Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The Core Muscle Balance Board Trainer by iJoy - $340 and The Ropeless Jump Rope - $60

This training device helps you to exercise hard-to-reach core abdominal and oblique muscles while allowing you to improve balance and coordination without having to go to a gym.

This ropeless jump rope allows you to skip rope in limited space indoors and will not interrupt the flow of your workout routine by getting caught in your feet.

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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The PowerLink by Macally Peripherals - $50

Macally is promising a new product for your iPhone or iPod (coming soon!) that combines an emergency battery pack, data cable, and flash drive all in one.

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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The DVR Flashlight by Swann Security - $450 @ J&R (via Gearlog )

The Swann FlashlightDVR™ is a heavy duty, real working flashlight that also allows you to record video and take photos during the day or at night.

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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The Zing Laser by Epilog - $7,995. (via Gearlog)

Epilog Laser, the leading producer of flying-optics based CO2 and fiber laser systems, recently launched the Zing Laser, the newest addition to the company’s product line. The Zing Laser is the industry’s first high-quality 25-watt entry-level machine for under $8,000.

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by: Dean Jensen

I have a love hate relationship with my coffee maker. I love the coffee it makes, but there is one little problem. Lets talk about the good things first. I have the Krups Duo Filter Automatic Drip Coffee Maker. When making coffee, its all about the water. If you start with bad water, you will end up with bad coffee. It does not matter if you buy the most expensive beans, if the water is bad your coffee will be bad. I start with water from my reverse osmosis filter which takes out most of the bad stuff from my well water, but theres still a little taste left over. What I love about this coffee maker is the built in water filter. The filter contains both a sediment and charcoal filter to remove any extra stuff in the water. This creates great tasting coffee and I don’t have to clean the coffee pot as much as I did my old model.

Now to the thing I don’t like. The carafe is a little on the thin side. I have broken two over the last year. Its not hard to make them a little thicker but Krups made the decision to cut corners here to keep the costs down. As I write this article, I am waiting for my second replacement carafe to arrive in the mail.

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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The Shark Shield Freedom 7 - $645 USD @ SharkShield.com

Predatory sharks have small gel filled sacs knows as ‘Ampullae of Lorenzini’ on their snouts. They use these short range sensors when feeding or searching for food. The Shark Shield generates a three-dimensional electronic wave form which creates an unpleasant sensation impacting the shark’s ‘Ampullae of Lorenzini’.

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by: Dean Jensen

Everyone needs a paper shredder, and something more then just a simple shredder. If you are serious about preventing identity theft, you shred any papers that can be used by someone to get access to your life. With that in mind, a simple shredder will work, but you will spend a lot of time disposing of those unwanted papers. My first paper shredder could only handle 3 sheets at a time. Lets just say, I burned out the motor trying to get rid of a weeks worth of credit card offers. Thats when I knew it was time to spend a little more then $30 on a paper shredder.

Looking at the Sunday ads, I found a 10 sheet, cross cut paper shredder on sale at OfficeMax. For just over $50, I thought I would give it a try. What did I have to loose but a growing pile of paper. Now I am kicking myself for not upgrading earlier. With the more powerful motor, I can shred entire credit card offers in one swipe. It was well worth the extra few dollars to get the upgrade. Now when it comes time to clean up the week’s junk mail, I spend less time shredding.

Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The New FlyWire by Belkin - $700 - $1000 @ Amazon.com (pre-orders only)

Back in January (Episode #073 ) I told you about the Belkin FlyWire that was at CES ‘08 that is the simple solution that gives you the freedom and flexibility to place your HDTV where you want—without cables. Well, Belkin is finally taking pre-orders right now. Check this out.

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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: Vehicle Wi-Fi Hotspot from Chrysler - $500+ $30/mo

Beginning in August, if you purchase a Chrysler vehicle you will be able to have an option that no other car manufacturer currently offers. For about $500 and $30/ month you can turn your mini-van or any other Chrysler vehicle into a rolling Wi-Fi Hotspot.

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by: Dean Jensen

I know what your thinking, Dean has gone off the deep end with this pick. Where is the tech in a garden sprayer? Well, this one has me excited to go out and water the flowers. For years I have been using a simple pistol grip sprayer. You know the kind, squeeze a little and get a mist or open it up and get a powerful stream. Well, I misplaced my sprayer. (If you could see my garage, you would understand) I was on a trip to my favorite Home Depot when I spotted a multifunction sprayer. The link below is an example of the type of sprayer I have. There are a number of different settings that do what you think. Mist, Shower, Soaker, Stream, Drizzle, Power Wash and Rinse. I have found a use for every setting except Soaker.

The lesson to learn from today’s post, even the mundane tasks can have a geeky tech angle.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100043601&N=10000003+90401+501002