Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln! An E-Writing Tablet & A High Tech Toilet

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln! Today is the 204^th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky and was elected the 16^th President of the United States in 1861. He is most famous for being President during the Civil War, signing the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 which formally put and end to slavery in the United States and, unfortunately, being assassinated by the actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

And if you haven’t ever checked it out the official website of the President of the United States has a neat section on all the presidents and first ladies of the United States that offers a brief bio of each president and first lady.

Here’s a link to the section on the presidents:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents

And here’s a link to the section on first ladies:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies

An E-Writing Tablet: If you’re of a certain vintage you’ll remember growing up and having a writing tablet kept near the family phone so you could write down information and grocery lists as the need arose and maybe even stick notes to the refrigerator with those alphabet magnets everyone used to use. Tablets of paper eventually gave way for the half cork board half white board boards that went up in kitchens all over the country and allowed your mom to note “Pick up milk & bread,” “Call the dry cleaner,” “pick up the orchestra tickets” or “Pete, mow the grass after school! And today even the old white board-cork board has become obsolete because now you can buy an LCD note board which will allow you to easily write down to do lists for the whole family to see and just as easily allow you to delete old notes and add new ones! This new type of electronic writing tool is the Boogie Board 8.5 Inch JOT LCD which allows you to write on the surface of the screen with a pen-like stylus and essentially write digital notes and reminders. The eWriter costs $39.99 and can be purchased via Amazon.com.

Here’s a link to a short 7gadgets.com article that offers additional information about the eWriter:

http://www.7gadgets.com/2013/02/12/jot-lcd-ewriter/71178

And here’s a link to the version product page for the Cyan version of the eWriter now for sale at $29.99 on the Amazon website:

http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Board-Inch-Writing-Tablet/dp/B005DEID5C/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1360699974&sr=8-7&keywords=ewriter

A High Tech Toilet: And you’re probably thinking “A high tech toilet…really?” But yes indeed, in the midst of the current high tech revolution that is transforming our lives (not that it hasn’t already!) there is indeed a high tech toilet that you can purchase!  Those crafty plumbing savvy folks at Kohler have come up with a new type of toilet that has a touch screen display. This new toilet is called the Kohler Numi and the touch screen display of the toilet offers you options to, among other things, have the lid retract or extend, have music play, turn on lighting, heat the toilet seat and even start a self cleaning cycle!  All of that sounds cool even when we’re talking about a toilet but since high tech toilets are rather a new thing – the price is correspondingly higher than that of your usual Kohler toilet. The list price for the Numi model is currently $6, 390! However, somewhere in the near future I am sure this type of usual but now high-tech household item will be found in most houses – touch screen display and all!

Here’s a link to a CoolestGadgets.com article on the new Numi with the appropriately simple title of A High Tech Toilet:

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20130211/high-tech-toilet/

And here’s a second link to the control (as in about the touch screen display features) page for the Numi on the Kohler website:

http://www.kohler.com/numi/#control.html

Have a great day!

Linda R.

References

Presidents. The White House. Online.  Accessed February 12, 2103.

Alison. (2013, February 11) A High Tech Toilet. CoolestGadgets.com. Online.

Control. Numi. Kohler. Online. Accessed February 12, 2013.

First Ladies. The White House. Online. Accessed February 12, 2013.

Ralcua. (2013, February 12). JOT LCD eWriter. 7 Gadgets. Online.