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The etymology of the word is disputed. The word first appears as reference to an 18th-century tool in glassmaking that was developed as a spring pontil. [3] As stated in the glass dictionary published by the Corning Museum of Glass, a gadget is a "metal rod with a spring clip that grips the foot of a vessel and so avoids the use of a pontil".
Obsolete technology Replacement Still used for Bathing machine: No longer required due to changing social standards of morality Hourglass: Clock: Tasks where a fixed amount of time can be measured with a low-tech solution: Exposure time tracker in saunas (where electronics might be damaged by the heat or ultraviolet light); retro kitchen timers, board games, other short-term timers.
This is a list of magazines writing about gadgets, consumer electronics and future technologies. The primary focus of the magazines in this list was to write about ...
The best gadgets of 2023 are useful and easy to gift. We tested gadgets from brands like VSSL, Eight Sleep, Peak Design, ESR and more. See our list here.
EIA estimates that electronic devices and gadgets account for about 10%–15% of the energy use in American homes – largely because of their number; the average house has dozens of electronic devices. [49]
Gadget Hackwrench, a young female mouse from the TV series Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers; Gadgets, a series of machine-type monsters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game; Gary "Gadget" Flowers, a character in the This Is England series of films; Inspector Gadget, the titular character of the animated series of the same name.
Wearable technology is any technology that is designed to be used while worn.Common types of wearable technology include smartwatches and smartglasses.Wearable electronic devices are often close to or on the surface of the skin, where they detect, analyze, and transmit information such as vital signs, and/or ambient data and which allow in some cases immediate biofeedback to the wearer.
A Samsung Nuon N2000 television and DVD remote control An air conditioning unit remote control. In electronics, a remote control (also known as a remote or clicker [1]) is an electronic device used to operate another device from a distance, usually wirelessly.