Wireless Wednesday for 10/21/15: Halloween Gadgets

Boo!

Halloween is just over a week away.

Rick and Mitch take a look at some hot Halloween Gadgets and Tech for 2015....

Have a listen:

1.  The Snake Wreath  -  Perfect for your front door

This wreath of slithering tangled snakes comes to life when visitors approach. Price: Merely $29

 
2. Professional Pumpkin Carving Set

$19.95 at www.ChefsResource.com

 Carve spooky or silly pumpkins like a professional with the carving knife, etching tool, and culinary scoop. Use the professional-quality culinary scoop with toothed-edge to remove seeds and pulp from the insides of your jack-o-lantern-to-be. The etching tool is great for carving grooves and designs into the outside of the pumpkin. The carving knife is great for detail work and edges.

 

3. Fox/Wolf Costume Mask   $50

www.geniegadgets.com

A mask so realistic, people will be amazed.

More realistic than we could possibly describe in these next four pulsating paragraphs (we’re still not entirely sure that it isn’t just a very still fox in a box), the Mr Fox Costume Mask will see you go down into fancy dress folklore should you don it to one of your infamous parties. Its outrageous appearance means that this will be one costume that your friends simply won’t be able to forget in a hurry, no matter how hard they try.

Terrifyingly entertaining, the Mr Fox Costume Mask makes the perfect fancy dress idea, and not just because of its worryingly accurate resemblance to its real-life equivalent. With its unique integrated speaker, the Mr Fox Costume Mask’s mouth even moves when you talk meaning this is one costume that delivers on both practicality and laughs.
 

4.   Misting Witch's Cauldron

Halloween traditionalists will love this smoking cauldron, and it’s a deal at $35 at retail and novelty stores. The gadget mixes plain water and LED lights to make a steaming tabletop display. Best of all, no dry ice is needed.
 

5. Download a free FLASHLIGHT app, like the iHandy Flashlight app

So your child’s device can be turned into a bight light and used for easy navigation.
The brightest, fastest, and most versatile flashlight in the world, ever! Instantly turn on the camera light, and then leisurely enjoy 60+ light effects in the pro version for .99.

 

6.  Fugoo Bluetooth Speaker

www.fugoo.com

Need a weatherproof Bluetooth speaker to play Halloween music or those scary and spooky sounds?

You don’t worry about getting your hair wet. Neither should your portable speaker. Introducing FUGOO Sport - the best waterproof Bluetooth speaker that was built for the fun, fast, and hardcore in all of us. FUGOO’s 40-hour battery life and Siri/Google Capabilities puts the ultimate in audio technology at your fingertips all day, all night, and then some.
 


App of the Week:

(Android or iOS)

See the latest weather for Halloween with Weatherlink...
* Crowdsourced weather info
View current weather data, and highs and lows for the day, month, and year with the FREE WeatherLink application for Android by Davis.

This free application for Android shows current and historical data from the WeatherLink.com website. It's a free download from Google Play. Just search for "WeatherLink" and download the free application today.

A growing new trend, and it's amazing how easy it has become for people to share their own personal weather station information and forecasts from their home stations.
 The Weatherlink network is free to the public to access so anybody can go to the map (see the link below) and see what the latest conditions in their area are. There are over 20,000 people sharing this information on http://www.weatherlink.com/map.php

Wireless Wednesday for 10/22/14: Halloween Gadgets

Rick is in Macon for 8 days as he is the media coordinator of the women's prfessional tennis tournament down there..  The Tennis Classic of Macon being held at Stratford Academy. The tournament features 3 of the top-100 players in the world and about a dozen of the top-150 players in the world.

Halloween is right around the corner, and Rick and Mitch take a look at some new Halloween tech.

Have a listen:

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 10/22/14 on 92.9 The Game’ on audioBoom

1.   Screaming Doormat

Want to give a good-natured holiday scare to both trick-or-treaters and the UPS guy? Check out the battery-operated Screaming Doormat. You hide the small, pressure-activated device under your own favorite Halloween doormat. When guests arrive, they’ll be greeted with the sound of thunder and screams – plus a mysterious voice that beckons to “Enter at your own risk!” and “Welcome to the Haunted House!” Two AA batteries are included.

The Screaming Doormat Halloween decoration can be found on Amazon.com for $21.50.
Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Pressure-Sensitive-SCREAMING-Halloween-Decoration/dp/B0098P7T0W/?tag=techlicious-20

2. Epson Home Cinema 500 projector and AtmosFEARfx

Awaken a host of digital spirits this Halloween and turn your home into the ultimate haunted house with the Epson Home Cinema 500 projector and AtmosFEARfx. Whether you want creepy and bone-chilling or fun and family-oriented, digital decorations make it easy to stun the neighborhood with spooky scenes projected onto windows, doors or walls.

Setup is as easy as three straightforward steps. Choose an AtmosFEARfx scene, focus the projector on a surface and watch it come to life. It makes for an unforgettable Halloween.

 


3.   Flashing light-up body parts

These are illuminated severed limbs made from plastic, but look like the real limbs of all the people you murdered at the nearby nuclear power plant? Would be great to decorate your house or scare a friend or family member, also effective on trick-or-treaters. $19.99
www.nerdapproved.com

 

4.  Do-it-Yourself Spirit Radio

The Spirit Radio. This updated version is basically a crystal radio circuit connected to a computer that can detect  bizarre sounds from various electromagnetic sources, ghosts, spirits, etc.

Materials cost about $30 - learn how to do it at www.instructables.com

 

5. Webcaster spiderweb creator

No haunted house (or costume) is complete without a few cobwebs. Cast your own with this handy gun. Comes with (6) sticks — additional sticks in different colors available. $64.99 in store, $49.99 online, halloweenadventure.com
 


* App of the week:

A Major Update to the Starbucks App

For those of you who just can't wait to spend $4 for your Venti latte, Starbucks is about to allow customers to pre-order and prepay for their daily caffeine hit using a mobile app.

The service, aimed at attracting customers who are put off by the lines during the morning rush, will debut in the Portland market later this year and be rolled out to stores nationally in 2015, the company announced Thursday.
 Starbucks said it will also enhance its loyalty program and rewards for customers using the app.

There is growing demand for online payment options by consumers. Mobile payments are likely to reach $3.5 billion this year, according to research firm eMarketer, and is forecast to soar to $118 billion annually within four years.
 
 

Wireless Wednesday for 10/30/13: With Mitch Evans - Halloween

* TOPICS - Rick and Mitch are getting ready for Halloween, so we break out the Halloween gadgets and apps - Boo!

Have a listen to all three parts:

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 10/30/13 on 92.9 The Game Part 1’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 10/30/13 on 92.9 The Game Part 2’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 10/30/13 on 92.9 The Game Part 3’ on Audioboo

Show Notes:

1.  Pumpkin Gutter  $12

"Pumpkin shredding glory! This is by far the best thing ever invented for pumpkin carvers. You can gut a pumpkin in seconds. I carve hundreds of pumpkins for friends and competitions around Halloween and this thing takes a beating. You won't be disappointed in this product."



2.  Buckshot Bluetooth Speaker  Around $50

The Buckshot is a new, super-portable, multifunctional, rugged and water-resistant wireless speaker.  It's loaded with features.  Pipe in that halloween music, those ghost and spooky sounds.
 


3.  Creature Crate

Scare the neighbors and trick or treaters

The Creature Crate is built of solid wood and assembled the old fashioned way: with glue and square nails. It is built to last! The wood is aged or stained to your preference.
It shakes it makes noise, it cam emit smoke

Multiple Creature Crates can be linked to each other or to other animatronics to provide multi-character shows complete with sound, fx and lighting.





4. Garden Zombie

Artist Alan Dickinson to create a lifelike (deadlike?) zombie for your garden, and he succeeded in scaring the Dickens out of everyone. For $100 plus shipping, you can be sure nobody will be snipping your lavender anytime soon

 

5. Flicking 3-Light Candelabra  $20

Greet the guests who dare enter your haunted Halloween home with this electric candelabra. It features flicker-flame bulbs and a gothic design, lending an air of spooky atmosphere to any room. Whether you use it for your next costume party or for a gathering of friends on Halloween, this candelabra will bring a sense horror and fright to your festivities.





App of the Week

Track-O-Lantern - Track your kids while they are trick-or-treating - $1.99 - (Android)

This app lets you monitor your child’s phone from your home computer. The parent needs to download the free Track-O-Lantern reader on his/her wireless device, PC or Mac. The free reader for the Track-o-Lantern Halloween child tracker works as a map. Install on the parent’s phone, log in with credentials from the child’s phone, and you’re up and monitoring. Displays history and current location.