Best gear of the year 2014

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Fox News Science & Technology The Geek Sheet January 2, 2015

Best gear of the year 2014 Innovation, I'm sorry to say, was not a hallmark of the technology world in 2014. There were plenty of updated gadgets and gimcracks --- from thinner tablets to networked, singing light bulbs --- but few standout products. Nevertheless, over the course of testing hundreds of high-tech items, from cars to TVs, I found a few devices with the kind of utility and ingenuity that make them worthy of a best of the year designation.

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