Gillian Shaw
Sun
STANLEY LEVEL, THE STANLEY WORKS
SWIMP3, FINIS
PELICAN MICRO CASE SERIES
1. STANLEY LEVEL, THE STANLEY WORKS, FREE
The tool folks at Stanley have gone virtual. Now you can use your iPhone or your iPod Touch as a level with a free application from the Apple app store. It has four interchangeable skins that emulate Stanley‘s real-world levels. What’s next in the virtual tool kit, your iPhone as a hammer? Don’t try that at home. Look for the level in the app store on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
2. SWIMP3, FINIS, $150 US
Take your music underwater. This MP3 player uses bone-conduction technology to let you take your music with you when you’re swimming or snorkeling. It has a strap clip to attach to your goggles or mask, and it has next/previous track, pause and shuffle functions along with the on and off and volume on its MP3 panel. Its lithium-ion battery charges from a USB port. It has a lightweight 256 MB of storage, only enough for 60 songs, so you may have to rotate through your music library when you come up for air. Compatible with Windows and Mac, MP3 or WMA files.
3. PELICAN MICRO CASE SERIES, $9.42 US
For those times when your cellphone drops out of your pocket in a rainy parking lot and gets run over by a truck, the Pelican Micro case series offers some serious cover. These waterproof cases are made for your phone, PDA and other personal gadgets. Made from waterproof polycarbonate, it also has an impact-absorbing inner liner. It withstands temperatures from -23 C to 93 C, not that we recommend leaving your cellphone in a scorching desert or on a glacier just to make sure.
4. POWERLINE HD ETHERNET ADAPTER STARTER KIT (DH-303) D-LINK, $140 US
Connect your computers, your HD media players, game consoles and other multimedia devices around your home with D-Link’s new plug-and-play solution. The kit comes with two PowerLine wall plug/adapters that turn power outlets into a network when connected to a switch or to a wireless access point. It also has Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) to keep your network safe from prying eyes, and works with your existing home wiring.
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