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Season’s Readings is PC

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech,

Seasons Readings It’s time to put up the annual ~~Christmas~~

Holiday tree, so you might as well include a high tech gadget when you decorate. The Season’s Readings red LED ornament lights up and displays your favorite message. Choose from “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays,” “Happy New Year,” “Peace on Earth,” “Seasons Greetings,” “Home for Xmas,” “Joy to the World,” and “Feliz Navidad.” With a selection like that, anyone can be politically correct. The ball requires 4 AA batteries (not included) and is on “super sale” for $14.95.

Conserve Energy with these LED Christmas Lights

Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Smart Home,

LED Christmas Lights So we recently told you how the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is conserving energy by switching from incandescent to LED lights. If you read the story and found yourself wishing you could do the same…here’s your chance. A company called Green Home is selling LED Christmas bulbs in both the “traditional” and “globe” styles (pictured). The upstart company claims their LED lights are 60 times more efficient than regular bulbs, so you’ll save energy and cash…which you can put towards those holiday gifts. The “traditional” bulbs start at 12.50 USD, while the “globes” begin at $15.

Q Watch for Mathematicians

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wearables, Misc. Tech,

Q Watch Our friends from Tokyo Flash have informed us that they have a new watch in town. Twelve 5-9’s Q comes in a gun metal or brushed silver finish with a stainless steel strap and 26 multi-colored LEDs. Push a button once for a random pattern, twice to skip that function. As with other watches from TF, it will take a bit of work to be able to tell time with its 12-5-9 method. The first two lines show the hours, the next line depicts increments of ten minutes, and the bottom two show single minutes. Available with both Japanese and English instructions, it comes with a year warranty with a price of ¥15,900 ($144.72.)

Fête Keeps Constant Temperature

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech,

Rosalin Chanyasak has designed this prototype for those of us that prefer our hot food to remain that way for more than a minute or two. The Fête Serving Plates use thermoelectric technology to maintain either hot or cold temperatures. Made of polycarbonate, they are dishwasher safe and come with covers so that you can pop them in the fridge if you have leftovers. LED icons show the ingredient list for alergy info, although we are pretty sure in most instances you would know that anyway.

Mario Shroom Lamps Shine by USB

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Video Games, USB,

USB Mushroom Lamp We cannot believe the overabundance of USB gadgets that continue to pour into our e-mail boxes at an alarming rate. It may have something to do with putting out one more gadget before the holidays that we cannot do without. We know we have lots of Mario fans out there so we had to include these Mushroom Lamps. Made with a white LED, it is 13 cm around with a base size of 10.8 x 14 cm and weighs 161g. If you don’t have an available USB port, just pop in 4 AA batteries (not included.) It available in three colors for only $13.00.

(Thanks, Fanny)

Olympic Athletes Glow in the Dark

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wearables, Design, Misc. Tech,

This is what the well-dressed ski bum will be wearing in the future. Presented as part of Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, the LED-lit ski suit was designed by Willy Bogner. Solar-powered, it has an optical output ration of 55 Lumens/Watts. Also featured was the “Private Space Suit” with its flexible LED panel that can go on a jacket or pants with a lifespan of up to 50,000 hours. We hope that Germany has a lot more sun during its winter than we do or the clothing will be merely expensive and gaudy.

Gift Boxes Have Holiday Spirit

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech,

LED Gift Boxes The powers that be running the Postal Service suggest that you never mail batteries inside whatever they are supposed to run, but show up at your next party with these color-changing boxes and you can spend less on a gift because your hosts will find you either super-impressive or super-tacky.They come in threes with satin ribbon and continuously alter their hues. The large is 170 mm square with 8 LEDs, the medium is 115 mm square with 4 LEDs, and the small is 75 mm square with 4 LEDs. Each requires 3 AAA batteries (not included.) Look for a price of $39.95 for the trio.

Bluetrek Releases Sense Headset

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wireless / WiFi,

Bluetrek’s Sense Bluetooth V1.2 headset has replaced the need for buttons with a touch-sensitive capability. The earphone also features an LED battery level indicator, and a voice alert to confirm your function choice, missed calls and low battery. A detachable wire ear hook is provided and you should get about four hours of talk time or five days of standby. At a size of 50 mm x 15mm and a weight of only 8 grams, the Sense will work up to a range of 10 meters. Look for it early next year at a price of £49.99 (~$103.00.)

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to rock LEDs

Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Misc. Tech, Science,

Let it be known that we New Yorkers take our “going green” seriously. The newly arrived Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree—like its holiday arch-rival the New Year’s Eve Ball—is replacing its incandescent bulbs with energy-friendly LED lights, 30,000 of them to be exact. This means the 84-foot tall Norway Spruce’s electricity consumption will be reduced from 3,510 to 1,297 kilowatt hours per day (the savings equals the monthly consumption of a 2000-square-foot home). Plus, when the tree is taken down in January, it will become lumber for houses built by Habitat for Humanity (take that New Years Ball!). If you’re in New York this holiday season, pay this tree the props it deserves by visiting between 5:30 am and 11:30 pm.

Umbrella Issues Daily Report

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, Science,

AF Umbrella For those of you who are never sure when to take your umbrella with you, the Ambient Forecasting Umbrella receives a daily report from Accuweather for about 150 U.S. locations. It also has blue LEDs that will flash if rain or snow is on the way. At a size of 41 1/2 x 58-inch diameter, the push-button opening umbrella also has network signal and low battery indicators, and runs on a single C battery (not included.) We think that for the $99.99 price, we would just as soon only have the handle, because if a huge thunderstorm is on the way, you definitely do not want to be under metal.

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