Gadgets
Wrist Power [Gadget]
Posted By Jeff On April 5, 2010 @ 9:40 am
A few months ago (actually a year come to think of it) there was a new product that came out called Wrist power (or Wrist Band Portable Battery), a universal battery recharger that you wear on your wrist. Within 24 hours of me reading the article on Boing Boing, they were sold out. Last month, they came back in stock, and I’m sure I was first in line to get one.
To be honest, I had a hard time getting it from the post office, but I can’t regret the extra effort. Wrist power charges up using as micro USB to USB cord, takes about 4 hours to fully charge and holds a fair amount. I was able to charge my Motorola Milestone from 50% to 100% in just over an hour (this while I was using it with GPS turned on, so I’d say it gave it about an 80% charge). It was well worth the $27 bucks it cost me (including S&H).
The Wrist Power bracelet came with a Nintendo DS, PSP, mini USB, Ipod, a ‘Nokia plug’ and a ‘Samsung connector’ (no idea what it’s called). It connects using pin, so most recharger ends will work. I ended up having to pick up a Motorola car charger kit from The Source to get mine, works fine with the bracelet.
- Pros:
- Cheap price
- Charges quickly
- Holds a good amount of power
- Recharges device quickly
- Not that bulky
- Cons:
- ‘Universal’ didn’t have the micro USB connector I needed
- Strap has 2 snaps, but only 1 snap hole (so the 1st snap sticks out if you have small wists)
- Rubber grip on the outside tends to make taking off long sleeve shirts a hassle
- Fear of being Luke Skywalker’d if it blows up.
Overall, I like this product. It does what I wanted it to do, and does it pretty easily. I like the idea of knowing that when my phone dies because I’ve checked in to 20 places on Foursquare and watched 50 youtube videos I have a backup. Oh, and it makes me look cool…right?
You can buy it for as low as $22 CAD at ChinaVasion in either black or White.
A Gamer's home is his castle
Posted By Jeff On October 1, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
*may or may not include princess*
I don’t know about you, but Pac-Man seems to constantly have an impact on my life. It may come in the form of a T-shirt from a friend or just me eating random dots off the ground. But after a long day of chasing ghosts, wouldn’t you like to just put your feet up? Me too, so buy me this footstool thanks.
While you’re at it, buy me this medal for being epicly old skool too. Console Wars Veteran
Pizza Vending Machine!
Posted By Jeff On September 26, 2008 @ 1:43 am
Are you sick of eating the same crap out of vending machines? Does your cafeteria have…less then appetizing menus? You need to install a Wonder Pizza vending machine!
This first-of-it’s-kind machine will serve you 9″ pizzas in 2 minutes flat. Is that amazing? You betcha! Not only am I going to file it as a suggestion at my place of employment, I might have installed in my apartment (seriously I will, don’t question me)!
Check out the video here, it’ll make you hungry or you’re money back.
Holographic ID cards
Posted By Jeff On July 1, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
I was sitting here thinking earlier about ID cards with pictures on them, such as drivers licenses. Almost everybody I’ve ever known tends to complain “My picture is ugly” or “My eyes were closed” or “My picture makes me look like a rabid goat with herpes”; rarely any good comments about the pictures. That’s when I came up with the idea of holographic ID cards.
So lets take how this would work with a Drivers Licensee: The base picture would be a good looking picture of the person (it might take some work, but would be worth it). The 2nd part of the holographic image would be of them completely smashed, drunk out of their mind. The third image would be them with fake blood and such on their face so it looks like they went through a windshield. see where this is going?
So lets say Joe Blow needs to show the ID to buy some beers at the bar, the bartender would look at the good looking picture and see it matches. So they drink the beers and hop in their car and get pulled over: the cop takes the ID turns it to see the drunk picture and can tell right away they’re completely out of it. So he writes them a ticket but lets him go since it’s the first time and tells the sober friend to drive. So the friend jumps in the driver’s seat and starts booting it down the road at 120 km/h and runs right into the back of a minivan and flies through the windshield. No problem, now all they have to do is turn the ID to the last position and see if the shredded face matches the one lying in a bloody mess in the ditch.
And that’s why we need holographic ID cards.
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