Wireless Wednesday for 6/17/15: Elkhart Lake and Last Minute Father's Day

Rick and Mitch take a look at "Last Minute Father's Day Gadget Gift Ideas"

Father's Day is just a few days away..

But first... Rick is up in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this week at Road America.  

Road America is one of the premiere road racing tracks  in the world. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Tudor United SportsCar Championship, SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series. Open-wheel racing journalist Robin Miller says that Road America is "the best test of road racing in North America"

 

Have a listen:

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Last Minute gadgets for Father's Day

1.  Kensington International Travel Plug Adapter with USB Charger

($29.99)

Charge your devices in more than 150 countries with this all-in-one travel plug adapter. This compact and portable adapter offers every plug you'll ever need built right in, so there's nothing to lose no matter where you go. Simply charge your devices via USB or a wall outlet, choosing the appropriate plug with the push of a button. It's the simple solution for charging your iPhone, iPod, tablet, camera, and much more.

 


2.  Coolcore hat from Imperial

$30-40
Imperial is known around the world for making quality hats. Now they have technology in their hat to keep you cool.

Coolcore® provides a cooling solution that extends beyond traditional moisture-management fabrics or evaporative cooling technologies that typically rely on chemicals. It's 100% free of chemicals, polymers, gels, crystals or phase changing materials, ensuring all Coolcore® benefits never wash out or degrade. And, Coolcore® fabrics deliver three distinct functions, including moisture wicking, moisture transportation to accelerate drying, and regulated evaporation for a cooling effect. The result is up to 30% lower surface temperatures, drier garments that don't cling or saturate, healthier chemical-free usage, and zero degradation of the cooling effect over time or washing. Coolcore® is the only company globally to receive the "Cooling Power" award from Hohesntein.  

"Imperial's new cooling technology has the potential to change the headwear business," said Laura Robinson, Director of Retail at Pinehurst Resort. "The Pinehurst team saw their demonstration and we were all amazed at how this can be incorporated into headwear designs. Imperial impresses me with their innovation in the accessory category."
Available at Amazon and check retailers
 

3.  Wilson Custom Football

$39 - $79

Wilson has a new customization site that allows fans to create a fully personalized replica game football that's been handmade by the craftsmen and craftswomen at Wilson's Football Factory in Ada, OH.

Custom Father's Day balls can be ordered until June 15 with guaranteed two-day shipping.  But you can also order for other life events. For more information on how to create your own custom football, please visit http://www.wilson.com/custom/balls/football/fathers-day/index.html#/custom-football-types.
 
 



4.  LucidBrake - for bikers

$74.99

www.lucidbrake.com
Visible up to a ½ mile away, the LucidBrake smart ultra-bright LED brake light provides safer biking so cars, other bikers, and pedestrians can see you braking, slowing down, or stopping -- even at a distance. LucidBrake detects and shows motion with 8 LEDs that  blink as you move and alert solid when you stop (just like a car’s brake lights), showing the difference between slowing down and abruptly stopping with 4 beacon modes (flashing, fast flashing, solid, off) and 2 braking indicators (sudden and normal).  The smart brake light detects slow and stopping motion using all 3 axes of acceleration signals (right/ left, up/down, backwards/forwards), filtering out road bumps, grades, angles, and normal cycling movements.
 
LucidBrake can be used on bikes, boats, jet skis, skateboards, wheelchairs, scooters, helmets, and even  backpacks.

 

5.  Vice Golf  -  Personalized golf balls for Father's Day

www.vicegolf.com  and www.golfballs.com

Starts at $13.90 per dozen
Look what they did for Rick..

 
What would they put on a ball for Mitch?



** App of the Week**

Pictyear

Free for iOS devices

App will eliminate the hassle of organizing photos and creating albums.

1.     The most collaborative photo app that allows creating a photobook with family, friends or solo

2.       Create one or multiple albums as you shoot/ on the go and save it for later photo additions or edits

3.       When the event or season is over, the photo book is done—without the drudgery of sorting through dozens of images.

4.       Integrated camera feature that allows users to shoot and immediately “swipe up” on images they like to add them to a photo book and quickly create a beautiful album.

5.       Pictyear users simply shoot and immediately “swipe up” on “keeper” images to quickly create a beautifully designed photo book

6.       Pictyear offers contemporary photo book designs with intuitive tools and text that quickly customize photos and page layouts

 

Wireless Wednesday for 6/4/14: With Mitch Evans - Father's Day Gift Gadgets

* TOPICS - Rick is on vacation this week, at a beautiful and trendy, but also canine-friendly B&B in Watkinsville of all places with Lindsay and Pearl called Ashford Manor but never to busy to not join Mitch for Wireless Wednesday

We talk some French Open look at some great gadget and tech gifts for Dear Ole Dad leading up to Father's Day

* With internet all that strong, the tape is a little choppy and skipped over most of what I talked about in the Mizuno irons section. It ran fine live on the radio, but recording is a little skippy.

But have a listen:

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 6/4/14 on 92.9 The Game Part 1’ on Audioboo

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1.   HP Rove 20 MegaTablet/Desktop Computer

www.hp.com

$979.99 but “it can be found for $100 less” or “HP routinely has sales and the Rove is sometimes offered for less.”
It's a desktop computer with touch screen capabilities.  It's an ultra-big tablet. No matter how you look at it, it's perfect for the dad that likes watching sports or following sports scores and updates on his computer screen.
With the HP ENVY Rove you get:
- A unique hinged stand that lets you tilt the 20-inch HD diagonal touchscreen or lay it flat like a tablet.
-  An Intel® Core™ i3 processor
- Windows 8 operating system
- Touchscreen that is responsive
- Wireless keyboard and mouse

The ENVY Rove 20 weighs about 12 pounds and gets good battery life. It also looks good on your desk or table. This will suffice for dad's reading and viewing habits. He might even be able to get some work done in his down time.

 

2.   Keurig Mini - now coming in colors of your favorite college
Here's one for the UGA fans

www.keurig.com

The MINI Plus Brewing System brews a perfect cup of coffee, tea, hot cocoa or iced beverage in under two minutes at the touch of a button. With the choice of three cup sizes, the MINI Plus brewer offers a removable drip tray to accommodate short travel mugs. To operate, you simply add fresh water into the single-use reservoir, choose your favorite K-Cup® pack, brew and enjoy.
 

3.   Mizuno JPX-EZ Irons

The irons Rick Limpert plays  

Has dad been coming home after that round of golf with a frustrated look on his face? Chances are it's his iron play. He may not be getting the loft or distance off the club like he had in the past. The top-rated irons have a huge sweet spot a ultra-pocket cavity that gives a golfer consistency and forgiveness. What more can a golfer, or dad ask for in his bag?

The JPX-EZ irons come at a great price point and Mizuno is currently offering free shipping on orders over $75 at www.mizunousa.com.

4.  Sunice active wear

Sunice Golf

Sunice is all about layering and protecting you. In 1992, Sunice started producing golf attire and outwear.

Sunice is worn by numerous pros on both the American and European PGA Tour, and LPGA Tour. Sunice shirts, vests, and outwear offer a high tech Performance Layering System, and they are comfortable. Sunice is also the only golf company in the world to offer the X-Static® Silver technology.

Sunice shirts like the Oakey are anti-microbial, anti-odor, anti-static, and moisture wicking. They are great to wear on the course or even at a summer party or event. Sunice wear is quality, backup up by performance and style.

Get more information at www.Sunice.com.

5.  Bracketron Tri Caddy Flex

Attaches to just about any surface to hold or mount a smartphone or other mobile devices. It features a 1/4" standard camera thread and flexible tripod arms that can hook on to anything. It gives you versatility and allows you to set up angles no other mounting device will allow.
Perfect for recording a golf swing, a tennis match, or even you son's at bat in a Little League game.

The mount can be used with a smartphone or camera and it's available at www.Bracketron.com for $19.95.

6. Yonex high tech tennis shoes - Yonex Power Cushion Pro

Ranked by Tennis Magazine as the "Best All-Around Shoe" and Rick has a pair.
My feet find it extremely hard to find shoes that fit just right and hold their shape. The Yonex Power Cushion Pro did just that and more.

They gave great support. I felt safe changing direction and making quick stops.

They are durable. The toe area of a tennis shoe is the most used portion of a tennis shoe and the Pro Cushion has high tech construction in the toe. I seem to think that extra molding and thought that went into the construction of the toe helps the rest of the shoe.
 


App of the week:

VyClone   -  as in "Cyclone",  no Fred Hoiberg is not involved by Sting's son is...

It’s not every day you come across an a piece of software in the App Store that was co-created by rock legend Sting’s son. It’s also not every day you find an app with celebrity ties that is actually pretty cool.

Vyclone is an app that takes 1-minutes video clips you record and adds them to other videos that were recorded in the same location around the same time by other users. We’re sure you can see where this is going, but the result is a highlight reel of sorts that creates movies of an event using footage captured by several different phones.

The most obvious use case is a sporting event or a concert.

Say you’re at a show — a Sting show, perhaps. You can use Vyclone to record a few clips and upload them to the app’s servers. Your footage is then combined with clips of the Sting show recorded by other Vyclone users in attendance, and the result is one big multi-camera highlight movie.

Vyclone is a very cool app as long as you use it to record events where other users are also recording, and it’s completely free in the iOS App Store.
 

Wireless Wednesday for 6/13/12: Father's Day Gadgets

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

In honor of that, we talk gifts and gadgets for Father's Day 2012. Steve, Jeremy, Mitch and Renee try out some of the gadgets I brought in.

Also, I make a grilling app the App of the Week.  Mitch gets a little "blue" this week so listening discretion is advised.

Listen here: