Tech Savvy homes

With the introduction of rechargeable batteries many devices have moved toward lithium cells from the traditional AA and AAA batteries. Though the AA and AAA batteries have been introduced to the world of reusability, it is still a pain to take them out and put them on charge overnight. If you are planning to replace the batteries of your remote control, you might want to consider buying the vibrating power generating battery. These batteries do not have energy stored in them that can be released at regular intervals; instead the energy is produced when the battery is vibrated. So once you put there batteries into your remote they will last a lifetime. All you need to do is shake them when you are about to use it. You might even get your kid’s help to get them charged. So it’s a great option for devices that need power very occasionally.

With the advancement of technology, people have found new ways to secure their data. But along with this, hackers are coming up with new ways to breach all the security. So now a day’s people pay a lot to acquire good security of data. Just encrypting the data is not enough and this is where biometrics comes into picture. No two finger prints are ever alike and so the USB with finger print security is the best way to carry data in your pocket. This not only protects the data in the pen drive, but also allows you to log on to websites by just swiping your finger. You can also use it to protect some files in your system. The best part is the partition in the USB, that lets you separate the data that needs to be protected and the data that can be accessed by all, thus helping you to keep your data organized.

Just thinking about transferring the contents of a bowl, may it be salad or gravy into a bag, shouts out loud ‘It’s a messy situation’. Every time we try to transfer salad from a bowl to the bag, we desperately wish ‘Only if I had more than two hands’. Trying to hold the bag open and transfer the contents into the bag is like the art of juggling. Only difference is that while juggling if a ball falls down you can pick it up and start where you stopped, but in this case it’s practically impossible. Stay open bag holder is one of the best gadgets ever invented. On placing the bag at the centre and adjusting the arms of the holder, the stay open bag holder keeps the bag opened in place till we finish transferring our contents. This can also replace a salad bowl in times of need, where you can add the contents into the bag one by one and mix it all together while the bag holder keeps the bag in place.

Are you the type of person who sings in the shower? Are you fed up when all you hear is muffled sounds of your favorite songs that plays in the bedroom while you are in the shower? Well say hello to your personal FM radio, the shower radio bug. This small gadget with 4 suction cup legs can hold on tight to bathroom tiles, glass doors, mirrors or practically any flat surface. So just attach it anywhere and you can enjoy the music all around. The auto tuning facility helps you tune your favorite stations in a jiffy. The adjustable antenna assists in good signal reception. And this shower radio bug also serves as a digital clock that helps you not to get carried away while listening to your favorite songs in the shower. With water resistant outer body, this is the perfect solution for keeping in tune with your favorite tunes.

You come across a beautiful car in a magazine, despite your many failed attempts to take a good picture of it with your mobile camera, you desperately wish there was something that could do to capture it perfectly. Have you always wished, only if this scanner was small I could have carried it around in my pocket? Well this is where I introduce you to a portable scanner. It looks similar to that of a portable security wand owned by the security guards at the airport. By just slowly swiping the portable scanner over a magazine, newspaper or even wallpaper, the image is scanned and stored in its memory. This very handy gadget has got a good storage memory and can scan text and graphics within ten seconds. The batteries can be charged by connecting it via the USB port. Many portable scanners also offer upgradable memory slot for storage of many documents.