The Super Iomega SuperHero

The iPhone dock that syncs and backs up

At first glance it looks like a mild-mannered iPhone and iPod charging dock. But when you need to backup your iDevices's contacts and photos, or synch those with your computer, it transforms into an Iomega SuperHero. That's because this sleek little iPhone charging dock has two hidden powers: First, ...

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Goodbye MacBook.
Hello New MacBook Air & Lion OS.

The lightest MacBook is now the cheapest

Apple today announced updates to the MacBook Air, the company's cool-looking, ultraportable netbook. What got less attention is Apple's co-incidental decision to discontinue the MacBook. No, no, not the popular and powerful MacBook Pro (one of which is being used to type these very words—see our review on how ...

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Design Your Own Gadget Skins

GelaSinks offer artistic protection for your electronics

Black is the color of nearly every iPhone (and other cell phones), iPod (and other MP3 players), iPad (and other tablet computers) and Kindle (and other e-book readers). So putting a skin covering on your electronics devices is as much about making it distinctive as about protecting it. ...

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Photograph Now. Focus Later.

Start-up Lytro focused on revolutionizing photography

Major electronics companies like Sony, Canon, Nikon and Olympus currently dominate the world's $40 billion consumer camera market. Now a new company—and by "new" we mean it was literally launched yesterday—aims to change that. The goal of this company, Lytro, is no less to revolutionize photography. Their camera's ...

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The Beach Towel With Built-In Speakers

Hi-Sun

The Italian company hi-Fun specializes in adding speakers to items that aren't necessarily improved by their addition. (They also seem expert at added a "hi-" prefix to their product names). The company makes the hi-Sleep, which is a pillow with built-in speakers. There's the hi-Head, a hat with ...

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Kodak Pulse: The Picture Frame You Can Update From Anywhere

Load photos onto your picture frame from anywhere

Recently one of our resident Cool Spotters gave his father a digital picture frame as a gift. The father responded with the requisite oohs and ahhs and dutifully put his gift up on a shelf. And there it sat, turned off, unused, collecting dust. The problem was that ...

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