From there, you can plug in any device (TV, DVD, satellite receiver, games console, lamp, stereo, radio, charger, printer, electric heater etc.) into the 6 socket power strip, where a pair of power outlets will always remain on, while the other four outlets would be Energy Egg controlled.
[ Smart Sensor Energy Egg and Power Strip to manage your power use better copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]