10 Essential Gadgets for Students
I know how hard life is to be a student. They have to attend the boring lecture classes, prepare for exam and the harassment doesn’t even end there. There are gadgets that can make life a bit easier for them. From my personal experience of being a student, I am suggesting you 10 gadgets that will be the most useful for many. I wish if I had them.
Livescribe Pulse Pen

This is an actual ink pen that remembers what you’re writing and what you’re hearing while taking notes. You can transfer the recorded data to computer later.
Price of 2 GB Model
$199
Kindle

Kindle is the best way to read books. You can have a library full book with you and can order and get a new book in just 60 seconds.
Price
$359
Clocky Rolling Alarm Clock

Unlike any alarm clock this alarm clock spins, rolls off and starts running around your room when it goes off. You have get out of your bed and chase it to turn it off.
Price
$49
Laptop

Laptops are essentials to everyone. Students are no exception. They can sit and work around campus with wireless capabilities. They are now equally powerful with the desktops and are coming at a reasonable price. You can see the list of top laptops to choose which one to buy.
Dictaphone

They are necessary if you want to record your lectures and listen to them at a later time.
- Professional-grade digital voice recorder with high-sensitivity microphone
- Up to 68 hours of recording time; 30-hour battery life
- Connect to PC to transfer files or download podcasts
- Store and listen to favorite music anytime, anywhere
- Timer recording, alarm playback, slow/fast
Price of Olympus DS-30 Digital Voice Recorder
$89
Book Scanner

Having a personal scanner may seem to be costly enough initially but it can save you much more on the photocopying costs. Just open the book and scan the test and store it on the device’s flash memory which you can later transfer to a computer and read again. This device is a bliss for the copious note takers.
Price of Wizcom Infoscan TS Elite
$146
USB Flash Drive

A portable storage is always a handy device and costs very little. You can have your entire project in this device and some of those portable applications and games or music as well if you have enough space. Read our article on top 10 flash drives to know more.
Diablo Sandwich toaster

The staple diet of many a student is the simple yet effective cheese toastie. This one is an advanced toaster that can make deep pan toasties with greater range of ingredients.
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Noise Canceling Headphone

They are ideal choice when you want to study but your roommate is hearing song in loud party volume. They are also helpful when you want to listen to songs without disturbing others.
Price for Panasonic RP_HP 500 Noise cancelling headphone
$110
Casio FX-115ES Advanced Scientific Calculator

This is a fantastic and most advanced calculator.
- 279 functions, including 40 metric conversions
- 2-line, 12-digit Natural Textbook display
- Solar Plus power with battery back-up
- Slide-off protective hard case
- Currently permitted on AP, SAT and PSAT/NMSQT
Price
$20
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