Newest Gadgets and Technology – Together in a fun, crunchy word-cereal.
Welcome to the Gadgets and Technology Innovations blog, hosted by yours truly, Doug Bonderud. My goal is the same as every other freelance writer currently occupying the Web-space – to write well and be paid for it. Fortunately, this blog gives me the opportunity to do both, and gives you the opportunity to get up to speed with the latest gadgets and game-changing tehcnology that can make our world a better place, or reduce it to an ashey and premature oblivion. Fun, huh?
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Bye-5 Room Light Doesn't Leave You Hangin'
by Doug Bonderud
Everyone likes getting a high-five, and no ones likes to be left hanging. Now, with the Bye-5 light switch, you can not only feel good about the environment, you can feel good about yourself.
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1 comment Rotten Meat Gets Wrapped Up Thanks To New Warning System
by Doug Bonderud
A new detector film technology from Fraunhofer may soon make its way to your local grocery store, where it will be able to tell you if you really should buy that jumbo pack of chicken.
Add new comment Water Blade Comes Whistling Out Of Its Minimalist Sheath In The Kitchen
by Doug Bonderud
Washing your dishes may just be getting both cooler and more environmentally friendly with the KineticEfficient Water Appliance (KEWA).
Fluidi Cab Concept Scoots Toward The Future Of Urban Commuting
by Doug Bonderud
From a trio of designers comes the Fluidi electric cab concept, a new way to get people moving and hopefully keep them that way, even through traffic jams.
Easy Way E-Shopping Cart Checks You Out
by Doug Bonderud
Shopping is on the verge of getting a whole lot simpler, thanks to the Easy Way e-shopping cart design concept.
Minimal Mice - A Dystopian Computer Future?
by Doug Bonderud
As computer towers get bigger, keyboards get more multi-use and mice get bulkier, designer Vrouyr Joubanian has created an alternative: the Void Mouse.
Bolle iPhone Photo Printer Streamlines Your Phone-to-Paper Process
by Doug Bonderud
As iPhones, iPads and iEverythings storm the global tech market, many users are looking for streamlined ways to print photos they've taken with their smartphones - and the Bolle iPhone Photo Printer lets them do just that.
New Geotracking May Make You Visible On A Marketer's Radar
by Doug Bonderud
Advertisers can sell to you on the street, over your phone and in your car, but there's no way they could actually track you down and pester you in private, right? Think again.
Hydra Gaming Mouse Gets A Bling-Bling Update
by Doug Bonderud
Design house Next of Kin have revisited the look of their iconic gaming mouse, the Hydra, by giving it a bling makeover and making sure you know the guy behind the peripheral means business.
Reeti Robot Does A Whole Lot Of - Something?
by Doug Bonderud
From Robopec comes Reeti - "one robot, many applications" - whatever the hell that means.
April 2011
March 2011
Wizcom's Quicktionary TS Premium Offers Texty New Way To Get Your Translation On
Allergen Beagle Sniffs Out What You Shouldn't Be Eating
Breed'n Besty Used To Help Vet Students Who Get Behind
Watson Supercomputer To Get A Chance At Wearing Scrubs
Rollerphone Concept Literally Puts The Power At Your Fingertips
Post-It Printer Reminds You That Yeah, It's A Pretty Rad Idea
PreVue Pregnancy eTextile Device Lets Mothers See Their Baby Grow
Is Rolltop 2.0 The Laptop Of The Future? Seems Like A Circular Argument
A 3D, 360 Degree Display In A Store Near You? Chances Look Foggy
Actionsampler Camera Makes Sure You Never, Never, Never, Never Miss A Shot
Illinois Government Cash Grab Proves Taxing For Online Retailers
Metals Can't Slip On Past These Banana Peels - Water Purification Goes Fruity
Plug.in Laptop Bag Is A Functional But Huge.eyesore
Smart Jukebox Brings Touch To The Tunes
Love Card Helps The Elderly Find The Food They're Looking For
iWallet Bills Itself As High-Tech Way To Keep Your Money From Going Missing
Soothing The Savage Beast - The Role Of Comforting Robot Nurses
Tazer Toy A Shockingly Bad Idea - Gee, Who'd Have Thought?
The Human Touch Comes Calling - Anatomical Advancements In The World Of Mobile Phones
Floor Plan Light Switch A Bright Idea For Homeowners
AERO E Converter Blows Your Celluar Charging Woes Away
We All Scream For Electro Ice Cream
Honey Pot Protocells May Be Just What The Doctor Ordered
New Autopsy Technique Helps Put The Knives Away
X-Cool Calculator Attempts To Multiply Interest In Math
Mimi Wireless Gaming Keyboard Makes Playing Portable
PowerTrekk Fuel Cell Charger Uses Hydrogen For Maximum Mobility
Wii Fly Robot? We'd Love To
3D Bio-printers To Reconstruct Body And Skin
February 2011
Dome Speakers Give Sound A Magnetic Aesthetic
Super Skin Stretches The Limits Of The Artificial
Mus3 Mouse Is Certainly Amusing
Seesaw Concept Offers Easy Tips On Getting Batteries Out
Scratch & Track Maps Are Like A Lottery Everyone Wins
Rotator MP3 Player Puts A Spin On Mobile Music
HTC Slim Concept Combines Style And Business Savvy
MET Electric Car Great Concept For Singles - Might Highlight Your Crippling Depression
Book Printer Combines Form And Fiction Into Function
New Fuel Cell For Phones And Laptops Is A Real Gas
iPhone Cases Get Saved By The Bell
Lunar Cubit Tells Time And Makes Energy
Color Changing Plants May Serve As Chemical Agent Warnings
Mine Detector Lets The Boom Go Off At A Distance
H3 Vest Brings Power To The Construction People
Fraunhofer Peers Into The Mobile 3D Market
Ecopod Steam Washer/Dryer Combo Turns Up The Heat
Mars Robots May Get Sweet New Rayguns For Finding Life
a-JAYS Three Headphones Sound Off Superbly
Fingerprinted Chips Mean Theives Can't Get Their Greasy Hands On Them
Laser Welding Fastens Present Materials To Future Technology
Scent Scape Adds Smellovision To The World Of Entertainment
Razer Forex Speakers Make Mighty Mobile Music A Reality
January 2011
Air Laser Uses Hot Spots To Return Dangerous Environmental Info
Green Energy Goes Purple And Gold For BYU Science Team
Purposefulness Of Shadow Chair Stands Out In A Crowd
New Smart Fence Bars The Way For Bad Guys
Electrofoxy Zip Jacket Turns The Volume Up To "Sexy"
Laparoscopic Feedback Instrument Helps Surgeons Thread The Needle
In-Box Cutter Blues - The Other Side Of Inventing
GhostBot Knifes Its Way Into Aquatic Automation
HDR Video System Banishes The Darkness
Stress Fuelled Lamp Conserves Energy And Dissipates Rage
Eye Camera Zooms Into The Soul Of Photography
Biotic Video Games Bring Life To The Small Screen
Twitnic Table Tweets Timely Tales On Trees
Frozen Carbon Smoke – Aerogels Go Metal
Asus SonicMaster Music Box - A Tale Of Sound And Fury
Acoustic Cloak Hides Objects In Plain Sound
Rapunzel Descending System Gets You Out Of Hairy Situations
Eco Printer Goes Ultra Violet For Ultra Paper Use
Archeology Find Indicates Original Cretans May Have Been Shipped In
December 2010
Crack Mask – Aqua Access Rather Than Addiction Affliction
Pi4-Workerbot Lends Hands To Assembly Lines
Ridge Around The Moon – The Iapetus Mystery
Palette Painting In The 21st Century – Moving Beyond Those “Happy Little Trees”
Picture This – Electronic Photo Recognition Anywhere On The Globe May Help To Save Lives
Double Cell Phone Catches Rays To Run
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 7 - Record Your World With The Archos Jukebox
Fingerprint Gun Aims To Load Up On Safety
IBM's Watson Computer To Play Foil To Jeopardy's Sherlocks
The Sharpie Dotifier - DIY Robots FTW
Boonghand Lighter Keeps Thieves From Getting Your Precious Fire
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 6 – The Joystick Gets Classy
Giant Robotic Dust Ball Is Here To Destroy…Dirt?
TV Advertising Still As Effective And Annoying As Ever, Study Finds
Magic Carp-pet Swims Into Your Living Room - Nothing Fishy Here, Folks
Airport Compass Boarding Pass May Take Flight
Shoe Phone? Old School – Try Shoe Radar Instead
Roku XD – 1080p Streaming Video Comes Home For Christmas
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 5 – The Universal Video Converter
November 2010
Gold Nanoparticles Like Cinnamon - Jury Still Out On Pepper
Fivepoint Gloves Give Your Touch-Screen Device The Finger
Kompakt Carrier Delivers Big Potential
No Junk In The Trunk - New Robotic Arm Never Forgets Its Elephant Lineage
2010 Video Game Roundup - Top 5 Must-haves For Christmas
No Quarter Given To Diseases By New Biosensor
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 4 – Dalek Keychains, Now With 100% Less Extermination
Dolphin-Inspired Sonar May Be Key To Shallow Water Problem
The Kee4 Keyboard - Computing's Future At Your Fingertips
iGlo LEDs Wirelessly Light Up Your Life
Logitech Solar Powered Keyboard Has Sunny Future In Computing
See.me Camera Aims To Give Kids The Big Picture
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 3 - AirCurve Play Lets You Powerlessly Pump Up The Volume
Siphoning Roadway Heat? It’s Not Our (As)phalt!
The E-Tomb - Something To "Like" In A Grave Situation
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 2 – Tidy Robot Cleans Up When It Comes To Fun
Thrift Toothpaste Tears Into Green And Clean
WowWee Paperjamz Turn The Fun Up To Eleven
Infection Detection Dressings Help Color Your Wounds Safe
The 2010 Gadget Giftening Part 1 – A Filterless Air Purifier That Thrives On Negativity
TUBA Framework Blows The Horn On Hackers
Sound Asleep Pillow Soothes The Savage Beast
October 2010
Griffin Powermate – The Art Of Being A Knob With A Twist
A Robot With Coffee-Balloon Vacuum Hands – The Future Is Upon Us!
Picturing The iThought Around The Corner? Think Again!
Finally! A How-To Manual For The Budding Evil Genius
I Can See Your Halo – And It Looks Toasty
Landslide Warnings Get Down With The Sound
Viagra-Infused Sheets Make Going To Bed Harder
The 2% Solution – Milk As A Styrofoam Superlative
Wine-ing Goes Ultrasonic – Enter The Coolness Of Magnetic Aging
X-RAY Phone Gives Inside Scoop On Mobile Calls
This Smart Glass Takes The Heat For You
Game On, Obese Americans – A Thinning Mobile App Has Arrived!
Room With A View – The Hotel Industry Gets Spaced Out
Row, Row, Row Your...Chair?
Analog Wall Clock Goes International With Bend Hand
Swabbin’ Yer Cheeks Now Quickly Reveals The Black Lung. Avast!
LUM Alarm Smokes Out Home Fire Concerns
Alarm Pillow Starts Your Day Off With Good Vibrations
A Mighty Solar Wind May Power Us Up
Interactive Gaming Means Interactive Paining, Study Finds
Water-loving Robot Cuts The Cord, Gets Its Own Moist Apartment
September 2010
TaintDroid Android App Shows Your Personal Data 'Taint That Safe
Nokia Files Patent To Make Phones Digitally Stimulating
Roughing Up The Little Guys Helps Solar Power Capture
Driving Safely Gets All Touchy-Feely
If You Gaze Long Into The Abyss - It Will Tell You It's 3:30
Human Birds Take Flight In The Great White North
The Efficiency Of Communication – Knowing When To Shut The Hell Up
Giving People A Leg Up - HAL Can Do That, Actually
Visually Impaired Assistant Looks To Give People Second Sight
Watch Out Warning Triangle Beams Caution Into The Sky
Want To Save Paper? The P&P Office Waste Processor Will Pencil You In
Copper Wiring Lets Owners Listen In On What Their Home Is Up To
Lacie Stackable Hard Drive Aims To Make Space For Form And Function
Artificial Skin Gets A Shot In The Arm - And Can Feel It!
New Measuring Device Gives You The Finger. Twice!
As Sand Through The Hourglass, So Are The Seconds Of Our Lights
Laser Backpack? The Air Force Busts It Out
Robot Servants? Now Only An App Away
Science One Step Closer To Reading Your Thoughts - Better Clean It Up In There
Warped Wastebasket Makes Trash More Compactable
Conserve Water Or The Fish Gets It
Auditory Inputs Give Sight Of Textual Satisfaction With BabelFisk
August 2010
Not Knowing When To Fold 'Em May Not Be Your Fault
Social Networking And Infections Have Core Mechanic In Common
Sezno Nightlight Makes Hilarious Stair Falling A Thing Of The Past
Eagle Phone Spreads Its Touchable Wings
Simulated Spaceflight Effects Galvanize New Training Method
Spintronics Gets Electrons On Their Bikes And Moving Toward Future Binary Technology
Beijing Straddle Bus Could Get On Both Sides Of Traffic Woes
Swiftpoint Mouse Takes On The World Of Touchpads
Martian Housecleaning Hits Home With Automatic Solar Panel Cleaning
Sign Language Gets A Mobile Move On
uDraw Looks Great But That Doesn’t Mean Wii Will Like It
Digital Photos Escape The Frame, Get Cubed
Badass Bacteria On A Highway To Smell
Digital Wallet Makes Using And Losing Your Money Easier Than Ever
Apples Products May Take A Dip In Liquidmetal
New iPhone Cassette Case Rewinds You Of The Past
Transparent Window Film Makes Solar Power A Possibility In Every Home
Magnets To Tumors - We're Hot For You
Google Pedestrian Remover Remains Virtual - For Now
Braille Gets A Stylish Makeover With The Haptic Reader
Toxic Snails Aren't Doctors But Take Your Pain Away - Sans HMO
"That's What She Said" Now Coming In Pashto, Dari And Iraqi Arabic
HelloTag Lets The Whole Store Know Those Pants Won't Fit You
July 2010
Ice Formation Gives Room Temperature The Cold Shoulder
Socket To Me - The Old Power Bar With A Twist
Fatty French Fries Fuel Futuristic Form Of Forging Forward
Avatars As Nerdy As Their Creators, Study Finds
Robots Now Eat And Poop - Apocalypse Cannot Be Far Behind
Resonating Ceramic Meta-Cloak In Development, Stoneware Dagger On Hold
MoviePeg For iPhone And iPad Actually iNnovative
Semi-Autonomous Autos Man Up For A Trip To China
Microcapsules Learn To Chat Politely And Play Follow The Leader
Portable Eco-Housing On The Way Up
Accurate Noise Creation For Virtual Objects More Than Just Sound And Fury
Electrons Get Caught Up In The Metallic Wave - Start Cliff Diving
New Device Makes Getting The Waitress's Attention A Cinch - Giving Her Your Number Is Still Your Awkward Problem
Predicting The Nanoparticle-structured Future - No Small Task
Road Surface Eats Car Waste For Breakfast - Enjoys Algae As A Light Snack
The Sleeply Alarm Clock Wakes You Up And Refuses To Fall Down
New System To Help Agitated Traffic Put It In Park
Heated Nanoparticles Offer Resonating Explanations For Why "They Made Me Do It"
Under Pressure, Xenon Difluoride Gets Itself A Semi-Charged Kind Of (Battery) Life
Sugar Production Hits Sweet Spot Using Only Sun And Science
Potent Potables Use Proteins To Pinpoint Your Previous Position
June 2010
Vortex Power Gets Canonized Using The Miracle Of Compressed Gas
Cold Crystals Put The Brakes On Light – Then Read Its Memory
Self-transforming Matter Uses Origami To Get Its Fold On - Cool Sound Effects Still In The Works
Converting Noise To Light No Longer Up In The Air - Is Plane As Day
Magnetic Food Levitation – Measuring The Density of Tastiness
Electrical Spectacles To Go Both Ways - Are Easily Turned On
Liquid Crystals Do A Solid For The World Of Information Storage
Extra! Extra! eRoll To Give Newspaper New Lease On Life! In Other News, Paper Routes Down 100%
Solar Cells To Break Out Of Low-Efficiency Prison - Chance Of Capture Looks Sunny
Wristphone Gets A Fasionable Design Update - Dick Tracy Finally Able To Express Himself
Ammonia Borane Actually Super Interesting For Hydrogen Car Fuel Cells
Light That Goes Around Corners No Longer Just An Airy Tale
Graphine Oxide To Water: I Love You, But You Repulse Me
Dark Laser May Be Great For Communications - Terrible For Laser Floyd
HP Printers Get E-mail Addresses, Spam To "Enlarge Your Printer Tray" Already In Development
"Spinning Streak" Game App Shies Away From Arrestable And Dizzying Behavior - Lets You Spin Stuff Instead
On Your Bike, Says Nokia, And Take This Phone Charger With You
Intelligent Textiles Take On Melancholia With Garments That Help You Remember
Samsung Unveils Low-Power, USB-Only LCD Monitor – Say Watt?
Light-bending "Legos" To Be Used In Circuits And Lasers – Also Easier To Swallow Than A Real Lego
New Neckpiece May Give Hearing Impaired Users A Chance To Feel The Beat
May 2010
Walking Robot Technology Advances Frankenstein Complex One More Rough Step
Color Mimicking Technology May Help Banks Cash In On Butterflies For Bank Notes
Quantum Leap In Teleportation Leaves Sam Beckett And Captain Kirk Out In The Cold
USB Flash Drive Cufflinks Store Information, Broadcast Your Coolness To The World
Accuracy And Efficiency In Voting Systems? Everyone Secretly Say "Aye"
Browser Tool Aims To Let Internet Flow Again By Removing Bieber Dams
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Get Schooled – Fish Everywhere Smug About It
New Sharkskin Paint To Make Airplanes Faster And Sexier – No Word On A Matching Handbag
Kisai Round Trip Pocket Watch Spends Less Time In Pockets, More Time Being Awesome
Swedes 4G’ing Ahead With New And Improved Wi-Fi
DNA Spider Robots – Autonomous, Creepy, And Possibly Useful
New “Smellhphone” Technology May Help Track Chemical Disasters And Avoid Smelly People
Viewsonic's New Monitor Response Time Approaches Zero Milliseconds – Physicists Everywhere Concerned
LiDAR Coming To An Archaeological Dig Near You – Indiana Jones Extremely Displeased
Coming Soon To A Laptop Near You – The Ability To Not Light Your Crotch On Fire
One-step Non-reflective Nanocoatings? It's All About The Mothematics
An FM Radio and Tiny Portable Speaker All in One? You're Nuts.
Looking For a New Way to Charge Your Cellphone? nPower’s Got you PEG’d.
The Polaroid 300 – Instant Photographs Poised to Make a Comeback