Gadget Gifts

This is an innovative gadget radio that lets you tune into more than 16,000 radio stations around the world through the power of WiFi.

Perhaps you have travelled to many other countries before or you speak several languages.  This internet enabled radio lets you listen to news and other radio from all across the world easily.

I gotta tell you honestly I am a bit tired of just getting my news from MSNBC.  There are millions of other news organizations across the world with much broader perspective.  It seems this CC WiFi helps you tap into that source.  It has 99 memory presets a remote control, alarm clock and a WiFi Signal strength indicator. It does require a broadband internet connection.

Source: CCrane

There is nothing like sitting on cold stadium bleacher stands at your kids football or soccer game especially when fall comes around and it is back to school season.

These Lava Buns solve that problem whether you area looking to stay either warm or cool.

Simply microwave the microcore element for less than 5 minutes and place it inside the Lava Bun seat cushion.  Then you can sit comfortably for hours no matter where you are… at home, at your kids next soccer or football game, or simply right in your car seat in the middle of the winter.

These seem like an outstanding alternative to heated car seats.  I think heated car seats should be a standard feature up here in the Northeast, but until that happens these Lava Buns would probably be just as good.

This retro radio gadget has been issued a “Royal Warrant of Appointment”. That basically means that it is provided to the Royal Family in England.

This radio has the look and style that is exact opposite to most radios I have seen on the market today.  Most radios today are either black or silver and have a million tiny buttons on them.

This retro radio really looks kind of cute and would probably brighten up any living room or even kitchen for that matter.  This looks like the kind of radio you get your Mom or Dad as a gift.  It seems like it is one of those gifts you get that makes you never really forget that it was a gift and how special a gift it was.

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Sick and tired of waiting for commercials to end to get your local weather forecast?  Maybe you don’t like your local weatherman anymore?

Well here is an interesting alternative that puts you in total control of your local weather forecast.

This is a complete weather station from Oregon scientific and includes wireless sensors that operate on solar power.

It provides a 12 to 24 hour weather forecast and has long range sensors that operate up to 300 feet from the main unit.

You can monitor wind speed and direction, rainfall (with a self emptying rain gauge), indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor humidity and barometric pressure with the touch screen LCD.

                                                      Most of the time I do not really pay too much attention to the weather, especially during the summer months.  But when winter comes along I tend to be more alert about it simply because here in the Northeastern United States we have bad winter storms and ice storms that can be very random.

This portable weather radio and freeze alarm seems to solve some of my anxieties and maybe yours too?

I suppose it is especially useful for those who spend a lot of extra time outdoors (work for Fedex or UPS ?) but on the other hand maybe your Mother or Father likes to keep tabs on the weather if they are on the go a lot or especially concerned about the weather.

Here are a few stats on this neat portable weather gadget.

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Here is another simple baby gadget that does just one thing and does it really well.

If you have a baby, surely you know how frequently your baby spits out the pacifier.  Maybe it falls in the crib, or on the floor.  But surely you wouldn’t want to put that back in your baby’s mouth would you?

Have no fear because the always clean pacifier gadget is designed so that the pacifier always stays clean.

When dropped this pacifier closes so that the nipple is shielded. So it saves you from having to clean the pacifier every 20 seconds and it also keeps your baby from putting a dirty or germ ridden pacifier in his/her mouth!

For a long time now we have known about the power of the arc.  Used in the construction of famous buildings and monuments worldwide… So why not use the structure of the arc in a computer mouse.  After all, next to the keyboard and computer screen it is one of the most used and most necessary devices that goes with a computer.

A few stats on this mouse:

• Foldable design for extreme portability
• 2.4 Ghz wireless giving a 30 foot range
• Laser guided pointer
• 6 month batterly life, 3 year warranty
• PC, Mac

Is there anyone who has not heard of Amazon kindle yet?

Amazon kindle is a reading gadget that allows you to read books electronically instead of on paper.  Kindle is basically the same thing as a very light portable laptop computer that can display text except that kindle is specifically designed for clarity in reading (the black and white razor sharp e-ink screen) and ease of access to books (can hold 3500 books and download them within seconds).

Kindle is also extremely thin at only 1/3 of an inch.  This model shown here, Kindle DX has a 9.7 inch screen, built in PDF reader, long battery life, a ‘read to me’ feature that has it read to you and more.

I am only skimming the surface on all the features kindle has.  You can read all about the full features in detail here.  I do not own a Kindle DX but it sure is on my wish list because I love to read newspapers and this reading gadget would be a great way to get the news I want from newspapers quickly, cleanly and efficiently.

I think Amazon Kindle may go down as the second greatest innovation next to the Apple iphone.  The apple iphone revolutionized the telephone, and I think Kindle revolutionizes the art of reading.  It is like having an entire library right on your desk.