- The high tech kitchen: A great gadget for the kitchen is the wireless meat thermometer. These take the guesswork out of when your roast is done. You can set your thermometer to gauge temperature or stage of readiness for any type of meat on the grill or in the oven. Take the thermometer receiver with you and it will alert you when dinner is done.
- Electronics for your bathroom: Shower divas, take note: waterproof iPod speakers! For use in either the bathroom or at the beach, these products let you groove to your tunes in watery places, you can adjust the volume and control your tunes from external water-safe controls and hang the device with a handy shower hook.
For health fanatics, Tanita’s BF-680W Bathroom Scale will also be a welcome addition to your bathroom. This digital scale not only gives accurate weight readings but also aids dieters, measuring body fat with electrical impulses and calculating body water percentages. It has a large LCD read-out that compares your weight to the healthy range for a person of your height and stores data for two people. Tanita’s scale sells for around $60.
- Electronic gadgets for the whole apartment: Digital photo frames are an electronic gadget that every fickle apartment dwellers needs. To satisfy the yen for constantly-updated wall decor, digital photo frames store and display a large quantity of photos. You can even jazz up the frame to reflect your personal style with an assortment of accessory picture frame faceplates.
Too busy to pick up a broom but hate dust bunnies? There’s a consumer electronic solution to your apartment cleaning needs – the Roomba. The iRobot Roomba is a robotic vacuum that cleans your floors so you don’t have to do the dirty work, and is available in a range of prices and features. Charge it up and it cleans your floors – both carpeted and smooth surfaces – on a routine basis. The Roomba can clean corners, underneath furniture, and even avoids taking a tumble with a built-in stair avoidance system. When it comes to mopping, iRobot can get you off the hook there, too. The company also manufactures a robot called Scooba that will wash, squeegee, and dry your floors.
No high tech apartment is complete without a weather station. Stations are handy, inexpensive home gadgets that get you prepared to start your day. A device like LA Crosse Technology’s $35 Wireless Temperature Station can show you the outside temperature and help you decide what to wear as you sip your morning java. Just place the device’s thermometer outside your apartment (say, in a window), and a wireless LCD receiver displays the temperature stats.
If you’re looking to live a little more efficiently, there’s an electronic home gadget out there with your name on it!
