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A Magnet You Can Carry With You Without Ruining Electronics

By on July 28, 2015 in gadgets, general geekery, kickstarter, magnets, shiny metal objects, shut up and take my money!, tools

Screen Shot 2015-07-28 at 7.19.38 AMAll geeks love magnets. They are fascinating – and rare earth magnets are the coolest kind – super strong, yet small and portable. The problem with magnets is their ability to damage computer and television displays and to erase data from hard drives.

Mon Chan has solved this problem with his MagTic campaign on Kickstarter. His fold-up keychain gizmo conceals 6 neodymium magnets inside. When not in use, the magnetic field is shielded within the metal casing – securely enough that Chan demonstrates this by laying it on his Macbook Pro. The MagTic has already met its funding goal and there are still early bird options left. I am personally backing this project to get 1 of the MagTic items for my keychain. 🙂

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Beautiful Geek-worthy Fridge Magnets That Work

By on June 21, 2015 in gadgets, general geekery, kickstarter, magnets, shiny metal objects

Screen Shot 2015-06-20 at 1.16.31 PMAll geeks have a thing for magnets. They are fascinating. I spent countless hours of my youth playing with them – and then the whole adult thing happens – now they’re not only cool, but they have real purpose. Apple uses them for charging their laptops and lots of gear we like to play with involve a magnet here and there. Sometimes you just want a respectable looking magnet that will actually be able to hold up a couple of receipts on your fridge or your filing cabinet without sliding down to the floor or just falling off (loudly) at 3 a.m.

Canadian geek and designer, Brendon Nunes, has designed such a magnet and has launched a Kickstarter campaign through his company, Trintec, which also makes stunning aviator watches. It mimics the design of map push-pins, minus the pointy end. 🙂 It is solidly constructed out of solid aluminum or brass (your choice) and has a pulling strength of over 5 lbs. That translates to 16 sheets of paper between the magnet and the fridge, baby!

The strong magnets are screwed in to the solid metal housing – not glued in like lesser designs I’ve seen – so barring an EMP or nuclear blast, these magnets will hold for a lifetime.

You can follow Trintec on Twitter, Facebook, and their website.

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