This isn’t brick and mortar, it’s glass and steel. Pseudonymous Apple Store employee J. K. Appleseed walks you through a choose-your-own-adventure story with a twist. Yep, we’re going backstage at Apple Retail, the supercollider of human expectations and consumer technology.
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If you and your bedmate wake up at different times in the morning, the Privacy Pillow’s leather-lined secret compartment will let the earlier riser use their smartphone as an inaudible vibrating alarm that’s impossible to miss when it’s time to get out of bed.
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Two years ago, we were fortunate enough to have a man with a magnet implanted in his fingertip explain at length
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It’s really hard to improve on a good thing. But every once in a while, a product you have known and loved for a very long time gets a redesign or a tweak that’s genius in is simplicity. Here are seven examples of products that we took for granted, recently perfected by a tiny twist:
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Airports are often terrible places to be. There are too many people rushing somewhere combined with too many cranky folks leaving somewhere mixed with annoying obstacles in the form of TSA security and rolling luggages. But it’s just like that for us normal folk. For first class flyers? It’s like being a rock star. One genius man took advantage of his rock star status and used one single first class airplane ticket to eat food for free for an entire year.
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I nominate Serious Eats’ J. Kenji López-Alt for fast food genius of the year for this clever hack: turn an old pizza slice into a delicious snack using a waffle iron. Oh gods of the junkgourmandize, simplicity can be truly beautiful and succulent indeed!
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Oh, sure, that fancy glass decanter and that decorative vase look great on the dinner table. But when it comes time to clean them out, it’s all about soaking and hoping those stains magically dissolve on their own. The $9 Cuisipro, though, lets you take a more active approach to cleaning awkwardly-shaped containers—by using a small magnetic scrubber and wand to reach every last nook and cranny.
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You can tell your friends and family they should be shooting videos horizontally
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GX Gaming happens to be the gaming series arm of Genius, a peripheral manufacturer, and they have recently unveiled a slew of gaming peripherals to those living in North America. The trio of peripherals that I am referring to would be the White Edition of the GX Gaming DeathTaker, Imperator Pro and GX-Speed. Such a special collection has been concocted by GX Gaming in order to coincide with the festive season, where all three of them – the new DeathTaker, Imperator Pro, and GX-Speed will arrive in white so that it offers a “cool zone” around any gamer, while doubling up as the perfect companions to anyone with a white themed gaming setup.
First of all, the DeathTaker White Edition happens to be a nine button precision gaming mouse that has up to 5700 dpi resolution. Apart from that, it also has X/Y axis independent dpi adjustments which would pave the way for a more flexible configuration in an intense online battle. Throwing in a weight adjustment system further enhances mouse control at high speed.
As for the Imperator Pro White Edition, it will come with 17 NKRO in order to prevent missed key presses during those crucial in-game, hair raising moments . Half a dozen independent macro keys will be accompanied by a pair of USB ports to make sure that you do not lose an iota of connectivity. Apart from that, the white body is a beauty to behold, as it comes with grey keycaps and red lettering for that added dash of style.
Last but not least, we have the GX Speed White Edition that will be the latest soft gaming mouse pad that was specifically designed for the DeathTaker White Edition. It will of course work with other kinds of gaming mice, but why not let it stick to its destined partner? Being thinner, larger, and white themed, it will come with a natural rubber base so that one will be able to enjoy a stronger surface grip that will not slip.
[ GX Gaming introduces range of gaming peripherals to the US copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Laptops are supposed to be highly portable, right? But even with a built-in battery you’re never leaving home without its power adapter—and that’s usually a long cable with a hefty brick somewhere along its length. They’re hardly compact, but this laptop adapter from FINsix is.
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