When you’re measuring several items at a time,  sometimes it’s hard to remember all of the necessary numbers.  If you tend to forget that information often, you might want to consider buying a tape measure that can actually help you remember those numbers.  This one has a handy little notepad right inside of the tape measure for you to write down all of your important information.  Plus, if you need to do some math for a large project, it has a calculator too.

The calculator and the notepad stay hidden within.  That’ll make it so that you don’t get the calculator and notepad quite so filled with sawdust while you’re messing with any woodworking.  Sure, the whole design isn’t the most expensive out there, but it would do the trick.  The tape measure itself can measure up to 10 feet long.  The calculator comes with the required batteries and the tape measure with that very necessary belt clip.  You can pick up the whole thing for $12.98.

Source: Bookofjoe

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I’ve heard of different gadgets that help the DIY challenged find studs in the wall, but this hammer actually has a built-in stud finder that’ll help you to hang up heavy items without causing too much distress to your walls.  With the stud sensor  you’ll be able to find the stud and then it even has a way to help you mark exactly where you found it.  That’ll keep you from worrying about forgetting the exact location.

The Wise Hammer has a little light towards the end of the handle, when it flashes green you’ve found a stud.  Then you use the marking nub to mark the wall in the exact location of the stud.  After that, all you have left to do is use the hammer to pound in any necessary nails.  You can purchase the whole thing through the Wise Hammer website for $29.99.

Source: OhGizmo

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Those who have spent a good 8 hours or so in front of their monitor at work will definitely want to give their eyes a break when tehy get home, lounging on their favorite lazy chair while stretching out with the missus serving you a nice, hot dinner. OK, so maybe the last bit isn’t that ideal, but the ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad from ThinkGeek might just help you relax, after all it offers a full keyboard layout not to mention navigation and multimedia control keys that allow you to do just about anything you like from the comfort of your preferred seating position. Heck, since it comes with a backlight, you can even dim the lights for that more romantic touch. Retailing for $69.99 a pop, it features the first 90-degree Flip Design Touchpad in the world, letting you click, scroll, and mouse like a champion despite its small size. Its lithium ion battery will also power an integrated Laser Pointer just in case you want to point to your kids to bring the can of beer located on the shelf and they’re not quite sure where it is. We jest about the last bit, and you surely know that, right?

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When kids are sent off to school, be it elementary, high school or college, parents are going to worry.  It just comes with the territory.  However, if you feel your kids could come into harm there are gadgets out there to help them out.  One of them is this iSafe bookbag that has a built-in alarm directly in the strap.  If the child is in trouble and needs help they can just activate the alarm to get the person that’s scaring the child to run off.

These bags come in all sorts from messenger bags to backpacks on up to laptop bags.  They even have bags specifically designed for girls that love their pink.  The alarm gets set off by pulling on a pin in the strap and doesn’t stop until the pin is put back.  The rest of the bag is just like any other bag out there.  You can purchase them for anywhere from $60 on up to about $100.  It is a little pricey for a child’s backpack, but at least it’ll help you stay calm.

Source: Ubergizmo

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Want a little something to spruce up your home, be it in the bedroom or living room? The Multi-Color Animated LED Art Cube might just do the trick, considering this handy home decorative device will keep you interested for at least a couple of minutes. Of course, it might also have a relaxing side effect if you stare at the myriad of soothing colors, changing in a soft and slow manner. Sometimes, these lights will blink and morph its colors for an added touch of variety. While a picture speaks a thousand words, ThinkGeek recommends you look at it in person to do the Multi-Color Animated LED Art Cube justice. Perfect for zoning out, we wonder whether those who love going on highs might want to purchase this for added effect during one of their trips. A total of 64 multi-color LEDs will dot the Multi-Color Animated LED Art Cube, where it is going for $99.99 a pop.

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HP’s recent acquisition of Palm and all of its intellectual property has resulted in many people wondering just what are they going to do with the company as well as its jewels, where the webOS is chief among them. Well, word has finally come out that HP will be positioning its Palm webOS 2.0 as a direct competitor to both the iPhone, iPad and Android devices, which would mean relegating its Windows 7 Slate PC offerings to a business tablet niche. According to HP, they are working to modify its consumer offerings to help it be similar to Apple in some ways, where they intend to market premium hardware which will not come up short in terms of software, which is where the webOS software platform comes in.

You might wonder though, will this move somehow affect HP’s rather close relationship with Microsoft, considering HP is the world’s largest Windows PC vendor? It would be interesting to see how the future unfolds though – after all, earlier this year, HP demonstrated its Slate PC that is powered by Windows 7, a move which was seen by many to be a preemptive strike on Apple’s planned tablet device although the HP Slate didn’t manage to make it out of the stable doors even after the Apple iPad was shipped, selling millions in the process. This was followed by picking Palm up for slightly over a billion dollars, which might point towards new HP smartphones being powered solely by the webOS platform only, and will not rely on Windows Phone 7.

HP has now officially announced that it will do exactly that, just like how Dell will not use Windows Phone 7 but rely on Android as the OS of choice instead (without ruling out the possibility of building its own mobile platform from scratch). HP will still build a Windows 7 “Slate 500″, but it will only target enterprise customers so regular Joes like you and I probably won’t see much of it in the streets.

Source: Apple Insider

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Keeping cool all of the time during the summer is close to impossible.  There are just some places that aren’t as well air conditioned as others.  If you are particularly sweaty in those situations and want to try to stay cool, this little pocket fan should be of great use to you.  It could easily fit into your pocket and the blades tuck away nicely so that you won’t have to worry about them breaking off while you’re carrying it around.

These tiny fans come in two different colors, bright white and eggplant.  The eggplant at least makes it look like the fan has a coat of leather over top of it.  It comes with the batteries that are required, which is all of 1 AAA battery.  You can purchase one of the fans for $12.95 through Solutions.

Source: Bookofjoe

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In my home area I’m not in the slightest bit concerned about someone picking through my pockets or purse.  However, no one in a large and strange city doesn’t realize the risk you run when you let on that you’re a tourist.  Even if you live in a city all of the time, as soon as you get into a crowded area you’re abundantly aware of how easy it’d be for someone to swipe your wallet and the thief to disappear into the crowd.  Thankfully one person created a kit to attempt to keep pickpockets from being successful.

You just fit a small battery-operated kit into the garment.  After you’ve gotten it all set up in your jeans and flipped the on switch, anyone that tries to remove your wallet will receive a 220-volt shock.  To protect you from getting the same shock there is a rubber coating that, Syam Chaurasia, slipped into the pockets.  This isn’t currently up for sale just yet, but the creator has hopes that he could connect with a company to help him sell these.

Source: Newlaunches

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I don’t know a whole lot of people that still prefer to use a compass besides myself and all of one other person.  However, I do know that there are still a few of you out there that like to turn off the GPS and just rely on directionality to get you to where you’re headed.  Plus, using a compass is a whole lot better to use while you’re hiking.  This particular compass will be extra handy while hiking since it has a thermometer and a clock built into it.

Thanks to the handy clip you can attach this to your backpack, belt or bike to make sure that it won’t get dropped.  The compass, clock, stopwatch and thermometer are all electronic of course and displayed on the LCD screen.  You unfortunately have to buy a minimum of 3 of these to purchase it, but if you have 2 friends that might be interested then that’s not too big of a problem.  Should you buy 3 they will cost you $12.98 a piece or $38.94 total through Chinavasion.

Source: Techfresh

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Photo scanners are old hat, and so are portable, handheld ones. Well, don’t just dismiss the Renovo Photo Scanner as another has-been before you even know what it does, eh? This unique £69.99 purchase will not only convert your old photos into a digital file format, it will also send those files straight onto an SD memory card (which is obviously inserted into the Renovo Photo Scanner itself) so that you do not need to power up a computer and be tethered by a wire while you covert hundreds of old photos. No sir, with the Renovo Photo Scanner, you can sit down in front of the TV and watch Avatar three times over in succession while you scan in your stack of old photos, being safe in the knowledge that each photo that goes through will already be digitized into a file for future use. Of course, the memory card slot also supports Memory Stick or the MMC formats. All photos are stored in 2-megapixel resolution, which means you can’t blow them up too large down the road.

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