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For those of us who spend countless hours staring at a screen it’s often easy for our necks to get thrown out of whack.  With adjustable levels of vibration to improve circulation, this USB massage scarf could be a great tension reliever in a multitude of scenarios.

From long rides on an airplane to just relaxing couch side, this gadget is easily worth the $12 asking price.  Throw in multiple massage settings and you’ve got yourself a great bargain and go to gift idea.  Available now while supplies last.

[via thanks Frank]

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What’s portable, cute and loves to listen to your every command?  If you said Moshi’s Voice Control Travel Alarm Clock, then you’re spot on.

I have yet to try out any of Moshi’s voice activated alarm clocks, but according to their press release with the push of button you can activate up to 9 settings simply by speaking a command(no programming required), which includes setting the time, alarm, snooze, and asking for the temperature.

The palm sized Moshi Travel Alarm Clock is available in pink, blue, white, and black at their website and will be available at select Bed Bath & Beyond stores come mid to late November. Price: $25.

Video demo after the ‘leap’ …Continue reading: Moshi Issues Travel Sized Voice Activated Alarm Clock, Just Speak To Set It (video)

Way back in the depths of 2005, we talked about a kind of ultra portable scanner called the Docupen.  Well, the company that makes these has just released a brand new kind that they’re hoping will be so extreme you’ll likely ignore the mostly pointlessness of the device and buy several.  It’s the Docupen X-Series, and the X is almost certainly for X-treeeeeeme.

The Docupen is essentially a scanner the size of a standard ballpoint pen, and allows you to scan a document or a photo into JPEG format by rolling the scanner part along the surface of the thing you want scanned.  It has 64 gigs of internal memory, microSD card compatibility, and can scan to 600 dpi, which is no mean feat for a pen-sized scanner.

If you do a lot of photo manipulation or deal with a lot of actual paper documents–like, say, business cards at trade shows–then you might feel pretty good about the Docupen X-Series.  But you likely won’t feel good about its price, a whopping $369.

Chances are you’ll almost never need to use this, and chances are even greater that you’ll lose it in short order anyway, so it’s probably not what you’d call a good investment.

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All right, espresso buffs, pay attention.  No, seriously.  I know you’re probably bouncing around like ferrets in a room lined with tinfoil, but have I ever got just the gadget your twitchy selves need.  No more expensive coffee houses for you–now, you can make a sweet dose of hypercaffeine any time you please with the Handpresso Wild, a portable espresso machine.

It’s true, too: all you have to do is load a pod in the Handpresso’s chamber, pour hot water into the available reservoir, release a switch, wait as the pressurized chamber sends hot water through the coffee pod, and then drink up.

Naturally, you’ll be needing SERIOUSLY hot water in order to make this work completely, unless of course you want iced espresso, in which case it really doesn’t matter.  But for right around $90.00, this is a pretty sweet idea.  Unlimited espresso when and where you want it?  That’s got to be a coffee lovers’ dream come true.

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And the paraphernalia just wont stop.  To add to your array of fine iPhone accessories comes the In Your Face iPhone stand.  Capable of bending as your face sees fit and clipping to just about whatever, this could be a useful gadget for those who watch an exorbitant amount of media on their iPhones.

Also allowing for iPod Touch integration, the head piece swivels and the flexible neck measures in at 8 inches.  The whole gadget is priced at $30 so you’d better go buy one before someone “faces” you with theirs.

I’d think this would make it easier to text and drive as well.

[via TheGadgeteer]

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Here’s a great piece for all you road warriors out there–the travel alarm clock is a great invention, especially when you don’t trust that cheap clock radio the hotel leaves by your bedside any farther than you can throw it.

But chances are you’ve run out of batteries for your travel alarm clock before.  And what do you do about that?  Hope you can find a store before you go to bed?  Try and recharge those batteries via any of a hundred methods?

How about just using a travel alarm clock that runs on water, like this one?  That’s right–water.  You fill up the reservoir with water, and an electrode inside converts the water into power for the alarm clock.  Best part?  This nearly completely self-powered clock runs a meager thirty dollars, if you’re interested in getting one.

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Sometimes, you wish you could get access to shaky, variable quality information about just about any topic.  it’s times like these that we usually turn to the internet–but what if we’re away from the wireless internet or what have you?

That’s where the WikiReader device comes in.  It’s powered by two AAA batteries that are estimated to last a full year in this device, and comes with a monochrome touchscreen so you can scroll and track things.

I admit, it’s probably pretty cool to have access to three million articles worth of Wikipedia, especially wherever you happen to be at the time.  Updates are delivered on a quarterly basis, and you can also get a microSD card option added to your WikiReader for just an extra $29 a year.  It will probably do horrible things to barroom trivia contests–NTN is probably freaking out and wetting itself as we speak–but the idea is still plenty cool.

The base unit itself costs $99, and will be available on Amazon on the order of Real Soon Now.

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If you’ve ever spent time cruising around looking for a WiFi hotspot to patch your laptop in to, you’ll know that sometimes that’s a tall order that’s much easier said than done.  But now, thanks to the WiFi Seeker and Light, finding WiFi is as easy as consulting your keychain.

One button on the device activates a one-LED flashlight, where a second button will tell you the strength of any surrounding WiFi signal.  Talk about your simple operations…but interestingly, the WiFi Seeker And Light doesn’t seem to be available online, but thankfully, the folks at Amazon are more than ready to step in and offer, if not necessarily the product you want, then at the very least a product that will do what you want it to.

Of course, you don’t really NEED a WiFi finder like this–just bring your laptop–but the idea of being able to possibly find WiFi spaces while walking around the neighborhood with a little thing like that that probably makes you feel like a Ghostbuster tracking Slimer around is almost unavoidably cool.

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If you’ve got that one great gadget that you always rely on in the car, and you always find yourself needing a change of batteries for it, then Wagan Tech may have exactly what you’re looking for.  It’s a two-battery charger that plugs directly into your car’s cigarette lighter and always keeps a couple batteries on hand, charged and ready.

Not only does this charger come adjustable for the best positioning, it also has an LED reading light built in.  You can pick one of these up for just $12.49 direct from Wagan Tech’s website.

This is actually a pretty sharp idea, because I know I’ve found myself without batteries for something on the road, and being able to slip into a quick recharge on the go makes for a lot of frustration that I didn’t need to have.  This is a pretty sweet idea–now to let them come out with a four or eight battery model….

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The American grilling enthusiast is a unique beast.  Nowhere else in the world is grilling revered as a rite of passage for manly bravado.  I can’t help but imagine all the possible scenarios involving this transformable grill by Pizzoni.

Definitely approaching fanatic, one would be seen as either a tool or a god if he showed up to a location with a grill slung over his shoulder.  Whatever the case may be, this grill has its niche’ uses and I’m sure there’s many a dude-man that would love one of these for a gift.

Obviously collapsible, the grill also offers a sealed charcoal box to ward off messes so your Dockers stay in check.  The dream can be yours for $320.

[via CraziestGadgets]

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