Coolest Gadgets

If you were a gaming peripheral company, what would be the best way for you to introduce a new peripheral to the market? Why, we would think that one of the more ingenious methods would be to tie in your product launch with that of another game title that is so hotly anticipated, even grandmas won’t mind lining up for days to purchase a copy for their beloved grandchild (and themselves, of course). Sure, the latest Medal of Honor offering didn’t exactly come with an iPhone-like frenzy with queues starting a few days earlier, but it sure was a highly anticipated title. What better way than for SteelSeries to jump aboard this goodwill bandwagon by offering a slew of peripherals that might just make you drop some serious coin? More on the individual peripherals in the extended post. First of all, we have a couple of distinct SteelSeries gaming keyboards up for sale – the SteelSeries 6Gv2 mechanical keyboard Medal of Honor Edition and the fully customizable SteelSeries Shift...

Now here’s a new take on Lego, where it will come in the form of Storage Bricks. Yes, you read that right – isn’t it rather ironic that a giant sized Lego brick can be used to store stuff, although we’re pretty sure that many of you out there who purchase this won’t mind using it to hold your collection of loose Lego bricks as well. This is an officially licensed product, so you can be sure that quality if not just a byword but incorporated within. You can choose from small, medium or large Lego Heads which will retail for £8.99, £14.99 and £24.99, respectively.

No, don’t get mistaken by the Green Monster Talkatoo – it ain’t no cockatoo. Definitely worth looking into if you want something to spruce up your coffee table with something different. The Green Monster Talkatoo might seem rather menacing at first glance, but it works along the principle of giving out what you feed it – in this case, verbally. The Talkatoo is able to let your friends and family hear that you love them, or even when you miss them. Basically, it comes in the form of a necklace and has a little button that will record a 30-second voice message. Hitting the large button will let you hear your recorded message being played back, and you can repeat it as many times as desired, depending on how much battery life it has left within. Featuring high gloss, scratch resistant ink graphics which is applied to both sides of the pendant, the Green Monster Talkatoo retails for $16.99.

Although you can’t exactly switch your entire world of gadgets into solar-powered ones, you can certainly take care of the smaller gadgets. Having some sort of a fan to keep you cool when you’re not in the mood for air conditioning requires you to use more power from your car. However, if you picked up this Solar Power Auto Cooler you could easily handle taking some edge off of that heat. You might not use it in place of your air conditioning all of the time, but sometimes that cold air isn’t necessary. For those times when you just want air flow this would work a whole lot better. Plus it’s the perfect solution for pet owners that sometimes leave their dog in the car for short periods. This isn’t the first solar fan for your car that’s been released, but it’s a whole lot cheaper than previous models. You can pick up one of these for £12.95 or about $21 through the Ethical Superstore. Source: Envirogadget

This is definitely a device with my name on it. Despite that I’m a great cook I have the ability to absolutely destroy the kitchen even when I’m making the most simple of ingredients. It’s just a talent of mine. This laptop stand was made for those types in mind. If you enjoy reading your recipes off of a laptop you can feel safer knowing that there is a barrier between the laptop and certain death it would find in the kitchen. Plus, it can even be used for cookbooks. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have to be careful with my cookbooks. I’ve already managed to permanently fuse a page or two together from spilling ingredients. This easily converts to double as a cookbook stand and a protector for it as well. Thanks to the design of the stand it’ll allow for you to alter the angle in which you view your laptop. You can pick up one of these for $35.95 through Amazon. Source: CraziestGadgets

Sure every gadget you own comes with a built-in clock, from the microwave to your cellphone, it’s hard not to always know the time. However, if you’d like something a little more old fashioned then this Retro Flip Down Clock could be a nice break from the digitized lives we lead. Instead of staring at an LCD screen with boring digital numbers you could pick this clock up that actually has character. It works exactly like you’d guess a flip down clock would. The little plastic pieces just flip as the time changes, it’s pretty basic stuff. It runs with gear operated time machinery and with a single D battery can run month after month after month. You can pick up one of these for $36.64 through Chinavasion. Of course like all Chinavasion products if you order in bulk it gets a bit cheaper. Source: TechFresh

Some of you might have a Desktop or Laptop that you might want to see on your big screen TV, and Aluratek has the USB to HDMI 720p Adapter that you would need for that. I had a chance to try out the AUH100F USB to HDMI Adapter, and I found it pretty handy for getting what is on my computer on the big screen. Set up was pretty simple, but it required me buying HDMI cable, something that I didn’t have on me. I had some trouble on set-up connecting with my computer’s USB, but the CD Rom was there to smooth that out. It wasn’t as easy as plug-and-play. I was able to get the 720p resolution with good sound, but I had one small problem: my television is a widescreen. So when my Windows were on my TV, Maximizing them made them so large that I couldn’t see the menu bar. I had to shrink it up, but it was good enough to get hulu.com on my television, which was my main reason for getting this adapter. So if you are in the market for trying to extend your desktop screen, ...