Hasta La Gadget!

The Timeless Box is a gadget designed to help you keep your gifts a mysterious secret until it’s time to open them. It is basically a timed safe for gifts. Because let’s face it, we all love to snoop and try to figure out what our gifts are, ruining our own surprise.

This safe prevents such holiday crimes and keeps presents and other stuff hidden away from prying eyes and hands. The gift stays a secret and now you can be properly surprised, or disapointed on Christmas morning. Once the gift is placed inside the safe, you enter the date that it will be given. It stays shut until then.

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The Timeless Box is seeking funding on Indiegogo. A minimum pledge of €76 (~$104 USD) will get you one of your very own. Unfortunately, it won’t be ready until February 2014, so assuming it gets funded, you’ll have to wait until next year to use it. Also, it only holds small presents, so it’s not like you could hide a PS4 or an Xbox One inside of it.

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Scientific studies have shown that words tend to be a whole lot easier for one’s brain to remember compared to numbers (which explains why it can be rather difficult in figuring out just what our passwords to the numerous online accounts that we own are, especially if they come in the form of numerics only), and obviously one does not need to go through an expensively funded scientific study to arrive at the conclusion that leaving one’s house, car and work keys under the doormat is a foolhardy and unsafe idea – especially in this day and age. This is the very same reason why WordLock decided to introduce what they call the Stor-More Key Safe, which has been touted to be the most secure, convenient, and reliable manner to stash your keys, garage door openers and other valuables.

Touted to come with the largest storage capacity on the market, the Stor-More Key Safe is capable of hiding away over 30 standard keys, multiple smart auto keys, garage door openers, and credit cards among others. In order to ensure that those valuables remain safe and sound, the Stor-More Key Safe would be accompanied by an easy to set, never forget word combination that has 10,000 possible letter combinations, which is sure to confound even the most determined thief.

WordLock inventor and co-founder Todd Basche said, “When we set out to change the personal security market, there hadn’t been an innovation in lock technology for years. Our car keys are bigger, our house keys are bigger and we all have more of them. When it comes to safely storing these for others to use, the Stor-More Key Safe takes usability and innovation to a whole new level.”

The Stor-More Key Safe boasts of a solid aluminum locking head, hardened steel shackle and stainless steel safe which is more than capable of going up against hammering, sawing and mother nature’s elements.

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I’m a bit paranoid about getting my tech gear wet. I don’t mind using my phone in a light drizzle, but after a while, you have to pocket it. Have you ever been worried about getting your precious electronics wet? Then check out the this carrying pouch, which is supposed to keep all of your gadgets safe from the elements.

The SmithFly Digi Pouch has a roll-top design and it’s completely watertight. It’s crafted in the USA from 18 oz. vinyl, and is perfect for toting DSLR cameras, phones or anything else you’d consider mission-critical to your daily life. The pouch also has some Molle webs on a welded patch on the back of the bag. This means that it works with any Molle-webbed add-on – though those items obviously won’t be sheltered from the elements like the stuff inside of the bag.

The SmithFly Digi Pouch costs $60(USD) and is available right now.

[via Uncrate]

Between powered gear shifters, electric motors and BMX-mounted mixers, bicycles just keep getting better — but no amount of technological augmentation can sidestep the old adage: safety first. Yes, the helmet is a classic and necessary accessory for cyclists, snowboarders and more. ICEdot and SenseTech hope to take the traditional brain bucket to new heights next year with a Bluetooth equipped crash sensor. Take a spill? The ICEdot sensor will take note of the impact and start a countdown on its companion app. If the rider doesn’t stop the timer before it reaches zero, ICEdot will notify emergency contacts with the user’s last known GPS location and data on the severity of the accident. The accessory doesn’t have a firm release date just yet, but it will make an appearance at the Interbike trade show later this month. Smartphone augmented safety will set you back about $200 when it launches next year. Check out the sensor’s teaser video after the break.

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