Piquing Our Geek: The 3Doodler
With a crew of budding artists in my home, I’ve often thought about investing in a 3D printer so I could turn their drawings into sculptures. But now with these new amazing gadget, doodles can become a piece of art all at the same time. Meet the 3Doodler, a...
Piquing Our Geek: A recharging pillow to keep your cell phone comfy while it’s powering up
With as much as we’re using our mobile phones, it’s only fitting that they have a nice comfy place to rest at night, right? Check out this new “pillow” from the makers of those popular beanbag style chairs, that lets Nokia Lumia 920 users...
Piquing Our Geek: Tethercell turns your phone into a remote control for anything with batteries
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: The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
While I was cleaning out my mom’s house this summer, I found a boatload of old 35mm film negatives and other than send them to a service that develops old photos, I had absolutely no idea what to do with them. Well, with this campaign on Kickstarter (update: and...
Piquing our Geek: An eco solar phone charger just for teens
With more kids than ever carrying iPods and cell phones (when they’re ready, of course) more kids than ever are going to find themselves stuck without power just when you’re trying to reach them. Or…using that as a convenient excuse? Here’s one...
Piquing Our Geek: 1 Second Everyday creates a priceless recording of your life
Recently, I wrote about Animoto’s Best of 2012 Facebook video feature allowing you to create a montage of major highlights in 2012. A cool way to look back on big moments, but what if there were a way to compile all the small moments that make up life and put it...
Piquing Our Geek: IKEA cardboard camera
I love how IKEA is really branching out into the world of tech with their cool interactive catalog as well as an IKEA YouTube channel to help you assemble your SKITFCT. Heh. Well, now they’re launching a new limited edition gadget that combines high...
Piquing our Geek – A safe cell phone for kids. For real.
When I think of safe cell phones for kids, I think of two things. The first is safety from strangers or other people; the second is safety from cell phone radiation. And now there’s a cell phone in the works that’s going to solve both issues beautifully....
Piquing our Geek: Ditch the TV remote with nTobeBox gesture control
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...Creating Secure Passwords: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
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