The Phillip Stein Teslar Watch is not just a standard timepiece. It is not just a watch with two dials, although that does give you an easy way to keep track of a different time zone. The Teslar Watch can actually make you feel better! Originally invented in 1987 and named in honor of the iconic Nikolai Tesla, the Teslar is designed to strengthen the wearer’s electromagnetic field and help the body resist effects of electronic pollution from cell phones, computers, and other devices. This watch can result in reduced stress, better sleep, increased energy.

Zink Imaging CEO and President Wendy Frey Caswell loves her Ltslar watch. Here’s someone with a high-pressure job that could use all the help she can get. She tells us what the Teslar did for her:

Last year I watched a segment on the The Oprah Winfrey Show about the Philip Stein Teslar Watch. Embedded in the watch are special chips that are supposed to improve your health with a signal that negates the damaging effects of electronic devices. I had no idea if this actually worked, but I liked the look of the watch and figured that, at minimum, I’d have a nice new piece of jewelry. After a week of wearing this timepiece, I noticed I had more energy and could concentrate better. There’s no question I’m both calmer and less sluggish now.

Don’t try to replace this watch with a cellphone, or other gadget that introduces electronic pollution to your body. The Teslar Watch integrates the latest in watch technology, which believe it or not, is evolving at a fast pace. There is a large selection to buy from, from mini watches, to 18k gold watches. And most of their watches have interchangeable straps, so when you’re tired of one style you can have a new one. Isn’t it time you gave yourself an upgrade?

At our office, coffee is looked upon as something that takes perfectly good water and then you run it through a bunch of gritty dirt. Ick! However, we’ll gladly consume some chai tea on occasion, and pretty much all pop tastes better than the “sludge” if you’re in need of some caffeine. At the same time, we recognize some of our readers are really into coffee and we salute you with this article for the AeroPress Coffeemaker made by venerable Aerobie.

If the product and company didn’t have such a cool name, we probably could have skipped over this one, but we’ve also heard about this little coffeemaker from other sources. The consensus is that the AeroPress is worth it’s weight in gold to a true coffee aficionado. Since it’s made out of a durable Lexan plastic alloy, that means it doesn’t actually weigh that much, but hopefully you get the point. Maybe Benjamin Tice Smith from Business 2.0 maganzine, an actual coffee drinker, can provide a better description.

I can’t stomach weak office or hotel brews, and I’m too cheap to shell out two bucks for a Starbucks jolt. The AeroPress has solved my problem. It looks like a giant syringe, but it brews a remarkably good – and strong – cup of coffee. I just dump hot water in with some of my favorite grounds and press the plunger, and less than a minute later I’m in coffee heaven. My world is a happier place now that I know I can always get my high-grade caffeine fix.

Before you grab for the next cup of joe, make sure you get yourself an AeroPress Coffeemaker so you can drink a real cup. We also hear it helps to have fresh roasted beans to get the best flavor coffee can provide, but that’s best left to someone who actually drinks the stuff to help you there. By the way, any food product that’s main nutrient is caffeine goes in the Productivity category.

As multi-purpose devices continue to become more prevalent in our world, we’ll occasionally update you on some of the hotter items available. Today’s post is such a case, with the i-mate K-JAM mobile phone/Pocket PC/web cam/Skype receiver. This multi-faceted jewel is ideal for the ultimate in multi-tasking. It’s so multi-functional it has 3 different names!

Okay, so the several different names don’t have to do with how useful the thing is. They’re all essentially the same phone rebranded by a few different companies. In any case, this is a top-notch PDA phone. Dai-Kyu Kim, CEO of Zapr gives us a good rundown of the i-mate’s twin, the HTC Wizard:

I travel frequently to Korea and Japan, and I quickly grew tired of dealing with the rental and prepaid cell phones I used for communicating while overseas. The HTC is actually a tiny computer with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 180-degree swivel touchscreen, a “qwerty” keyboard, 128MB of ROM, 64MB of SDRAM, and a 520-MHz processor. I now get my e-mail instantly, and the HTC Wizard quickly transmits text and video messages. This phone is an international superstar, and it’s worth every penny.

The K-JAM comes with the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, and is packed with all the mobile office applications needed to make working on the road fun and simple. As most PDA phones go, they certainly don’t give these things away for free, but the “you get what you pay for” motto stays true with the K-JAM. You’re going to pay a lot, and get a lot out of it. Basically, if this beefy little phone doesn’t have enough horsepower for you, you’re likely to be holding a full-blown laptop up to you head the next time you get call.

Despite being in the “digital age,” there is still a whole lot of paper being passed around the office. Whether it’s not appropriate, not convenient or just plain laziness, a barrier seems to exist for a lot of companies in converting from paper to electronic documents. Hewlett-Packard came up with the 9200c Digital Sender to get rid of all those excuses.

The 9200c is all about business efficiency. It converts documents to PDFs and turns them into searchable text with OCR technology. The 50-sheet document feeder lets you queue up scanning jobs so you don’t have to stand around feeding each page by hand. Security is another feature of the Digital Sender, as it provides a secure method for sending documents as well as the ability to blank out the hard drive on the device after each transmission. Craig Garner, CEO and Chairman of Coast Plaza Hospital, and an attorney to boot, says this about the HP Digital Sender:

It looks like a fax machine, but it will scan your important paper documents and convert them into PDF files that you can archive or e-mail with the touch of a button. The world of law is still far from paperless–as are big industries like real estate, health care, and insurance–so the ability to go from paper to digital is critical. Most of my colleagues find PDFs more secure than Word documents and faxes for revising contracts, and my Digital Sender always gets them sent quickly and cleanly.

With a retail price of $3199, the 9200c Digital Sender is not likely to be seen in a lot of small businesses. But with all the features and time-saving capabilities packaged into it, a company with a lot of administrative work will definitely see the benefits it provides. Even if you’re not into all the environmental mumbo-jumbo about saving trees with electronic documents, the benefits of this machine are sure to cover the cost.

Some days at the office it just seems like you’ll never be able to see or experience the true light of day again. Those ever present fluorescent bulbs don’t exactly emit a lot of work-friendly light to keep us going and actually end up leading to a lot of eyestrain and fatigue. Fortunately, the folks over at Lumiram have come up with a way to stomp out the bad light and bring in the good stuff. They call it the Chromalux Full-Spectrum Lightbulb and it definitely does the job. The author of Tropic of Cubicle, Roderick Maclean, describes this radiant light source quite well:

The Chromalux simulates natural sunlight using a technique developed in solar-challenged Finland. With the rare-earth mineral neodymium a part of its glass composition, my bulb filters out dull yellow electrical emissions, rendering richer colors with a mood-friendly light. Not only has the glare in my home office been ratcheted way down, but my personal energy level seems to stay high for longer stretches.

It would be a bit cliché to call this is a bright idea, and we generally operate things at Cool Biz Gear at a different level… as in a lower level. So we’re calling this the LIGHT idea for you, your office and your home. If you have any issues with our punny commentary, please refer to our complaint department… Oh yea. We don’t have one. Sorry!