The UberReview http://www.uberreview.com An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.uberreview.comhttp://www.uberreview.com/urbloglogo.jpgThe Uber-ReviewUberReviewhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSpecial note for BLOGLINES USERS: Our feed is not updating in Bloglines since May 29, 2008. We have contacted Bloglines multiple times and we have yet to hear back. We strongly recommend using any feed reader except Bloglines. This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. Next Room Eavesdropping Device: Kinda Creepy, Kinda Cool http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UberReview/~3/Yxl3ZxUFZjI/next-room-eavesdropping-device-kinda-creepy-kinda-cool.htm http://www.uberreview.com/2009/11/next-room-eavesdropping-device-kinda-creepy-kinda-cool.htm#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:39 +0000 C. S. Magor http://www.uberreview.com/?p=13082 nextroom_amp
The next room eavesdropping device is pretty simple really. It features an “electronic internal sound amplifier” to boost sounds from behind whatever you stick it up against. So you can hear what your boss is saying behind closed doors (cool), find out what people are saying about you in the next room (also cool) or spy on your neighbors (really creepy).

Price: $62.99 [Oh Gizmo!]

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Thanko has built a GPS watch that doesn’t look like a GPS watch, which is pretty cool if you ever wanted to automatically track your own wanderings. The watch connects to Vista and XP PCs via USB and from there you are only a hop, step and a jump away from logging all of those lovely coordinates on Google Earth.

Price: $197 (but if you wait for the dollar to pick up a bit, it could be a whole lot cheaper) [DVICE]

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If you absolutely must stay connected, even underwater, then it can be done with the Alpha UWCP. A 40m cable connects a full face mask with an integrated microphone and speaker to a buoy with an electronic interface, which in turn can be used to connect to a cell phone via Bluetooth.

All it takes is a 9v battery and a Bluetooth equipped cell phone.

While this definitely has a place in emergency situations, I feel for the hapless diver that gets stuck with the workaholic dive buddy that absolutely must stay connected at all times. Some places should be sacred, and underwater is one of them.

Price: $1,790 [Random Good Stuff]

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As designated coffee maker for a small group of teachers that refuse to drink the drek that spews forth from our office coffee dispenser, I have had to carry a few scalding cups in my time. Linking the cups together might seem unnecessary, and could in fact be so, but it would no doubt make things a whole lot more stable.

Each cup has a male and female adapter, so any number can be linked together for easier carrying, but at $54 for a set of three, they are kinda pricey.

Price: $54 [New Launches]

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This unique bus shelter is the work of Christopher Fennell. The sculptor and designer turned bits and pieces of school buses from ‘62, ‘72 and ‘77, and their city line seats, into a most intriguing bus shelter. The bus shelters were designed with the aim of reducing waste and encouraging people to recycle and adopt greener lifestyles.

Click here to view the embedded video.

[Design Blog via BB]

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