Awesome Tech

A Bluetooth headset that can record conversations from your phone or VOIP apps such as Skype. It stores thousands of hours of audio, which you can transfer to your phone via its app or to your computer via email or USB.

A 16GB to 256GB flash drive with USB 2.0 and Lightning connectors. Its curved shape makes it easy to hold your device while it’s connected. Its app has a file manager and a media player. Leef has the Bridge 3.0 for Android users.

Netflix for magazines. Magzter’s Gold subscription lets you read thousands of local and international magazines, including past issues, on iOS or Android devices. It has offline reading, bookmarking and parental controls.

This space-age device is capable of pushing out room-filling, distortion-free sound on par with speakers many times its size. Packed with tech, its computer-controlled mechanical wings create high pressure waves to increase bass output.

This short animation by WeAreSeventeen pokes fun at an all too common sight, people walking blindly through life staring at their smartphones. We’ve certainly been guilty of this, but sometimes we need to rejoin the real world.

SAAB’s incredible “soft armour” material is capable of withstanding numerous rounds of armor piercing rifle ammunition, fully absorbing them and allowing no penetration or ricocheting. It can be used on walls or even on vehicles.

The new Outlook app (formerly Acompli) for iOS and Android (beta) supports multiple email providers. It lets you schedule emails for later reading and is integrated to your calendar, OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive accounts.

A washable polyester mattress cover with built-in sensors and a heater. Luna tracks your sleeping habits to set an alarm at the optimum time and in the future factor them into your home automation setup.

A toolbox with lots of built-in tools and other convenient features, such as a 20V 5Ah battery that can power gadgets via its outlets and USB ports, a whiteboard, LED lights, a magnetic lid and a tablet stand. Its maximum load is 65lb.

A computer animated simulation of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. It will be the world’s most powerful operational rocket, able to lift the equivalent of a fully-loaded Boeing 737 into orbit. It will also support reusable booster rockets.

Like Coin and Plastc, Swyp can take the place of most payment cards. Its app can store lots of card data, while the card itself can store up to 25 cards at a time. Best of all, it has both an EMV chip and a magnetic stripe. More here.

While this static scene of a Paris apartment isn’t exactly the most dynamic of settings, it serves as an impressive demonstration of the detail and photorealism that can be achieved with an off-the-shelf graphics engine.

At just 70″ long, the AirBoard aims to be a flying Segway, offering personal transportation on a quadcopter style flying platform. A safe flying mode will limit flying to just five feet off the ground. Fundraising soon on Indiegogo.

So it’s time to dig out from the latest snownami. You could shovel by hand, or you could send off to Japan for Yuki-Taro, a robot that not only can plow snow, but that turns the white stuff into compact bricks of ice to keep things tidy.

Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that doesn’t require a contract, so you can cancel it anytime. $20 a month gets you 12 channels, which include ESPN, TNT and CNN. Access it on Roku, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and more. Launches 2/9.

Never have tangled earphones again with Spoolee. It’s a loop of fabric with a Velcro strap and a slot that holds your earphones’ 3.5mm jack in place. You can easily uncoil your earphones and Spoolee will stay attached to them for later use.

The AMPL Smartbag has an 8.5Wh battery and USB charging ports in each pocket. It has a mobile app that lets you monitor and prioritize plugged in devices. Add-ons include extra battery packs and an inverter with an AC plug. Drops soon for $299.

A wireless whole home audio system that offers room-filling HD sound and an easy-to-use mobile app for controlling your entire digital music collection from any room. You can even network your existing speakers with Harman’s Adapt.

The Netgear Nighthawk EX7000 802.11ac range extender gives you up to a crazy 10,000sq.ft. extra Wi-Fi coverage. It can also act as a distinct Wi-Fi access point. It has three omnidirectional antennas, five Ethernet ports and a USB 3.0 port.

WayTools’ wireless Bluetooth keyboard is small enough to tote in your pocket, then clicks together magnetically to provide a QWERTY typing surface with full-size spacing and tactile feedback. Order now for Spring 2015 delivery.

Microsoft offers incentives for Xbox One owners to get a Windows 10 device and vice versa. You’ll be able to stream Xbox One games to a Windows 10 PC or tablet, chat with your Xbox friends and easily record and share gameplay videos.

The bargain priced variant of Misfit’s acclaimed fitness tracker, the Flash is made from soft-touch plastic but sports the same tech as its aluminum brother. It tracks your activities and sleep, and helps manage your goals using a smartphone app.

University of Rochester scientists created metals that are so water-repellent drops of water literally bounce off of them. They induced the hydrophobic property by using lasers to etch microscopic patterns on the metals’ surfaces.