Gadgets Gizmos Gossip

People use gadgets in the home all of the time and most of the time without even noticing that they are using them. For example just thinking of a few options for this post took some time and effort because you just don’t realise how much gadgets control our lives.

Consoles

Video game consoles are huge and if you don’t own one then you are in the minority. Whilst they range from the very family friendly Wii console to the more hardcore Xbox 360 (although not so much with Kinect out now) they are a fantastic addition to any home and will keep you entertained for hours. Just look at the variety of games that are out from the Xbox 360 alone, you have Kinect Sports to Homefront and Halo Reach to Kinectimals.

PC

I can’t even think of someone that I know (Nan not included) that doesn’t own a PC or a device that connects to the internet. People use computers for everything nowadays including shopping, wasting time, banking, wasting time, playing games and oh yes, wasting more time. If you haven’t even got a computer in the home then you are way behind the times, unless of course you own an iPad then of course you are truly tech savvy.

Remotes

Again we don’t seem to realise just how much we use a remote control to help us in life. I am not just talking about the television here either although this is the best case of proving just how lazy us humans are. Remotes are also used for lights, curtains, beds, temperature changes and even ovens proving that we can truly have the whole world in our hands, at least until the batteries run down.

Alarm Clock

Although a lot of people use their mobile phone for their wake up call nowadays it is still safe to say that the alarm clock is an essential home gadget. Not only does it wake you up in the morning (boo) but it wakes you up to your favourite radio station (yeah). Of course if you are really clever you can hook up your iPod to an alarm clock to play only your own music (double yeah).

Have you got any other top gadgets that you think people use in the home pretty much every single day? Let us know in the comments.

I found this brilliant gadget from the Online Spy Shop, a wire free covert camera, disguised as a commercial smoke alarm, so if you want to know everything that is going on around your house or your suspicious about a family member or you want to catch thieves on camera, you can get this commercial wire free covert camera.

You can also get one disguised as an industrial smoke alarm for work!

There is loads of spy equipment at the Online Spy Shop, not cheap but brilliant!

I found this great VoIP phone, you can connect the cordless phone stand into your land line and into your broadband connection, this allows you to make and recieve VoIP calls and traditional phone calls (why its called the Dual-Mode).

Another 3 phones can be added, allowing you to replace all your cordless phones with the Netgear Dual-Mode phone.

Another advantage to this great phone is that it has a sleek and stylish design, although it will set you back $130, it is really worth it.

Netgear Dual-Mode VoIP Phone