
An innovative washers and drier gets an innovative marketing campaign
After nearly two decades of flat lining, the technology for washing and drying clothes has made substantial, incremental improvements in the last few years.
The marketing of clothes washers and driers? Not so much. The average advertizement still consists of a supermodel masquerading as a housewife who becomes ...
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A review of the compact Epson Expression Premium XP-800 printer
All-in-one printers — printers that can scan, copy, fax and and produce photos in addition to, you know, printing out black and white text on a sheet of paper — are useful for multitasking. But they also tend not to perform any one function that well. And they ...
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Cool campers, from the modular to the amphibious
Spot Cool Stuff is a huge fan of glamping. The word is a conjunctive of "glamorous" and "camping" and can describe pretty much any travel experience that is more luxurious than staying in a typical tent but more outdoorsy than an ordinary hotel. A glamping experience might involve ...
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The first tablet design for the kitchen
If you are a cook and a gadget lover then chances are high that you've used your tablet computer in the kitchen. Tablets make outstanding kitchen companions. They can serve up nearly limitless recipes, cooking tips, instructional videos, background music and means for digitally sharing your culinary creations ...
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The reincarnation of the Peel P50
"Compact cars" are not, technically, the smallest classification of automobile. Smaller than those are "city cars" — visit your local Smart Car dealer to take one of those for a test drive.
And then there's a car size classification that's even smaller: "microcars." Microcars typically have three wheels, ...
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The best point-and-shoot camera on the market
Most of the places and products reviewed on Spot Cool Stuff have something noteworthy about them that's visible. But in the case of the Sony RX100 digital camera, the WOW factor is on the inside — the sensor.
A huge 20.2MP Exmor 1-inch CMOS sensor, to be specific. ...
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