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handy tech under a hundred it's time for

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handy tech the show where we find handy stuff that's tech and show it to you

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it's also one of the only series that we have managed to stick with over the

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years anyway we've got a lot of great stuff in our hands today to fuel your

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childhood gaming nostalgia that is unless you're currently a child in which

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case you probably won't really get most of this stuff

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to tunnelbear.com LTT we'll have that linked below

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first up is the sn30 from 8-bit doe a

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remarkably accurate replica of one of nintendo's most beloved controllers

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only made like six controllers so it's not that hard but anyway it even has the

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right mix of convex and concave buttons

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it's available in snes or famicom color

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schemes and it was designed for use with the recent nest classic and super nes

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classic consoles since for some reason nintendo decided that in

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spite of the much greater size of modern tvs they would endow those systems with

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cables that are much shorter than the originals

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so now then you can sit comfortably on the couch because not only is the sn30 a

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2.4 gigahertz wireless controller it also lets you reset the console remotely

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by holding down and select the controllers can last for up to 25 hours

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off of just an hour of charging over usb micro b and they are reasonably priced

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at 25 bucks now unfortunately the dongle complete

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with nest style grill marks uses nintendo's proprietary connector so

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while you can use the sn30 as a wired controller for your pc mac or Android

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device by plugging in a usb cable it doesn't have the broad functionality of

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the sn30 pro turning everything good about the sn30

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up to 11 it's got modern nintendo features like rumble feedback and motion

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control plus this nifty button for taking screenshots on the switch

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it also has thumbsticks a home button and two sets of l and r shoulder buttons

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making it a fully functional xbox one controller that can connect to anything

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with a bluetooth signal the feel is a little less authentic it's heavier they

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had to shift the buttons up to make room for the joysticks and like the regular

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one it is thicker than an original controller not to mention that it's

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twice the price at 49 bucks but it could be much more useful

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especially with the 8 smartphone clip accessory which does a surprisingly good

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job of hanging on to even large phones though the weight is

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slightly imbalanced alright then so you like the idea of

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tactile gaming on the go but you want something smaller how about the ardu boy a credit card

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sized 8-bit game platform that lets you

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not only play games but also make and

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share them ardy boy comes with only a single

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classic 8-bit game but it can be reprogrammed from a huge library of free

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open source and editable games online

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the unit itself is super light but still feels durable with a metal back

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polycarbonate front and subjectively pretty fantastic buttons and it's got a

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toggle switch to turn it on a 1.3 inch black and white passive matrix OLED

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screen and two piezo speakers to blare your favorite chiptunes for up to eight

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hours on a single charge and because it's based on arduino leonardo it can

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actually be recognized as an input device like a synth keyboard or even a

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remote for your quadcopter not bad for 49 bucks

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but if you're not interested in the user programmy crowdsourcing thing you can

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also get an alternate version of the ardu boy the tetris micro card this one

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has an additional toggle for sound a vertically oriented screen and only one

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game an officially licensed version of tetris complete with piece preview wall

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kick and soft landings there are 15 difficulty levels that

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should be enough for most people especially since you cannot pause the

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game and it's a little bit dear at 54

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but as fun little retro toys go it is

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pretty awesome great gift idea now to

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mash all of the themes we've touched on so far into one

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the nest pie case is a tiny nintendo

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themed enclosure for your raspberry pi b plus two or three it has slots for

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microsd expansion usb power in HDMI out

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and audio out then it's got its own handy daughter board to handle

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pass-through Ethernet and four usb 2 ports as well as power and reset buttons

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and a cute little red led and this is cool they include a small fan mount so

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you can utilize the original slotted grille for cooling and there's even a

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mysterious little compartment that you may or may not remember on the original

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nest that the nest pie uses to hold extra sd cards this thing is actually a

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great value even if you're not into the pie scene at 28 bucks you could easily

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pay more for just a nintendo themed desk ornament and i'm

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not even mad that it's not as white as the one on the website because the

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yellowing here makes it look really realistic

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leading us to finally hmm

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how are we going to tie this into the theme

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you could use it to lock up all this gaming stuff so that your roommates

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don't touch it with their greasy dorito hands sure that's it anyway the tap lock

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is a smart padlock that you unlock with your fingerprint just press your finger

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against the capacitive sensor and the lock opens in just .8 seconds which is

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key for a lock that you open and close all the time like your gym locker or

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your new year's resolution forbidden snack covered priced at 85 bucks the tap

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lock can hold up to 500 fingerprints making it easy to share with your whole

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family and the battery can last for up to a year or

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3500 unlocks before it needs to be topped up with the magnetic cable

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you can grant and revoke access to other people using the companion app and you

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can also use it to check on the lock's battery life and open it without your

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finger by connecting over bluetooth as for how strong it is as a plain old lock

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i mean like anything with the right tools you could obviously break it but it's pretty

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beefy so at 300 grams the electroplated body is made of xanax iii while the

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anti-shim and the anti-pry shackle is seven millimeters of reinforced

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stainless steel as for whether it can withstand the

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weather though that's a bit of a mixed bag so tap lock is ip66 rated so any

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amount of rain should be fine as long as it doesn't get submerged but when it

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comes to temperature it's only rated for between negative 10 and 60 degrees

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celsius so not ideal if your shed is in

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northern canada all right then so as with any handy tech

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we've got our disclosure bit and this time it's pretty easy all of these items

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were sent to us by the manufacturers upon request

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