So summer is coming

and you want your kids to be amused and engaged and keep their science smarts in top notch form.
What do you do?
Why, you show them how to charge their iPod via Electolytes, of course.

You point your kids to this article to learn more:

Charge an iPod with an onion

And your kids didn’t […]

Morning!

Kids want a Blackberry? Heck, YOU want a Blackberry? I’m thinking about a Blackberry as I’m considering getting either that or an iPhone. Well, check this out:
Zee New Blackberry, you can get zee new glimpses! To wit:
…After months of online speculation, rumor, and badly photoshopped innuendo, RIM announced its new […]

So you have

a sullen teenager who is implementing the trademark “Hey! I’m a Sullen Teenager!” attitude but because you’re still half-asleep, you haven’t yet noticed the glaring warning signs.
But not to fear! To wit:
…But every once in a long while, it comes up with something we’d actually consider buying. And this is […]

We all have

disposable items at home…but why should they, well, get disposed?
LifeHacker has a great article about this! To wit:
…We asked earlier this week what disposable items you had found clever re-uses for, and the answers are in. Not surprisingly, some of you have some pretty crafty uses for household goods that usually […]

This goodie is quite sweet:
…Zoombak’s gadget is just the latest gizmo of its kind that lets you geolocate your dog, your car, your kids, or your kids in your car. The company is debuting the $199 device this week at RetailVision 2008, an event for consumer retailers in Orlando, Fla.
Zoombak is pitching the […]

Confess this instant!

You, yes YOU!!!! secretly crave to know,
Gosh! Why DOES technology have to stop at the bathroom? Why can I indulge in high tech gadgetry everywhere else EXCEPT the bathroom? It’s a conspiracy! It must be!
Well fear not, gentle readers, for at the Kitchen and Bath Show, Jacuzzi released […]

Morning!

If your child has an iPod that regularly gets exposed to harsh conditions (marching in mud, wrestling alligators, etc.), you’ll love this DIY Duct Tape iPod Touch Slip cover. To wit:
…. Work or play in a dirty environment? I do, and I like to listen to my iPod while I’m at it. I […]

Morning! PCWorld
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has a wonderful roundup of super coolio gadgets you cannot get in the United States. Doesn’t this sound like a super reason to travel to the other side of the world?
Gadgets listed include:

Panasonic Viera P905i - Think of it as the world’s smallest […]

If you or your teens

like jogging in the evening, the new must-have gadget is, of course, headlights for your sneakers. To wit:
…The title of this post says it all, headlights on your shoe. Pioneer is a concept shoe that coverts kinetic walking energy into electrical energy. There’s a tiny battery that charges up […]

Now if this

isn’t cool, I don’t know what is.
As we all know, the iPhone is mega-cool because it runs Unix. Anything that runs unix is paradise on this planet, I’ll have you know. But I digress.
Anywhos, what would you do if your iPhone gets lost or stolen and […]