Monthly Archives: July 2002

general July 31, 2002 posted by

The ultimate computer chair?


Take one late model BMW electronic car seat, add in a fair few hours modding and fixing, throw in a splash of plywood and an LCD monitor. Voila, the geek’s…

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Sony Picot


The Sony DVP-PQ1 Picot is a new ‘yoof’ oriented semi-portable DVD player retailing for around €250.00. It’s supposed to look cool and groovy a la Apple iMac. I’m not sure….

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Digicam’s future dims?


InfoSync has summarised an interesting report on the digicam market done by Strategy Analytics, which suggests that in the long run low end digital cameras will be replaced by newer…

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Can’t hear you, there’s soap in my ears!


Personally I think that you’ve got to be seriously Michael-Jackson-type-weird to want to install a $9000.00 gleaming red British phone box shower in your bathroom. But then again what do…

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Mech that


Yep, another one of those wacky ventures from the ‘Too much space in the Backyard’ Dept. A simple, yet daring tale of how to build your own 15 foot BattleMech…

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Silly toys


Intelligent Control Interactive Technology (I-C-IT) toys are coming to a PC near you. Tech company United Internet Technologies is introducing a range of animatronic toys which will mouth and speak…

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The Web as art


Anyone who doubts that the Web can provide powerful artistic value should check out the Flash based Typorganism site. It’s just fab. [via metafilter]

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OneWorld TV


The Oneworld TV site is getting a lot of Web coverage at the moment, primarily due to it’s focus on providing a home for sociologically minded Web video producers. It…

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The ultimate wordsmith resource


Phew! The OneLook dictionary search engine site offers a database of over 4 million words in 762 dictionaries including medical, religious, slang, sports etc etc. Now that is what I…

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general July 31, 2002 posted by

A new mouse?


The Ullman Mouse is a new type of computer rodent, which is supposed to help avoid those nasty RSI type problems that can come from using traditional meeces. The idea…

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Cycle-a-Rama


Think of it as an old fashioned Segway. OK maybe not, but this Panasonic Electric Folder Bike is certainly a neat bit of engineering wizardry. From the specs, around 10…

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general July 30, 2002 posted by

Hypersonic Sound System – Hyper or Hype?


Hmmm, MSNBC has run a short article on Elwood ‘Woody’ Norris’ Hypersonic Sound System, which apparently beams highly directional audio to a listener using ultrasonic waves. The upshot of the…

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general July 30, 2002 posted by

Zap that


The folks at Zap seem to be immersed in electric transport, not just yer ordinary cars, though, more like your exotics. So for instance the site features the $2995.00 Lepton…

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Ground eye travel


Ooh, ooh, a cool Nikko remote controlled Camera Car. Brilliant! The tiny camera is hidden behind the windscreen and you get a ground eye view of the world on the…

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general July 30, 2002 posted by

See there, the Seair!


Is it a bird, is it a plane? Nope, it’s a Seair Flying Boat. We’re talking $19,500 worth of funtastic extravagance, with a 45 mph cruise speed, 90 mile range…

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