iSwimband: The most essential poolside tech accessory parents could need

by Jeana | Best Apps

With this being the first summer with our third baby, I have been thrown back into super vigilant mode when it comes to pool safety. While summer is coming to a close, we’ve still got quite a few weeks of hot swim weather left (and an upcoming warm weather trip...

Piquing Our Geek: The Sproutling Wearable Baby Monitor

by Esther Chen | Babies, Gear + Hardware

With products like Jawbone and Fitbit  and dozens more that are ushering us into a new era of wearable tech, it seems only natural that wearable tech for babies is next, right? But a wearable baby monitor that can sense, learn and predict your baby’s behavior?...

Findster GPS tracking system helps you track something more valuable than your keys. Like your kids.

by Julie | Uncategorized

We’ve covered many cool tracking systems and devices that can help you find your stuff, or make sure you don’t leave it behind in the first place. But the new Findster GPS tracking system is actually designed to keep track of something more important than...

The Sense sleep monitoring system: It knows when you’ve been sleeping. It knows when someone’s snoring keeps you awake.

by Julie | Life and Home

As every parent would probably agree, sleep is essential but often elusive. So when we heard that the Sense sleep monitoring system had totally blown its Kickstarter goal out of the water, we weren’t surprised. But we were super curious to learn more. Sense uses...

MYBELL is more than a high-tech bike bell, it’s a life saver.

by Julie | Fitness + Health

I may be a fairly serious cyclist, but there are still times when I wish I had a bike bell. (Like when I’m dodging toddlers on ride-on toys on the bike trail. True story.) The new MYBELL bike accessory is one bell I’d be willing to put on my super sweet...

Cool light bulbs get even cooler with the Nanoleaf Bloom

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

Last year we discovered the Nanoleaf LED light bulb which, besides looking super cool, actually is. It’s a safer alternative to CF bulbs, projecting light 360-degrees like a traditional incandescent while saving money and energy. The one drawback, as I noted,...

New Samsung Galaxy Tablet S vs the iPad Air. Samsung is playing for keeps

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

Before we begin, I should tell you that I’ve been on the Apple cart from way back. However, since we’re keeping it real, I should also share that I’ve been impressed with Samsung’s overall smart device efforts in the last two or three years....

Wearable blood pressure monitors? Reader Q + A

by Jeana | Fitness + Health

Over the years, I’ve appreciated Cool Mom Tech’s recommendations for fitness and health trackers that record heart rate, sleep and activity patterns. Have you found gadgets, preferably wearable, that monitor blood pressure? – Karine Hi Karine, thanks...

The Jyrobike: Science meets technology meets whoa, my kid is finally riding a bike.

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

Editor’s Note (April 2015): Due to numerous issues with order fulfillment and reports about non-response from this company, we are compelled to rescind our recommendation of this company. We’re deeply disappointed by this because we value the awesome...

Smart Jewelry from Ringly: If you’re smart, you’ll want it.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories

Well if there was any doubt that wearable tech was blowing up–and getting prettier–you only have to look at these pages where it seems that there’s something new and cool coming out nearly every day now. Recently, it was the beautiful Misfit Shine...