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Hide and protect your handgun or other valuables with Covert Cabinets

These cabinets aren’t like those huge metal gun safes weighing hundreds of pounds, but they protect your handgun in a cleverly disguised hiding place and make them more quickly accessible (when you know how to open them) than having to dial open one of those big safes.  When closed, the Covert Cabinets shelf looks like a regular display shelf.  Underneath, the molding that decorates the bottom of the shelf conceals a locking, drop-down storage compartment that requires a magnetic key to open.

The shelf is 21″ X 12″ X 4″, with a 13.5″ X 8″ X 1.75″ interior storage area.  Total load the shelf can hold – concealed and displayed items – is 20 pounds.  The hinges operate smoothly using a dampener gas spring which allows for a controlled opening.  There’s a foam pad in the interior space that can be cut to hold your stored items securely.

Covert Cabinets are available at Amazon in a couple different colors and designs.  This particular shelf is available a with free Prime Shipping option.  This black Covert Cabinets HG-21 Gun Cabinet Wall Shelf Hidden Storage is $169.95 at Amazon.

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Hide and protect your handgun or other valuables with Covert Cabinets originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 7, 2017 at 8:00 am.

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Take my advice check out Gamevice controllers for the iPad Pro

Not content to rest on their laurels, the folks at Gamevice have made new game controllers that work with the Apple iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9. These new controllers fall in line with the ones that are made for the iPhone 6 through 8 (no information on the X as of yet). If you are not familiar with Gamevice controllers, they are designed to plug into your Lightning port and use your device for power. The Gamevice controller also allows for pass-through charging with a charging port built into the controller.

With mobile devices becoming more powerful and having better screens, gaming on one seems more appealing than ever and the Gamevice controllers for the iPad Pro series seems like it may be a perfect fit.

The Gamevice controllers can be purchased for $99.95 from the Gamevice website and Amazon. They also have controllers for Android products (Galaxy S8/S8+/Note8 and Galaxy S7/S7 edge).

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Take my advice check out Gamevice controllers for the iPad Pro originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 6, 2017 at 2:57 pm.

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Learn to draw, build, or stitch a galaxy far, far away

Crafty fans of Star Wars will enjoy this series of books from Quarto Knows.  With the Master Models series, you can build scenes from Star Wars movies, construct models of characters (like Darth Vader or R2-D2) or ships (like the Millennium Falcon).  The Learn to Draw series helps you learn, step-by-step, how to draw your favorite characters.  There are books to help you explore the Star Wars mythology and blueprints.  There are even books of cross-stitch patterns for needle artists.  Quarto Knows has books to help any Star Wars hobbyist explore their interests.  Books range in price from about $15 to $100.

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Learn to draw, build, or stitch a galaxy far, far away originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 6, 2017 at 10:00 am.

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Star Shower makes Christmas decorating easy!

With Star Shower, you’ll be able to decorate the exterior of your house without requiring ladders or risking a trip to the ER.  Shown in the above image is the Window Wonderland.  Apply the adjustable 4ft x 6ft easy-fit screen to the inside of your windows, position the old movie camera-styled projector in your yard, and you’re ready to start projecting moving holiday displays on the front of your house.  The kit includes six Christmas movies and six Halloween movies for next fall.

The normal price of the Window Wonderland kit is $59.99; it’s available now for $19.99.

If you want a display that could cover the entire front of your house (up to 3200 sq ft), check out Star Shower’s Slideshow.  Choose one of the 12 slides (for Christmas, Halloween, Independence Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, or birthdays), insert it into the LED projector and watch your house be covered in bright, colorful holiday designs.  An efficient motor sets your selected designs dancing over the house at the selected display speeds: fast, slow, or freeze. It comes with an indoor base if you’d rather have your slideshow inside.  The Slideshow kit was $39.99, but it’s now $29.99.

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Star Shower makes Christmas decorating easy! originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 6, 2017 at 8:00 am.

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The first Always Connected PCs are here and they deliver practically 24 Hour battery life

An ultra thin laptop with LTE connectivity and nearly 24-hour battery life might seem like a pipe-dream, but that is all about to change. Today at the Qualcomm Summit, both Asus and HP unveiled their first Always Connected PCs which are both powered by the Qualcomm 835 mobile PC platform.

The concept behind the Always Connected PC is that it brings over several smartphone traits to a PC that emulate the experience you’d get from your phone. For example, the new Always Connected PCs feature instant on capabilities, so that means that the computer turns on instantly without waiting for it to wake from hibernation. The PCs are always connected to the internet via gigabit LTE and a built-in SIM, they provide a full Windows 10 experience and all day battery life. All day battery life means 24 hours – not just 9 to 5, which is what we’ve all grown used to. All of this is made possible thanks to the Qualcomm 835 platform.

Asus NovaGo

The Asus NovaGo is the world’s first Gigabit LTE Laptop. It sports a 10mm thin design, comes with a stylus and is available with up to 8GB of RAM and 256gb of storage. Its battery can last up to 22 hours on a charge, or 30 days on standby. Pricing for the Asus NovaGo will start at just $599 and will go up to $799 for the 8GB / 256GB storage model.

HP Envy X2

HP announced their Envy X2 which sports a “Tablet” PC form factor with a detachable keyboard. The device itself is made of machined aluminum, it measures just 6.9mm thin and weighs just 1.5lbs. Like the NovaGo, the Envy X2 comes with a stylus and comes running Windows 10. The battery life for the Envy X2 is up to 20 hours on a charge.

Lenovo is expected to unveil their own Always Connected PC at CES next month as well. And AMD was on stage talking about their engineering partnership with Qualcomm. They said that through a partnership with Qualcomm, they’ll be bringing their high-performance Ryzen processors to connected PCs soon. That means that a gaming laptop with similar features to the Always Connected PCS might not be too far off in the future.

But what we’re most excited about is the promise of ALL WEEK battery life which Qualcomm and its partners spoke about. Perhaps the second generation of Always Connected PCs will offer that so that we can finally leave our power bricks at home. That would be truly liberating.

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The first Always Connected PCs are here and they deliver practically 24 Hour battery life originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 5, 2017 at 7:03 pm.

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