Fellowes Secure Touch Mini Optical Mouse
Biometric Mouse
Link: Amazon
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
This Fellowes Secure Touch Mouse from a few years back had a fingerprint reader for security purposes – accessing the computer, unlocking passwords etc. An early commercial foray into biometrics.
All About Egg CreamJim Levine, a Brooklyn tour guide who has written a few times before, and [...]
Archive of entries posted on May 2009
Episode 840
Episode 839
Oxygenics Evolution
Showerhead
Link: Oxygenics
Yet another discovery by Dick at the National Hardware Show, the Evolution series of shower-heads from Oxygenics maintain the pressure and spray of the shower while using 30% less water than conventional shower-heads, by mixing air in.
The World According to LeoMick from the Chatroom points out that while Bob Packett may have reached [...]
Episode 838
Permaflow
Drain Management
Link: pfwaterworks.net
Another gadget from the National Hardware Show, the Permaflow is a P-Trap made from ABS plastic with a paddle wheel inside. The plastic is transparent so you can see through it. In normal usage, the water pressure will push the paddle wheel round for normal drainage. If you see something getting stuck inside [...]
Episode 837
Terratrike Cruiser
Recumbent Tricycle
Link: Terratrike
After Dick and Leo mentioned the Terratrike website in Episode 815, Dick was asked if he would like to try one. Dick has no space for a tricycle in his apartment, and suggested that Terratrike get Leo to try it out. A Terratrike Cruiser was then delivered to Leo (which arrived during [...]
