Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Unibody MacBook

For those of you enjoying the unibody MacBook or 15″ MacBook Pro that came out last year, Bookendz has finally released a docking station just for your Mac laptop. The dock station would allow for you to have a permanent set up of USB devices on your desk. Instead of unplugging 15 things when you need to take your laptop with you, just unplug the dock instead. Then you can leave all of the other devices the way you like them plugged in.
Granted, if you needed to take with you one of those devices it could easily be disconnected from the dock. Just plug your MacBook into the dock and it will allow for extra ports by replicating the ports and then routing them to the back of the docking station. It gives a total of 5 USB ports, which gives you quite a bit more room to plug things in. It also has a audio in, microphone in and headphone out. It leaves the area open to plug in your usual MacBook cord and then has an AC/DC adapter that will power the USB hub itself. The 13″ MacBook Docking Station will cost you $279.95, while the one for the MacBook Pro 15″ will cost $299.95. At some point they will release a version for the 17″ MacBook, but as for these docks, you can pick them up in May.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Electronic Gadgets

Electronics and gadgets are two words that fit very well together. The electronic gadgets section of coolest gadgets is full of all the latest, well you know, electronic gadgets, that we’ve either read about or been lucky enough to get our hands on.


The Truth Wristband

Do you remember the scene from Meet the Parents when Robert De Niro has Ben Stiller connected to a lie detector? In all honesty, I don’t see how you could not. After all, it was on the poster. I remember a certain line from that scene where De Niro tells Stiller: “You’d be quite surprised at how reliable [lie detectors] are”.
I always wondered how true that is, and if we really have perfected lie detecting technology. If so, why not just wear a lie detector on our wrist? This is the concept behind the Truth Wristband.
The Truth Wristband measures the user’s galvanic response to a question, and will go from blue to red which will reveal if the user is telling the truth.
Now, there is a question of who would use such a device. Obviously it has the potential to make interrogation much easier. I suppose someone could choose to wear these things. That would be quite a conversation piece, and a true test of your character.
Just like of the Truth Wrist Band as an application of Liar Liar, without the use of a birthday wish. Something tells me we might be seeing this device on Lie to Me, a drama on Fox that I highly recommend.
If you want to purchase the Truth Wristband Kit, feel free to head over to
Maker shed and lay down $44.95.