There’s no point in locking checked luggage when flying. If customs or security wants to take a look in your bag, they’re just going to circumvent anything you do. But carry-ons? Well that’s a different story. A little added security never hurts, and with this ‘Crown Edition’ carry-on luggage from Heys, you’ll never have to worry about keeping track of those tiny keys either.
A built-in rechargeable biometric fingerprint reader ensures that only you, or 7 other people of your choosing, have access to your precious toiletries and change of underwear. And the shell is made from “nearly indestructible, 100% German polycarbonate” which is important to note because Germany is well-known for their polycarbonate. (Actually I have no idea if that’s true.) There’s a bunch of other high-end features outlined on the Heys’ website which don’t sound as fun as biometrics or German plastic, but how else are you going to convince people to spend $2,200 on a carry-on?
You have to be a brave soul to let your kids anywhere near your iPad with magic markers in hand (are they really that magic?) but I like what Griffin has created here. It’s a shatter-resistant polycarbonate shell that turns your iPad into a tracing desk, allowing kids to slip in a standard letter-sized piece of paper and trace out an image to be colored in later. Now I know that some of you are recoiling in horror thinking about the ink that might soak through onto your iPad’s display, but the case also includes a polycarbonate transparent screen shield, so in theory it’s completely safe.
There’s an accompanying LightBoard Trace app that’s free to download which includes 35 tracing patterns, animations and even a game that teaches kids how to write their names, but I like the flexibility of also being able to just trace out any old image on screen. My dreams of an L.A. Law themed coloring book might finally come to fruition! $39.99 available directly from Griffin.
Isn’t it cool when the far-off technology you see in movies or on TV eventually becomes a reality? The Xbox 360′s Kinect is making those crazy gestural interfaces seen in Minority Report feasible, and now Elecom is applying some of the science fiction seen on South Park to their USB peripherals. Specifically, Dr. Mephesto’s ground-breaking research into multiple asses.
I mean that’s clearly what inspired Elecom to create this SD card reader that’s capable of holding not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 SD cards, including the SDHC and SDXC varieties, at one time. So users of professional DSLRs that can hold and write to a couple of SD cards at one time don’t have to worry about them fighting over their old card reader’s single slot. It’s yet another one of those devices that’s readily available to buy if you live in Japan, but if you’re anywhere else you’ll need to deal with an importer and their considerable markup, like Geek Stuff 4 U who wants ~$48(¥3,980) for it.
What impresses me most about this real-life Tron lightcycle is that the bike shop who created it, Parker Brothers Custom Choppers, only had access to reference photos of the bike taken from the internet. No official plans, or 3D models from the film’s post-production shops. And given they had to cram a Suzuki TLR1000 V-twin engine, brakes and other functional bits in there required to make them street legal, I’d say the bikes turned out pretty impressive. Even if they don’t exactly turn on a dime, as you’ll see in this video of some of the test drives. (3 if anyone out there is taking my Christmas wish list seriously.)
The shop actually built 10 of these replicas, and is selling them for $55,000 a pop. It makes a much better piece of movie memorabilia than a plastic collapsing lightsaber if you ask me, but if you want one you better act fast since apparently there are only 4 left.
When you think about it, 27-inches is a good amount of space for something you’ll be using on your desk. And Dell’s U2711 IPS panel delivers some impressive specs at a reasonable price. It usually sells for $1,099.00 but after $100 off from Dell and an additional 10% coupon, the screen will be delivered to your door for $899.
Features WQHD 2,560 x 1,400 resolution IPS panel, 6ms grey-to-grey response time, 80,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 8-in-1 card reader, 1 USB 2.0 upstream port, 4 USB 2.0 downstream port, capacitive-touch switches for setup and more. Accepts multiple video inputs including HDMI 1.3, DisplayPort, two DVI, Component & Composite.
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