10 unusual gadgets that will help in the work and creativity

Curious device for artists, musicians and those who just want to work efficiently.

1. keypad

Panel with buttons and potentiometers useful where it is not very convenient classic mouse and keyboard: in a photo editor, music programs and software for video editing. Sometimes auxiliary controls are inserted directly into the classic Soup: for example, the control dial is on the keyboard housing logitech Craft. We went even further creators Loupedeck - console with five dozen controllers for fast photo processing. There are universal programmable systems, such as Palette Gear - Designer of the magnetic modules from which you can build yourself a dream keyboard to fit your purpose.

2. Wireless USB flash drive

If you do not trust the data cloud services, and the classic USB-ports meet in your life less and less, you might like a gadget from the veterans' fleshkostroeniya " SanDisk. The compact device is used as a USB-interface and with Wi-Fi. Information can be transferred not only to the computers without of USB-ports, but also on a device where such input is not provided at all: for smartphones running iOS and Android. In addition, video from a USB drive can be to stream to several screens.

3. Tablet for drawing on paper

Graphic tablet - an indispensable device for depicting artists and designers, but the creation of patterns, sketches and paintings on paper, like many much more.

Wacom has tried to combine the simple graphics and digitizing analog drawing experience: get the tablet Intuos Pro Paper Edition. It works like this: you put a sheet of paper and draw on the tablet so that they are used to, and the device converts the result into an image on the computer screen. The gadget can be used with any paper, and a special pencil is already underway in the kit.

4. Individual solar panel

In good weather, low-power gadgets such as smartphones, headsets and wearable, you can energize the solar cell. Brands offer different solutions: Samsonite produces batteries for windows on suckers, which can be installed in the office or at home. A modular solar panel Solar Paper Yolk of easy to hang on a backpack and carry around.

5. Compact determinant of color

nix Sensor - a gadget size of a key ring that reads any surface color and sends an analysis result in RGB on a smartphone. It can be used in the selection of colors for the walls (to buy a new hair's breadth, as the faded old) or just to remember the pretty color combinations that can be used, for example, when updating wardrobe. Practical purposes in this gadget is not much, but it can really help those who work with graphics and draws inspiration from the world around.

6. Table robotic arm

Perhaps the most futuristic gadget in our selection - a multipurpose robotic arm from Hexbot. If you love to create something with your hands, then just find the use of this device. Simply insert the appropriate module and set the program on a computer. The manipulator can do laser engraving, draw, act as a 3D-printer and move objects using a nozzle with a suction cup.

7. Electronic bow for guitar

Classic bow is not suitable for playing on a normal electric guitar, but experimenters have found a way to extract a similar sound with the board with a pair of sensors, an amplifier and battery. With electronic bow Aeon String Sustainer or EBow guitar sound does not stop for a very long time after the mediator will touch the strings. Typically, the device is used together with additional effects.

8. Mixer for online broadcasts

Roland - a veteran in the market of musical instruments and equipment, which produces current device now. One of these gadgets have become multi-functional mixer VR-1HD for bloggers and musicians, that can be used alone to arrange the change professional broadcast audio tracks and camera angles. In the console has built-in sound effects, as well as pre-frames layout model from different video sources.

9. Additional screens for notebook

Packed Pixels - two display resembling plates and an arm with which they are mounted on the sides of the laptop screen. All device occupies in the backpack even less space than the computer itself. If you frequently work on the go and are accustomed to multiple monitors, Packed Pixels may suit you.

10. Time Tracker for productivity

Saent - desktop button works as a tracker, counting down the time intervals. The developers were inspired technique Pomodoro: the default key captures 25-minute intervals for work, interspersing them with five-minute breaks. Saent works together with a special program for Windows and MacOS, which will block the websites and applications that can distract you in those same 25 minutes.