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Old School Swamp Fan Meets USB

Screen Shot 2015-07-24 at 10.29.41 PMComputer geek Wing Ng came up with an idea to stay cool using some old school ingenuity and married it with USB so you can take it anywhere and use very low power to stay super cool. His easy-to-assemble COOLMORE gadget is currently on Kickstarter with just under 3 weeks left to make its funding goal.

Using an ice pack (and this could be anything – including a bottle of water you pulled out of the freezer) and a computer fan powered by USB – and boom, you’ve got down right chilly conditions. Whether this helps you cool off a car that has a defunct air conditioner or just to chill out your man/lady cave, Ng shows how the fan really cools a room by utilizing digital temperature gauges that display a significant drop in surrounding temps.

A slight switcheroo with the COOLMORE lets you easily convert it from a room cooler to a beverage cooler – and it not only keeps your drinks cool, but can actually make them even colder.

If you’ve got an air conditioner working overtime to keep your place cool, the COOLMORE can take some of the heat off your system. With the COOLMORE using minimal power to cool a room, it gives your window unit or other system a bit of a break.

Learn more about the COOLMORE on their Facebook page and on their website.

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The GoPro of Microphones Lets you Record Sound Remotely via Bluetooth

Screen Shot 2015-07-18 at 9.34.56 PMDesigner and geek, Michele Baggio, has come up with something that’s been needed for a long time. A remote, waterproof mic. A GoPro picks up sound – no doubt, but sometimes you need to shoot from a distance, but get the foley sounds right at the source. Instamic solves that problem by being a low-power bluetooth microphone in a waterproof housing. On a full charge, the Instamic can record for up to 4 hours (mono) or 2 hours (stereo).

For you folks that like to get audio underwater, the Instamic is good up to a depth of 5 feet. Baggio has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to fund the mass production of the Instamic.

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You can learn more about the Instamic on Facebook, Twitter and the designer’s website.