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BuWizz gives your LEGO creations bionic powers

NEWS – LEGO builders will want to take note of the impressive features of the BuWizz. BuWizz is a deceivingly small remote control and battery for LEGO built into one brick. Believe it or not, this little addon for your LEGO Technic creations has enough power to pull a 7-ton (15,000 lbs) train carriage from 1860 filled with passengers (I’ve confirmed that the passengers are not from 1860). Don’t believe me? Just watch the video below.

If you want to add this awesomeness to your next LEGO build, head over to BuWizz and plunk down $134.

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BuWizz gives your LEGO creations bionic powers originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 11, 2019 at 10:00 am.

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Save up to 80% during Way Days at Wayfair.com

NEWS – Do you know how Amazon has Prime Day once a year? Well, they aren’t the only online retailer that can have a big sale. For the next 36 hours Wayfair.com has just what you need (see what I did there?). Wayfair Way Day begins today at 12pm ET / 9am PT, with over 100k items on sale for up to 80% off and free shipping on most items too.

Wayfair sells a lot of homewares and furniture, but they also sell quite a few products that you see us review here on The Gadgeteer. For example, you can snag a robot vacuum for $170.62, which is a 74% savings.

The bObsweep PetHair Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop is designed for families with furbabies. It features a giant 1100 mL dustbin and built-in filtration to trap harmful pathogens.

I also noticed that they have a large selection of solar lighting products for outdoors. With spring here, it’s the perfect time to update your lawn and deck with some lighting that is powered by the sun.

Visit Wayfair.com for all the details on this big 3-day sale and check out their flash sales which are happening throughout the days.

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Save up to 80% during Way Days at Wayfair.com originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 10, 2019 at 12:34 pm.

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A fidget toy just in time for Easter

NEWS – Remember back when fidget spinners were hot and everyone and their brother was spinning them between their thumb and index fingers? That was just the beginning of the whole fidget toy craze that appears to have no end in sight.

Fidget toys can help you concentrate and relieve stress and who doesn’t need more of both? So just in time for Easter comes the Thinking Egg from the Orijin Design Company.

Thinking Eggs are small marble sized eggs made of natural materials like stone, wood, brass, and even lava. They are like a holiday-inspired worry stone that you can roll between your fingers without the annoying distraction that traditional fidget spinners can have. Thinking stones are priced at $24.95. You can read more about them at theorijin.com and buy one from The Grommet.

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Look up! Broadband from the sky with Amazon Kuiper

NEWS – Not content to just sell everyone on the planet everything they need, Amazon wants to help you with that process by providing global broadband internet access…from space!

Project Kuiper is an ambitious project to launch 3,236 satellites into orbit at three different orbital altitudes: 784 satellites at an altitude of 367 miles; 1,296 satellites at 379 miles; and 1,156 satellites at 391 miles. The goal is to provide high-speed, low-latency internet access to underserved areas around the globe that lack the infrastructure to support traditional internet access points.

There isn’t a released target date to begin launches or to start service. Other companies are also looking into this, so Amazon may face competition. If history is any indicator, that won’t slow down Amazon much.

Taken to its logical conclusion, along with other planned Amazon initiatives, perhaps someday soon, you will be able to be in the middle of the Serengeti, and be able to holler “Alexa, order sunscreen”. In a few minutes, SPF50 will drop from a hovering drone.  Ah…progress.

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Going in Wrong Direction: Distracted Driving Up 10% in 2018

Much is made of distracted driving because of the rise in mobile phone use and the impact of mobile technology on our lives. No matter the changes that are made in technology to help keep people safe, the fact is people ignore those changes and continue to use their smartphones while they drive. iOS has a feature that locks your phone while you drive, car manufacturers are instigating technology panels in the dashboard, map apps have verbal turn-by-turn navigation, all to stop distracted driving. But a recent study shows that doesn’t matter. Distracted driving was actually up in 2018 by 10 percent. Distracted Driving Study… Read more

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