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Rather than force your relatives or guests at a party to gather around your laptop or iPad screen to see your awesome vacation pics, snatch up one of these pocket projectors and blast your photos onto a white wall, sheet, or screen instead. Your nearest and dearest will appreciate the ability to kick back during the slideshow and enjoy your photo tour. Read more
If you're constantly sharing the latest videos with your friends on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad while hanging at home, you're in luck: Optoma, maker of the pocket Pico projector for iPod or iPhone, has made a sound dock that includes a projector. Shipping next month, the Neo-i packs all the great audio-enriching features of a typical iPod sound dock, like a two-speaker bass-enhancing system, but Read more
I'm blown away by the recently completed loft of budding 24-year-old interior designer Chris Cushingham. Industrial to the core, its furnishings are made mostly of materials the rest of us would pass up, such as corrugated cardboard, raw wood, plumbing conduit, shipping pallets, and burlap sacks. There's no doubt that Cushingham is one clever lad. My favorite element of the apartment is how he Read more
There's a new batch of high-tech cameras making their way to the market that I'm already drooling over. Coming with features like 3D and projectors, I'm like a kid in a candy store! Check out a few new cameras that will let you experiment with photography in new ways, and get to know one that will hopefully be coming to a store near you soon in this slideshow! Read more
If you have a lil scientist or artist on your hands, perhaps you should arrange to have one of these Kid O kid-friendly projectors ($60) on tap. Wee ones can take their artwork or local finds and place them under the simple white machine for a big screen adventure on their own bedroom wall. Magnifying the image five times, youngsters can marvel at the magnificent colors of a stargazer's petals or Read more
Why wait for the perfect storm (literally) of rain and sun, when you can have your own rainbow, whenever and wherever you want it? With just a wave of your hand over it, the Rainbow Projector produces an LED rainbow light for when you need a pick-me-up (or if you are so totally sick of looking for your pot of gold). Do you love this little instant-gratification nature gadget, or do you prefer Read more
Miss Sunday's solar eclipse? If you don't live in a part of the country where you could see the moon pass in front of the sun, leave it to the Internet to help you view the space phenomenon. Photographer Cory Poole shot 700 pictures of the event through his telescope and turned those images into a beautiful view of the eclipse, no sunglasses or pinhole projector required. Watch the moon's journey Read more
See how kids these days are asking dates to prom How to wear the tropical punch lipstick trend See inside Jessica Simpson's Charlotte's Web-themed baby shower 3 unexpected ways to wear mint green for Spring! Try these breezy bites for your bridal party Check out a DIY carnival wedding See Kristen Stewart and her costars in On the Road pictures So fresh, so clean: how to make DIY Read more
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iPad mirroring, or connecting your iPad to an HDTV, is so easy to set up, it will become a technology anchor in your life once you have the right gear. All you need is an Apple Digital AV Adapter ($39) and an Apple HDMI to HDMI Cable ($19) to get started. The AV adapter is designed with two plugs: one for the HDMI cable and an additional plug for your iPad USB charger, so you can simultaneously Read more
