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LED Bath Light

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

LED Bath LightA while back we found a shower head that measures temperature and changes colors, but for bath fanatics, there is an LED Bath Light that does so much more. It not only displays temperature by colors and numbers, it can be put in Color Mode for when you are feeling frisky and Candle Mode when you want calm. Flashlight Mode is simply bright and solid. It also has its own charging base. Designed by Kai Chen, it is an upgrade on his original prototype lamp.

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CVSCL-8100 Shower Head Tells Temperature

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Household, Misc. Tech

LED Shower HeadHow often do you start to get in the shower only to find out that the water is either boiling hot or ice cold? The CVSCL-8100 Lighted Shower Head changes color depending on the water temperature. The LED displays green for less than 32º C, blue for 33 to 41º C, red for 42 to 45º and flashing red for anything above 46º C (~114.8º F.) The LSH carries a price of $17.16 and comes with everything you need to install.

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Forehead Voice Thermometer

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Household, Misc. Tech

Voice thermometerThe Voice Thermostat measures forehead temperature with infrared in about 1 1/2 seconds. It displays it on its screen as well as speaking out. It also saves the last 30 test results with exact date and time.  The company claims that it is reliable within ± 0.2 ° C and can be used for liquids. At a size of 3.5 x 11 x 2.5 cm and a weight of 65g, the VT comes with a 3V lithium battery and a 2 year warranty for € 39.95 (~$63.00.) By the way, the German site didn’t say what language it speaks in.

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USB 3-Port Hub/Calculator

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, USB, Misc. Tech

USB Hub/CalculatorHere’s another double-duty hub. The 2.0 USB 3-Port Hub comes with a calculator. It also has a built-in thermometer, a 12/24 hour World Clock, a calendar, an alarm, timer, and time announce. The device supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista and, at a size of 180 x 99 x 22mm and a weight of 149g, the hub comes with its own cable at a price of $19.00. Now that we think about it, it is more like quadruple-duty.

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Ran’s Night Monitors Woman’s Cycle

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science

Ran's Night MonitorIf you have decided it’s time to enlarge your family, Ran’s Night will keep track of a woman’s cycle to the extent that it displays her previous night’s temperature as well as saving a week’s worth of data. You can connect with monthly info by hooking your PC up with their site Ran’s Story, where you can also find tips, tricks and others that are doing what you are on their community forum. Available in orange or green, pre-order for $125.00.

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Improvements Timex Rain Gauge System

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science

Rain GaugeCollector

You can punch up The Weather Channel, stick a ruler in a tin can, but hey, how cool is this? The Improvements Timex Rain Gauge System uses radio waves to transmit information up to 100 feet. Good for a desk top or wall mounting, it lets you know rainfall amount, time, and temperature. The device comes with a self-emptying collector (hardware included.) The system needs 2 AA and 3 AAA batteries (not included) and carries a price of $34.99.

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Eurovia Pavement Varnish Warns of Ice

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Science, Transportation

Eurovia Varnish

When you are indoors you can feel safer with the Footlume rug and France’s Eurovia is working on a way to let drivers know about icy conditions outside. Going through trials now, the temperature sensitive varnish turns pinkish when the road begins to freeze to less than 1º C and returns to its natural color when it melts. The paving company is hoping that its testing, including a 5 km stretch near Havre, will be successful enough to let us all share in its benefits soon.

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Fête Keeps Constant Temperature

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

Fête Serving PlatesRosalin 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.

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Turn Your TV Into a Weather Station

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech, Science

TV Weather Station

We have found a device that allows you to keep up with the current weather without waiting until the 11:00 news. The TV Weather Station works on your TV screen with data received from outdoor sensors up to about 200 feet. Hook it up with its included RCA cable and receive 11 weather conditions such as temperature, wind speed and chill factor, and barometric pressure from its sensors and radio transmitter. It also forecasts the next 12 hours based on trends from the past 3 days. The station will set you back $129.95 and requires 4 AA batteries (not included), but we still think it would be an improvement from the yardstick in a tin can that we have in our backyard.

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Embraco Helps Gamers Chill Out

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Video Games

Refrigerated Docking Station

When we first saw this gadget, we though it was meant to tell your shoe size electronically. Embraco, in cooperation with Intel, has created the Refrigerated Docking Station for gaming laptops that, with its compressor, churns out cool air as opposed to just blowing around what is already there. It can reduce the temperature as much as 40%. There is also a temperature sensor to keep track of its progress. Available for the Holiday rush, this should carry a MSRP of about $150.00.

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