Cool Tools - May 25, 2011

Author: 
Publication Date: 
Wed, 2011-05-25 18:14

Yurbuds (www.yurbuds.com) are earbuds for athletes. They won’t fall out during times of heavy sweating and strenuous exercise, providing athletes with the ability to be active for hours, focusing on their workouts and not their equipment. Through extensive trials with athletes, the Yurbuds sport earphone was developed to match the contour of the human ear without creating pain points. Their soft comfortable fit and patented TwistLock technology provides the wearer with great sound and the earbud stays in place even in extreme situations. Yurbuds channel sounds straight to the ear through their patented funnel shape. Yurbuds users can listen to music as they work out and yet still be able to hear the environment around them, creating a safe enjoyable atmosphere.

It’s thin, light and powerful, and it charges really fast. Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 laptop offers a simple, modern style with a backlit keyboard, fast charging batteries and a host of performance and multimedia capabilities. The ThinkPad X1 is equipped with non-traditional business features such as Dolby Home Theater sound, an HDMI port, 720p camera and a 13.3-inch super-bright, durable screen with Corning Gorilla Glass, but it still continues to deliver enterprise-level security, manageability and durability. Packed into the ultra-thin form factor, less than 17 mm thick, are choices of Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. Starting at only 3.7 pounds, this laptop has an interior roll cage, magnesium chassis and spill resistant keyboard. The X1 debuts Lenovo’s new RapidCharge battery technology that charges the battery up to 80 percent in just 30 minutes. RapidCharge combines fast charge cells with a 1,000 cycle battery designed to last three years. Users can also opt to purchase a RapidCharge external slice battery for the ThinkPad X1 to double their battery life to 10 hours. The laptop is priced starting at $1,400.

USB Duplicators streamline the loading of data onto multiple USB devices. They’re great for sales and marketing preparation, IT work and data backups. Kanguru’s USB Duplicators work with USB memory sticks as well as USB hard drives and support all major file systems, including Windows, DOS, Linux and Mac. The latest Kanguru USB duplicators feature a built-in 500GB hard drive for storing duplication jobs (images) for quick and easy access.

Having trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. But help is at hand in the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach. This device measures and summarizes sleep quality and quantity to help the user discover better ways to experience more restful and restorative sleep. As the user sleeps, the wireless headband monitors sleeping patterns using SoftWave sensor technology to analyze the electrical signals naturally produced by the brain. As the user passes through the various levels of light, deep and REM sleep during the night, the Zeo tracks these levels, collects the data and produces visual graphs that can be reviewed in the morning. The device has a SmartWake feature that uses input from the SoftWave sensor to wake up the user in the morning during light sleep — rather than during a REM phase. The device comes with a multi-week, Seven Step Sleep Fitness Program that analyzes the user’s unique sleep patterns and lifestyle and then recommends techniques, tools and tips to address the factors that may be affecting sleep.

Taxonomy upgrade extras: