Review: OXO Salt & Pepper Grinder Set - Grind Perfection
Another month and another entirely new set of kitchen contraptions. We’ve been focusing a bit on grilling this past April, and moving into May we hope to find even more cool grilling stuff. Of course we’ll be featuring other kitchen gadgets this month, and expect a full set of reviews as we’ve received a ton of cool kitchen gadgets here in the test kitchen.
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Want to make sure you get perfectly shaped burgers? These hamburger makers adjust to form 1/4, 1/3, or 1/2 lb. regular burgers or 1, 2, or 3 oz. sliders.
At Adjust-A-Burger
No one likes to deal with dark gloomy days, but we deal with it anyway. Well if you’d like to stay in denial about how bleak the day is looking, you could always pick this umbrella up. Even if the skies are gray, right above you can be bright blue with puffy white clouds. That is, just as long as you keep this umbrella open. Then to keep up the illusion, you could just keep all the curtains drawn for the day at home and work. The umbrella would also be great for the lazy types that can’t be bothered to put any effort into opening their umbrella.
It automatically opens and closes all by itself, all you have to do is push a button. Perhaps someday soon instead of pushing a button, we could just think about it. Those would be the days. Although this would be nice for the lazy, it’s also good for the clumsy types that have issues juggling opening the umbrella and carrying a purse out in the pouring rain. It’s a kind of pricey umbrella though, it’ll cost you $34.95.
Source: GreenHead
Trying to circumvent the need to choose between getting a wide-angle shot and zooming in for details, a team of researchers at Princeton led by electric engineer Jason Fleischer have developed a new method to get the best of both worlds, by passing the light through a “nonlinear crystal” that would normally distorts the picture. A computer algorithm then pieces together the data and, as they claim, produces a wide-vew image that also manages to capture the finer points otherwise missing when using conventional techniques. The goal is to build “super-resolution” microscopes for better medical diagnostics, but the group also sees uses in the fields of data encryption and lithography / microchip production. Is it too much to ask that our next Canon or Nikon have this a standard feature?
[Via PhysOrg]
We knew you’d do the right thing Cowon, we just knew it. Barely a fortnight after the company introduced its most capacious S9 to date over in South Korea, said player has made its way stateside… at least that’s the impression that we get. Listed now as “in stock” on Amazon, the 32GB Titanium / Black unit is shown as being sold by JetAudio, which just so happens to be Cowon’s official online home for sales. If you surf over to the S9 section on JetAudio’s website, however, the 16GB model is still listed as the largest one available. We’re guessing the latter’s admin hasn’t had time to update things between that Friday night rave and that six pack of Dos Equis on Saturday, but we hear Amazon has a pretty good reputation, anyway.
[Via PMP Today]
We reckon a good 97% of you will never need an audio mixer of this magnitude, but regardless, Calrec’s digital audio console is a behemoth of knobs and sliders that should be easy on the eyes for just about anyone. Shown off at last month’s 2009 National Association of Broadcasters show, each control changes color to reflect the assigned function or group, and each has its own display for monitoring individual status. Above those rest large OLED displays and touchscreen monitors for even more feedback. Audiophiles can hit up the read link for all the specs, and be sure to check after the break for a full-sized shot. Now can someone figure out how to get Super Monkey Kong up and running on this thing?
Sometimes it’s a bit refreshing to find a handheld mouse that doesn’t track your motion, just in case you feel like waving your arms wildly and not having it screw up your apps. The Weramouse V2 handheld trackball mouse works wirelessly from up to about 26 feet away, using what we gather is a USB dongle to sync. Its Li-ion battery is claimed to be good for up to 28 hours and charges via USB. Cost is $99 NZD, which translates to $56 in US dollars. At one point the site listed a V3 model with a trackpad — same specs otherwise, with a $199 NZD / $113 US price tag — and while it’s since been removed, the product page is still available via the great halls of the internet archives.
Newegg has the best price online for the TRENDnet TV-IP100-N Internet Camera. Features of this camera, aside from the ability to view the camera anywhere you have an Internet connection, is 640×480 resolution and more. They’ve got it for $69.99 - $20 instant savings + free shipping = $49.99 shipped!
Dell Home has had the Vizio SV420XVT 42-inch LCD TV for cheaper two months ago, but now they have it for slightly more, but it’s still the best deal online. Features for this TV include a 1902×1080 resolution, 5ms response time, 6500:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 brightness, 120Hz refresh rate and built-in HD tuner. They’ve got it for $899 - $50 instant savings + free shipping = $849 shipped!
OfficeMax has an amazing low price for the Epson Stylus NX200 All-in-One Printer. Features of this printer include 32 pages per minute in black and color, one touch copying, memory card slot, PictBridge and instant-dry DURABrite ultra pigment ink. It’s $79.99 - $40 instant savings + free shipping = $39.99 shipped!
