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A Durable, Tangle-free Wood & Leather Lightning Cable? Yes.

Reversible USB, people. Reversible! Oh - and wood + leather cool.

Reversible USB, people. Reversible! Oh – and wood + leather cool.

German designer, Karol Baginski, has come up with a design and materials that solves the problem all geeks with iPhones have – those crappy (but still pricey!) Lightning cables that fray, get filthy and get all tangled. Yes, it’s a first world problem – but hurray! We’re in the first world, so here’s a win-win Kickstarter campaign that solves our tech boo-boos.

Don’t be fooled by the tiny cord in the image to the right – they make a longer version as well – and here’s the kicker – this cord is reversible. For realz. Reversible USB cables are new, pricey and hard to find – but you get the full package with The Woodie – the wood and braided leather cord available in Lightning and MicroUSB configurations. Their Kickstarter campaign ends in about 2 weeks and there are still some early bird (or as Baginski refers to it – early woodpecker) deals left to be grabbed before they’re gone.

You can follow the designer on Facebook.

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Practical Design for Light-up Keychain Helps Geeks with Poor Night Vision

keylight2Geeks around the world have keys – keys to the house, to the office, to the lab (which might be just your man or lady cave – a closet, pillow fort or TuffShed) and we have issues at night with these things. We stare at flickering screens all day long. Our eyes are tired and as we age (especially the ladies), we can’t see squat at night. I’ve had mini mag lights and all kinds of things to light up my keys. I can’t always use my iPhone light because I’m carrying other stuff with one hand and fiddling with keys in the others. It’s never practical to try to aim a flash light at your keyhole while also trying to use the key – especially if you only have one hand free.

The designers Sanyo Tzeng and Julien Egger at Synthesis Labs have come up with a solution – a keyring in which the entire ring lights up – and brightly… Enter BEAM. Beam: The Luminous Keychain, is now on Kickstarter. You can follow Synthesis Labs on their website.

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