2017 | Gear Diary

TrackR Announces Partnership to Make Personal Item Management More Family Friendly

TrackR may be known for their popular item finding products, but a new partnership with GeoZila adds family safety to your favorite personal item manager. The popular brand announced today here in Las Vegas that their cloud-based platform is expanding from just remembering where your keys and wallet are, to a wider genre by joining forces with GeoZilla, a company known for their family safety assistant app that helps you know a family members location on the fly. Going forward with the GeoZilla integration, future TrackR products that you normally attach to your keys, backpack and even pets can now…

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Ashley Chloe’s FUSE Headsets Are Fashionable & Functional

Announced at CES here in Las Vegas, the FUSE Smart Modular Wireless Earbuds by Ashley Chloe, Inc. are a 2017 CES Innovation Awards Nominee. The world’s first ceramic headphones, the FUSE are designed to be carried, charged and connected in many different forms. Ashley Chloe products are known for their diversity in fashion, and now the FUSE will show that once again the brand can make a limitless product. Consisting of two wireless earbuds that fuse together through a connector that forms into a pill shaped module which not only makes it more portable, but the fashion-forward earbuds use their…

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OPCOM Farm GrowBox Indoor Hydroponic Gardening System

For years, Kev and I have talked about planting a garden so we could grow our own vegetables and be somewhat self-sufficient. Because we live on the top of a big rock, if we plant a garden it will be an endeavor involving a bulldozer and hauling topsoil. Until that becomes feasible, we’ll have the OPCOM Farm GrowBox hydroponic garden.

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Digitsole Attempts to Outdo Themselves with New Smart Shoes

Back at CES 2016, Digitsole released the world’s first auto-lacing smart shoe; so, how do they plan on outdoing themselves this year? The answer is simple: Make a collection of smart shoes! Effective today, Digitsole has announced over ten new models of their Digitsole smart shoes, including a woman’s high-heel show with telescopic tech, as well as a smart running show that adapts it’s cushioning in real-time. Combining fashion with functionality, Digitsole plans on making the most innovative footwear in the industry. Digitsole’s Women’s high-heel with telescopic tech can be adjusted at the heel with a single tap on your…

Vehicles & Gear

2017 Lexus ES 300h Offers Luxury Ride with Hybrid Drive

When Lexus launched the sixth-generation ES premium midsize sedan a few years back it used the tagline of ‘Impossible to ignore, impossible to forget.’ More recently, the luxury division of Toyota Motor Company has given the ES lineup a mild makeover, and over the holidays we took delivery of the 2017 Lexus ES 300h hybrid sedan in the test driveway.

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The Just Mobile HeadStand Avant Is a Graceful Headphone Holder

If you have a favorite pair of headphones that you like to have ready for frequent use, you need a place to keep them, right? And how better to hold and display them than on an aluminum Just Mobile HeadStand Avant?

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Humetrix Demos a Fleet of Health Apps That Put You in Control

Diagnostic testing is a very complex matter which is heavily associated with healthcare reform being present around the globe. At CES 2017, Humetrix is demoing a fleet of mobile health platforms that put the consumer in control of their health care.

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TempTraq Monitors Your Child’s Temperature from Anywhere

Parents can now monitor their child’s body temperature’s from anywhere thanks to the TempTraq Connect.

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ConnectSense: Get Two Smart Outlets for the Price of One

One of the first things you want as a smart home user is a Smart Outlet that will work, even if you don’t have products like smart bulbs, smart hubs, etc. The ConnectSense Smart Outlet not only integrates perfectly into your home, but it’s the only one on the market with a specific set of features unseen in others.

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Latest Lockitron Smart Lock Is Affordable and Less Than $100

The Lockitron Bolt Smart Lock is truly one of the most affordable smart home locks available on the market, and is compatible with so many other smart home products! The Bolt Lock by Lockitron, is the first connected door lock to be priced at just under $100. The $99 smart lock pairs a slim, elegant design is the only smart lock to fully integrate with the popular Ring video doorbell, as well as work with IFTTT. There are plenty of bulky smart gadgets out there, but the Bolt lock is the first to offer not only reliability, but it’s connection to…

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Speedify: Latest Update Makes Speeds Faster & More Resourceful

To start off the new year, you should really check out Speedily’s latest update, which was just released. Version 5.0 of the popular VPN app Speedify is officially in the App Store as we speak, featuring a few tweaks that are VERY helpful.

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Samsung’s New Security Cameras Monitor Your Home and Baby

If you’ve been looking for a way to monitor your homes, properties, children and pets straight from your fingertips, Samsung Techwin America has new connected security cameras you’ll definitely want to check out.