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Kiddo Kidkeeper

Kiddo is an innovative proximity alarm that can prevent children from getting lost, being snatched and having accidents. It has two units: a transmitter, which is attached to the child, and a receiver, which is carried by an adult.

The receiver allows the adult to set the maximum distance the child(ren) can wander away. Whenever the child strays beyond this pre-set distance, the Kiddo will emit a warning sound and visual alarm on the unit kept by the adult, and so the child can be retrieved in a few seconds and brought to a safe place.

In addition to being used for child safety, the Kiddo can also be used to monitor adults (those with Alzheimer’s, for instance), valuable property or pets.

Study: Top 10 Christmas "Gizmo" Wish List

Three-in-four (76%) have at least one digital lifestyle product on their wish lists leading up to the Christmas season according to a national survey of 1,200 American consumers by Solutions Research Group.

In order, the most desired items were

1. Flat-screen HDTVs (35%)
2. Windows Laptop (20%)
3. Digital Camera (17%)
4. Windows Desktop (14%)
5. GPS (car) (10%)
6. Cell Phone (10%)
7. Digital Video Camera (9%)
8. Nintendo Wii (9%)
9. PS3 (7%)
10. High-Definition DVD Player (Blu-ray, HD-DVD) (6%)

The full report can be found here.

Bill Banning Electronic Gadgets In Crosswalks Slated For Big Cities in NY

If State Sen. Carl Kruger has his way, a bill set for Albany banning the use of electronic gadgets in crosswalks will soon become law [with video] in big cities across New York state with fines of $100.

"We're talking about people walking sort of tuned in and in the process of being tuned in, tuned out," Kruger said. "Tuned out to the world around them. They're walking into speeding cars. They're walking into buses. They're walking into one another and it's creating a number of fatalities that have been documented right here in the city."

"If you want to listen to your iPod, sit down and listen to it," Kruger declared. "You want to walk in the park, enjoy it. You want to jog around a jogging path, all the more power to you, but you should not be crossing streets and endangering yourself and the lives of others."

Send Senator Kruger an email on how you feel about his bill set for Albany banning the use of electronic gadgets in crosswalks. via

The 85 in 1 Swiss Army Knife

All the tools you could ever need, packed inside the craziest and biggest penknife we've ever seen! You can buy the Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knight at Wenger for only $1,200 plus tax and shipping. Ooch!!!

All 85 implements and 110 functions listed after jump.

Microcontroller: Create Your Own Electronic Gadget or Computer $144.95

Arsa Toys has the Microcontroller: Create Your Own Electronic Gadget or Computer for the Bottom Low Price of 144.95 plus $7.95 for shipping.

Microcontrollers — small, self-contained computers — are the “brains” inside dozens of the devices and appliances in your home. Microwaves, washing machines, telephones, and stereos all have microcontrollers inside them. A microcontroller is a computer-on-a-microchip, and includes a processor, memory for storing data, timers, and ports for connecting to other components. As our everyday devices become increasingly “smart” with embedded technology, microcontrollers are becoming more and more important..

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Rapid Fire Lego Gun

The Rapid Fire Lego Gun could rule your office cubicle but...

I still would rather have the Rubber Band Machine Gun Source Hacked Gadgets

Remote Control Jammer - Your Wife's Best Friend

Ladies, now you can take control of your TV: Remote Control Jammer

This remote control jammer is just what you need to stop people changing the channel you want to watch. In fact, this contraption works by blocking all infra-red signal in its radius and so will work with stereo, video and TV remotes! 

This is a great toy to take at your next office meeting to screw with the power point presentation.

TS 242 M-7 Secret Agent Spy Ear

Imagine having a bionic ear that would allow you to secretly hear from great distances. Well now you can with our M7 Secret Agent Spy Ear. Its mini size, light weight and skin tone color allows for the wearer to hear from great distances without anyone even knowing you’re wearing it. Its ultra-sensitive microphone allows for crisp, clear audio all in a discreet, tiny earpiece. The Secret Agent Spy Ear comes complete with its own volume control to allow the listener to gradually increase the distance hear wants to hear from. Simply put, this tiny, cutting-edge device will turn any average Joe into a secret agent. (Not intended as a medical device)

And hey, the people you are spying on will never notice it. Honest. $29.95 USD at Gadget Universe. Source Red Ferret

Teac SL-D900 CD Player/Radio Clock

Teac Japan takes you back to the 50s with the SL-D900 CD player/radio clock, available in six nostalgia colors for $210. The CD player can read MP3 files as well as having a front USB port which you can play MP3 files stored in Flash drives, Portable hard drives etc. It has 2.1 channel speaker system with sub woofer built in and with an output of 15W which makes it a jamming table top radio. Available in Japan; no word whether or when we’ll get it here in the states but as Gizmodo says...keep an eye on a Sky Mall catalog. Source Gizmodo.

Swiss Bit S.Beat MP3

It had to happen, the world's first gadget has been tech'ed up. Tucked into this slick looking little Swiss Army Knife from Victorinox is a 1 Gig detachable MP3 Player (so you can pop the knife in your luggage and carry the player onto a plane when travelling). The knife has a blade, nail file and scissors and looks rather dreamy, and the MP3 player will play MP3, WAV and WMA files, has an FM radio, a voice recorder, a rather neat remote control dongle, and a sexy jogging arm-band so you can listen to your tunes when you're - well, jogging presumably. Gorgeously well made of course, and ideal for all sport nuts and for only $159.39.  Source IWantOneOfThose