Tired of receiving phone cases, T-shirts or mugs with geeky captions and other tired old cliches as gifts? Be it a gift for your technophile friend or when you just feel like treating yourself to a cool gadget, we have just the right products for you in this list! After scavenging the web, we bring you a list of twenty four such products that are priced less than Rs. 10,000. The idea is to jazz up your aging collection with gadgets cool enough to affirm your status as the coolest geek around.
Be the coolest geek out there! We bring you a list of must have accessories worthy of your collection!
Merlin Levitating Orbital Bluetooth Speaker
This is a normal bluetooth speaker with about the 10 hours of battery life, but that is not its selling point. The Merlin Levitating Orbital Bluetooth Speaker actually levitates on its base plate, and that is a novelty your normal bluetooth speaker won’t do.
Price: 8,990
Code: Deck
The Code: Deck is a pack of playing cards with the usual suites replaced with codes and attributes used in programming languages. Now you know how to make the best of the small work breaks.
Price: $10
Seven Colour LED Shower
This shower head lights up using only the steam generated inside the shower head. Priced at `999, the shower head sports seven bright colourful LEDs, which change colours dynamically according to the flow of the water.
Price: Rs. 999
Remax Aurora 2-in-1 USB Cable
Cords get entangled and life’s a bitch, but Remax Aurora USB cable is a sure-shot solution to this pesky problem. It allows you to connect, fast charge as well as sync to both lightning as well as micro USB ports – all using the same wire. Now, one cable is all you need to carry for all your PC or Apple devices. That’s convenience.
Price: Rs. 349
The Intelligent Bedside Tray
This LED-powered tray responds to your touch and allows you to view your stuff in the dark without being blinded by the table lamp. Sensors within the gadget allow brightness to be controlled with ease. The device can be switched on and off using nothing but touch. A touch-activated light-up bedside tray for a little over a grand is great deal indeed.
Price: Rs. 1225
Pebble E-Paper smartwatch
Pebble was one of the first companies to bring smartwatches, and its E-Paper smartwatch is still quite functional. While other smartwatches will require charging after a day’s use, the Pebble E-Paper can go on for almost a week. Also, it supports both iOS and Android devices.
Price: 8,999
Email Shout Out!
How about a postman who notifies you about each and every mail you receive in your inbox? Never miss any mail alert with this email notifier that can handle all your email accounts. It even comes with a USB hub so you can connect multiple USB devices whenever needed.
Price: Rs. 779
Light Pull: Idiot-proof Bulb
Imagine yourself waking up in the middle of the night with absolutely no knowledge of how light switches work. Enter Light Pull. The bulb’s soft and gentle glow is perfect for figuring out the whereabouts of the light switches. Switching it on is as foolproof as simply yanking on it. What’s more, it also works as a night lamp and can be perfect for playing practical jokes as well.
Price: Rs. 999
LED Glow Earphones
These in-ear monitors shine bright with a string of LEDs embedded within the cables. Apart from the cool lightshow, the IEMs also sport a microphone. We haven’t tested these earphones, so we can’t really comment on the audio quality. However, they are sure to bring festive cheer, since you’ll end up looking like a lit-up christmas tree.
Price: $15.98
Magnetic Decision Maker Ball
Can’t make up your mind about anything? Just give this magnetic ball a shake and it will solve your dilemmas. Call it superstition or fun, but consulting an all-knowing ball can be fun. Let tit decide your fate, but just don’t get too carried away and go about making important life decisions.
Price: $8.60
Lock n Load Alarm Clock
Ever wake up with the urge to shoot the screaming alarm clock? That’s exactly how you silence the Lock n Load alarm clock. All you need is to nail the bullseye five times within three minutes. You can
even change modes to test your speed
Price: Rs. 999
Wallet Ninja
A super functional tool that works as a multi-head screwdriver, nail puller, a ruler, bottle cum can opener, and fruit peeler. Pair it with a credit card and it transforms into a nifty mobile stand as well.
Price: Rs. 129
Heavy Duty Universal Travel Adapter
The Tarkan Armoured Travel Adapter is built robustly and covered with flame retardant material. It works with sockets across 200 countries. It also includes a car charger plug as well as two USB ports and an LED indicator.
Price: Rs. 999
Mini Vacuum Air Extractor
The mini vacuum air extractor keeps everything cool and safe by taking hot air out of your system. The plug and play device is a lightweight notebook attachment that draws power using the USB port. The product is compatible with most of the notebooks owing to its universal clip. For the money, you also get an LED indicator and the ability to rotate this device up to 180 degrees.
Price: Rs. 699
Passive PoE Power Over Ethernet Injector Splitter
Two months ago we had demonstrated a complete process of how to power up your router over the Ethernet in our tips and tricks section. This is for those who liked it but were too lazy to try it out. Just get hold of one of these bad boys and power your routers, hubs, access points etc., with the freedom to place them anywhere.
Price: Rs. 500
Messages USB Fan
This isn’t just a normal fan, but also a great novelty item that displays custom messages. It does this by using a completely programmable seven-LED assembly that and can display 16 characters. The Fan can be powered by a USB port as well as batteries. The light can be set to an angle owing to its flexible neck.
Price: Rs. 449
I-Switch
Getting your conventional bulbs and CFL’s to act ‘smart’ is what this product does. Hook up one of your CFL’s to this I-Switch and it becomes one smart bulb which lights on and off using an inbuilt motion sensor and a passive infrared sensor which senses a human presence in the room.
Price: Rs. 995
Anti-Dust Cover Plugs
Laptops ports aren’t in use all the time and accumulate dust. These silicone dust plugs not only keep away the dust from entering your laptop but also prevent any liquid seepage. The pack of 13 pieces consist of anti-dust plugs for almost all ports such as USB, VGA, HDMI, SD card, audio, microphone etc.
Price: Rs. 315
Tetris Led Desk Lamp
How awesome would it be to play Tetris in real life with a light-up effect to boot. Place this Tetris lamp either on your desk or next to your bed, and customize the appearance with a real life game of Tetris however you like.
Price: Rs. 699
TimeR Smart Key
We bet your smartphone will be smarter once you plug in this anti dust plug in its 3.5mm audio jack. Wondering how a dust plug will make it smarter? The Silver TimeR smart key comes with a ‘smart key’ on the top which can be programmed to do various preconfigured functions. Just click the key and without even unlocking your phone, it shall follow your command.
Price: Rs. 99
BONUS
Fascinations Metal Earth 3D Laser Cut Model: Star Wars The Force Awakens
Well, this is not a gadget, to be honest. But, you would still love to have Star Wars figurines on your desk, Wouldn't you? The pack includes Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, Special Forces Tie Fighter, First Order Snowspeeder, And Poe Dameron’s X Wing fighter, all made out of metal!
Price: 8,049