We have seen quite a few heating gadgets here at GeekAlerts, some you can find in last year’s 10 USB Gadgets to Help You Through the Winter post, but never before anything as weird as this new USB product.

USB Heating Kneepads can help to keep your warm for your knee. It is not only working with USB power, but also work with external battery. It comes with 2 battery boxes that can provide power for your shoes when you go outside.

Features:

• Cozy design with separate knees warmer
• De-frosting your knees
• Warming pad for generating heat via USB port or External Power Boxes (3 x AA Batteries for each box)
• Plug and play
• Power On/Off switch
• USB powered or powered by External Power Boxes (3 x AA Batteries for each box, batteries is not included)
• Support any devices with USB port, e.g. PC, Mac, PlayStation 3 or Xbox360
• Cable Length: 45cm (approx.)
• Size: 36 x 20.5cm (approx.)
• Weight: 219g

You can get the USB Heating Kneepads from the USB Brando website for $28.

These USB Christmas heating gloves is yet another product that would fit nicely in an updated version of the 10 USB Gadgets to Help You Through the Winter article.

Maybe when you’re working in an air-conditioned room or in the winter time. Then the USB Xmas Heating Gloves may suits your need. It has a warmer pad inside. Once you plug it in the USB port, your hands will get warm during Christmas.

Features:

• Cut finger design allows your fingers to take action/typing easily.
• Deforsting your hands for gaming, typing and mouse controlling.
• Glove made of wool and connects individually to a USB port.
• Works under any device with USB port, e.g. PC, Mac, PlayStation or Xbox 360.
• Each glove built-in warming pad.
• Maximum temp: 52 ~ 53°C (126°F)
• Dimension: 10 x 13cm (approx.)
• Weight: 90g

You can get a pair USB Christmas Heating Gloves from the USB Geek website for $19.

Here’s something that would fit nicely in an updated version of the 10 USB Gadgets to Help You Through the Winter article – the rabbit USB hands warmer.

Just plug it into the USB port to heat up the hand warmer. Moreover, you can unplug the USB cable if you are not working in front of the computer.

Its separated USB cable design allows you to wear it freely.

Product Specifications:

• Cutie rabbit design
• Warm your hands while you are working
• Wrist support for supporting your tired wrist when using Mouse or Keyboard
• Built-in heating pad
• 5 mins up to 46 degrees
• Plug and play
• Powered by USB
• Suitable for hand size: 170*110mm (approx.)
• Cable length: 150cm (approx.)
• Size: 210*130*40mm
• Weight: 150g

The Rabbit USB Hands Warmer is available from the gadget4all.com website for $22.50.

If you have read through the 10 USB Gadgets to Help You Through the Winter post, but still haven’t been able to find to find the right type of gadget to keep your hands warm, maybe this kinky looking USB stick is just what you’ve been waiting for.

Product Specifications:

• Effectively keep palm warm
• Easy to use
• Powered by USB
• Aluminum skin
• Best choice for small gift
• Temperature: around 45 ~ 50 degree
• Size: 80*20*20mm
• Weight: 85g

The USB Hand Warmer Stick is available from the gadget4all.com website for $12

As winter continues to creep up on us, the days are getting colder and colder. But don’t worry. This year you’ll be able to sit by your computer and laugh it all away. Here’s a list of 10 USB gadgets to help you prepare for the upcoming winter season.

1. USB Heating Shoes

These heating shoes can be powered using USB or an external battery pack. It comes with 2 battery boxes that can provide power for your shoes when you leave home.

Read more about the gloves »

2. USB Mousepad Warmer

This USB mousepad warmer will keep your hand warm during those cold winter times, increasing your productive or the reaction when you are playing your favorite game.

Read more about the mousepad »

3. USB Eye Warmer

Here is something useful for those annoying moments when you’re suffering from both hypothermia and computer vision syndrome – say hello to the USB eye warmer.

Read more about the eye warmer »

4. USB Mouse with Infrared Heater

Plug this infrared heated mouse into the USB port of your computer and the generator inside will gradually go up to a pleasant temperature of 40-45°C (104-113°F).

Read more about the mouse »

5. USB Heating Blanket

This soft blanket is doing a great job defrosting your cold body with its built-in warming pad. It will generate a temperature of around 35°C from the power of a USB port.

Read more about the blanket »

6. USB Animal Hand Warmer and Massager

These animal inspired USB-powered combo gadgets can help you with two things: heating up your frozen fingers and loosen those unwanted muscle tensions.

Read more about this gadget »

7. USB Heated Gloves

These USB gloves are made of wool and guaranteed to keep your precious computer fingers in good shape when the snow is falling down outside your office window.

Read more about the gloves »

8. USB Monkey Slipper

With this USB monkey slipper you don’t need to worry about cold feets anymore. Simply plug the chord into a USB port to start heating up your cozy footwear.

Read more about the slipper »

9. USB Keyboard with Cooler and Heater

A switch at the front of this keyboard makes it easy to go from cooler to heater, and a wheel at the side lets you set the intensity of the fan to make the air hotter or colder.

Read more about the keyboard »

10. USB Monkey Hands Warmer

A pair of gloves that goes perfect together with the monkey slipper. Now you can keep both hands and feet warm with the same kind of fun and geeky animal theme.

Read more about the hands warmer »

The knitted Etre Touchy gloves will provide you with a practical way to keep your hands warm while using touchscreen gadgets, portable games and other electronic devices.

Etre Touchy gloves give you the best of both worlds: They give you the warmth and dryness of a normal pair of gloves combined with the touch-screen / electronic device compatibility of fingerless gloves. That’s because they are “part normal pair of gloves, part fingerless pair of gloves!” That is, they cover your middle, ring and little fingers completely, keeping your hands nice cosy, clean and damp-free; while exposing only the tips of your thumbs and index fingers, allowing you to touch, tap, stroke, slide and pinch your device’s display in any which way you choose!

You can get a pair of Etre Touchy gloves from the official website for £14.99 ($24).

If you can’t stand waiting for the snow to fall, or maybe you are living in a part of the world where you simply don’t have this kind of cold weather, try the iSnow DIY snow.

You can create your own white snow by adding some water. This powder polymer is NONTOXIC material, you can reuse it when the snow is dry-up again.

You can get a set of five DIY iSnow for $4 from the Toys Brando webshop.

If the Thanko USB Keyboard with Cooler and Heater isn’t enough to keep your fingers warm during the cold winter, maybe a pair of these USB heated gloves will help.

Features:

• Open-end design allows you to work as without Gloves
• Warming your hands during winter time or cold environment
• Gloves are made of wool and connect to USB port individually
• Double heating pads that allow you to ccontrol to a comfortable temperature
• Powered by USB, safe and convenient

The USB Heated Gloves gloves are available in two models, men and women, and the product is yours for $21.99 from the USB Fever website.

(Coolbuzz via Geeky Gadgets)

If your workspace is so cold that you will need to put your hand inside one of these, maybe you consider getting a new job. Meanwhile, a USB mousepad warmer might help to keep the deep hyperthermia at a distance.

Product Specifications:

• Powered by USB
• Warm your hand in the cold area
• Built-in warmer pad
• Size: 240*205*40mm (approx.)
• Weight: 100g

The USB Mousepad Warmer is available from gadget4all.com for $14.50

If you think the High-Tech Sledge is a little over your budget, you might want to consider this Porsche Design winter toy as an eye-catching alternative.

The Porsche Kinderbob has a silver base color and details in red. It features handlebars, damping, metal runners and a horn. This bobsled is available for €77.35 (about $115 USD) from the Porsche Design website.

(I4U News via Tech Digest)

What you’re looking at is the first ever fold-away high-tech sledge with shock absorber – a safer and more comfortable alternative to traditional sledges.

The cool looking winter toy measures only 6 1/3 inches flat when folded. The frame is made of buckle-resistant aluminum and the ergonomically designed seat is made of transparent polycarbonate.

Slides better than traditional sledges.
The 4.7cm (2″) wide polyethylene runners, which may be waxed, significantly improve your sledging experience even when snow conditions are not great. The 12cm (4 3⁄4″) wide aluminium claw brake is easily operated with one hand. The claw digs into the surface directly below the mass centre. This will not affect the direction of your ride. All parts are bolted together.

The High-Tech Sledge is available for £309 (about $636 USD).

(Via BornRich)

Soon you can have one simulator for each season. When you feel like trying out some winter sports, simply unplug your Surfing Simulator and plug this snowboard into yout TV set instead.

Your moves on the board control the action in any of the four included games: Free Ride, Slalom Competition, Half-Pipe Competition, and Big-Air Competition.

You ride the board like the real thing, tilting left and right to carve turns, perform tricks and grabs, and you lean forwards and backwards to control your speed. You can even compete for time and style points.

Features:

• Forget the snow, snowboard in the comfort of your sitting room.
• A mini snowboard.
• A control pad that links to your tv.
• View your slopes on your television set.
• Ride the board like the real thing – tilting in every which way.
• 4 adrenalin pumping games.
• Compete for time and style points.
• 1 or 2 player mode.
• Requires 4 x AA Batteries (not included).
• Size: 43 x 16 x 6cm.

You can get the Plug and Play Snowboarder over at the I Want One Of Those website for £39.95 (about $83 USD).

Life Bag, an airbag for avalanche designed for winter sport addicts, is triggered by pulling a handle. The 150 liter airbag will then inflate in only 3 seconds.

The « Life Bag » can easily be reused and refilled. Professionals and resellers have the possibility to refill the air cylinder themselves. Training is therefore possible since you simply have to refill the cylinder after trying your Snowpulse airbag.

(Via Coolest Gadgets)