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Oregon Scientific Products
Written by: Michael Mardings
Quite a few gadgets to satisfy the tech lover in you!
Oregon Scientific has a few new gadgets that techies and gadget geeks have
only dreamed about.
Speaking of dreams, (and waking up from them), the coolest twist on an old
favorite is the Philippe Starck Projection Clock. Basically, it looks like
a large, illuminated box. Yes, that description works... okay, maybe a
post-modern box. Here's the twist, besides being an alarm clock, it has a
few other features. First, you can stick a smaller "box" (remote weather
sensor) outside of your house, and presto, it tells you the current weather and
humidity and predicts the upcoming weather. Secondly, it shows you the weather, humidity, moon, predictions, and a few dozen other facts on its screen. Thirdly, it projects the time right up onto your ceiling, which makes it
much easier to read. And lastly, it is an atomic clock, which checks the
time with the national services so it automatically checks and sets
itself.
If you're going for that deeper knowledge on weather, you can get the Cable
Free Weather Station. Again it has the remote sensor, but the Weather
Station goes a bit beyond that. You can get a remote wind sensor or a
remote rain gauge, and putting these pieces together, will not only tell
you what's been happening for the past 24 hours, but for the next 72.
Without those pieces, it was slightly more functional as the alarm clock,
so I'd highly recommend getting the weather gauge and rain gauge to go for
that extra step. This is for the real weather enthusiast, as you will no longer
need to look at the weather channel, and you'll be easily able to see the
temperature in your own microcosm of the world.
For the true gadget lover, Oregon Scientific has the world's thinnest
digital camera the DS6618. Basically, it's credit card sized and actually
has everything it needs within its little frame. No batteries, it just
recharges via the USB. No flash, well, you really wouldn't take night shots
anyway. Even the lens pops out and pops in when you're ready to use it, so
yes; it really does fit in your wallet. The quality of the photos isn't so
great to write home about, however it's so small and nifty it certainly is
something your friends will gawk at. If you are using a digital camera
from your wallet, it's not likely you're using it to be the next Ansel
Adams. However if you're in a bar and you see a cute girl that you want to
remember, you can impress her with your gadgets, and take a quick picture.
Lastly was the Wireless Digital Scale with Body Mass-Index with a remote. Why would a
scale need a remote? You can attach the remote to the wall in front of you,
so you can read the scale without your glasses. Then you can set the scale
with up to four users so that each person's height, age and sex is
memorized. With that data, the scale will automatically determine your body
fat and weight, and record the data so you can track it.
I remember as a youth going to the electronics store for the latest
wacky gadgets. Now it looks like Oregon Scientific seems pent on the
mission of making gadgets for the gadget lover in all of us
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