Hasta La Gadget!

It’s painfully cold, windy, and there is a lot of snow, ice, or a combination of both around. You can be annoyed by how dreary the conditions are, or prepare for the worst and make the best of your situation. Wearing more layers than normal so you don’t freeze, hot chocolate, and having snowball fights will make for good memories, as well as combat the downtrodden nature of winter.

If you want to treat this chilly weather as if it were any other season, why not go camping? You might think I’m crazy, but if you have an igloo, it’s really not as bad as it sounds. The problem is, most of us have little to no experience building this kind of structure, which is why the Icebox Igloo Maker would be perfect for those of you that really want to give this experience a go.

This is a pole with eight adjustments, “one for each layer is used to build igloos with the correct catenary shape and to help support the weight of the snow and form while packing the snow”. After six rows, you should be able to remove the outside of the form as it will be leaning far enough inward that you can add snow on the outside. If you have the time, and camping gear that you would also need to sleep in this icy housing, then this would be great fun for all involved. This will require at least four inches of snow on the ground, so if you’re in a warmer area that doesn’t get much in the way of cold weather, this would certainly be a waste of $180.

Available for purchase on Amazon, found via ohGizmo
[ Igloo Making Tool – who says camping in the winter can’t be fun? copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

We live in an extremely stressful environment, that is for sure. Just take a look at the number of suicide cases around the world and you get an idea on what is going on around us. Of course, this has led to another business opportunity where folks start to look out for different ways to unwind and relax, and this has led to an entire cottage industry of spas, public baths, and massage parlors. Well, how about owning a little slice of heaven in the comfort of your own home? This is what the $30,000 Tranquility Pod is all about.

The Tranquility Pod will rely on various factors to send you into cloud nine, focusing on pleasant sound, gentle vibration, and soothing light so that your body, mind, and spirit will be transported to a tranquil state of relaxation. Specially handcrafted from fiberglass to be turned into a smooth, shiny gel-coat surface, the pod’s ellipsoid exterior is able to block out 90% of outside noise, as its interior foci ameliorate music will be played back via the built-in 80-watt, four-speaker sound system through an iPhone/iPod or smartphone.

With a subwoofer which is capable of generating gentle vibration via the bed, it will resonate such sound waves through the body in order to impart restful harmony. The pod’s biofeedback system itself is touted to be an exclusive feature which can only be found from the likes of Hammacher Schlemmer, where it will rely on a pulse sensor which will synchronize your heartrate with 50 LEDs that have been housed in the pod’s inner perimeter so that it can create ambient mood lighting that will hopefully, calm the mind. There will be LEDs that change colors at your command from the built-in controller or wirelessly from an iPhone or smartphone app.

I do wonder, however, just how effective this should be, especially when you have taken a loan from the bank to pick up this $30,000 appliance for your pad. Thinking about how to pay back that money is headache enough for most, so it had better work as advertised!
[ Tranquility Pod brings you to a whole new world of relaxation copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

We’ve all had the pleasure of slipping and falling on our bums at least once or twice during the cold months. You can’t stop the snow and ice from coming, but you can find ways to make it less of a crap shoot to live through. We salt our driveways, bundle up in extra layers, and shovel snow, but when you get to the front steps, they’re laden with ice.

If you want to avoid this deathtrap that seems like the final stretch home, you’ll need something more than a bit of salt. The HeatTrak Snow and Ice Heated Stair Mat is so ingenious that I wish I’d thought of it. They run off of electricity, and are made of reinforced SBR rubber, which is about as hearty as the rubber on your tires. That means they can withstand whatever the weather may be.

You don’t have to worry about installation, as you only need to set them down and plug them in. They come with a six foot power cord, and each mat is connected by a cable. They’re 10×30”, and can be daisy-chained together. One will cost you around $90, but it will be more than that with the constant addition to your electricity bill. You’ll also need to be wary of someone fancying them and carrying them off as they’re not exactly hard to move around. While they are an excellent idea, it’s one that might not be useful enough to justify the cost.

Available on Fancy
[ HeatTrak Snow and Ice Heated Stair Mat makes winter seem a little warmer copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

A man’s home is his castle, or so the saying goes. Regardless of whether you are the monarch in your very own little ‘kingdom’, you surely do not have hundreds of servants at your beck and call to keep your place nice and clean, do you? Of course, those multi-millionaires as well as billionaires are exempt from this particular question since they can afford such a workforce, but for the ordinary working Joe and Jane, it can be pretty tiring to make sure that your home is nice and clean especially after a hard day at the office. Good news though, there are tools out there that can help you achieve a clean home, and this is where the $129.95 Hard Floor Scrubber With Spray Applicator comes in.

The Hard Floor Scrubber With Spray Applicator happens to be a home floor cleaner that has a built-in applicator which is capable of scrubbing and polishing hard surfaces with a simple one-handed operation. Apart from that, there is also a 30-oz. reservoir that has been mounted on the handle, holding your preferred cleaning solution. All it takes is a squeeze of the trigger and a spray will be released. The scrubber itself comes with dual, counter-rotating nylon drive brushes that rotate at 450 rpm. You will be able to attach the microfiber pads, felt disc, or green carpet bonnets in order to buff a brilliant sheen into hardwood floors, or clean tile, marble, and concrete, among others.
[ Hard Floor Scrubber With Spray Applicator makes cleaning easier copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

USB chargers are dime a dozen these days, and there are just so many different models that one can take their pick from. However, once in a while, something that is different from the rest will stand out from the crowd, and this time around, trust the folks over at Scosche to come up with the Scosche superCUBE USB wall charger, where it is touted to be the smallest wall charger of its kind in the market!

This universal 12W (2.1A) USB wall charger might be up to 40% smaller compared to its closest competitor, but this does not mean that it is equally small on performance, either. In fact, the Scosche superCUBE USB wall charger is said to be able to juice up even the most power hungry tablets within the shortest time possible. After all, in this fast paced day and age, it makes perfect sense if you need your gadgets juiced up without having to wait too long, where feelings of frustration can then set in. The superCUBE will be compatible with both iOS and Android devices, where it makes use of intelligent charging circuitry in order to charge USB powered devices without paying regard of their make or model.

Press Release
[ Scosche superCUBE USB wall charger claims to be the smallest in the market copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]