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Known as MAD's Maddest Writer, co-host of The Giz Wiz with OMGchad at www.GizWiz.TV, The Giz Wiz on ABC's World News Now, and on Tech Guy Labs with Leo Laporte on www.TWiT.TV

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    The Giz Wiz is a weekly guest on The Tech Guy Show with -- who else? - The Tech Guy himself, Leo Laporte.

    Leo Laporte & I chat about some sort of fun or weird gadget weekly his The Tech Guy Radio Show. The show is syndicated by Premiere to over 180 radio stations around the country. Leo's closing in on 1.5 million listeners! I'm on the Saturday Show with The Giz Wiz Gadget of the Week. My spot is on about 1:45 PM PST / 4:45 PM EST. 

    And if you watch The Tech Guy stay tuned. Because after the Tech Guy Show  Leo does The New Screen Savers Show, and then I return to do Giz Fiz PM, a show with viewer questions, Match Game questions, videos, guest of the week and more! That starts when New Screen Saver ends..about 5:00 PM PST/ 8:00 PM EST. Watch it all at

    http://www.twitlive.tv/

    All The Tech Guy Labs show notes, shows & info can be found here:

    http://techguylabs.com/radio/ 

    Below are the gadgets we've talked about on the show.

    Saturday
    Apr092022

    Seems Anker Has a Run-Away Hit With Their New Anker-Make M5 3D Printer

    Anker Starts A New Brand and A Wildly Popular New Printer!

    You'll hear Eric Villines, Global Head of Anker Communications, talk about their new 3D printer at the press preview just before it went on Kickstarter. Eric said the new AnkerMake M5 solves the most critical issues that have prevented 3D printing from becoming more mainstream like slow print speeds, the need to constantly supervise printing for errors and a complicated set-up. He said the M5 is easy to set up in 3 steps within 15 minutes with user-friendly features including 7x7 auto-leveling, PEI soft magnetic printing bed, auto-resume after power outage and printing notifications. With PowerBoost technology, the basic print speed is 250 mm/s, which can be used for printing jobs that require a smoother and more detailed finish. For faster print for prototyping and less detailed finishes, the M5 can save more time by accelerating the extruder up to 2,500 mm/s². That can reduce the average print times by up to 70% in comparison to other 3D printers. The built-in HD camera can monitor print jobs and if it detects an issue, it will send an alert. Users can view live feeds of their print jobs from anywhere using the AnkerMake mobile app. Supports WiFi and USB connectivity. Magnetic base for easy removal and cleaning. Weight: 27.3 lb. / 19.76 x 17.24 x18.50”. Price will vary as Kickstarter pledges sell out. This project is beyond wildly popular. In about 24 hours it raised over $3M!!

    Giz Wiz Video at Anker Make 3D Printer Preview:  https://youtu.be/FongYoPX-ts

    Kickstarter.com

    Saturday
    Apr022022

    Here's A Handy Rechargeable LED Bulb Great For Emergencies!

    With Jackonlux LED bulb you can certainly make it look like it is. As you'll see on this week's show, the bulb comes with a little plastic gadget that looks like a mini outlet. Plug your lamp into it and yes, it will light! That's because the JackonLux bulb is a combination of a regular led bulb and a power outage light. It works as regular led bulb when connected to
    120V voltage, AND it will light on automatically if there is power outage. Being and LED bulb it uses just 9 watts, which is a 60W Equivalent. I bought the soft white 3000K version. Charging Time is 8-10 hours and that happens all the time you're use the bulb as a regular light. Once it's fully charged, charging automatically stops. It's a standard E26 base, just like a regular light bulb you normally use. Included with the bulb is screw on cap. Remove the bulb from a lamp, screw on the cap and control on / off by the built-in switch. Strangely you can also use fingers or a wet tissue on the bulb base to turn it on and off. Yes, I tried that too and it works. When there's a power outage, if the switch is on, the bulb will stay on as emergency led light, if switch off, the bulb will be off, but you can turn it on and off.

    Note: It may not work properly when connected to a powerstrip. But when plugged directly into an outlet it immediately stayed on when I tripped the circuit breaker. It has to be on to stay on. If it's off, it will stay off until you turn it on. That way if the power goes out while you're not home the battery will not be wasting power. I bought the two pack for $17.99 on Amazon.

    Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/4YqJZKlFCpQ

      

    Check latest price on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qR0oUK

     

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    Saturday
    Mar262022

    World's Smallest (Working) Atari 2600

    Bring back those memories of the wildly popular video game console from 1978.

    Except this time you don't need a lot of $$, or a lot of space! This World's Smallest Atari 2600 fits in the in the palm of your hand! (Hopefully your fingers are not too big to play this tiny game. Also 20/20 vision is a big help because the color TV monitor is just 1.5”!) But tiny as it is, you do get a full functioning 2600 joystick and pre-programmed classic 2600 console. The 0 preprogrammed games are: Breakout, Tempest, Centipede, Combat, Pong, Warlords, Missile Command, Millipede, Asteroids, and Pac-Man! Recommended for ages 8 and up.

     

    Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/2fimQ_mwYGY

     

    $19.99 at Target Stores (online, add shipping)

     

    Under $30 Amazon, free Prime shipping - Mine came from Amazon

     

    https://amzn.to/3iFkWv6 (You may have to click on “all buying options”)

    It was $28.99 3/26/22 2PM

    Saturday
    Mar192022

    Forget The Dustbuster, Black+Decker has the Bev Maker!

    Bev by Black + Decker – A couple of months ago I reported on the Hamilton Beach automatic bartender. At CES 2022 found a different auto drink maker from Black + Decker called Bev. Bev lets you use your own bottles of liquor (750 ml bottles) by inserting a straw from the machine into each liquor bottle. Then you need one more thing, a Bartesian capsule. The capsule (like a kind of K-cup) adds juices, bitters and and whatever else your mixed drink requires. Before you make your drink you pick the cocktail strength, from mocktail to strong. And they there are the LED lights! They uplight your bottles as it removes liquor from them, or in ‘Party Mode’ where the bottles light up in sequence. No mirrored ball needed. Bartesian makes the pods and the company has dozens of varieties. They average about $3 when bought in packs. Black + Decker Bev is expected out in May. MSRP: $299.

    Company website: https://www.blackanddecker.com/products/product-

    Saturday
    Mar122022

    Watch The Whole World Floating In Air!

    It's the MOKOQI Magnetic Levitating Globe with LED Light

     

    First a bit of info from the company: LEVITATION GLOBE - Globe floating in midair by the magnetic force from bottom and top of frame. 3 LED beads in frame shows Purple, Pink & Cyan colors. Amazing centerpiece. The 360 degree rotation will last 15-25 minutes. Cool decor on desk or Book Shelf Decor. Cool conversation piece with others.

    From The Giz Wiz: I liked this way more than I expected to. The globe is smaller than it looks online, 3.5” in diameter. I see it's available in many colors from different sellers on Amazon, but I like the silver map on black globe that I bought, best. It does stop spinning after like 30 minutes, but it's easy to get it a gentle hand spin to get it going again. It's AC powered with no on/off switch. You get a little plastic tool to help you have your glove floating in air rather quickly. You'll see it all on this week's show!

    https://youtu.be/PQxWrRiFQZk

     

    Amazon: (The one I bought -) https://amzn.to/3MQhAmS  Order “black” if you want the exact one in the video, which is silver map on black background.

     

    This one is cheaper, but looks like the same globe: https://amzn.to/3KuXmNs - It looks like it's available in many colors. My globe is black with a silver map, so I ordered 'black'.  

     

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