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CES 2012 is proving to be an overwhelming experience with almost too many cool electronics and devices to keep track of. With so many manufacturers taking advanced routes to achieve their end product, iOmounts decided to take a simplistic and realistic approach at producing something for everyday use. The iOmounts Magnetic Hands-Free Mounts for Mobile [...]

Sometimes adults need toys to play with to keep our hands and minds busy, and toys are great for the occasional boost of inspiration, too. Buckyballs, Buckycubes, Magnetic Thinking Putty and Magformers are excellent toys that use the strength of magnets to allow us to create unlimited numbers of crazy structures and abstract formations. Here’s another toy that uses magnets, but also LED [...]

Remember when the TV dinner first came out? You had to pierce holes in one compartment and roll back the foil just right for other compartments. And in about 20-30 minutes’ time a piping hot four-course meal would emerge from the oven. Now supermarket freezers are chockfull of fancy quick-cook dinners, and more often than not they’re still being enjoyed in front of [...]

People say blondes have more fun, but I say that cubes are even better. Okay, so that doesn’t really make much sense, but when you see the Buckycubes, then you’ll get the point. These powerful magnets mean business. And if you already had tons of fun with its round counterparts care of the Buckyballs, then [...]

Now here’s more stuff that you (or your kids) can say “Wingardium leviosa” to and expect the objects to actually levitate. While the famous levitation charm from the Harry Potter series won’t work on normal objects, they certainly will if you use it in conjunction with the Levitron Revolution. Unlike the Magic Levitation Wand which [...]

The GorillaPod tripod for cameras has been out for several years now and professional and amateur photos alike have gone bananas over it. Then its parent company Joby decided to get smart and stick magnets under the GorillaPod’s three ever-flexible legs, thus inventing something cameraholics are going apes about: the Magnetic GorillaPod. Explore the versatility of the GorillaPod Magnetic. Combining flexible, wrappable legs and super [...]

A few years ago GeekAlerts showed you the Bonsai Tree Gadget Charger, a very funky yet sexy way to charge your electronics. Now there’s the Tree of Charge Charging Station that not only does what its name suggests, but also provides several leafy-green, magnetic tree branches on which you can hang/stick miscellaneous items. Tree of [...]

If you’ve ever played with magnetic construction sets, you know how fun and addictive they can be. Maybe you’re familiar with Magnetix building sets, featuring neodymium magnetic rods and steel ball bearings. A great toy, but it can get tedious keeping all the pieces in one place with those roly bearings. Unfortunately, the parts have been known to be a choking [...]

Develop your child’s motor skills and hone their imagination with the Award-Winning Magnetic Tile Building Set. This was especially developed and was awarded the Dr. Toy Best Educational Toy award simply because it helps your little tyke think outside the box, visualize, and then re-create stuff with these translucent tiles.  The Award-Winning Magnetic Tile Building Set [...]

Joining the minimalist and simplistic ranks of the Poketo! Icon Clock and the Beautiful Minimalistic Alarm Clock is the Contemporary Magnetic Ball Clock. Like most other minimalist stuff, you can expect this timepiece to do away with the usual hands that you use to read off time; all it needs is a red ball to [...]

The other day I saw a road rager blaring his horn and swearing like a drunken sailor. Why? Because a poor student driver driving a car with a huge ‘Student Driver’ sign on top was hesitating to make a right turn on red. The kid actually panicked and made the turn, speeding in front of oncoming traffic and then [...]

This modern wall calendar is a great way to remind yourself of the date with a modern and cool style.  Designed by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art, the Perpetual Calendar Grey Silver has two magnetic balls to mark the date and month.  This calendar will look great in your office mounted on [...]