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Here’s how the Nest Learning Thermostat works

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Household, Videos

We just gave you the rundown on Nest, the new learning thermostat brought to you by one of the creators of the iPod. Now, here's a video that shows how it works. Definitely elegant due to its simplicity. You can pre-order Nest now, and they'll ship in November. 


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Nest: The amazing iPhone-controlled learning thermostat

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Household, Wireless / WiFi

Nest thermostat

If your house is less than 20 years old, you probably have a programmable thermostat. It's probably a plain rectangle with a handful of buttons and a monochrome LCD screen, and it's probably a slight nuisance to program. It also probably isn't connected to your home Wi-Fi network. Nest is trying to change that with its new Nest Learning Thermostat.

The thermostat is a round metal dial with a circular color LCD screen that works a lot like an iPod classic click wheel. That could be because Nest was co-founded by former Apple employee Tony Fadell, one of the creators of the iPod. You can turn the temperature up or down by twisting the dial, or you can go through its menus by pressing it in like a button. It can be set to automatically change the temperature based on the time and whether you're present.

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Zibra Open It! helps you unbox anything with ease

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Household

Zibra Open It

Zibra just announced their new Open It! tool, aimed at helping all of us who open packages with any sort of frustrating regularity. The Open It! offers five methods of busting into those packages, saving yourself a lot of anxiety and injury:

  • Cut It: Long cutting jaws cut quickly through sealed clamshell packaging
  • Snip It: Hardened, precision ground steel blades snip through zip ties and twist ties
  • Slice It: Slices CDs and DVDs and the auto-retract system prevents blade from being exposed when not in use
  • Unscrew It: Removable screwdriver for easy use and convenient storage
  • Pop It: Bottle cap opener is cleverly built into jaws

The best part is that this thing is only $9.99 at places like Wal-Mart, Michaels, OfficeMax, Office Depot and others, which means we pretty much wanna get one immediately. They’re available in green and orange colors.

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iPhone cutting board

Posted by John Kilhefner Categories: Apple, Design, Household

ipad cutting board

Ever caught yourself looking down in contempt at your bland cutting board and thought it was time for a change? Sure you haven’t, but you may just think so now if your an fan who just can’t get enough of the . Just think of it as a new app for your phone, only made out of wood.

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Mamemo Digital Notepad

Posted by John Kilhefner Categories: Household

Mememo

Having trouble keeping organized? Post it notes piling up and becoming too messy? Then King Jim has just what the doctor ordered - a miniature digital memo writer dubbed Mememo. The digital notepad is the latest in a series of innovations by Japanese manufacturer King Jim, and aims to make your life a tad easier. While most phones comes preloaded with an app for memo taking, or the ability to download one, how many of us actually use it consistently? Chances are you’re like me and forget that it’s there. With Mamemo, you will have a physical memo taking device there at your desk ready for spur of the moment thoughts that deserve a quick jotting down.

With Mamemo you can save up to 99 memos, search through your past memos quickly, set to-do lists with attached memos, and even set an alarm that displays a memo of your choice upon waking. Mamemo has no analog buttons, and is used completely via its stylus and on screen digital buttons. Plenty of other features adorn this little memo taking device, making your life once again even simpler than before!

Check out a video after the break.

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GE Energy Smart LED light bulbs: Pay to save?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Household

Ge LED light bulb

Here’s a look at GE’s LED light bulbs, which should be hitting stores sometime in the next year. What makes them special? Well, aside from the fins that you see in the image, these bulbs will last a good 17 years(!) when used for four hours per day, every day. They also distribute the light evenly, in all directions, rather than focused on one area. Most of all, they are super-efficient. The nine watt bulbs give off the same amount of light as a 40 watt incandescent bulb, so you are saving some serious power, and only replacing them two or three times in a lifetime. The downside? They’ll cost somewhere between $40-50 each. Yeah, that’s pricey for a light bulb, but did you think the future would be cheap?

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Back Off, I’m Drinking SCIENCE!

Posted by Finnian Durkan Categories: Accessories, Household, Science

Beer Stein of Science Dewar FlaskIf you’re a child of the 80’s like me, some of your fondest memories revolve around movies like ‘Real Genius’ or Hughes-ian bits of brain candy like ‘The Breakfast Club’ or, better yet, ‘Weird Science’.  Oh, for the halcyon days of wrist-watch calculators and pocket protectors—when nerds first began to rattle the bars of their cages and shout their skinny-armed superiority from atop a mound of servers—the true first days of ‘nerd-chic’.  These beer-steins of science are hand-crafted from Pope Scientific bench top dewar flasks which should ring-true for any hard core science geeks out there and help you drink your way back to your childhood.  So strap a bra to your head, fire a laser through the wall, and fill your favorite college prof’s house with popcorn. Then get trashed in the name of SCIENCE!!!!


Voice Calendar: For those who need to be verbally reminded

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Accessories, Household

Vocal CalendarEven though most electronic devices have a calendar, I still have the traditional paper calendar on my wall.  It isn’t just for the pictures, as I need to be reminded of important dates.  Perhaps this is why the Vocal Calendar is made, which reminds you of important events and dates with a touch of a button, in your own voice.  All you need to do is push the appropriate month and day button, and record the message.  Later on, after you forget, you just hit the “Today” button for another reminder.  Since it has a magnet on the back, you can hang it right on the fridge. 

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A 98-inch Screen on the Ceiling?  Thanks, Mom

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

A 98-inch Screen on the CeilingI don’t know about you, but there are some nights where I have trouble sleeping, and I could really just stare up at giant 98-inch video screen to help get me to sleep. 

Well, this isn’t why Patti Deni installed a display with a NEC NP4001 projector in her kid’s room, but I definitely applaud her if she was trying to spoil her kid.  Apparently, her son spends a lot of time editing and watching videos, so she wanted to help his hobby. 

Apparently, the entire ceiling had to be rebuilt to accommodate this expensive remodel, but if this kid grows up to be the next Steven Spielberg or Peter Jackson, then it is a small price to pay.  Personally, I think that all bedrooms should have TVs on the ceiling. 

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Sega Fireworks Projector

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Household, Misc. Tech

Sega Fireworks will have a new projector out this August, with a decided twist. The 190×205×200mm portable device has the ability to show electronic fireworks on your wall or ceiling. With a library of 55 different virtual displays, it is powered by 3 AAA batteries. Not many details were given out besides its ¥15,540 price (~$160.00,) but here’s what we are thinking: If you have ever seen an electronic fireworks greeting card, it gets rather annoying after the first thirty seconds. Ooh, ahh.

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