Archive for the 'On The Road' Category

CNN Money:
Nutrition experts say you should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. The corporate IT department, on the other hand, doesn’t want liquids anywhere near your computer.
In an effort to protect the health of my body and my hardware, I’ve tried several different kinds of water bottles, but they all share […]

CNN Money:
For years I’ve been looking for a bag with compartments for all my gadgets that I could take on a plane or into a boardroom.
With the BBP hybrid, I’ve finally found it - a bag that can be a backpack, messenger bag, or briefcase and looks professional enough to go anywhere.
It has […]

Popgadget:
Don’t you just hate it when you run out of battery power for your mobile devices? Then you need the Just Mobile Gum Portable Power Pack. With a capacity of 2200mAh, it can charge a typical mobile phone twice to full capacity. Only 70mm in length, it’s small enough so you can throw it in […]

Think Geek:
Weighing in at just slightly over one ounce, this little network tool will come in very handy the next time you are installing, upgrading or troubleshooting your network cabling.
The LinkCheck can be used to test for the presence and speed of standard RJ45 10Mb or 100Mb Ethernet connections. With the push of a […]

TechnaBob:
The brilliant minds of industrial design firm Sonic Design came up with this design for an iPod-inspired bottle opener called the iDrink.
In keeping with Apple’s DRM (Drinker’s Rights Management) policies, the iDrink opener will only open bottles which have been purchased from the iDrink store (99 cents each). In addition, the opener features a built-in […]

Lifehacker:
The Inflight USB Power Unit connects directly to the headphone jack found in the armrests of most commercial airplane seats and passes power to your gadgets via a USB connection.
It would be convenient as hell to have outlets at every seat instead of headphone jacks, but now you can get the best of both […]

Gadgetell:
Here’s a useful tool! Imagine sticking your mobile phone to your dashboard surface without worries of it falling off at the mere acceleration of your car.
Here’s how it works. Tough 3M adhesives at the back of this Proporta Magnetic Dashboard mount causes it to attach to your dashboard, which in turn secures your gadgets safely […]

Gizmodo:
No need to curse the darkness with this Nightlighter, which not only lights your path ahead but shines a couple of really bright LEDs toward the ground, assuring you that you won’t trip over that sleeping dog in the middle of the floor when the lights have gone out.
Powered by a trio of AAAs, the […]

PC Magazine:
Capture memories with live video, thanks to the EZ201 Small Wonder by RCA.
It’s a portable digital camcorder that lets you record up to 60 minutes of standard definition or up to 30 minutes of high-res to its 512MB flash memory.
With the integrated Memory Manager software, users can download video through a USB […]

PC Magazine:
LeapFrog’s FLY Fusion Pentop Computer can take handwritten notes to a whole new level.
The digital pen can read handwritten notes and upload them to your PC via USB, converting them into editable text.
But that’s only the beginning. Associate Editor, Reviews Molly McLaughlin used the FLY Fusion to set reminders, crunch numbers, […]