Digital Calipers are useful for measure sizes of various small objects, most notable nuts and bolts and other small parts. Traditional analog calipers, ie. the ones with numbers printed on them, have been available on the cheap for quite a while. More recently, digital calipers have become readily available. A search on Amazon yields some [...]

The Assisted Open Knife: The modern alternative to a switch blade. That’s actually an unfair comparison, it is very different from a switchblade, and it’s differences are exactly what make it “more legal” (not legal advice). It’s much more of a utility knife, and is not meant to be concealed – but rather utilized by [...]

Don’t discard it as a modern remnant of the late 90′s. The MAS-102, with a dual-channel 65w amp and dual USB ports, and a phono input (yes – you read that right), you should have no problem putting your buddy’s new Sony from Best Buy to shame. Great for the classic audiophile looking for a [...]

I thought I would re-iterate the awesomeness of the bicycle that I started ranting about here. The bicycle is one of the greatest gadgets every known. It is young, yet it has ruthlessly spread through the modern world and infect every place on earth and every terrain. That may sound like an exaggeration but it [...]

Bicycles are a great example of gadget. They have been widely used for less than 150 years. Bicycles are used around the world, for all sorts of purposes. Everything from recreation to commuting to commercial use. They are used for racing, downhill, uphill, jumping, tricks or just for cruising around. Bicycles are an interesting subject [...]

The term “audiophile” describes a disorder – “Audiophilia” – in which a person beings to experience very high level of anxiety when they are distanced from audio devices or other electronics for extended periods of time. Okay, that’s complete BS, but you get the point. Audiophile is a term used for high end audio equipment. [...]

Remington model MB200 type a For millenia, men have been searching for the best way to shave. The remington mb200 is the modern answer to that problem. Cave men used to shave with rocks, stone tool technology being at the forefront of modern technology for hundreds of thousands of years, but that didn’t give them [...]

Are you trying to make one big battery out of a bunch of little batteries? This is called a “battery bank”, “battery array”, or “battery string”. Great question. A few things to consider: 1) All the batteries should be identical. This is just to make your life easier, if you talk to an electrician you’ll [...]

This is a great option for some people, but there are factors which can make it more expensive than solar and less useful. First of all, they are expensive. Don’t expect to find one for under $500. Second, the battery again. You probably need to store the electricity in a car battery or battery array [...]

Solar panels are a great option if your needs are low and your wallet isn’t empty. They can give your small devices or car battery a decent charge, but there are a couple of limitations. First of all, the size of the solar panel is critical. You can’t usually get away with one of those [...]

With energy becoming a rising problem, with increasing price, and increasing demand. All of our devices these days use energy. Charging your Android Smartphone or iPhone might be no big deal at home, but what if you’re on the road all the time? What if all you have to charge your phone is a solar [...]

Google has announced a strategic move towards home improvement. In other words, they want you to turn on a lamp with your smartphone. Yes that’s right. Your thumb is no longer good enough. Not even a foot button will suffice. The clapper? This isn’t the 1980′s. Motion sensors? This isn’t the 1990′s. Google is making [...]