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Portable, Foldable Speakers Are Perfect For Your Office, Your Hotel, And The Beach
April 19th, 2010. Published under Home Gadgets. No Comments.
Fold-up speakers for your MP3 players? You better believe it. OrigAudio’s eco-friendly Fold-N-Play speakers let you take your favorite playlists on the road to your office, hotel rooms and the beach.
Made from recycled materials, the Fold-N-Play speakers and arrives in a similarly-recycled box. It’s two, flat pieces of cardboard with embedded speakers and an attached cable. There’s no batteries.
All you need is a headphone jack.
Follow the enclosed instructions to convert the speakers into 3-inch cubes of sound. Then, when you’re done, fold them back up and slip them into your laptop sleeve. The 1-watt sound won’t rival a home stereo system, but will outperform most internal laptop speaker sets.
The OrigAudio Fold-N-Play made Time Magazine’s list of 50 Best Inventions of 2009. It sells for $20 per set, or $80 for all 6 available styles.
Visit the OrigAudio website at http://origaudio.com.
Conserve More Energy With Motion-Sensored Light Switches
February 1st, 2010. Published under Home Gadgets. No Comments.
Courtesy of Black & Decker, energy-conscious homeowners in Chicago now have another way to conserve natural resources.
Introducing the Lights Out Autoswitch, a 135-degree, motion-detecting device that turns the lights on when people enter a room, and subsequently turns them off after everyone has left. The timer can be set at 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes.
Use it in bedrooms, home offices, children’s playrooms and anywhere else a person may leave the lights on.
Best of all, the device is easy to install.
The Lights Out Autoswitch runs on 3 AA batteries and slips right over an existing toggle light switch. There’s no electrical wiring or assembly required and the product ships with a 2-year warranty.
The Lights Autoswitch is available on Amazon.com for $23.
