Awesome Gadgets

Connects to over 16,000 radio stations via Wi-Fi. It also has 3.5mm, RCA, and aux inputs, plus DLNA, Bluetooth and Spotify Connect. It’s made of walnut, aluminum and steel and has an OLED display and a 15W amplifier.

The ScanSnap SV600 is an overhead contactless scanner. It scans and detect up to 10 items at once and makes scanning bound documents like books a lot easier. It even detects when you turn the page and resumes scanning automatically.

The Nest Protect is a smart smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector. It allows you to dismiss false alarms by waving your hand. It also acts as a night light, and can send alarm or low battery notifications to your mobile device.

A Bluetooth speaker and karaoke player. Singing Machine Home connects to a subscription-based song database via Wi-Fi. Its remote also acts as a microphone, and up to 2 mics can be used at the same time. Drops this Fall for $300.

A pair of 20W speakers with a minimal, natural aesthetic and a unique acoustic mechanism. Timbre speakers emit sound from the entire front stainless steel face for crystal clear sound. Available in different hardwood bodies.

A one-off of the Leica M designed by Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newsom. It has an aluminum body, a 35mm CMOS sensor and a 50mm f/2 lens. It will be auctioned off on 11/23/13 to raise funds for (RED) and its fight against AIDS, Malaria and TB.

A portable speaker with a bamboo case and hemp speaker cloths. Its two 3W 1.75″ drivers, two 1.75″ passive bass radiators and aptX Bluetooth audio promise high quality sound. Available in various color combinations.

Enviro-Cool is working on a user-friendly “reverse microwave.” The V-Tex chiller can cool down a canned drink from room temperature to 5ºC in just 45s. The company plans to release both commercial and domestic variants.

The Loop has a 4″ woofer and two 1″ tweeters. It supports AirPlay, DLNA and adhoc wireless streaming. It also has a USB port, a 3.5mm jack, a wall mount and a stand. We really dig its colorful, interchangeable wool covers.

Made of walnut and steel, it has two 15W tube amps, two 6.5″ drivers, an 8.5″ subwoofer and a turntable with a carbon fiber tonearm. It can also stream music from media players via Wi-Fi. Contact Symbol Audio for pricing.

It’s not as elegant as the Qlocktwo, but Flowza makes up for it with its price. Choose from one of three laser-cut faces depending on how you want it to tell the time: old English, British slang or contemporary English.

If the Hanwell is too pricey or bulky for your taste, check out the Stanmore. It has the same classic Marshall cabinet, and inside is a 5.25″ woofer and two 0.75″ tweeters. Play music via Bluetooth, 3.5mm, RCA or optical cables.

The best looking charger we’ve laid our hands on, the slimline Jackery Air has a 5000 mAh battery which can juice up most smartphones 2x to 3x, and packaged in an anodized aluminum shell. Also comes in Mini and Giant versions.

Amazon may have just made the ultimate consumer’s tablets. The HDX 7″ and HDX 8.9 tablets have displays with beyond 1080p resolution, quad-core CPUs and a free, live and interactive tech support service called Mayday.

Our friends at LogicBuy spotted this Bluetooth speaker you can use in the shower while your phone sits safely out of harm’s way. Sticks with a suction cup on smooth surfaces. Runs up to 15 hours per charge. (Reg. Price: $70)

The Touch Slab is a Bluetooth trackpad made out of a single piece of wood. It supports multitouch and also works as a numerical pad. Like Orée’s wooden keyboard, the Touch Slab is made of either walnut or maple.

Have a speaker with a 30-pin dock? Make it more useful and futureproof it with the Auris Skye. It’s an adapter that lets you stream music to the speaker via AirPlay, DLNA or through the Skye app, no Internet connection needed.

A small device that lets you sample colors from surrounding objects. You can save the RGB values of colors and even look for paint stores that sell the exact same color of paint. It works with iOS, Android, Windows and OS X.

The upcoming WH Series aka 3-in-1 Walkman are headphones with a built-in digital music player. Available in 4GB and 16GB capacity with 20h battery life. They can also be used as normal headphones or as personal speakers.

Put simply, the Cross Plane is a supercharged version of the NVIDIA Shield. It can control and stream games from a PC (regardless of the GPU), Xbox 360, PS3 and Ouya over local Wi-Fi, with Xbox One and PS4 support in the works.

The Braun CoolTec shaver has a ceramic cooling element that you can activate to reduce irritation and leave you with a fresh feeling. On another note, we didn’t know commercials for shavers were this intense.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a 5.7″ 1080p AMOLED screen, a 13mp rear camera, either a 2.3GHz quad-core or hybrid octa-core (1.9GHz quad + 1.3GHz quad) CPU, 3GB RAM and new features that makes its stylus even more useful.

Fast Company says it’s made for dorm rooms but we think that understates the usefulness of repurposing any water bottle with the USB-powered Amazing Humidifier. It’d be great for making any personal space less stuffy.