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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Deal Of The Day: $400 Off On HP ENVY 15t-3200

By David Ponce on 06/28/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

HP’s line of ENVY laptops has been on the top tier for quite some time. And the 15t-3200 we’re looking at today features updated internals, specifically Intel’s new Ivy Bridge CPU. This particular chip today comes in a Core i5-3210M 2.5GHz flavour, along with 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7750M graphics, 6GB DDR3 RAM, and 750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive. That’s a lot of firepower and usually goes for $1,349 but it’s down to $949 after today’s $400 rebate. As usual, it’s including shipping.

[ $400 Off On HP ENVY 15t-3200 ] VIA [ LogicBuy ]

XWave Sport Can Tell You What Your Brain Should Already Know

By David Ponce on 06/27/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

What you have here is a sports headband with an integrated brain wave sensor. This feeds into a smartphone for analysis. Why? We’re not sure since, while commercially available, the product is in fairly early development. Our understanding is that your “relaxation, focus and other parameters” can be analyzed while you work out to inform you of your own brain status. Are you pushing yourself to the max, or are you just feeling lazy? Now that you’ve been jogging for 4 hours straight, is it your body that’s about to fail, or is it your brain? Are these the sort of questions it seeks to answer? We don’t really know. The company is touting the availability of SDKs for outside developers to create the kind of software that could give the XWave Sport the sort of functionality we hope it can have. For now it’s a sweat-proof, washable headband that can read some brain activity parameters. It’s $99 and available now for Android devices, and not iOS just yet.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmologia ]

Tape With Rip Cord Makes Scissors Obsolete

By David Ponce on 06/27/12 • 3 Comments

By David Ponce

Packing stuff up with tape means that at some point that tape will have to be removed. Most of the time we take our keys out here in the office, and we try to cut through the bunched up tape with the equivalent of a blunt saw. Sometimes one of us will reach for the scissors, but that’s more effort than can usually be mustered. If only things had been packaged with the above Rip Cord, our life would be immeasurably improved. It’s Quirky’s take on the classic tape, featuring, well, a rip cord down the middle. Simply pull on that when you want to open your package and it splits in two, just like that.

There’s no word on when or even if it’s going to go into production, but Quirky projects that if it does, a roll would sell for $4.

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Licensed Portal 2 Turret Up For Purchase

By David Ponce on 06/27/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

The above is a 16 inch tall replica of the turrets you find in the game Portal. It looks just like the one in the game and for good reason: it was made using the game’s 3D files for it. Turns out it’s a functional replica too, minus the laser: there’s a motion detector that makes the turret light up when you wave a hand in front of it. And there’s a slightly more expensive version with audio effects, which include “in-game turret activiation, search, auto search, disabled, and tipped over sounds as well as other voice samples.” Whether you get the $300 without sound or the $325 with sound version, they’re both cast in high quality poly-stone and hand-finished and hand-painted. The initial production run understandably sold out pretty quickly, but there’s a waiting list you can get on with a pre-order. No word on when the next batch will be made, though there are talks of the company making replicas of other characters in the game.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Geek.com ]

Tetris Cushions Feature The Entire Family, Even Straight Line

By David Ponce on 06/27/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

It’s nice to see them all hanging out, bunched together as if there’s supposed to be no family feud. You know which feud we mean; the one where Straight Line shows up at the party so darn late that by the time he makes an appearance you already hate him. Judging by the above picture, you’d think he’s just another piece but if you purchase this set of cushions, you’ll be free to make things right. You can even set Straight Line on fire for having made you sweat so many times when playing the game! Although we don’t suggest you do, because the entire set of rather large (up to 2 ft. across and 6 inches deep) cotton/polyester cushions costs a hard to swallow $280. That works out to roughly $40 a piece and we can think of a couple better uses of a pair of Jacksons than fiery revenge.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ DVice ]

Deal Of The Day: $99 Off On Nokia Lumia 900

By David Ponce on 06/27/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

The Lumia 900 by Nokia is the company’s flagship handset. Lots of people were excited to see it come out just a few weeks ago, but in ever clearer proof that waiting pays, it’s now $0 after today’s rebate with a two year contract with AT&T. This is actually a new deal that’s being offered to match the no longer existing deal from Nokia. “The Lumia 900 is an LTE packing Windows Phone smartphone that features a 4.3″ AMOLED display, 1.4GHz processor, and an 8MP camera.”

[ $99 Off On Nokia Lumia 900 ] VIA [ LogicBuy ]

CyberQ Wifi Device Brings BBQing Into The 21st Century

By David Ponce on 06/26/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

We tried our hands at using a smoker here at OhGizmo HQ once. The meat that resulted was sooty, tough, acrid, bitter and just plain gross. That’s probably because we had no idea what we were doing and the smoker we were using was cheap. But even with a better quality smoker and half a clue as to what to do, it’s pretty hard to get it right. The CyberQ Wifi device wants to make it as simple as possible. Featuring one pit probe as well as three food probes, it keeps an eye on temperatures and relays this information to you via Wifi. You can be in your living room and monitor the cooking through a smartphone. And even if you’re not looking at your phone the entire time, alarms can be setup for when temps deviate too far up or down from a set goal.

But the CyberQ Wifi is more than just a remote thermometer. As we understand it, it’s able to actually control your pit, raising or lowering temperatures itself as needed. Seeing as we’re still BBQ noobs, we don’t really understand how it does this. But from the looks of it, the $295 it will cost you appear to be money well spent.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Uncrate ]

Deal Of The Day: $680 Off On Lenovo IdeaPad Y580

By David Ponce on 06/26/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

Going away from Dell laptops for a bit, we now look at the Lenovo IdeaPad Y580. It’s billed as a gaming laptop and it does pack some decent firepower to kind of earn the badge. This model comes with the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 2GB graphics, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 720p HD webcam, as well as a Core i7 quad Ivy Bridge CPU, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB 5400rpm HDD. No you’re not looking as a sleek Ultrabook, this is a 15.6 inch machine, but you have to make room for the faster internals, so there you have it. It’s usually $1,579 but after today’s $680 rebate, you’re looking at a reasonable $899.

[ $680 Off On Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 ] VIA [ LogicBuy ]

FlyeBaby Hammock Finds A New Way To Fly With Baby

By David Ponce on 06/26/12 • 2 Comments

By David Ponce

As Andrew points out in his article, overhead compartments are not acceptable places in which to put a baby during flight. Nor is the cargo hold, surprisingly. Which means you’re left with the task of caring for this little human for what could be a long arduous flight. Any help is appreciated and the FlyeBaby Hammock is a start. Featuring a five-point harness system, it attached to the tray table in front of most airplane seats and to either side of you. You can then place baby right in front of you and interact with him during the cruise portion of the flight. This might help reduce the crying, which will make you a more popular parent. It follows FAA regulations and as long as it’s not used during taxiing, landing and takeoff, it shouldn’t be seen as a problem in any situation. There’s a line on the hammock that signifies the highest baby should be placed in case the person in front of you decides to recline; this will prevent baby’s head from being hit as this happens.

It’s $45 and available now. It’s actually been available for some time, but hey, first for us could mean first for some of you too!

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]

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