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Here’s a nice update to the classic boring walking stick.  It adds a few extra features that make using a walking stick far more convenient.  The big perk being that the stick is housed with LED lights.  Making walking at night a lot easier to do and definitely a lot more safe.  Even better is that the LED lights shine in two different directions.  One shines up ahead and the other at your feet, making it highly less likely you’ll stumble over any unseen objects.

The Slik-Stik walking stick has other nice features such as having a built-in magnet for when items are dropped.  It also has a wrist strap to make sure you don’t drop the cane itself, there is also a rubberized hand grip with a non-slip coating to prevent dropping.  The cane has a four position stem that will adjust to the height that is most comfortable for you.  It also folds up to make it easier to store when it’s not in use.  To power the lights you can either plug it in or wind it up for a slightly more eco-friendly approach.

Source: Newlaunches

When you’re traveling, sometimes you have to give up your precious cup of espresso.  Which can actually be more catastrophic for those that have to deal with you than it actually is for you.  So as a service to the people around you, you should make sure that you’re never away from your coveted caffeine fix.  To do that, you will need this Handpresso.  It’s small enough to easily pack away in a suitcase so that it will be handy no matter where you travel.

Although it might not be quite up to the quality of a machine that you might use at home, it would at least be far better than nothing at all.  In order to work the hand held item, just use the handle to pump in air up until you reach 16 bars of pressure.  Then pour the hot water and press the release button.  It then dispenses espresso with crema on top.  There is no power needed, making it even more travel friendly.  You can pick it up for $99 through Amazon.

Source: Bookofjoe

For most people it would seem ridiculous to sanitize a can with an ultraviolet gadget.  After all, cans usually appear clean, so most people don’t feel the need to worry any further about it.  However, the fact of the matter is, manufacturers are more worred about the creation of the cans than the actual sanatizing process.  Before that can gets to you, it has changed hands, been packed in crates and being in a factory where they create a syrup, pretty much guaruntees they’ve been around rats.

Granted, even with that in mind, I’ve ignored that and still preferred to drink directly from the can.  However, someone with more common sense than myself, might find such thoughts a bit discouraging.  Personally, although I’ve been well educated on germs and bacteria, I still tend to ignore all the extra protocols that are supposed to be taken.  This UV concept design was created by Leon Peng.  It sanitizes one can at a time.  If you don’t want to wait around for this to be created, there are plenty of UV wands out there that would work just fine for the job.  Actually better since you could use the wand for more objects than just cans.  Yes, perhaps cans do need to be sanitized, but having a product that only sanitizes cans just seems to be a waste of good money.

Source: Uberreview

Hope you have that Friday feeling, it’s time to vote for what you think is this week’s coolest gadget (leave a comment for a chance to win a $50 Amazon voucher).

Dell’s Adamo World’s Slimmest Laptop

The complete specifications of the Adamo place it at 33cm wide, 24.1cm deep and the thickness which gives it the ultra-slim appearance at 1.65cm.

The full post can be found on EliteChoice.

Protect Yourself From Narcolepsy Related Injury With Pillow Suit for Workaholics!

The suit looks rather thick and it may not be very comfortable to wear during the summers.

The full post can be found on Trends Updates.

Sound Asleep Pillow

If you enjoy listening to music or radio in the morning then the Sound Asleep Pillow might just be perfect for those morning you feel like a lie in. On the other hand if you struggle to get to sleep sometimes then why not play some background music or a sound of your choice to help you drift off to sleep. All you need to do is plug your MP3 player into the Sound Asleep Pillow and your set for a comfy night of musical dreams.

The full post can be found on Tech Styling.

ThumbTack - The iPod Microphone

ThumbTack is a microphone for the Nano 4G and Touch 2G. Shaped like an ordinary thumbtack, this device plugs into the 3.5mm headphone jack and can be used as a voice recorder. Small and unintrusive, this may go well with the anticipated iPhone OS 3.0 mic applications.

The full post can be found on Coated.

Handpresso DomePod - Portable Espresso with Ground Coffee

Handpresso has announced a Handpresso DomePod which uses ground coffee instead of ESE espresso pods. Personally we prefer less mess when making out portable espresso, but if you’re a true espresso snob you’re going to want to grind and use your own. The DomePod allows you to pack up your favorite Arabica, Robusta, or Fair Trade coffee instead of being able to source your coffee in ESE pod form. The patented Handpresso Domepod system makes it easy to empty the coffee grounds â€" a simple click on the dome is enough. You can fill 3 DomePods and take them with you in the included case.

The full post can be found on Single Serve Coffee.

Scan Toaster: Wear your heart on your toast

This nifty Scan Toaster will transform your plain piece of bread into an art canvass, and the best thing is, you can still eat it. Once hooked up to your PC via USB, the Scan Toaster will download the design for your piece of toast. It has the ability to download everything from the weather to the latest news headlines. What better way to catch up on the news than by biting into it as you go?

The full post can be found on Gaj-it.

World’s Fastest Hard Drive

The Fusion ioDrive Duo is according to the manufacturer, the fastest SSD solution available today, and from the looks of the specification they might be right.

The ioDrive duo comes with 160GB of storage, for the basic model, with up to 1.28TB for the top model, it has read speeds of 1.5GB per second and write speeds of 1.4GB per second.

The full post can be found on Geeky Gadgets.

Shower for your iPhone

Touch screen gizmos are all very impressive but you have to touch them. Lots. And because your fingers are greasy, mucky and coated in a layer of unidentifiable gunk, beloved screens soon resemble windows dipped in chip fat and sprinkled with dust, dandruff and gawd knows what else. So thank goodness for the Procare Mobile Touch Screen Cleaning Kit.

The full post can be found on RGS.

SolarGorilla laptop charger

PowerTraveller make a range of portable batteries that can be used to recharge devices on the fly and the PowerGorilla is the largest of these, storing enough juice to recharge a laptop.

Charge the PowerGorilla before you leave the house and when you need juice just plug it into your laptop (adapters for common laptops included). It will also juice up an iPod or phone at the same time via a secondary power output.

The full post can be found on Coolest Gadgets UK.

Thanks again to all the sites for their submissions now over to you guys for voting (don’t forget to leave a comment with your reason for a chance to win a $50 Amazon voucher).

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The winner of last week’s coolest gadget competition is the Great Pyramid PC.

This has to be one of the coolest PC case mods we have seen so far here at geeky gadgets, the Great Pyramid PC Mod, made by modder polo360x from the Techpowerup forums.

This amazing case was made from a customized Luxor Pyramid case, which was made from laser cut aluminum, and is a combination of black and silver aluminum, the base measures 19 by 19 inches and the case stands 25 inches tall (there were only ever 200 of these cases ever made, and it looks like there is one less).

Congrats again to Geeky Gadgets.

In second place we have the Tiny worktop dishwasher.

This tiny dishwasher is small enough to fit on your worktop. It prides itself on being green and saving on energy and water and is ideal for people living on their own or for couples. Whoever uses it, it certainly beats washing up.

Finally in third place comes the Dolphin Monofin.

If you ever imagined what it must be like to swim like a fish, you may just get your chance. Engineer Ted Ciamillo has come up with a carbon fiber and fiberglass monofin, allowing a swimmer power through the water at 8 mph, twice the speed of Michael Phelps.

Thank you to everybody who voted, submitted, commented or told a friend. The randomly drawn winner of the $50 Amazon vouchers is:

Brandi (hamrickb@…), congratulations.

Thanks again everybody and good luck with the next CGOTW contest which will be posted shortly.

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