Top 9 Gadgets Of The Week

The Trailer Hitch Stand and Hammaka Chair Combo is designed to make life easier when you’re on the road. It comes ready to mount and can be easily installed on the back of your pickup or RV. Just because you’re roughing it in the outdoors doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the comfort of a hammock-style air chair while you’re fishing or just taking a nice snooze while enjoying the view.

These are easy-to-apply Chalk Wall Decals from StickerYou that help you create an instant blackboard or message board on walls, doors or any flat surface in the home, office or at school. It comes in two shapes, one of which is a smooth rectangular wall decal with rounded corners that creates a traditional looking blackboard.

The Space Invaders Macbook Decal from airShopp puts a bunch of colorful alien characters on your MacBook. You can help them invade your precious MacBook and completely surround the Apple logo with a cutthroat gang of Pac-Man type ghostly aliens. These are not your wimpy X-files aliens that can be defeated by water or the sun’s heat.

This 3D Monopoly New York Limited Edition combines an oversized game of Monopoly with the creative genius and artistic talent of Charles Fazzino. For this game, Fazzino has created custom New York-themed artwork. The 3D models will take you back in time and space through some of the Big Apple’s most iconic and historic landmarks, streets and avenues.

Handvas is an innovative and artsy way of showcasing designer prints using a pair of 3D printed white plastic hands. Instead of the canvas mounted into a traditional frame, you have a pair of hands holding the canvas, which is what gives it the name. Handvas is supposed to display artwork in the same way that the artist would, holding it carefully by the edges in between the thumbs and forefingers.

The Helios Handle Bars will turn your run-of-the-mill bicycle into a smart bike. The LED lights give the handlebars a powerful light that’s as bright as a car headlight, and the rechargeable batteries ensure it works for up to nine hours even on the brightest setting. The Helios Bars connect to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, giving you a range of features such as turn-by-turn navigation and ambient lighting.

The Eliz-A-Brush Washing-Up Sponge is a dish washing sponge brought to you by wholesale gift supplier Paladone. It’s fair to say that the Afro “do” suits the Queen very well, and it’ll make your dishes shine like the Crown Jewels. It may have been a long time since the Queen Mum had a close brush with dirty dishes in the sink, but her lookalike brush does make your kitchen look good even when the sponge is not being used.

This Typographic Bookshelf from Meb Rure Design Studio is an interesting innovation that gives an otherwise ordinary bookshelf a designer look and feel. It’s a two-level bookshelf, with the bookend on one side spelling out “Has Been Read” in vertical letters. The shelf on the other end is one step lower, and is bookended by a large “W” that goes on to horizontally spell out “Will Be Read.” It’s good motivation to begin reading the as-yet unread lot.

The DirectDeck Griffin GC22062 is a cassette adapter and mic cable that allows you to make and receive hands-free calls on your smartphone through your vehicle’s stereo cassette deck. All you have to do is pop the cassette adapter into the tape like any other cassette, and then plug in the microphone cable to the headphone jack.

The Grand Leather Bean Bag Chair from Restoration Hardware is a hybrid that combines elements of bean bags as well as traditional leather arm chairs. The floppy and shapeless look and feel of the plump bean bag is hidden within an upholstered and polished leather exterior. You can still sink into it and roll around until you’re all cozy and comfortable, but it’ll be posh leather to the touch.