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Acadalus, The $5,000 Self-Leveling Tripod Head
Dr. Carl Koch was sick of fiddling with his tripod to get his camera level, so he spent the next four years inventing and designing the Acadalus, a self-leveling tripod head. Instead of adjusting knobs...
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Gorillatorch Blade Bright Enough to Kill Vampires
Joby’s latest Gorillatorch is called the “Blade”, and it will make the perfect companion for vampire-fighting. No, it doesn’t blaze with real, skin-blistering sunlight but it certainly lloks like it:...
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Do Go Down in the Cellar: Joby Switchback Lantern Headlamp
What’s going on over at Joby? The all-conquering maker of bendy, magnet-tipped prehensile tripods is slowly turning into a flashlight company. The latest lamp is the Gorillatorch Switchback, a weird...
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XShot: An iPhone Tripod Case You May Actually Use
The XShot is yet another iPhone tripod-mount, but it is also one you might actually take with you. A hard shell case covers the sides and back of the phone, and can be left in place if you’re the...
View ArticleJoby Yogi, A Handy Bendy Gorillapod for the iPad
LAS VEGAS — Along with its curious Ori iPad case, Joby has also launched a more conventional Gorillapod-like iPad accessory, the Gorillamobile Yogi. The Yogi consists of a polycarbonate case with a...
View ArticleThe Expedition Wooden Tripod for Explorers With Taste
The most surprising thing about the Expedition Wooden Tripod is its weight — 6.20 pounds. Looking at this ash monster reminds me of the huge wooden studio tripods we used back in college, and those...
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Gadget Lab Notes: Autonomous Vacuum Cleaner Also Plays Spy
Gadget Lab Notes is an eclectic roundup of gadget news briefs and intriguing products that catch our eye. Samsung Tango View Cleaner-Bot Streams What it Sees If you’ve always wanted some sort of spy...
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Steady Shot: Photographers’ Multitool With Tripod
Gerber, purveyor of rough-and-tumble multi-tools, knives and, tiny axes to adventurous outdoor types, will soon be adding a photographers’ tool to its range. Called the “Steady,” it has a familiar...
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Swivl Camera Stand Tracks Moving Targets
Swivl is a neat little camera stand which will follow you around the room. It consists of two parts: the motorized stand itself, and a remote marker. The stand “sees” the marker and two motors — tilt...
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Phinglet, a Coat-Hook For Your Phone
There is a bartender’s gadget called the bar-blade. It’s a wide strip of metal with a beer bottle opener at one rounded-off end and a large hole at the other. When I first saw one (starting a job in a ...
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