Ditch all the remote controls in your house thanks to Pronto. Cue angels singing.

by Kristen Chase | Life and Home

I can barely keep track of the TV remote control, let alone the one for the cable box, the Blu-Ray, the … you get where I’m going, which is why I was pretty enthralled with Pronto at CES 2015, a gadget and app that lets you control all those devices right...

SmartWood: Smartphone controlled toys with an old school DIY twist

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

My kids love remote-control vehicles, toys they can build themselves, and playing on my smartphone, so I know they’d go bananas for SmartWood, a new set of smartphone controlled toys which combine all three of their favorite things into one. But before any of...

Piquing Our Geek: Tethercell turns your phone into a remote control for anything with batteries

by Jeana | Uncategorized

With the onslaught of electronic (aka loud) toys that my kids received from family members over the holidays, the constant drone of high-pitched electronic voices or really loud sounds wore thin by oh…New Year’s. Imagine if you had an opportunity to...

Piquing our Geek: Ditch the TV remote with nTobeBox gesture control

by Jeana | Entertainment

If any of you have Kinect for Xbox, you are no stranger to how cool it is to be able to make things happen on screen using just your hands. The first time I used it, I felt like I was in some sci-fi movie of the future (in a good way). While it is a very cool feature...

What time is it? Half past Artoo.

by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys

If you’ve got a kid with a big love for gadgets, Star Wars, and having cooler things than other kids in the class, we think we’ve found the perfect thing. The R2-D2 watch is no mere digital wristwatch, it’s got radio control powers too, that can be...

Piquing Our Geek: Belkin WeMo

by Cool Mom Team | Life and Home

Given the amazing power of technology, it was only a matter of time before we’d be able to control our lights, our thermostat, even our garage door from smart gadgets. Well, thanks to Belkin, that time is right now. Or, very very soon. Their WeMo Home Automation...