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| December 17, 2009
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20+ Geek Watches That Are Must Watch!

We had featured Top Geek T-Shirts recently. Here we have 20+ interesting looking geek wrist watches with crazy features! What is your favorite? Are you geek enough?

GPS Watches

 

Garmin Forerunner 405CX ($369 at Amazon)

 

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Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor ($226 at Amazon)

 

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Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Enabled Sports Watch ($379 at Amazon)

 

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Heart Rate Monitoring Wrist Watches

 

Polar FT60 BLACK / RED DISPLAY Heart Rate Monitor ($220 at Amazon)

  • Black men’s heart rate monitor watch with several innovative training features
  • Displays heart rate as percentage of maximum, bpm, and within target zone indicator
  • Polar Star personalized training program delivers feedback and weekly training targets
  • Polar OwnCal mode tracks energy expenditure for single and accumulated workouts
  • Offers ZonePointer and Polar OwnZone modes; water-resistant to 30 meters; 2-year warranty

 

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Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor ($110 at Amazon)

 

  • Improve your training with watch-style heart rate monitor with stopwatch functionality
  • Monitor your intensity level to ensure you achieve the desired goal for each workout
  • Calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone
  • Comes with Polar T31 coded transmitter, which prevents interference from other nearby monitors
  • Backed by a 2-year warranty

 

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Polar FT60 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Purple) ($220 at Amazon)

 

  • Purple women’s heart rate monitor watch with several innovative training features
  • Displays heart rate as percentage of maximum, bpm, and within target zone indicator
  • Polar Star personalized training program delivers feedback and weekly training targets
  • Polar OwnCal mode tracks energy expenditure for single and accumulated workouts
  • Offers ZonePointer and Polar OwnZone modes; water-resistant to 30 meters; 2-year warranty

 

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Polar FT80G1 Heart Rate Monitor Watch with GPS ($430 at Amazon)

 

  • Sophisticated heart rate monitor watch with several innovative training features
  • Intelligent training computer helps you achieve maximum workout efficiency
  • Displays heart rate as percentage of maximum, bpm, and within target zone indicator
  • Includes G1 GPS sensor for measuring speed and distance during outdoor sports
  • Offers ZonePointer and Polar OwnZone modes; water-resistant to 30 meters; 2-year warranty

 

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Binary LED Watch ($69 at ThinkGeek)

 

This watch displays time in binary format. It uses LED lights to display the time. Need we say more? Okay, we will. The watch face contains 10 blue LEDs that are used to indicate the numbers of the binary sequence (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32) and the values of the lighted LEDs are added to determine the time.

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Spy Camera Watch ($89 at ThinkGeek)

 

This watch has built in Video Camera with 8GB Storage!

  • Can also be used as an 8GB USB flash drive
  • Built-in microphone
  • Watch band length is adjustable
  • Video in AVI Format (352×288) at 15 FPS
  • Dimensions: watch face is 45 x 14mm (dia x H)
  • Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, MAC OS compatible
  • Includes: watch, USB cable, user manual, Power adapter (110-240V 50/60Hz)

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    Video Watch with OLED Screen 8GB Storage ($89 at ThinkGeek)

     

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    The Astrodea Celestial Watch ($599 at ThinkGeek)

     

    A beautifully detailed representation of space, The Astrodea Celestial Watch is packaged in a presentation box that includes a convenient 10x magnifier for close-up viewing. Limited edition and made in Japan of a stainless steel case, back and bracelet with a 42.5mm case diameter. The crystal is made of anti-reflective Sapphire.

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    Prada Bluetooth Watch

     

    LG Prada Mobile Phone has a stylish Bluetooth enabled watch that can show the Caller ID, missed call information etc on the watch! It is really amazing and thoughtful. You need not even take out your phone to receive your call! You can do it with the watch!

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    USB Hidden Watch 8GB ($39 at ThinkGeek)

     

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    WiFi Detector Watch ($39 at Amazon)

     

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    Ultimate Style 8GB Steel MP4 Video Player Wrist Watch - 1.8 TFT Inch Screen ($100 at ThinkGeek)

     

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    Wrist Watch GSM Mobile (Check out here for more such models)

     

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    1.3 Mpx Unlocked Tri-Band Wrist Watch GSM Cell phone ($165 at Amazon)

    Comes with Camera, Video, MP3, MP4 player, Sound recorder and more. 1.3-inch Color TFT LCD touch

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    TokyoFlash Watches - Kisai Keisan Black

     

    All TokyoFlash Watches Range are geeky watches with strange looking LEDs and things like that. Looks complicated but easy to get the time once you understand :) We’re a great fans of those watches.

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    Suunto Vector Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, and Thermometer ($200 at Amazon)

     

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    Suunto Advizor Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Barometer, Compass, Altimeter, and Chronograph ($179 at Amazon)

     

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    Suunto X6HRT Titanium Heart Rate Monitor Watch ($650 at Amazon)

     

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    Casio Sea Pathfinder Atomic Triple Sensor Solar Watch ($200 at Amazon)

     

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    | December 8, 2009
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    Probably The Easiest Way To Setup An Effective Home Surveillance System

    There are so many home surveillance systems available, but probably there is nothing that is as easy to setup as the MOLE. If you are looking for a cool and easy way to setup a home surveillance system that an be monitored directly via iPhone’s internet browser or looking for an effective way to get notified via twitter or email when the camera catches something in your home, then the MOLE is the perfect device you are looking for.

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    The MOLE is an all-in-one network camera for home surveillance or all your social network communities. It has a simple 3-step setup that gets the camera on to Wi-Fi and gets it up and running. You can remotely control the pan & tilt angles, and monitor or record video from anywhere in the world. View it from your iPhone, or any web browse via internet. Best part that fits well for surveillance system is the built-in motion detection controls that record and notifies you via twitter or email if the camera catches something moving. Not just that, you an use the camera to automatically send video clips to YouTube or Facebook, even if you’re not there.

    It can be conveniently be used for Baby monitoring, Pet monitoring, Business Security, Home Security or even fun thinks like Bird Watching at your backyard’ bird feeder.

    How to setup the MOLE?

    Three simple steps are all that you need to setup the system.

    1. Connect the Mole to a router and then plug in to AC power.

    2. Login at astak.yoics.com, follow the questions to register a yoics account. Click on “Complete Registration” when finish.

    3.The system will automatically detect your camera. Give a name to your camera and click on “Register Now”. After the registration, you can view your camera under My Stuff -> Cameras.

    How to setup the MOLE for wireless usage?

    - Then to get the camera on wireless network, go to the view interface of your camera, click on Advanced -> Network, then under Wireless Settings, select Enable.

    - Click on Search to look for your wireless network. Click on Join to connect to your network.

    - Type in the Security mode and WPA Algorithm (shown in the search). Then type in the username and password.

    - Finally, click on Apply. Unplug the network cable first before unplug the power cable. Now you can move the Mole to where you like and reconnect it to a power source!

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    Here is the full list of features:

    • Send video clips to Youtube
    • Advanced H.264 video compression technology
    • Easy 3-step setup
    • Remotely control the Pan & Tilt
    • Built-in DVR (requires SD Card)
    • Viewable from iPhone
    • Motion detection and alerts via Twitter or email
    • Wireless WiFi camera
    • 15 Ir LED lights for Nightvision
    • Supports simultaneous browsing by up to 5 users
    • Multi-browser compatible (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome)
    • Firmware upgradeable
    • Built-in microphone supports two-way audio
    • Automatic fault recovery and re-connection after network interruption
    • Supports wired/wireless networking

    and more here

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    | November 25, 2009
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    How To Wakeup From Sleep Refreshingly

    How many of you use an alarm clock to wake up and how often you hit the snooze button to try and catch-up some more sleep? It’s a battle to overcome the desire to sleep for longer time and get out of bed. Some of the alarm clocks even give you a puzzle to solve for you to be able to put the alarm to stop. You feel so exhausted when you are woken up from a deep sleep and potentially the whole day goes for a toss. Well, this would not happen if you were not woken up from a deep sleep. Wish the alarm clock knows when to wake you up!

    Sweet dreams

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    This wasn’t possible until sleep motoring devices were introduced into the market. Sleeptracker is one such device that continuously monitors signals from your body that indicate whether you are asleep or awake. The Sleeptracker that you wear on your wrist like a watch has its internal sensors that can detect even the most subtle physical signals from your body. Sleeptracker finds your best waking moments, so that waking up has never been easier.

    How does it work?


    When you sleep, your body goes through a series of sleep cycles. The average adult experiences 4-5 full sleep cycles over an 8-hour period. Each cycle lasts about 90-110 minutes and comprises five different stages, as shown in the chart.

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    Yu wear Sleeptraker and set the phase alarm for the normal time you awake. By monitoring your sleep cycles for optimal waking moments during the preset alarm windows, Sleeptracker finds those almost awake-moments and gently wakes you when you’re most alert. The result is you wake up refreshed and the whole day turns out to be lot easier than before because you are never woken up from deep sleep.

    Quick features on Sleeptracker

    • Time & Date
    • GLO Backlight
    • Water-Resistant
    • Adjustable Alarm Window
    • Sleep Data Collection
    • Vibrating Alarm, Ringing Alarm, or Both
    • Download of Sleep Data to PC
    • Review of Sleep Data with Included Software
    • Monitors Sleep for "Almost Awake" Moments

    more here

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    | November 22, 2009
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    A Cute and Capable Home Server From Acer With Up To 7 TB Storage!

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    What is a Home Server?

    It is an inexpensive Server solution targeted to Home/Small Office users and lets an easy way to network home computers. It lets you keep all the data at one place either using LAN or Internet connection. It can be your personal Cloud Storage that you can access from anywhere in the world, that means you can store your pictures and videos etc from anywhere in the world. It can act like your Media Centre. Home Servers have usually a Server grade OS and a capable CPU for files sharing, resource sharing etc. Other network elements like your laptops, PCs, router can access this as if it was a remote Server but the only thing is it resides in your residence or office.

    Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N is a Home Server that lets you centralize so many things. It is cute, capable with plenty of storage space. It is compact and also has efficient one touch data backup solutions in built.


    Technical Spec:

    • Easy-to-use server for home and small business users with 24/7 performance and 1 TB of storage
    • Three hot-swappable drive cages provide up to 7 TB of storage when you add optional drives
    • One-touch USB copy enables quick file uploading; access server via networked PCs as well as remotely
    • Intel Atom processor 230, 2 GB of RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, 5 USB ports, 1 eSATA port
    • Microsoft Windows Home Server operating system

     

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    Via [Amazon]

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    | November 19, 2009
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    How to setup your own Cloud Storage under 60 seconds?

    The Pogoplug connects your USB drive to the Internet so you can easily share and access your files from anywhere. It is the easiest way you could put your USB Hard Disk on the internet to share files with friends or you accessing them remotely!

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    Features:


     

    Easy to Install

    All the files from your external hard drive can be viewed or downloaded through your Web browser, with no need to download or install extra software.

    Full Web Access

    Installing your Pogoplug is as simple as connecting two cables, then visiting our website. No need to call your office networking guy, we’ll do all the work for you!

    iPhone Support

    Access all your media from an iPhone, and even send new pictures from your iPhone straight to your home, with a single click.

    Works Just Like Your Hard Drive

    Your Pogoplug is accessible through Windows Explorer and Mac Finder. It’s just like using a drive that is directly connected to your computer.

    Safe, Simple Sharing

    Easily share your home videos and photos with friends and family. No uploading required!

    Add-ons

    Pogoplug is getting even better all the time. Our system is expandable over the Web. Soon, your Pogoplug can connect directly to popular sites such as backup, file synchronization, photo printing and more.

    All said and done, for 99$ this gadget is worth looking at.

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