Shane Fernandes

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Protect your Identity from RFID Pickpockets

This morning on the news a reporter was talking about the modern high tech pick pockets. Most consumers are not aware of what of their bank cards are RFID enabled. This leaves us exposed to thieves walking buy with a small handheld and literally stealing the money out of our wallets without us even knowing. …

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An Intelligent Speaker phone based on Environmentally Smart Technology

As with many states, here it is illegal to talk on a phone in the car unless you are using a hands free device. However one of the challenges I encounter with my blue tooth speaker is that the battery is always dead because I forget to charge it. Our friends at Griffin Technology have …

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Meet the Worlds First WiFi Deadbolt Lock

On the weekend we went to a door lock store to purchase some key locks for our house. The owner of the store showed us a demonstration of a cool key lock made to us by our friends at LockState. The LockState LS-DB500i is the worlds first WiFi Deadbolt Lock. Through your internet connection you …

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Gizmo Reader Certified: the Security Man ClockCam

Gizmo readers as you are aware we encourage our readers to provide us with feedback not only on our blogs but on gadgets they use at home, in the office or when out playing.  Here is a great gadget recommended by one of our readers (thank you Jim from West Beach) for home or office …

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Track Fido when he escapes with the Garmin Dog Tracking GPS

A few years ago we used to have a dog, but unfortunately he was very smart and often escaped outside our backyard and he went on walks throughout the neighborhood. Unfortunately for us it meant long hours of driving around the neighborhood and calling his name in the hope that he would come back. Well …

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Camping gets Gagetized with the SOLARBAK solar powered backpack

On the weekend, I went to my local store to upgrade some of my camping gear. To my surprise getting away from it all doesn’t mean you can’t be in touch with the network. Amongst the camping gear was a solar powered backpack which charges mobile devices. In addition to being able to charge your …

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Put all your Apples in Griffin’s one Cart

There is a famous saying about not putting your eggs in one basket .. or apples in one cart.  Well one of the issues with technology is when you have too many carts for your apples and not enough room for the carts.  This is very applicable in our household  where finding real estate to …

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Capture Captain Jack’s treasure with the Aqua-Vu Underwater Video Camera and Claw

Gizmodians, my father-in-law loves his fishing and is my go to guy for the latest in fishing gadgets. Surfing the web I found a really cool cutting edge underwater camera that takes fishing to a new level. Created by Aqua-Vu, the Claw Underwater Color Video Camera with Robotic Recovery Claw not only allows the user …

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