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I kicked off our holiday gift r Buyer's Guide for tech geeks with a blog on gadgets that make your home life a little better.
This post covers Car & Audio gadgets. Future posts in this series focus on Phones & Location; Photography & Wearables; Toys and Airplanes. If you don’t like what we came up with, feel free to put your own suggestion in the comments. We welcome your input!
Our rules:
* It has to be electrical. Without circuits, it’s probably not tech.
* Practicality is only a secondary consideration.
* Other than that, make your case!
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Silicon Valley’s success comes with traffic. (Oh, so much traffic!) How do we make our cars better places to hang out? Here are some gift ideas to ease the commute:
FEELS LIKE DRIVING IN THE FUTURE
Gift Idea: Navdy
Who wants it: Jeff Haydel, Systems Engineering
Why does Jeff want it: "This product just makes me feel like James Bond or a Jedi fighter pilot as I drive around in my suburbia SUV. Heads up display, motion sensor actions, and real-time feedback from my car’s inner workings! COOL!"
Where can you get it: http://www.navdy.com
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
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Gift Idea: Flux Capacitor
Who wants it: Bryan Harkins, Knowledge Services
Why does Bryan get it: “I need this to be able to make it through Atlanta traffic in time.” [Editor’s note: You have seen Back to the Future, right?]
Where can you get it: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1dbd/
MAKE DRIVING A NO-BRAINER
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Gift Idea: Automatic and/or Dash
Who wants it: Matthew Gast, Product
Why does Matthew want it: "Both of these are like the Jawbone UP or Fitbit, but for your car. My sister-in-law says that the biggest benefit to driving a Prius is that it gives you immediate feedback on how you are driving. I’d like the same capability in my conventional gasoline-powered non-hybrid car."
Where can you get it: https://www.automatic.com/ or https://dash.by/
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Music, the rhythm of our lives. And a way to stop listening to your co-workers. But what is the best way to deliver that sweet, sweet, stream of ones and zeroes into your ear canal? We have some ideas, of course.
LOOKING COOL WHILE TUNING OUT
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Gift Idea: Beats Studio Wireless Over-Ear Headphone (2 votes!)
Who wants it: Amanda Henry and Julia Ortega, Marketing
Why do they want it: (Amanda) "Why do I want this decadently priced gift? There's the obvious reason, which is that Beats will make my gym workouts so much more pleasant by ditching wires and giving me a stylish look. Then there's the not-so-obvious: I have kitties and they are obsessed with anything dangly (e.g. earphone wires) and I can't watch my videos on my Kindle with a cat attached to my face."
(Julia) "They took the words right out of my mouth. "The new Beats Studio wireless Bluetooth headphones are perfect for silencing your critics, wherever you are.” Perfect for everyday activities such as: walking the dog, working out at the gym, designing awesome holiday cards, and simply tuning out anyone I do not want to hear! [Editor’s note: I hope that doesn’t include me!]"
Where do you get it: http://www.amazon.com/Beats-Studio-Wireless-Over-Ear-Headphone/dp/B00FK0ELM8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417738383&sr=8-1&keywords=Beats+%28Best+Wireless+BT+Headphones%29
SSSSSSSH, QUIET!
Gift Idea: Bose QuietComfort 20i noise-canceling headphones ![]()
Who wants it: Agnes Jacquet, Operations
Why does Agnes want it: "For tech frequent travelers - Bose QuietComfort 20i noise canceling headphones – come in a small package, with their own carrying box, with three ear-pieces sizes for fit. I will be honest – my colleague has one and I had to get them for Christmas!"
Where do you get it: http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/noise_cancelling_headphones/quietcomfort_20/index.jsp&Variant=qc20i
MUSIC IN THE RAW
Gift Idea: Ponoplayer
Who wants it: Jenni Adair, Marketing
Why does Jenni want it: Neil Young told me (and the rest of the audience at Dreamforce) that it’s super cool and will allow me to once again “feel” and hear music like the way artists originally created it and meant it to be heard.
Where do you get it: https://ponomusic.force.com/
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Tech Buyer's Guide Roundup:
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Sometimes, it’s just hard to shop for a geek. (My family complains about this every year, starting about now.) So, to help out our readers, our blog team put out a call to our fellow busy bees at Aerohive so that we could bring you a geek-friendly gift list. 
Gift Idea: 
Gift Idea: Beats Studio Wireless Over-Ear Headphone (2 votes!)
Gift Idea: Thalmic Labs Myo Armband 
(Throughout my career, there’s been pretty much universal agreement on that point.) Here’s the best of what we recommend for your inner child.
Gift Idea: Lego Motorized Mechanisms
point-to-point (PTP) would typically be two separate technologies, we now see more and more enterprise Wi-Fi vendors utilizing their existing solution to supply Wi-Fi for both scenarios, creating a unified wireless infrastructure.
every company, program, or school has their own way of doing things and getting their product to market.
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