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Gear lust alert: titanium wedding bands with mechanical latches

Do you remember the Kinekt Design’s Gear Ring with the tiny rotating gears? I thought that ring was the ultimate geek ring, but I just found a collection of rings from McWhinney Designs to nominate for that award. 

Designed by Jeff McWhinney of California, who has a background in making hardware for yachts, racing sailboats, and bicycles, his unique mechanical wedding bands are created for active men – but dang it, I want one too!

Jeff offers a variety of rings that are made of titanium, stainless steel, and even yellow gold. They all feature a one of a kind opening mechanism that is both geek chic and functional.

For guys that have big knuckles or problems with their hands swelling, I can see how these rings would be a lot easier to remove at the end of a long day.

The rings start at $825 and go up to $4125. To see all of the designs and for more info visit mcwhinneydesigns.com.

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Bowers & Wilkins PX headphones cut the cord—and the noise

Bowers & Wilkins are known by their extremely accurate speakers and comfortable and warm sounding headphones. Recently, they’ve ventured into the wireless world with the excellent P5 Wireless headphone. Now, B&W has upped the ante with their first noise canceling headphone, the PX with aptX HD Bluetooth.

The B&W PX is a “smart” headphone that features sensors allowing listeners to intuitively control their music. Pick them up and the headphones will switch on immediately and automatically resume playing music; put them down and they return to standby mode. Lift an ear cup to talk, or hang them around your neck, and PX will pause the music, resuming playback when you’re ready to listen. B&W’s adaptive noise canceling does not reduce sound quality.

The PX speaker drivers are angled towards the ears for a more convincing soundstage. The placement of the transducers results in a more natural listening experience and improved stereo performance. The headphone also uses the latest aptX HD Bluetooth technology for 24-bit audio resolution to get the best possible sound.

The PX provides 22 hours of playback in wireless noise cancellation mode, or 33 hours in wired noise cancellation mode.

The Bowers & Wilkins PX sells for $399 US and is available now.

Visit www.bowers-wilkins.com for more info and Amazon to order.

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Bowers & Wilkins PX headphones cut the cord—and the noise originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 6, 2017 at 2:37 pm.

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Dear diary, charge my phone

Stationary devotees will love their paper notebook will also love the Moleskine Power Bank because it looks just like a small classic Moleskine journal from the rounded corners to the iconic elastic band. Cute and functional.

The Moleskine Power Bank features 4 LEDs that indicate charging status but information on the capacity of this power bank is not known at this time.

The Moleskine Power Bank will be available in black or red and is priced at $39.95. You can find out more at moleskine.com and you can order one from Amazon.

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Spin your vinyl with the RokBlok – no turntable required!

Just when you thought vinyl technologies were played out, Pink Donut brings us this fascinating little gizmo. The RokBlok is a self-contained record player that spins around the surface of the record, no turntable required! 

The unit is completely self-contained and wireless; you can play the music through the onboard speaker, or connect to your headphones (or full-size stacks) via Bluetooth. At a total weight of 3.2 ounces with vinyl wheels, it won’t harm your records. It will also play singles, EPs, or LPs at 33-1/3 or 45 RPMs.

It looks like this started as a Kickstarter, and is now available on preorder for Fall delivery at a retail price of $89.00. Check it out at RokBlok.co.

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Sketchcase literally turns your MacBook into a whiteboard

Do you remember the Wipebook reusable journal that featured whiteboard style pages that could be wiped clean and used over and over again? If you thought that sounded useful, consider the Sketchcase Whiteboard Skin that turns your MacBook into a real whiteboard that you can write on with markers – even permanent markers. 

The Whiteboard Skin is a scratch and chemical resistant vinyl wrap that is compatible with dry erase, wet erase, and permanent markers, allowing you to write and draw on your laptop. Then you can wipe it clean and write something new.

The Sketchcase Whiteboard Skin has been designed for the 12″ MacBook up to the 15″ MacBook Pro and is priced from $17.99 – $19.99. Find out more at sketchcase.com.

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