Tiger Shark Warplane Ceiling Fan looks like a P-40 Warhawk crashed through your roof
When I was a kid, one of my dreams was to become a pilot. I blame the movie Top Gun for most of that desire, but my heart wasn’t necessarily set on an F-14 Tomcat, anything that could fly was good enough for me. Airplane, helicopter, space ship, it really didn’t matter. Naturally, this meant that I had a lot of toys of these various flying vehicles. While these things made me happy, I’d have loved just about anything flying-related in my room, including furniture.
If you have a kid that’s anything like I was, then I would highly recommend checking out this cool Tiger Shark Warplane Ceiling Fan. When I first looked at it, I realized just how brilliant the design was. The fan is designed to look like the nose of an old P-40 fighter, which, if you know your jets, had a three-bladed propeller on it. They captured many of the details of the fighter, right down to the shape and coloring of the blades.
Other than the resemblance to a World War II fighter jet, there really isn’t that much that sets this ceiling fan apart from the rest. IT has a 3-speed motor,and uses a 60-watt candelabra bulb for illuminating your room. The $261 price tag is a rather hefty premium over your standard ceiling fan, but can you really put a price on a child’s happiness?
Xentry transforms smartphone into electronic door caller display
There is nothing quite like taking something old and fashioning something new and updated out of it with a little bit of extra help from more modern technology, of course. Case in point, U.S. startup Xavage Technologies has decided to create a new kind of smartphone housing that will work in tandem with an app, and has christened it Xentry. Basically, Xentry is capable of transforming an older generation iPhone or even the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate into a door-mounted caller-display, letting you check out who is at the door at the moment, while allowing you to communicate with them via using a corresponding app. Since an older smartphone is used here, you need not worry too much that someone is going to steal a spanking new iPhone 5 from literally your doorsteps, which ought to provide some sense of relief to most of us.
Basically, with the Xentry, your old and retired smartphone will be mounted on the inside of your front door, where there will be a customized peephole attachment which replaces an existing peephole lens, letting the phone's camera to come into play instead, staring out into the corridor so that you know whether your pizza has come a-knockin'.
The "smart door" system will be able to stream real-time video as well as audio thanks to your home Wi-Fi network, so you need not have to fork out extra each month to have a SIM card working in the door-mounted smartphone. Other than that, there is also the ability to disguise your voice whenever you speak to the the caller at the door, with the added functions of door movement detection via the phone's gyroscope as an added security measure.
Xavage hopes to raise $200,000 using Indiegogo so that the two Xentry models will be able to enter production, with one of those being specially designed to house old iPhones (3GS/4/4S), while the other is meant for the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, which was one of the most popular devices Stateside in 2010.
The smartphone is not a device that handles all of your calls properly while ensuring that your live is a whole lot more organized – with a slew of new apps rolling out as well as accessories that can connect to your smartphone directly via a physical cable or over a Bluetooth connection, you can be sure that the landscape of smartphone accessories is forever changed. Case in point, the Withings Pulse might be something that folks who emphasize a lot on fitness might want to check out, being a powerful and pocket-sized activity tracking tool which was specially designed from ground up in order to help users achieve personal health and fitness goals.
It can be said that for the first time ever seen on an activity tracker, the Withings Pulse would see the inclusion of heart rate measurement as well as automatic run detection in order to have it track the number of steps taken, distance covered, elevation, calories burned, and quality of sleep. Hmmm, I suppose quality of sleep can be measured by how much one moves, and chances are it would be at its most accurate when you happen to sleep alone without anyone else in the room messing up its readings with their snores and movement.
The Withings Pulse will synchronize with a smartphone using Bluetooth Smart, while there is the free Withings Health Mate App where all the data will be collected and displayed in real time. The Withings Pulse tips the scales at a mere 8 grams and measures a diminutive 1.69 inches, meaning it is unobtrusive and is small enough to be inserted into a pocket, bag, or even used with the included clip on a belt, shirt or bra. Right in front lies a fully functioning OLED touch display, letting you use your finger to navigate through the screens while browsing through the past fortnight's worth of collected data. At the back lies a heart rate sensor which requires you to place your finger in order to take a reading.
The Withings Pulse will play nice with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad, iPod touch 4th gen, iPod touch 5th gen and Android devices 2.3.3 or higher.
Summer is upon those of us who happen to live in the northern hemisphere, and it is a time of movie blockbusters, plenty of time spent by the beaches to get a tan, as well as jet setting across the world for a holiday to take a much deserved break from all the hard work that you have indulged in at the office over the past year. Well, what happens when you do not have the financial means to fly halfway around the world? There is always an alternative, and that would be to invite the rest of your family and friends over for some outdoor BBQ fun at your place, and to sleep under the starry skies after that. Without having to splurge on stays for everyone in a 5-star hotel, how about settling for the £1,999.99 London Underground Tube Tent?
This is a unique representation of an indefinite extension of the Northern Line, as the London Underground Tube Tent is capable of pack in a whopping 72 people at a stretch, where it can also let you sleep 16 folks comfortably over five different compartments, making it the perfect option for parties, large-scale camping and epic sleep overs. Since there are no pesky inspectors around to maintain the law and order, you and your merry gang can be as rowdy as you like, and literally party all night long. [ London Underground Tube Tent copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
I am quite sure that all gamers who consider themselves seriously would have had a go at Space Invaders in one form or another in the past, but this time around, we have something which could very well take the cake where the uniqueness of gaming is concerned – in the form of the $12.99 Space Invaders Keychain Game. With this unique keychain, it not only holds all of your precious keys in a single bunch, it will also allow you to kill some time without requiring the need to carry around a smartphone.
Basically, the Space Invaders Keychain Game is a different take from that of a regular "Whack A Mole" game, as the invaders are depicted by a slew of buttons, and whenever these buttons light up, all you need to do is smash the respective buttons, and the invasion will be prevented. To add to the authentic feel of the old era of video games, actual sound effects from Space Invaders are thrown into the mix. I think that most adept gamers will most probably "complete" this game fairly quickly and easily, since it comes with just three levels of challenging fun. [ Space Invaders Keychain Game copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
AIRBOXLAB helps keep you on top of air pollution in your home
If you live in a small town, or in the middle of nowhere, you probably don’t spend that much time thinking about pollution. After all, it’s usually one of those "out of sight, out of mind" sort of things. And even those that do think about pollution, they don’t tend to worry about it in their home. However, what if you live in a large industrial city where smog is a huge problem? You might want to start keeping an eye on the quality of the air in your home.
A company called Airboxlab also thinks that you should be conscious of the quality of the air you breathe every day. That’s why they have been hard at work on a device that can help with just that thing. Dubbed the AIRBOXLAB (no, they couldn’t be bothered to come up with different names for their product and company), this gadget features 6 sensors that can tell you more about the air in your home than you ever thought possible. You’ll learn things like the temperature and relative humidity, which are no-brainers. However, you’ll also get stats on carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and more.
So how is all of this information communicated to you? You’ll be able to access the device using the dedicated Android or iOS app, or any standard web browser. The information will be used to tell you not only how clean your air is, but things like where the pollution is coming from, and how you can help eliminate it from your home. You can get in on the current Indiegogo campaing and get your own AIRBOXLAB for around $180. However, if you wait, you’ll be looking at a price of around $220.
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