Welcome to another awesome day with awesome gadgets for you to take a look at, only in your daily iGRIND. Today we have camera lenses that will impress anyone when they see that the picture you took came from your iPhone. There’s also a ring that you can propose with and control your computer screen with at the same time. While we are talking about controlling computer screens, take a look at the touch screen created by Texas A&M students that actually has no screen for you to touch. And if you’re ready to go a little old school, we have something for you too … sort of. Enjoy!
What: Olloclip
Made By: Patrick O’Neil
What It Does: iPhone 4 3 lens system
Price: $45
When it comes to cameras, no real photographer uses their phone. Mainly because there isn’t much you can do creatively with the lens of your phone’s camera. The olloclip however, is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4 that includes a fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket. Check out a clip of the Olloclip in action after the jump.
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The Olloclip in action
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What: Ring Mouse
Made By: Genius
What It Does: Wireless Mouse You can wear on your finger
Price: $70
When it comes to buying a computer mouse, the options are endless. They come in all shapes and sizes, some are built in, others are not, some have wires and some, like the Ring Mouse, are wireless. This mouse allows you to navigate your mouse from your finger. It still works like your regular mouse, you double click and right click in the same way but it comes in a much smaller package. You could even propose to your girlfriend with this mouse if you really thought she would like it, but chances are she won’t. So for the computer geek in all of us, the Ring Mouse is the perfect gadget to waste your money on.
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What: Wooden Television & Alarm Clock for iPad & iPhone or iPod Touch
Made By: Frog
What It Does: Make your phone or tablet PC resemble a television, clock or small radio.
Price: $35
For those of you who like the old school feeling of having your appliances made out of wood, or even if you like having your sleek phone look like something else in its down time, then these wooden housing units for your Apple products are pretty cool. The television is remniscent of the old box TV that we grew up with and Frog successfully got that nostalgia feeling going with these beautifully designed products.
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What: ZeroTouch
Made By: Texas A&M students
What It Does: Screenless Touch Screen
Price: N/A
ZeroTouch is a seemingly empty picture frame that lets you turn any surface into an interactive touchscreen. It might not look like much, but ZeroTouch is packing a series of pulsing LEDs and infrared sensors that turn that blank space into a highly sensitive surface. Basically, the strategically placed LEDs cover the open area in a sheet of invisible light. When a hand or stylus enters the picture (or lack there of), those beams are interrupted, providing cues to a piece of software that tracks the object’s movement ― and boom! You’ve got a touchscreen.
