I ’m not even go to bother asking if you missed me ; I can tell by the undivided split at the recess of your eye — yes , the one you just hurriedly wiped away — that my absence last week left you feelingbereft . Console yourself with the intellection of me sunning myself on a distant Hawaiian beach — and if that does n’t make you palpate any good , consider that I ’m now stuck back here in the cold , rainy real world with the balance of you .
There ’s one matter that ought to make us all palpate better , however , and that ’s the withdrawal from our weekly gadget fixing . But I intend to amend thatwiki wiki(that ’s Hawaiian for “ right the hell now ” ) . Today on the ‘ corner we ’ve engender the world ’s droidiest kitchen supplement , one room for you to live on out your Tom Cruise fantasies ( easy now ) , and the best room to protect your baggage on vacation that does n’t call for very angry dog .
Thatsa spicy astromech droid!
Of all theStar Warscharacters , it seems like little R2 - D2 has really scoop all of the others when it comes to indorsement and merchandising . He ’s hocked inferior copy of himself , been become into a projector , and even been deal as a chicken feed can . It was only a subject of time before he rolled his fashion into the profitable world of kitchen utensils .
Do n’t expect to see theR2 - D2 pepper millin the hands of the server down atChez Henriany time soon , but itisthe perfect complement to your vintageStar WarsBurger King mugs — assuming you like your umber soja bean Milk River with just adashof black pepper ( for when you need just a trivial pre - bedzing ) .
And if snowy and blue does n’t quite match your décor , you may choose for the completely canonic evil twin version , R2 - Q5 , resplendent in black and gold . Either edition will die hard you $ 19 , but you ’ll have to be satisfied with delayed satisfaction , since they ’re not due to be released until February 29th of next year . But what better way to celebrate the Leap Year , hectometre ?
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The future, now available, for just $100k
If you ’ve learn Gadgetbox for a while , you may echo the jumbo multi - touch presentation created by Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel . Han had been showing off the display at a miscellanea of engineering league , but it was n’t being made available to the consumer public .
Until now . But you wo n’t find the eight - by - three foot Interactive Media Wall , as they ’ve dubbed it , at your local Best Buy or Circuit City . Swank futuristic technology like this can only be put up at the elect upper Earth’s crust of retail outlets — hence , Neiman Marcus , where you’re able to pick up the ultimate inMinority Report - style applied science for a nerveless $ 100,000 . So , really , the only individual who can yield to pretend to be Tom Cruise is … Tom Cruise .
candidly , I think I ’d choose to see some sort of rental solution . It get tiring , waving your sleeve around all the time when all you want to do is show off a slideshow for your family unit . I should know — I tried to enact my entire Hawaiian holiday incharades , and I ’m exhausted . I ’m not about to lay down a hundred wonderful forthatprivilege .
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It’s called the Cavius because it will make your eardrums cave in
Traveling presents its own unique set of challenge . Sometimes technology can be overkill — like , when you end up pack over $ 2000 Charles Frederick Worth of electronics in your run - on purse , most of which you do n’t even use — but sometimes it can solve trouble . For example : what do you do with your luggage when you need to check out of your hotel way , but you ca n’t keep it in your gondola , because of the gamy thieving peril ?
The answer : the Cavius . I know what you ’re thinking : did n’t they show up in someStar Trekepisode ? Not quite — this $ 70 gimmick is in reality a apparent movement - sensible warning gadget that you may clip to your baggage . If someone disturbs your bag , they ’ll be greeted with a friendly 130dB tone , that ought to make them think twice about their nefarious life of crime . Besides , it ’s really voiceless to steal matter when your hands are clapped to your ears and your eyes are tramp up in your head word . Trust me .
you could also set off the alarm manually by hitting the ruby-red release the gadget , and it replicate as a sess detector , just in case they attempt to set your bag on flaming as retribution for being deafen . With the Cavius , you’re able to rest secure , know that all you have to worry about is an elite bunch of pyrophobic , hearing - impaired thieves .
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sense good now ? Great ; I ’m always happy to bring a little pleasure into the sprightliness of technophile everywhere . Hopefully , that mending will hold out until we adjoin again — namely , next week .
