I received from Computer Geeks the other day some interesting gadgets and tools that I would like to share with you.

* Fore Care 1315 Advanced Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

A month ago I visited the doctor and she said that I have high blood pressure! So I thought that this gadget might be a cool idea to try out. This is a very comfortable and easy to carry blood pressure monitor that fits around your wrist. It’s easy to use: you click the power button, you place your left hand on your right shoulder, the battery powered device inflates automatically and you then wait for a few seconds to read the results. Dead simple! Thankfully, in my case the high blood pressure problem didn’t happen to be major. But I will continue monitoring it and even chart it, as the device is able to store 58 measurements! In the meantime, I surely need to start exercising…

* A-Data 16GB Turbo Class 6 SDHC Memory Card

Who could have thought a few years ago that you could get 16 GB flash storage for less than $70. Especially at the size of an SD memory card! This is both a great value and a great buy. The specific card is fast, and it works flawlessly with video recording, which I verified with my Kodak HD camera. AVCHD camera users will be able to use it too. This model can record at 50mbps, and most consumer SD-based camcorders usually don’t need more than 25 mbps.

* 2.5″ USB 2.0 Multimedia IDE HDD Player w/Remote

I had an old laptop drive around, which I tried with this product. Installation was very easy, just four screws needed to remove to insert the drive. From that point on, it could function both as a USB 2.0 external hard drive, or as a TV media player! The enclosure has an RCA AV output, a 15-pin VGA and USB 2.0 ports, aCX (coaxial) - digital audio output and a DC jack. The player can playback MPEG4-ASP (XViD, that is), Mpeg2 VOB files, mpeg1, mp3 and JPG files. It can work both in NTSC and PAL. The experience of using it as a media player does not match something like the AppleTV of course, but for $30 bucks you get a basic TV player and you get to use that old laptop drive that would otherwise be sitting in your closet useless. That’s not a bad deal.