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Babies can’t talk, so they cry in order to communicate their needs to their parents. Of course, first time parents will go through plenty of trial and error before they figure out what cry means what, but here’s something that might help parents regain enough sleep (and sanity) with a newborn - the Baby Sshh Bee.

The Baby Sshh-Bee has been developed in collaboration with the Japan Acoustic Lab to create a toy that will help soothe your baby and stop them crying. The Baby Sshh comforts your baby by distracting them - the sounds and music it plays have a constantly changing tempo designed to make your baby curious. Your baby will be so busy trying to make sense of the wonderful noises coming out of their new toy that they’ll completely forget about crying. You activate the toy’s two different modes by pressing the buttons on the Bee’s face. Mode 1 plays scientifically developed melodies that constantly shift their tempo. It’s so effective that it distracted half of the office when we were testing it. Mode 2 plays some very silly noises indeed that trigger your youngster’s curiosity.

Apart from the couple of cracking audio modes, the toy itself features a squeaky tummy, dangly legs and crinkly wings to keep your little one occupied. Bear in mind that the £14.99 Baby SShh Bee works great only if your baby isn’t in genuine distress. If he/she is hungry, then feed him/her!

With storage space getting dirt cheap by the day, it is no wonder that we tend to hoard downloaded files and snapped photos like nobody’s business. After all, there’s still plenty of room left to spare on the hard drive, ain’t it? It can get pretty hard to know which file you’ve sent to which portable hard drive, but this is where the Leyio aims to help you get more organized, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Flexing 16GB of onboard flash, it’s roomy enough to accommodate thousands of pictures or songs or Powerpoint Presentations or… However, where Leyio departs from your traditional memory devices is in its ability to share. Using Ultra-Wideband radio technology, two Leyios can transfer files between each other at a startling rate of up to 10MB per second. Simply pair them up, select the file you wish to share and then transmit the data from one to the other, with a flick of the wrist.

Available in Ice Grey, Pink and Mirror colors, don’t be fooled into thinking this is just another USB flash drive. It even comes with a 2GB USB ’shuttle’ integrated into its case that can be pulled out when you need a smaller USB flash drive on-the-go - just remember to attach it back when you’re done! Leyio also comes with a 1.5″ OLED display that allows you to view its contents without having to boot up your computer, and the biometric thumbprint detector is there for additional security. You can bring home the Leyio for £129.95 today.

Energizer is most famous for their line of alkaline batteries, but it makes perfect sense for the company to diversify their portfolio over the years since Game Boys that thrive on AA batteries won’t be around forever. Nice to know that the company has kept up with the times with their new range of innovative and creative portable power solutions for on-the-go consumers. This time round, a new line of Energizer Energi To Go branded rechargeable power packs and emergency charger products for a variety of mobile electronic devices have been introduced to further entice ordinary folks to part with their money.

Currently the Energi To Go line features the Energi To Go Portable Power for cellphones only, but will see an expansion in the family that will include rechargeable power packs which rely on lithium polymer battery technology to power a wide variety of mobile electronic devices, ranging from smartphones to cellphones, the iPhone, iPods, MP3 players, portable media players, GPS navigation systems, digital cameras, camcorders, netbooks and even notebooks. There will be over 10 new products that will be introduced around the US from July onwards, and here are some of them to whet your appetite.

Energizer Energi To Go XP, a line of portable power systems includes seven products that ranging in size and power from a 600 mAh wallet-sized charger
for cell phones to a 18,000 mAh charger that can power up to three devices at once, including a laptop computer.
Energizer Energi To Go AP, chargers designed to mimic the shape and styling of the iPhone(TM) giving users up to double the life.
Energizer Energi To Go SP, solar-driven power packs available in 1000 mAh and 2000 mAh options.

In addition, the new Energizer Power & Play Induction Charge System will allow avid gamers of the Nintendo Wii console to juice up a couple of Wiimotes without having to physically remove the remote sleeves, Wii Motion Plus add-on or lanyards for added convenience. This Energizer Induction Charge System relies on contactless charging so that you no longer need to fuss around with wires or battery packs, where a simple action of dropping the Wiimote into the cradle is required.

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Summer’s here, and the world has to go on even when a couple of celebrities have signed out permanently in the past week. Well, guess sweat and tears will mix throughout the world as most people who grew up in the 1980s mourn for the passing of the King of Pop and to a lesser extent, the most outstanding Charlie’s Angel from the original trio. Well, it need not be this way for places that are experiencing summer (or if you happen to live in a desert or a place along the Equator where it is summer all year round), as there is the new waterless Air Cooler PLUS that provides air cooler comfort without the swamp cooler odor produced by water-based evaporative coolers.

What makes the new Air Cooler PLUS different from conventional air coolers? For starters, it is waterless, hence being able to provide effective cooling in even the muggiest humidity levels. This is also the rare few (some would even claim it is the only one) air cooler that does not add humidity to the room, making it a suitable choice for folks who hate the musky smell that comes as an unwanted side effect. Currently, the Air Cooler PLUS is available for immediate shipment for relief from soaring summer temperatures. Needless to say, t is much more energy efficient and environmentally friendly compared to a regular air conditioner, and if you are able to do away with a couple of drops in the temperature notch, why not take the air cooler route?

The Air Cooler PLUS was designed with a patent-pending waterless cooling chamber that stores a couple of advanced frozen gel packs and boasts an energy-efficient variable-speed fan. These gel packs are filled with advanced HD-Ice material, where each of them offer more cooling than conventional ice. All cooled air will flow through a special dry HEPA filter to make sure unwanted dust and other microbes won’t make their rounds around the room. Tipping the scales at less than 25 pounds, you can be sure the Air Cooler PLUS is highly portable compared to your air conditioner or portable AC units. It costs around $0.12 a day to operate, the rough equivalent of burning one 60-watt light bulb.

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