Category: Holiday

Nemo goes High Techie with the USB Desktop Aquarium

On the weekend we went to the pet store. I happened to notice a cool gizmo aquarium that is ideal for your kids room. The USB Desktop Aquarium has an in built LCD alarm clock and an overhead LED light (adjustable).  The alarm clock features time, date, temperature, snooze, countdown timer and six different nature …

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Secure File Encryption with the Defender H100 External USB Hard Drive

A few months ago, one of my uncles gave me a call regarding a solution for his patients personal data. According to the requirements of the ministry of health he has to keep this information on an secure encrypted drive. After researching many options we came up with a relative inexpensive solution from Imation that …

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Plustek OpticFilm 120 film scanner blows away the competition

Gizmo Readers, my dad is a traditional photographer. He still has thousands of slide photographs in his work area. In past I have purchased him a digital slide to pc scanner. However the images scanned have been disappointing. Whether it be the resolution or the color, the output of the scanned image is far inferior …

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Gizmo Baby Tweets with Kickbee the High Tech Pregnancy Belt

It seems that kids these days are becoming more technologically educated at an earlier age.   However, here is a gizmo that may have pushed this concept to a new level. Kickbee is a cool gadget that senses when baby is active and tweets when it detects baby has kicked mommy.  The concept behind the technology …

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Baby Gizmo gets down to business with the iPotty with Activity Seat for iPad

A close relative of mine is expecting their first child and I have been looking for a baby gift for them. One of the challenges is that I don’t know the gender of the child. I do know however both of the parents are very technologically astute parents. Looking online I came across a perfect …

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Secure Solar Overhead Gizmo Lights

New Gizmo readers, over the last few days we have been working on the getting the garden ready for the summer season. Looking at our existing solar lamps we have problems with their both their luminosity and their positioning. Our solar stick lights are a pain, because they do not provide much brightness and I …

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Gizmo perfect photo with the QuikPod Explorer II

Have you ever wondered how some photographers get that hard to reach photo above the crowd? What about when your on vacation (especially in a country where you don’t speak the language) it can be difficult to ask someone to take a photo for you. Well QuikPod has a solution for you. The Explorer II …

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PickPockets get busted by the Zuma 9 secure backpack

Here is a simple gadget that we had a chance to try out at the Exposure Photo & Video Imaging Show 2013. The Zuma 9 Secure Traveler is a theft proof backpack created by Tamrac. It is large enough to store your camera, iPad and your various camera accessories. The backpack is secure, great for …

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