Rollo Collar Integrates The Leash Into One Modern Collar

Meet the Rollo Collar, an uber ingenious gadget that'll make you pull money out of your wallet and throw it at your screen. What is it you ask? The Rollo Collar is a svelte dog collar with a built-in retractable leash. It's more of a rubberized watch band for your dog than an ordinary collar though. It's so good looking it makes me want to be a dog just so I can wear one myself. Hey, if you're kinky enough, you could. We won't tell your neighbors. I personally don't own a dog, but this has got to be one of the most innovative ideas we've seen in a while that's so well designed it could have been turned into a smart watch or one of them fitness tracking monitors.

The Rollo Collar is not a concept, it's a full functioning product designed to be worn as an everyday collar until it's time for a walk in the park. You'd then grab onto the magnetically clinged handle, and the durable nylon corded leash automatically retracts from within its collar housing mechanism. It's that intuitive. The leash can extend up to 4.5 feet and features a length locking mechanism. The idea is to simplify your daily routine of having to use two separate detachable accessories, into one seamless gear that's always there when you need it. On your dog that is.

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Mujjo Leather Touchscreen Gloves

Freezing your hands off this winter because of that touchscreen gadget of yours? Mujjo has some fancy new wind and water-proof touchscreen gloves made from fine black Ethiopian lambskin leather with soft natural wool interior lining to keep your gadget loving hands warm and isolated. Mujjo's $167 leather gloves feature an elegant minimalist style, matte leather finishing and a buttoned down leather strap for a snug wrist fit. The gloves are designed with inconspicuous touchscreen sensitive fingertips and palm area providing unrestricted multi-touch touchscreen experience on any device. If that's a bit over the top, Mujjo's $32 knitted fabric touchscreen compatible gloves are a more sensible option.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Exotac nanoStriker XL, Bigger & Better Firestarter

Leave your lighter and matches at home, Exotac's new nanoStriker XL can help you start a fire in no time and in style. The nanoStriker XL is probably the best looking keychain firestarter ever made. It has the same amazing anodized knurled aluminum body and watertight design as the must have original nanoStriker we reviewed, except that it now features a larger striker handle for easier grip and a 33% larger waterproof ferrocerium rod for improved durability and of course extended lifespan good for around 3,000 fire-starting strikes. The rod and the striker are both replaceable and can work even when wet. Exotac's new nanoStriker XL is available now in four colors for $33.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Goal Zero Offers Unlimited Energy The Green Way

Long adventures out in the wild is an adrenadline junkie's heaven, but not everybody's life mirrors that of Bear Grylls'. Particularly, not people who depend on technology as heavily as we do. Even a weekend camping trip may be pushing the limits to how long we can be apart from our internet and electronics. So, to get the best of both worlds, camping trips that use to revolve around the great outdoors and what it has to offer has become infested with Instagram fanatics and WiFi signals. 

As you can imagine, we're not here to tell you otherwise. Instead, we're encouraging you. Goal Zero, a leader in portable energy has created the perfect solution that harnesses nature to power your electronic devices. With solar power, you can now charge your iDevices through the Switch 8 and Sherpa 50 recharging kits. Take advantage of the fresh air and some new office space scenery. Let these solar powered chargers soak in the sun for 6-12 hours, and you can consume your content just as you would at home. If solar power isn't enough, you can charge these accessories through conventional methods as well. 

Goal Zero has yet to announce the exact details on these two new products, but expect to hear from them soon. Check out their website for other great solar powered accessories that will make your next encounter with nature a little bit more techy. 

Blink/Steady Smart Bike Light Automagically Turns On/Off

It was about time someone invented a better, more efficient visibility bike light that didn't require turning on or off using buttons. The Blink/Steady has a no-button, low-profile all-aluminum machined design that uses an accelerometer and a light sensor enabling it to automatically turn on when it senses that it's getting dark, and off when it senses that you've arrived at your destination. You'll never even have to think about it. It does what it needs to all on its own. The Blink/Steady bike light is secured by the seatpost meaning it won't be very easy for someone to quickly snatch it off.

It features two different modes, and that's all there is to choose from. Blinking or a steady red light. But there's no buttons. This is a smart bike light silly, install it one way for a blinking mode and the opposite way if you want a steady light to shine. The built-in accelerometer knows which way is up and which way is down, switching between the two modes. Now that's brilliant! 

It uses two AAA batteries as a power source that should last for about 200 hours of continuous use. It's waterproof, made in the USA, available in black and silver, and did we forget to mention it'll cost you $95 a piece? Now all that's missing is a headlight version.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

V-Moda Releases Faders VIP Finely Tuned Earplugs

V-Moda wants to help you prevent hearing loss using their new Fader VIP by Ear Armor earplugs. They look better than your single-time use foam plugs with their metal construction and in-ear headphone design that won't make you look like you actually care about damaging your hearing whilst at exceedingly noisy concerts, clubs, racing events and even when wearing over-ear headphones. The Faders VIP don't try to block and muffle the outside world, instead they're designed to reduce and filter harmful noise levels by as much as -12dB while preserving the clarity resulting in an unmuffled, detailed hearing. 

V-Moda's Faders VIP earplugs include a detachable neck cord that can optionally be screwed into the earplugs, hardshell carrying case and four sizes of BLISS 3 hybrid silicone ear tips to fit ears of all sizes. You can pick them up now in black, red and pink for $20.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Quirky Digits Are Capacitive Touchscreen Glove Pins

Before you waste more money on touchscreen-friendly gloves, Quirky's Digits are conductive silicone and metal pins that let you use your favorite warming hand gloves with any capacitive touchscreen device even in freezing cold temperatures. Digits come in a set of 4 and 8 pins so you get your Multi-Touch gesturing on in the freezing cold without risking losing one of your fingers. You grab some right now starting at $11.99. These will make great stocking stuffers for touchscreen gadget lovers for sure.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief