Keeping your eyes on the road can be a hard task. You want to keep checking your phone for directions or see who posted the lastest thing on your Facebook. With
Navdy (pre-order $300.00), it will help make this a thing of the past. This 5.1-inch transparent heads-up display connects to your phone via Bluetooth and presents your navigation info and incoming notifications in a distraction-free way — above your dash, and between your eyes and the road. An IR camera lets you control things via touch-less gestures, and thanks to an OBD-II power and data connection, it can give you pertinent info about your car's performance and vitals, too, all without making any modifications to your existing ride.
Check out the video below for more info or check out
Navdy site.
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Since May is "Bike Month" let me introduce the
Skylock ($159), its a smart lock that has a theft alert system that sends a message to your phone when someone touches your lock for an extended period of time. Messages are sent via bluetooth or via Wi-Fi. "Using Bluetooth Low-Energy, Wi-Fi, and an accelerometer.
Skylock pairs itself with a smartphone to be contextually aware. Through this connectivity Skylock can keep cyclists safer by comparing accelerometer data from a smartphone to its own and determine when a rider has been in an accident. In the event of a severe impact Skylock will send a push notification to see if the rider is ok. If they fail to acknowledge the notification within a set number of seconds, Skylock will automatically determine that the rider is seriously hurt and alert emergency responders so they can come to the rider's aid as quickly as possible."
The Lunecase is a smart iPhone case that has the capacity to receive notifications from the iPhone and display an icon accordingly to the back to let you know when you've got a new message or incoming call. The geekest part is that it’s powered by electromagnetic energy, which is emitted and surrounds most devices, including your iPhone. In short, it doesn't need any batteries and it doesn't need to be charged to power up. The
Lunecase Eclipse is currently up on
Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $39 will get you one of these. Get more info from
Kickstarter.
Roku's Streaming Stick ($49) was just unveiled and might just be the answer to Google Chromecast. The Roku Steaming Stick is a tiny device that plugs into your television's HDMI port and allows you to stream HD video from the web, controlled by a phone or tablet. This sounds familiar.
Roku's new device will offer access to 1,000 channels and 31,000 movies and it allows users to cast from
Netflix and
YouTube to their televisions. The device works with free Android and iOS apps. Unlike Chromecast, it does comes with a Wi-Fi remote control.
You can currently pre-order via
Amazon,
BestBuy,
WalMart and
Staples and its scheduled to be on the shelves in April. Are you going to get one?
Source: Mashable.com
I don't have an iPad but if I did I would be jumping on this app to check it out. With this app you can remotely access any software on your Mac or PC as if it were a native iOS app from your iPad with
Parallels Access (FREE). No matter where you are in the world, so long as you have an active internet connection, you can use software from your home or office machine, and access files. Features like tapping, swiping, pinching, and scrolling make it feel like you are working on an application meant for your iPad, while select, drag, copy, and paste let you seamlessly switch between remote apps and iPad apps. A built-in app launcher and app switcher keep you as productive as you would be on your full-size machine. So would you use it?
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Pocket Tripod is a
Kickstarter project that has some actual use in which it fits in your wallet and can transform into a 360 degree iPhone stand. The portable credit card iPhone stand is so convenient that you can always have it with you in your wallet. Check out the video below and if you want more information check out there
Kickstarter page.