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Remember In “Alien,” When Ripley Called the Computer “Mother?”

Screen Shot 2015-06-17 at 9.28.50 AMWell, fortunately, this Mother is a lot friendlier. She has no hidden agenda like her counterpart aboard the ill-fated the Nostromo in the Alien film and she doesn’t think that her human crew are expendable. She’s cute like one of those Russian Nesting dolls, but a lot more useful and interactive. She comes with 4 ‘cookies’ which are like retrieval tags that do a lot more than just find your lost keys. The MSRP on this package is $299, but Woot has these on a short term sale for just $89. The sale ends June 19 at 12 a.m., CDT.

You can place one of the cookies on your front door to be alerted if your front door opens. You can pop one in your pocket to measure your activity goals and even stick one on your bottle of Rx pills to remind you to take your meds. You can even plop one on your mattress to measure the quality of your sleep. The cookies can even report the ambient temperature.

Mother connects to your Internet router via Ethernet and into the wall for power and comes with a companion app for Android, iOS and Windows phone. Yes, you read that right – an app for Windows phone – it’s not just a Zune, ya know! The app lets you customize what you want to be notified about for each cookie.

That thing on the door is a cookie. You can program it via your app to alert you if the kids got home - or if you haven't got kids, to call 911!

That thing on the door is a cookie. You can program it via your app to alert you if the kids got home – or if you haven’t got kids, to call 911!

Get a Beautiful Mosaic Photobook from Your Smartphone for $10 Off

Screen Shot 2015-06-14 at 11.19.33 AMMosaic is a free app for iOS on iPhone and iPad and for Android. In just seconds, you can craft a gorgeous photobook and order it from your phone and get it in 4 business days. It’s not often you can get a customized, personal gift that quickly!

I’ve got a deal just for my readers – click on this link: https://bnc.lt/l/5g3JLME0u1 and Mosaic will text you a link to the app and you will get $10 off your first Mosaic book! Sadly, the deal won’t work if you’ve already ordered a Mosaic – it’s for first timers only.

Your personalized book has a mosaic, precision window pattern die-cut cover that shows a summary of your 20 photos selected for the book.

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Screen Shot 2015-06-14 at 11.32.55 AMThe Mosaic app will not only let you select photos from your phone’s camera roll (including an easy browse by album), but will also let you select photos from your Facebook albums as well.

The book arrives quickly, in a stunning presentation box. The books are not huge – just 7″x7″ – which is great for good print quality from photos that aren’t always the highest resolution (think about those evening photos you took on your iPhone that are kinda grainy – like Loch Ness Monster photo quality!).

These books are all ready to be given when you receive them. They are already in a beautiful box that is wrapped in a mosaic pattern as well. The box will be a keepsake as well.

You can visit Mosaic on Twitter, Facebook and their website.

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