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Posts tagged “gadgets”

Take Care When Flying With Gadgets

Flying restrictions have made taking trips away from home safer than ever (even if a little more frustrating). But the New York Times is reporting that there's still one last unrestricted flight fire ...

The Green Go-To Guide for Gadget Recycling

Nobody hates the environment. It's just that some of us have a hard enough time worrying about ourselves and our families to think about caring for Mother Nature 24 hours a day. But that's where Unplg...

Upgrade-Crazy? Or Do You Live Out Your Tech?

There are two types of techies in the world: Those that go crazy and buy up the latest, greatest gadget and those that buy quality tech to last a lifetime. Which are you?...

Sony's New Batteries Have 4 Times the Power

We know that people would like to live without having to use batteries, but they are still necessary to power your gadgets, tools and gizmos. Sure, most devices have rechargeable batteries, but there ...

DIY Project: Create USB Power Pack From Netbook

You know the situation. You are stuck somewhere in the boondocks with no power and no way to recharge your gizmos. What can you do? If you have an extra battery for your netbook lying around, then you...

Check Out Cool Tools for Gotta-Have-It Gadgets

Our better half is somewhat obsessed with the DIY network. To our our non-premium cable subscribing self (Why pay more when there's Hulu and TV-on-DVD?), it was a surprise to find that it's not all Ma...

SolarStrap: Charge Your Gadgets While Traveling

When you are on the go, it gets really problematic to charge your gadgets. Sure, you can find plugs to power up some of the easily enough, but it's not always possible. At some point, you will run out...

Does Tech that Go Bump in the Night Keep You Up?

If you've got gadgets that stay on even while you rest; like the computer, a modem or even the television; you've probably battled the dreaded 'standby' light. It has the ability to fill an otherwise ...

Geek Sugar's The Stylish Computers of Gossip Girl

You've got to love girly tech blog GeekSugar for their technological tie-ins with pop culture. GeekSugar took time to reflect on their year spent watching gorgeous and expensive Manhattan high school ...

Solar Umbrella: Charges Your Gadgets While You're Having Fun in the Sun

Imagine all those great summer afternoons or weekends that are spent in your garden relaxing, wouldn't it be great if they'd find a way to harness all that solar energy? The trouble with solar panels ...

Do Your Gadgets Keep You From Sleep in Total Darkness?

Are you afraid of the dark? Didn't you love that show? Ok, so we digress. The real point of discussion here is whether or not you're the kind of sleeper that hits the pillow with nothing less than com...

What Tech Would You Take Back In Time?

On the hypothetical list of "Tech I Want To See In My Lifetime," a time machine is right up there at number one. Not because I want to go back in time and stop Kennedy's assassination or scare the liv...

In-A-Minute Household Tech Protectors

GeekSugar comes to the rescue of frantic chicken-with-its-head-cut-off busybodies everywhere with a tip to store your laptop in a pillowcase before you jet out of the house to prevent scratches. While...

Med School Student Scans Gadgets with a CT Scanner

Yeah, a third-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College would normally use a CT scanner to create images of brains and knees, looking for blood clots or fractures. But not when the med sch...

LG's Most Wanted Film Gadgets

Unplggd blogger Anthony put together his own list of what technology from movies we'd like to get our grubby little mits on in real life. Check it out if you haven't seen it already. But turns out, el...

Geeks Who Love Toys Can Wear Their Heart on Their Sleeve

We've always done a lot of talk about geeks at Unplggd, from yesterday's post about the complications that arise when geeks mary non-geeks to the post more than a year ago about how to woo your geek v...

The Tiniest Gadgets Smaller Than the New iPod Shuffle

So you all saw the new iPod Shuffle, right? About the size of a house key, many are jumping the gun and calling it one of the tiniest gadgets ever. But there are plenty of gadgets much, much smaller t...

Do You Have a "Go-To Color" For Gadgets?

Ever since iPod marketed the iPod Mini back in early 2004 with an option to purchase in silver, gold, pink, blue or green, all kinds of gadgets have gotten a lot more colorful. Apple still rocks with ...

(Slightly Tacky) Barack Obama Gadgets

We already know that Barack Obama is set to be the most tech-savvy American president the world has ever seen. With his CrackBerry addiction, the re-design of the White House Web site and having the f...

Gizmine: Cool Japanese Stuff Now Available in North America

When it comes to technology and home gadgets, Japan takes the cake. Unfortunately, while we usually find ourselves lusting over the latest humidifier or minimalist desk lamp, actually getting your ha...

Look! Women's Day's 8 Gadgets That Can Improve Your Life

Women's Day magazine posted this list of eight gadgets that ease some of the burdens and chores life throws at us, whether it be remote controlled gutter cleaning robot (cool) or a sensor that tells y...

Blogging...ReadyMade's Loose Gadget Solution

If you're like us, you've got a lot of gadgets and they tend to be haphazardly lying around. There's no real order to your electronics chaos, other than grouping pieces together that depend on each o...

How to... Recycle Your Old Gadgets For Quick Money

Some of you are purging your old or unused electronics for a clean, minimalist media center or desktop. Because you've been on our green living site, Re-Nest.com, you'll probably know that the respons...

Roundup: Best 10 Gadgets to Put on Your Wish List

Yeah, we know. Halloween's not over yet! But if you've been a good little boy or girl and want Santa or Hannukah Harry or whatever holiday mascot you wish to stumble into your house and leave you gift...

Roundup: Top 5 Wooden Gadgets Sustainable and Fashionable

One of our favorite sustainable materials is wood. It's nice to touch, it's natural and it smells nice, way better than plastic. That being said, we just wish that more gadgets incorporated sustainabl...