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

By on June 22, 2015 in blinking lights, gadgets, general geekery, kickstarter

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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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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