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Who would have thought that Adobe would churn out hardware apart from software that they are so famous for? Adobe originally shared their vision for the Creative Cloud at MAX, where they claimed that this would open up the door for innovation and ultimately, help empower a new generation of creative folk. Of course, in order to make that vision come to pass, Adobe has decided to dip their toes into the world of creative hardware, and in this particular milestone, Adobe has introduced the idea of two devices – the cloud pen known as Project Mighty as well as the digital ruler that they call Project Napoleon. In order to bring both devices to pass as part of our reality, Adobe has teamed up with Adonit, who happens to be an awesome band of manufacturers that also believe in the power of creative devices that are paired with apps and services. The Adobe Mighty and Napoleon are tipped to ship sometime in the first half of next year.

In an early demonstration of Project Mighty, this unique creative pen happens to be pressure sensitive, which allow the artist in you to draw out natural and expressive lines. Not only that, the Project Mighty will be hooked up to the Creative Cloud, which enables one to tote one’s favorite personal digital assets wherever he or she goes, in addition to brushes and colors, not to mention the ability to copy and paste across devices, among others. No longer do you have to make the either-or decision of having the accuracy, expressiveness and immediacy of pen and paper while sacrificing the wonders of the Creative Cloud. Folks who are familiar with Wacom’s digitizer tablet should be able to resonate with Project Mighty right from the get go.

Needless to say, pricing and availability details remain unclear, but rest assured, Adobe will reveal additional information in due time.

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[ Adobe takes to new hardware like Project Mighty and Napoleon copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Since young, I have always been told to save up for a rainy day, and not to spend frivolously. There is much wisdom in such sagely advice, but once in a while, I think it is perfectly all right and go nuts to blow the budget on something more extravagant. After all, you can never quite tell just how many more years you have left down the road, right? Well, if your child finds it difficult to save money, perhaps a little incentive in the form of the £39.95 Star Wars R2-D2 Interactive Money Bank might come in handy.

Heck, you do not even need to be a little child to want the Star Wars R2-D2 Interactive Money Bank for your own use, as we tend to gather a neat amount of spare change at the end of the day. After all, would you rather trust your daily savings in the belly of a porcelain porcine, or rather place the fate of your future in the extremely able and loyal R2-D2, whose actions in the past have included being a courier for a princess even under extremely dangerous situations, and helping out the most powerful Jedi ever before he turned? This R2-D2 will play nice with iOS and Android platforms, and sports the relevant lights and sounds that make the astromech droid so lovable. With the right PIN security code, only will he reveal his innards.
[ Star Wars R2-D2 Interactive Money Bank ensures you have some ‘circus money’ during those rainy days copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Polar has just announced their latest activity tracker that comes in a stylish form factor, where it is known as the Polar Loop. I guess you can call the Polar Loop to be a sort of “smart bracelet”, where it is capable of keeping track of your daily activity and exercise levels, all the while monitoring sleep patterns, so that you will be able to receive instant motivational feedback, all the while receiving the relevant alerts so that you can achieve your personalized daily activity goals. The Polar Loop was built with over 35 years of experience as the worldwide leader in heart rate and fitness assessment technology, delivering new levels of precision and unmatched expertise to the activity tracker market.

When the Polar Loop works in tandem with Polar Flow, a free online tracking service and app for the iPhone which is capable of synchronizing automatically using Bluetooth Smart, the Polar Loop will then deliver smart guidance on just how is able to improve health and wellbeing through making tiny changes in one’s daily activity. The Polar Loop is meant to be worn round the clock, being waterproof to ensure that it can keep up with your demanding lifestyle, while capturing all movement and exercise with the ability to tell the difference between different levels of activity.

Herb Baer, Polar USA president, said, “Polar is a trusted training partner for everyone from elite athletes to those looking to lose weight. Polar Loop brings our expertise and insights beyond time spent exercising, providing a complete and accurate picture of all daily activity and underlining the importance of every movement made throughout the day—from running, cycling and weight training to cooking, taking the stairs and walking the dog.”

Pressing a button would see the Polar Loop display show off a bunch of information concerning your user activity goal as well as how much more you need to do to achieve it, in addition to other nuggets like number of calories burned, steps taken and the time of day. The Polar Loop will retail for $109.95 a pop later this October in black, while there is a pink version that will feature white LEDs that is tipped to arrive next year.

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[ Polar Loop activity tracker turns on the style copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

At first glance, I thought that the Auris Skye was some sort of new Wi-Fi router or an equivalent device, but the innovative form factor delivers something else. The Auris Skye is actually a Wi-Fi music receiver for your dock which will allow you to live out a wireless lifestyle, as you stream your tunes without any cables through the “magic” of AirPlay or DLNA. This is an interesting bit of technology, where one is able to enjoy high resolution audio from your iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone or iTunes among others, without being limited by cables while having the full freedom to move around.

The Auris Skye will arrive in a sleek, stylish and intuitive form factor, where it can easily slide onto the 30-pin docking station for effortless playback. Not only that, you can also opt to add Skye to your Wi-Fi network, where after following the connection instructions on the free Skye control app, you are then able to stream your very own audio samples and collection wirelessly from your iOS, Android, Windows phone devices and Mac/PC in your Wi-Fi network thanks to AirPlay (for iOS) and DLNA (for Android and Windows) support. All of that are accomplished while you remain connected to the Internet, now how does that sound? In addition, we found out that the Auris Skye relies on Apple Lossless technology so that every note remains beautifully clear.

Apart from that, AirPlay or DLNA support would also translate to you having the total freedom to roam throughout your home without having to worry about keeping your device close to the speakers. It will be different from Bluetooth receivers which limit you to a certain wireless range, and the Auris Skye also has the advantage of letting you stream music to multiple docks one at a time or do so simultaneously with iTunes on a Mac or PC. Expect the Auris Skye to arrive in arctic white, piano black and titanium shades for $89 a pop should it manage to collect enough pledges on Kickstarter to get going.

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[ Auris Skye delivers music sans them pesky wires copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

So your little one loves to go stargazing, and sometimes, you wish that you were able to provide him or her with as many number of trips possible when night falls and all the stars come out to play. Well, it is a good thing that technology has advanced to a point where you can purchase a substitute, although do bear in mind that at the end of the day, it will never be able to amount to the real deal. The $169.99 Laser Twilight Stars Projector might not be astronomically accurate, but it does allow your entire room, ceiling and walls resemble that of a beautiful night sky as it projects green laser stars and blue clouds.

Works best whenever you turn the lights off (but of course!), and it is really fantastic to figure out that a device like this, where it measures approximately 10” in height, is capable of projecting a combination of green laser stars and blue clouds onto your ceiling, walls, and heck, you might even make that constantly sleeping dog of yours as a “screen” of sorts, too! The clouds as well as stars will look as though they are constantly on the move and morphing from one shape to another, depicting a universe that is “alive”, and thousands of green laser stars to bowl yourself over.
[ Laser Twilight Stars Projector brings the planetarium experience home copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]