Knock Knock? iDoor Cam lets You Know Who’s There

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I’m a very private person. I never answer my door unless I knew you were coming. I figure it this way, it just takes a phone call to let me know you want to stop by, and if you’re my friend you know I’m simply not one of those folks you can just drop in on because you were “in the neighborhood”. That being said, I’m still curious about whose out there knocking, and I always feel a little weird peeping through my own drapes.

Well, peep no more! Check out the iDoor Cam, made just for your iOS, the iDoor not only lets you see who it is waiting out there for you, but you can hear them, and even talk to them via your iOS device, and never even have to move out of your favorite chair. iDoor replaces your current door bell, connects to your WiFi and will alert your device when someone “rings your bell” then you decide to answer, or just keep doing what you’re doing. The best part? An associated app allows you to answer your door on the fly… so you’ll even know when packages arrive or your Girl Scout Cookies are in.

With the iDoor, you never have to miss out seeing someone you wanted to catch up with, but you can avoid the vacuum cleaner salesman and the pesky neighbor who always wants to borrow something. Made in America and weather proof, iDoor Cam is WiFi enabled and encrypted and allows screen shots, or recordings of your door activity and the patented motion, infared, webcam and cellular technology broadcast directly to your mobile devices, day or night. Watch the movie, then pre-order the iDoor Cam at indigogo.com for well under 150 bucks, and watch for Android coming soon.
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Thor Lightning Energy Hammer

thor-energy-hammerI am quite sure that the legions of fans of what Marvel Studios has done with their comic book franchises will be looking forward to the arrival of the Thor sequel, where it will be known as The Dark World. The Norse god of Thunder, Thor, has been reunited with Mjolnir, the mystical uru hammer that cannot be lifted by anyone other than the one who is worthy to wield it. However, everything has its price, which is why for just $24.99, you will be able to pick up the Thor Lightning Energy Hammer. Sure, it might not be the actual Mjolnir, but at the very least you could get your imagination going, can’t you?

The Thor Lightning Energy Hammer will be able to flash with light and sound of its own, but you are able to add your very own vocal sound effects if you wish to do so, letting out the inner child in you along the way. It might not be able to cut down Frost Giants with impunity, but it does double up as a metal detector, sporting a light-up display base with an energy charge coin that bears Thor’s emblem. Powered by a couple of AAA batteries instead of magic, any kid worth his or her salt would definitely want to have this by their bedside table – and some adults too, I believe.
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Analog Clocktail Table

clocktailSo you happen to be living out the American dream, where you have got this cushy job, a beautiful wife and a couple of kids, a SUV to bring the family around as well as a 2-door coupe so that your date nights with the missus is a sizzling one in town. Since you do a whole lot of entertainment and socializing in your own pad, dressing it up to the nines is essential. Knowing that you always love to be in the center of attention, how about ensuring your guests will always be reminded of the current time as to whether they are late or early, in addition to the very real possibility that you are dropping a hint for them to go home after overstaying their welcome by bringing them to the $599.95 Analog Clocktail Table to have a chat over a cup of coffee?

The Analog Clocktail Table happens to be a cocktail table that boasts of a 36″-diameter analog clock located right beneath the top, providing a convenient timekeeping reminder. It will be finished in burnished umber and flecked with gold streaks, with a frame that is made from powder-coated steel which will rest on the floor, sporting a quartet of inward-scrolling legs that have been tipped with unseen rubber feet. The frame itself will be able to support the 0.5″ thick beveled, annealed glass tabletop with silicon offsets so that no scratches will happen. The clock itself relies on an accurate quartz movement so that its timekeeping is impeccable without an irritating ticking sound, all running on a solitary AA battery.
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Check you meal’s sodium levels with The Handy Salt Meter

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The older we get, the more we realize just how much we should be paying attention to the food that we put in our body. It starts out with watching how many calories we’re eating, then cholesterol, and eventually, you’ll even be looking at the sodium content of your meal. However, when you’re in a restaurant, you might not be able to get a straight answer about just how much salt is in your food. If you have a health condition that depends on you knowing this detail, you’ll need a little extra help finding this out.

The Handy Salt Meter is probably the easiest thing you’ll find for measuring the salt content of a dish. You just stick it in your food, wait a few seconds, and an LED will light up to indicate the percentage of salt contained within. The results are even color-coded, so you can easily see just how dangerous the levels are.

There are limitations to the device, unfortunately. This is only going to work on hot, liquid foods, due to how the sensor takes readings. So no poking your steak to see how salty the seasoning is, or anything like that. The Handy Salt Meter will set you back just under $20.

Source: Technabob
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Air conditioned dog house

ac-doghouseSome of us call our four legged friends “furkids”, and treat them as though they are more than a pet, being members of the same family and all. Now, this is definitely not wrong at all, but it does go a bit overboard when you hear of pet owners taking their dogs to restaurants and ordering gourmet meals, while they are also treated to a spa afterwards – just like a human. Wait a minute, more than a human actually – how many of us can actually afford to go for weekly spa treatments as we slog away in the rat race? For those of us who happen to live in countries or areas that would see the mercury level rise by significant levels during the summer or heat wave, you would know that your dog runs the risk of suffering from heat stroke. Well, why not get them an air conditioned dog house? This is what MRT Corp. of Japan has developed, allowing your furkid to relax in the coolness of an air conditioned dog house despite the sweltering heat outside.

This unique dog house will rely on Peltier elements to deliver both cooling as well as warming functions. MRT Corp. has placed an aluminum (Al) plate, which boasts of a high thermal conductivity, right on the floor of the house, where it is connected to Peltier elements on the plate. It is said that within the dog house during the time of cooling, the temperature of the floor will be approximately 10-15°C lower than the room temperature. At the time of warming, it will be 15-20°C higher than the room temperature, making it the ideal dog house to own in countries that go through a hot summer and a bitterly cold winter.

It would definitely be cheaper than turning on your house’s air conditioner, since in Japan, the electricity cost of the dog house is approximately $0.015 per hour, with a product life of at least 18,000. The air conditioned dog house would cost around $507 after conversion.

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Tiger develops fast boiling kettle

electric-kettleWhen it comes to having your afternoon tea, or mixing your favorite hot beverage, getting enough hot water to do the job well (especially when there are unexpected guests who drop by unannounced) can be quite tricky. Sure, some of us do have those fancy electric hot pots – which hold a couple of liters of water at best, keeping them warm all the time, but surely that would end up being a fire hazard for those paranoid androids out there, especially when you are not at home for long stretches of time. How about boiling water with a kettle on your stove? Now that’s the way to get things done, but since we live in an instant culture that wants instant results, Tiger Corp. decided to come up with a steam-less electric kettle which will also boast of the industry’s fastest speed (approximately 45 seconds) when it comes to boiling a cup of water (about 140mL). Now, is that fast, or is that fast?

This particular kettle would be the latest model of Tiger’s “Electric Kettle Wakuko”, and it does not emit a single bit of steam to the outside of the kettle. Known as “PCH-G” if model numbers are your cup of tea, this particular kettle will be released at the beginning of September, and thanks to an extremely short boiling time, the overall amount of power consumption is also reduced along the way. How is this made possible?

Well, the boiling time (which can be counter from turning on the switch to the automatic stop of the boiling) could be reduced through the use of Tiger’s “print heater,” which comes with a new structure, and it will lower the amount of time required to detect a boiling state. A similar amount of power required for boiling a cup of water is around 22% smaller, if one were to compare it with the company’s previous product (PCH-A, which was manufactured in 2012), thanks to the reduction of the boiling time and detection time. This sure sounds like something all modern homes should come with.

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R2-D2 Soy Sauce Dispenser

r2-d2-soy“R2-D2, pass me the soy sauce for my sushi, you’re my only hope!” What other kinds of corny lines can you think up of? Check out this $14.99 R2-D2 Soy Sauce Dispenser which comes across as an incredibly detailed piece of hardware – but of course, unlike the actual R2-D2 astromech droid that has stepped in to save the world – nay, galaxy, many times over in the past, this particular one would come with a hollow interior space, and the famous holographic projector is now a pouring spout.

This R2-D2 Soy Sauce Dispenser would make for the perfect addition to any home, especially if you are a huge Star Wars fan. Who would have thought that this would make a truly unique addition to your home kitchen? This is one upgrade that most folks would never have thought up of, I am quite sure of that. Now all we need is an upgrade for the R2-D2 Soy Sauce Dispenser that can be remote controlled, in addition to a tray in its abdomen that can hold some wasabi paste to make your sushi experience complete. Now that would truly be the bomb!
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Banana Pool Table

banana-pool-tableSo, you think that you have got things down pat in terms of your pool skills? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but here we are with something that will get even seasoned pool players excited – especially for those know-it-alls who think that they have seen everything there is to the game of pool. Catch them off guard not only with the unique shape of the £12,000 Banana Pool Table that will require an entirely new perspective on how you play the game of pool, but also get them asking, just how you managed to get that kind of money to spend on something that most folks would deem as a surplus in any home.

The Banana Pool Table is handmade in England by British artist Cleon Daniel, and considering the amount of dough you have to fork out for it, it will also come signed and numbered. It is made out of only the very finest materials, and well, best played in bunches. Heh! The Banana Pool Table is more or less guaranteed to surprise, amuse and entertain – in any order, of course. You can use your own set of billiard balls, or use the single white, solitary yellow and 10 brown balls that comes with each purchase.
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Lazyglasses – because everyone deserves a break once in a while

lazy-glassesDo you think that people read less these days? I am referring to the fact that we seem to have become a fast paced society, so much so that everything needs to be delivered instantly – and news is read in bite sized chunks, which means anything you write online will need to capture the attention of the reader right from the get go, all the while maintaining a level of accuracy and professionalism. Well, for the rest of us who prefer to get our reading done as a form of relaxation, fret not – Thinkgeek’s here to save the day with the $15.99 Lazyglasses, which is a reading accessory that sports special mirrored lenses, and the text can be read at -90 degrees, now how about that?

Crafted from a soft-touch plastic, the Lazyglasses will let you lie down flat on your back, allowing you to be as comfortable as you want to be, while watching TV at your feet. If you want to use your computer while lying down, that can also be arranged, since both your keyboard and mouse will remain upright, all the while you are prone. The Lazyglasses is definitely something which lets you relax, kick back and enjoy all the while without hurting your neck or your back.
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Giant Coffee Table Touchscreen Computer

giant-coffee-table-touchscreenNot all coffee tables are created equal – the $7,000 Giant Coffee Table Touchscreen Computer can certainly attest to that, otherwise, how else would it be able to come with such an insane price tag, so much so that you could buy a decent second hand car with that kind of money? Well, there must be something about this particular coffee table that would require you to fork out some serious coin for it, other than the fact that it would fit in nicely into any living room regardless of the decoration around it.

The bulk of the money would go into the innards of this particular coffee table, where a fully functional Windows 8 computer has been incorporated within, alongside a 32″ touch screen display, which makes this ideal for checking out enlarged photos or maps, in addition to playing games (simple ones would be best, especially those that require a touchscreen display), or enabling multiple users to comfortably view the same data from the couch without missing a beat. On top of the table lies an anti-glare LCD screen which functions in the same way as that of a tablet – albeit at a far larger size. Other features include half a dozen touch points which pave the way for easy navigation, apart from 1,366 x 768 resolution. It will be powered by an Intel Core i5 3.2GHz processor, 6GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, sports a quartet of USB ports, DVI, audio-out, and microphone ports, a 1GB graphics card, Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth connectivity.
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