Let The Light Shine Down: MAXSA Innovations Anywhere Lights

This past January, I had the chance to walk the show floor of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This was my third year attending the biggest trade show in the world, and while the 20,000+ products on display are enough to make your eyeballs explode, every few aisles I spotted a product that made me think: “Hey, that’s pretty cool…I need to know more.” One of those products was the Battery-Powered Motion Activated Anywhere Lights from MAXSA Innovations.

Lots of Light from Little Package. Courtesy: MAXSA Innovations

Full disclosure, I don’t normally find lights to be all that intriguing (my wife is the lighting guru). But in our home, we have a serious need for garage lights. The lights on our garage opener have a short in the wires, so they work about 10% of the time – at best. We typically enter our garage without lights on, and usually end up stumbling over something – not good when you’re trying leave quietly at 5:45 every morning for work!

That’s why I’m really excited by the Anywhere Lights. The Anywhere Lights are adjustable (360-degrees!), feature four powerful LED lamps, can deliver light 150′ away, and run on 4 D-cell batteries. You can mount them on a wall, a ceiling beam, or next to the garage opener. The lights are available in white and bronze, sell for under $40, and can be found on Amazon, or directly through the company.

See more of MAXSA’s innovative products on their website, and while you’re at it, “like” them on Facebook.

Tune Tuesday: “Texas Was You”, Jason Aldean

This song has simply consumed my thoughts lately. I take it as singing about love lost, juxtaposed against other life-changing experiences from around the Lower 48. And while I’m happy to say that my “Texas” snuggles up next to me every night, I think we can all relate to the pain and agony of a loss like this. Makes us appreciate what we have that much more. Enjoy!

Inspiration at 10,000′

Few images capture my attention like the mountains of the Western US. Recently, I was flying out of Salt Lake City, on my way to Calgary, and got to witness an amazing sunset to the west as we took off, before banking north and then getting a great look back at this western metropolis. Wingtips and engines, snow-capped mountain peaks, I felt so motivated after taking this shot. I often reflect on all of my adventures that involve mountains and hope that, one day, I might be fortunate enough to call a mountainous region home…or at least a vacation or two in the vicinity of one!

A First Class View of the Wasatch Mountains

Post-CES 2012: Initial Thoughts

After walking the show floor at one of the world’s largest trade shows, I’ve got some initial thoughts I’d like to share with you. To anyone who’s ever been to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) can attest, this really is a mass of humanity that represents nearly every inch of the globe. From celebrity to computer geek, CES brings out nearly 150,000 people every year to get a taste of the “future” of consumer electronics.

I won’t dive too deep into the products I really liked just yet – more on those in future posts – but I will say that I saw some products that made me drool, and some that made me yawn.

JVC's GY-HMQ10 is Compact, Packs a 4K Punch. © HDHubby.com

Being a video guy myself, I was obviously drawn to JVC’s new 4K Handheld Camcorder. The GY-HMQ10 creates a stunning picture – with a mere 8.3 million pixels – which can be recording up to 3840×2160 resolution…translation: four times the quality of traditional HD video. This camera obviously isn’t for the average consumer, but it’s still pretty awesome.

There were some other great products that may not change the world, but certainly make it a lot cooler. I’ll write up my favorites in another post soon.

For now, my biggest takeaway from CES 2012…lots of blisters on my feet. I obviously didn’t heed my own advice and pack comfortable shoes.

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