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It’s the third greatest cause of relationship strife, behind trips to IKEA and debates over whether Fridays are for Island Hunters or Say Yes To The Dress: hanging art. It’s always either too high, low, crooked, or inspirational—and for these moments, there’s Hangsmart.

Developed by the art retailers Absolut Art in collaboration with Swedish designer Alexander Lervik, Hangsmart is a mounting device that lets you move a framed work after it’s been hung. That means instead of you holding the painting, and then your partner holding the painting, and then doing that whole hold-your-finger-on-the-wall-where-you-want-the-nail-to-go maneuver, you can mount Hangsmart close to where you want to hang a piece, and go from there.

The device requires that two screws go into your wall. But it involves zero leveling, and once mounted, Hangsmart allows you to slide the painting six inches inches in any direction—up, down, left, or right. The exact details of how the mechanism works aren't being revealed just yet, because the design is still pending patent....

The Fan TV offers live TV, DVR functionality, and access to video from around the web..? Fan TVA new gadget, called the Fan TV, has everything we want from a set-top box. While we don't know when it's coming out or how much it will cost, we do know one thing: It looks awesome. Just gotta have it!

The ipico Hand-held Projector is a portable gadget barely larger than a smartphone, yet it can replace a desktop projector.

(MoneyWatch) For many people, the days of booking a conference room equipped with an overhead projector so you can display content from your laptop are over. Increasingly, you need to show off documents on the go -- away from the home office, and maybe not even on a laptop at all, but rather on your phone or tablet.

One solution? Turn your iPhone into a portable projector.

The ipico Hand-held Projector is a cool piece of hardware. Weighing less than 4 ounces and roughly twice as thick as an iPhone, it easily slips into your bag or pocket. Connect your iPhone to the projector via a pop-up docking port, and it can beam the iPhone's display on a nearby wall. The image can be as small as 5 inches or as large as 50 inches, and the 960-by-540 pixel output is surprisingly good for many kinds of content....