Archive for Tech Toys – Page 47

Rock On with V-Beat Air Guitar

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There’s Slash of Velvet Revolver, Santana and Jimmy Hendrix along with the plethora of guitar deities that can make their electric guitars cry for mercy with their superhuman rifts and rhythms. There are also the rock star wannabes that tops the Guitar Hero collections with super combos and killer scores using their 5 button air guitar. And there are the rest who are hoping to play like the gods but want the nearest thing to the real experience, and not just depend on the 5 pre-programmed button of an air guitar. That is why SilverLit Electronics came up with the V Beat Guitar, an electric guitar simulator with motion sensors to help aspiring guitar aficionados to finally play like experts.

Made for ages 8 and up, the 4 x AA-powered V Beat Guitar comes with three modes; the Freestyle, the Easy Go with pre-programmed rhythms when you just can’t wait to unleash the rock star inside you, and the Pop Academy which is the best mode for learning how to play the real thing. The other features include MP3 player connectivity, special sonic sensor to achieve major, minor or 7th chords and even produce real tremolo effect. To begin your journey to stardom, check the product here.

Geek-Style Boxing

Over here at Geekie we’re experiencing a little bit of boxing fever from the recently-concluded, monumental, historical event.

Allow me a little digression. What an awesome fight between Pacman and the Hitman! Two effing rounds, are you kidding?

So since we’re not over the boxing fever, and we want to do our own little KO the techie way, here are two ways to train your power hooks the Geekie way.

usb-boxerTest your punches and rhythm, and train those fingers as you pound on your keyboards. The USB Boxer gives you full control of the punching. With every press of the keyboard, you feel this little guys lethal throws on that tiny punching bag. Pound the keyboard your way to becoming a pound for pound champion yourself. Just plug in this power boxer in your USB port, load up and log in, and punch your way to a high score. Click here to get your own.

Want to try out your skills against an opponent? Think you’re ready to leave the training robot-boxingarena and get right in the ring with a mean killing machine? Duke it out first with the Rockem Sockem Robots. Popular back in the 60s, the Pacquiao vs. Hatton match-up should inspire you again to try out your punching power with this toy. You can move your little robot around this ring, and throw in some mean jabs as well. Here’s hoping you see that momentous KO. Grab yours here.

Mogo Mouse – A Must Have for Every Laptop User

Personally, I don’t use my laptop’s touch pad. I am more comfortable using a mouse. So for me, a mouse is an essential gear. But I must admit, it’s one more thing to remember to bring along, one more thing taking up space in my laptop bag, and one more thing with batteries to die at the most unfortunate times. Hence it would be great if there’s a business-card sized, Bluetooth-enabled mouse that docks and recharges inside my laptop’s card slot when it’s not being used, right? Fortunately, now, there is. It’s the Mogo Mouse!

mogo_mouse_bt_270x235Designed with the traveller in mind, the Mogo Mouse BT is not your usual mouse but it offers the same functionality as conventional laser wireless mice – scroll, right click, left click, but without the bulky, oversized design. Rather than trying to squeeze an awkwardly shaped external mouse in your laptop bag, you just store the Mogo Mouse BT inside the laptop itself (in the PC card slot specifically), where it’s also charged. When you need it, just eject it from the card slot, flip out the integrated stand to comfortably position the mouse, and you’re ready for action.

And because it’s Bluetooth-enabled, you’ll have wide wireless compatibility with any computer running Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X that has Bluetooth. The Mogo Mouse BT has also a built-in rechargeable battery that is automatically recharged each time it’s stored inside the card slot. It takes about 30 minutes to recharge the battery, and a single charge gets up to approximately 10 hours of normal use. How smart is that? If you have a PC card slot sitting around doing nothing, this looks like an ideal way to fill it.

Prices for this are constantly dropping, and as of press time, this MogoMouse can be had right here for only $62.82.

Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench

Say what? It’s not some ghostbustin’ device, no is it some form of scientific voodoo for your X-Files-worthy experiments. It’s an actual wrench, that you can use for just about anything.

For handymen out there, I’m sure you wouldn’t want your toolbox all cluttered up with different wrench sizes — just in case you will one day be needing that teeny-tiny size for wrenching up a lego man, or that gargantuan wrench for an industrial-sized assignment. Now there’s no need for all those tools — coz we got one that can do any kind of job. Plus, it has a cool-sounding name: The Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench.

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Believe it or not, there’s a whole science behind this design. It has water power inside, it has a liquid core that allows the wrench to be custom-fit to any type of bolt.

This is truly one techie device that you can find practical use for. Get your wrench right here, or pick one up for your guy.

i2i Wireless Audio Stream: Surround Without The Wires

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Ok so you have this dream of having the ultimate entertainment music portal in your home. You’ve finally completed converting your thousandth album to mp3, and you’ve installed it in your terrabyte-capacity mp3 player. Yes you have that, because you are the ultimate music man.

Now for the speaker set-up. Unfortunately, you can’t find a way of making sure your music collection, which you play from your bedroom, can be blared into the living room as well. Not unless you’re ok with having a web-like construction of wires and cables.

Well worry no more, technology always has the solution. The i2i Wireless Audio Stream is the way to go for you music manics. With this, there will be no more wires snaking around your home.

Simply plug your device into this one, and you can beam your tunes to the other i2i located in another room. This is a great way to share your music, or to create your own home disco. You can order the i2i Wireless Audio Stream right here.