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I am quite sure that many parents would have gone through this particular phase before – where their little ones have been clamoring for a puppy, and when the doe-eyed kids finally got their wish, it would be the parents who would have to do all the cleaning up and training of said puppy, while the kids just feed and play with it without a care in the world. Now, something bionic is definitely different from the actual, living, breathing organism, but there are times in life when a compromise can be reached, and I believe that the £59.99 Teksta puppy is one of those moments.

The Teksta comes across as an adorable life-like robotic puppy which is capable of responding to your voice, physical gestures, lights and sounds. Don’t you think that it sounds pretty much like one of those Aibos from Sony a long, long time ago? Specially engineered to include state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, Tekstas’ toyetic interaction offers many emotions – barking, crying, whimpering, and expressive eye patterns, allowing you to know just how it feels. In fact, when the sun goes down, Teksta will fall asleep, but will be more than happy to greet you upon sunrise. It has more than 100 physical and interactive play features, ensuring you would not get bored of it – too soon, at least.
[ Teksta puppy delivers all the cuteness minus the mess copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

I do admit, one of the best hand dryers that I have ever used would be the one from Dyson – the Dyson Airblade, and it would be nice if Dyson could come up with hair dryers that carry such a brand name, too, as I am quite sure it would be able to dry your hair in double quick time without causing unnecessary damage along the way. Until that day arrives, however, one will just have to make do with the many of the hair drying solutions in the market. How about a hands-free version that will allow you to be more productive while your freshly washed hair is dried? This is where the $179.99 AirPhysics Hands-Free Hair Dryer comes in handy.

First developed by a stylist and salon owner who has racked up more than 32 years of experience, the powerful 1500W Hands-Free Hair Dryer will be able to rest on just about any hard surface, and can be easily activated with but a touch of a button, allowing both hands to be free to comb, brush and style your hair even as it dries. Not only that, the Hands-Free Hair Dryer happens to be extremely versatile, letting you pick it up if you feel that old habits are hard to break, using it as a traditional handheld blow dryer. Each purchase would be accompanied by a couple of two attachments – namely, the Accelerator and the Finisher.
[ AirPhysics Hands-Free Hair Dryer copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Wacom is a name that most of us are familiar with, especially digital artists who use a digital tablet to get their sketches and artwork done. Having said that, Wacom has just rolled out a spanking new pressure-sensitive digital pen for sketching, drawing and painting on an iPad, calling it the Intuos Creative Stylus. It is supposedly designed in a way so that it can inspire creativity at any time, anywhere thanks to a realistic pen-on-paper feel as well as an intelligent design which lets you rest your palm naturally on the iPad each time you make use of compatible creative apps.

Touted to offer “the best drawing experience” on an iPad, the Intuos Creative Stylus would enable an ad agency creative to perform a quick concept drawing on the train, or perhaps allow the art student to sketch out an idea right before class (all of those last minute work tend to be the most inspired as I have found out for myself over the years). Since iPads have grown in stature over the years to develop ideas and concept experimentation, the Intuos Creative Stylus would definitely be able to step in and fill a gap in the marketplace. It will play nice seamlessly with the iPad in addition to a bunch of creative apps, allowing it to deliver an authentic experience each time the bolt of inspiration strikes.

Of course, it would make perfect sense to have the Intuos Creative Stylus play nice with Wacom’s very own digital notebook app known as Bamboo Paper. This new version is now available and has been optimized for the Creative Stylus, delivering a bunch of new tools which would enable one to be even more expressive and creative. Sporting advanced technology and a pressure sensitivity of 2048 pressure levels, it can react even to light strokes, all the while being smart enough to reject unintentional touches when used with compatible creative apps. Specially designed for the iPad 3, 4 and Mini, it will also play nice with apps like Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad, ArtRage (by Ambient Design), Bamboo Paper, ProCreate (by Savage Interactive) and Psykopaint. The Intuos Creative Stylus is powered by a single AAAA battery, it will retail for $99 a pop from this October onwards.

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[ Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus announced copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

It does seem as though the headphone jack on your smartphone is not there to just hold a pair of headphones – as there seems to be more and more companies and small start ups coming up with extension hardware to plug into said headphone jack, introducing a slew of capabilities in one way or another. This particular extension that is known as DO-RA happens to be a personal dosimeter-radiometer that is capable of measuring background radiation. Of course, the average man on the street would most probably not need this particular attachment, but considering how the quantified self/health tracking trend looks promising, who knows, there might just be enough to kick off this potential market for those who want to know just much background radiation they bask in every single day?

DO-RA’s creators were spot on in saying that Japan will be a key target market whenever it enters production. Apart from that, there are two other major targets – namely the US as well as Europe, although I do wonder whether Russia would be the top purchaser in Europe. It is tipped that DO-RA devices will be shipped at a rate of approximately 1 million each year into these three markets, and we do expect to see the DO-RA device enter into commercial production later this autumn.

Intersoft Eurasia is the Russian startup behind DO-RA, and they claim to have picked up 1,300 pre-orders for the device already over the course of the past few months, all without having to perform any kind of high profile or dedicated advertising. Most of the pre-orders were made by male iPhone and iPad owners, which goes to show just which demographic would fall for such a device. Expect the DO-RA device to retail for approximately $150, which happens to be a whole lot more affordable than rival portable dosimeters that tend to cost anywhere from $250 to $400. Would you pick up one of these puppies for yourself?

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[ DO-RA can measure background radiation copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

For the older generation out there, to leave a reminder for your family members or colleagues, you would more often than not rely on the standard Post-It note. The thing is, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Good thing us humans are an enterprising lot – and some of us out there love to reinvent the wheel (and actually succeed), which is why there is the existence of the £12.99 Hi! Magnetic Voice Recorder that will come in blue and red shades.

With the Hi! Magnetic Voice Recorder, you will be able to use it to record your very own messages that would max out at 10 seconds in length (definitely better than a 6 second video, don’t you think so?), allowing you to be as helpful, remorseful or silly as you like. Made out of an extremely soft silicone rubber, when accompanied with a handy magnetic back, it should be able to stick to the home’s fridge for the rest of the family to know what kind of 10-second message you have in store for them for the day. All it takes is a single press of a button to record your message, and you’re good to go.
[ Hi! Magnetic Voice Recorder copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]