Hasta La Gadget!

We are in an age of multi-tasking. We talk with friends through video chats while eating lunch on our break, play games on the bus ride home, and listen to music during all of it. We don’t like sitting still, and even through we’re moving as fast as we can, it still doesn’t feel like we’re being efficient enough with our time.

If you want to feel as though you’re killing two birds with one stone, then the Pulse Jump Rope is just the way to do it. This harnesses kinetic energy when you’re playing with it, and turns it into an electrical juice box for your gizmos. If you were wanting to start exercising a bit more, this would be a great way to motivate you out of your chair.

We all dash like mad to an outlet, but if you only had to jump rope for a few minutes to get hours of power, then it would certainly be worth it. Well, if you think $129 is worth something you may or may not enforce into your daily regimen. This would be nice to have around as an emergency backup battery, as it would only take a little effort on your end to get things charged up. If you’re in an emergency situation, it’s likely you’re in a power outage and will be looking for something to do anyhow.

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[ The Pulse Jump Rope takes away your energy and gives it to your phone copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The folks over at Toshiba must be on to a good thing here – they have just announced an adapter which will be able to play nice with the TransferJet close proximity wireless transfer technology, and not only that, this particular adapter will also feature an USB 2.0 interface that makes it compatible with a whole lot more devices. This particular adapter is already on sale in Japan at various electronics retail stores, and will arrive in a couple of models – one with a Micro-B-type connector that is more often than not found in modern day smartphones, while the other happens to be a Type A connector that is commonly used when it comes to the world of personal computers. Either way, folks using both devices are more than used to seeing either one of them in action.

Toshiba has big plans for this particular adapter, where they hope to use it when it comes to exchanging image and video files between a smartphone and a personal computer, not to mention the ability to do so between a couple of smartphones to boot. Toshiba is also mulling over the very real possibility of using it when it comes to kiosk terminals, so that interested parties will be able to purchase video files at such kiosk terminals, as well as transferring such image files to printers sometime down the road.

So far, no manufacturer’s suggested retail price has been put forward, although there has been speculation going around that the expected retail prices of the Micro-B and Type A models happen to be ¥4,000 to ¥5,000 (approximately $38 to $48, respectively, and you will also be able to pick them up as a set from ¥8,000 to ¥9,000. We are all for a greater level of connectivity between devices, and just so you have an idea on how speedy file transfer speeds are with TransferJet, we are looking at a maximum transfer rate is 560Mbps (effective transfer rate: 375Mbps) over a range of 3cm, now how about that?

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[ Toshiba announces USB adapter for TransferJet technology copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

I am quite sure that by now, many of us have already amassed quite a collection of USB flash drives over the months and years that have gone by. Hardly any conference or road show is devoid of a USB flash drive which more often than not contains the press release of a particular company, or a portfolio of new products. Having said that, it can be pretty difficult trying to keep track of just where exactly have you placed that particular file over in the myriad of USB flash drives that you have in your collection, and instead get a personal USB flash drive for yourself so that you can keep personal things private and secure. Just in case you are in the market scouting for a new USB flash drive, have you considered checking out the Mushkin Atom 3.0?

The Mushkin Atom 3.0 USB flash drive will place plenty of emphasis on convenience, where it comes in an extremely small form factor which is slightly less than the size of your average quarter. All of this without having to sacrifice on performance, since the Mushkin Atom 3.0 will still be able to boast of USB 3.0 extreme performance even when exercising low power consumption. Apart from that, you do not have to worry about legacy systems, since the Atom USB 3.0 flash drive will still play nice with USB 2.0 and 1.1 ports.

As for the 8GB model, it will feature 80MB/s read, 5.5MB/s write, and consumes 0.65W while idle, or 0.905W at load. There is also a 16GB flash drive model that boasts of 155MB/s read and 11.5MB/s write on 0.25W idle and 0.67W load. As for the 32GB model, it reads at 155MB/s with 21.5MB/s write, and low power consumption of 0.2475W when idle and 0.75W under load. Since it is so small, you can always opt to leave the Atom USB 3.0 flash drive in the USB port while working on-the-go without having to suffer from any obstruction. Notebook and Ultrabook owners, especially, would be able to appreciate its tiny design and performance.

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[ Mushkin Atom 3.0 USB flash drive introduced copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Have you ever had a blank piece of paper in front of you with a perfectly sharpened pencil in your hand? Knowing you have an open canvas on which you can create literally whatever you’d like is a very freeing feeling. Of course, as your put graphite to paper, you’ll eventually need to resharpen it. Chances are pretty high that you have a cheap plastic sharpener laying around that does the job just fine, but you’re always left with a mess of shavings everywhere.

If you’re wanting to look overtly professional as you whip out your expensive drawing utensils, then you’ll likely want to have high-quality accessories as well. The iDraw Modernist Pencil Sharpener is a rechargeable pencil sharpener that is made out of premium materials. It’s compact, portable, and charges via USB, so it’s not too hard to find a cable that will do the trick.

The body of this fancy tool is a sandblasted aluminum with an anodized finish to make sure it’s a bit more durable. There is a sliding door which will release all of the shavings trapped inside. While this means you won’t be putting them directly on the floor, it does mean you’ll want to find a trashcan to toss these in every once in a while. Not to mention you’ll want to make sure you don’t jam it up with wood bits. This will cost you anywhere from $40-65, and comes in either a rechargeable electric or a manual hand-cranked version (for those of you that don’t want to worry about having one more thing to charge).

Available for crowdfunding via Kickstarter
[ The Modernist Pencil Sharpener might make you excited to draw again copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

I am quite sure that many of us have attended our fair share of trade shows and conferences over the years that we have amassed quite a collection of USB flash drives in our homes, so much so that these have become not valuable at all compared to the early days when a 32MB USB flash drive was all the rage, and hitting 1GB was like, “Whoa!”. Well, we just love the way that technology progresses over time, and here we are with the Kingston HyperX PREDATOR which offers a whopping 1TB of storage space, and fret not about spending huge amounts of time whenever you transfer data to and from it, as it will feature USB 3.0 connectivity to get the job done as fast as possible.

Having the Kingston HyperX PREDATOR around is definitely a boon, especially for those of you who do plenty of traveling and yet need to carry a portable hard drive around. The physical dimension of it is extremely small compared to even the smallest 2.5” portable hard drive around, although the latter has now achieved the 2TB capacity mark. It really depends on what you want to sacrifice – size or price?

Basically, the HyperX PREDATOR 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive performed as well as its smaller capacity brethren in most of the tests, but there is one major drawback to it. The thickness happens to make it nigh impossible to use normally just like a standard issue USB flash drive, even more so when you want to hook it up to a USB port that is located at the back of your notebook, and this is where the bundled USB 3.0 extension cable comes in handy. Another major talking point (negative one, unfortunately) would be the humongous price tag, as the 1TB model retails for $1,306.63 on Amazon.com. Imagine the number of portable hard drives you can purchase with that kind of money!

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[ Kingston HyperX PREDATOR 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]