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Invent nearly anything with Makey Makey

In 2015, The Gadgeteer introduced to Makey Makey Go:

Makey Makey Go makes your spacebar edible

Almost three years later, Makey Makey is back; new and improved. The possibilities are endless with this wildcard of a toy. Turn bananas into a xylophone, your own drawing into a touchpad, play-dough into a game controller, buckets of water into a dancing platform, or your staircase into a giant piano! 

Confused? Watch this informational and awesome video made by the creators:

Makey Makey is essentially a circuit board with alligator clips that connect to your computer via USB, making any objects connected interactive and fun.

With Christmas around the corner, you and your kids will love the time you’ll be able to spend together, inventing new gadgets using your household items!

No programming knowledge is required, no software is to be installed, and Makey Makey is compatible with Mac and Windows computers.

I’ll be right back… I’m going to scroll through Facebook using marshmallows as arrow keys… and then…  not… eat them when I’m done…

Get your Makey Makey for $49.93 while they’re in stock now from Amazon!

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Invent nearly anything with Makey Makey originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 2, 2017 at 9:45 am.

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AliveCor’s KardiaBand takes a medical-grade EKG on your wrist in seconds

When the Apple Watches were first introduced, it seemed there was talk of using the watch to monitor a lot of health conditions that weren’t available at release.  The Watch has been used to monitor some health conditions and for some clinical trials, but not as many as I had envisioned.  Now AliveCor’s KardiaBand is the first FDA-cleared, clinical-grade accessory for the Watch for detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) and normal sinus rhythm in an EKG. 

The KardiaBand replaces your normal Watch band.  It pairs with the SmartRhythm app, and you can take an EKG reading as easily as opening the app, sitting down, placing your thumb on the band’s metal contact, and waiting a few seconds while the band takes the measurements.  The app evaluates your readings and determines if everything is okay or if it detects signs of atrial fibrillation.  It even monitors your heart rate and physical activity, and it can prompt you to take a reading if it suspects something may be wrong.

You’ll require a Kardia Premium membership to use the EKG band; it’s $99 annually or $9.99 a month, with the first month free.  You’ll have unlimited storage of all your readings, and you’ll get a monthly EKG summary report for your doctor.  You can also use the app to store your weight, blood pressure readings, and activity.

Just like the Apple Sport bands, you’ll receive three band components so you can achieve a good fit.   The KardiaBand is available in black only and sized to fit the 38mm or the 42mm Apple Watch.  It’s $199.00 at AliveCor.

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AliveCor’s KardiaBand takes a medical-grade EKG on your wrist in seconds originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 am.

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Scan photos without removing them from the photo album

A few years ago, everyone seemed to be scrapbooking – taking old and new photos out of existing photo albums and creating new photo books filled with more decorations than photos.  I remember the bane of everyone’s existence then was those old “magnetic” photo albums.  Seems those adhesive strips that held the photos in place welded themselves to the photos over time.  Removing photos from those albums often resulted in wrinkled (at best) or torn (at worst) photos.  With the Rapid Photo Album Scanner, you can get a digital scan of photos in those books, or any other album, without removing the photo or without having to disassemble the album.  The scanner can copy any paper image (up to 4″X6″) on a flat surface, plus 35mm negatives and slides. 

The scanner has a built-in 14MP CMOS sensor, LED lights to illuminate the subject, holders for negatives and for slides, and a 2.4″ color screen so you can see how to position the scanner.  Scans of black-and-white or color photos, negatives, or slides are converted to JPEG format and stored on the included memory card.  You can connect the device to a PC or Mac computer via USB to transfer scanned images.

The Rapid Photo Album Scanner is $199.99 at Sharper Image.  Right now, use code SHIP99 for free shipping and 20% off purchases over $99.00.

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Scan photos without removing them from the photo album originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 1, 2017 at 8:00 am.

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That’s no moon! That’s a Death Star Dome Tent!

ThinkGeek follows its grand tradition of providing us with great Star Wars collectibles and gear with the Death Star Dome Tent.  With a 7-foot diameter, the tent can sleep three Galactic Empire members.  It weighs only 11 pounds, so you won’t need an AT-AT walker to carry it.  It has a fast-click assembly frame with joints, not poles, which allows quick and easy setup and take down.  The interior waterproof compartment is pre-attached to the frame, and it has pockets and a central hook to hang a light.  The door has a fly sheet for ventilation.  The tent has an Oxford polyester outer shell with 1k HH (Hydrostatic Head) waterproofing.  For $249.99, you’ll get the tent cover, inner compartment, guy ropes, pegs, and a lightweight, waterproof carry bag.  The officially-licensed Death Star Dome Tent is a ThinkGeek exclusive.

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That’s no moon! That’s a Death Star Dome Tent! originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 30, 2017 at 10:00 am.

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Look casually sharp (or sharply casual) in an UNTUCKit shirt

Ever tried to leave your smart-looking dress shirt casually untucked? Yeah, for most dress shirts, it looks sloppy because their tails are just too long. The folks at UNTUCKit wanted to solve that, so they did a ton of customer research to determine exactly how long an untucked dress shirt could be before it went from sharp to slob. The result is UNTUCKit, a shirt that is “designed to fall halfway between the belt and the bottom of the zipper, allowing the front pockets to be partially exposed. Our shirts have a curved hemline (not square bottom).” Available in dozens of combinations of colors, patterns, materials and sizes, UNTUCKit has shirts for conceivably any taste.  Visit UNTUCKit.com for more info or to order.

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