Monthly Archives: March 2004

general March 31, 2004 posted by

Pix puppy.


The Princeton Xiao Pix [Babel] is a multi-function flash memory, digital camera, web cam which features 128MB of RAM, 25fps at VGA res., data mirroring for syncing the information on…

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Can Canon?


Canon has just announced a range of ‘mobile compact photo printers’. Example, the dye-sublimation CP-330 with rechargeable battery, infrared, PictBridge and membership of Canon’s Image Gateway with 100MB of free…

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Newsmap.


Newsmap is ‘a tool to divide information into quickly recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments.’ Uses the Google…

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NEC’s mouthy marvel.


It is a lesser known fact that one of the guiding missions of then NEC chairman, Dr Koji Kobayashi, back in the day was to develop a voice recognition translation…

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Gadget trauma?


Auntie today quotes a Directline survey showing that ‘Young people in particular are keen to update their gadgets every couple of years’. At the same time I receive a press…

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Just a teeny question…


Er…what happens…especially in light of the recent farango over Shell overstating reserves and all…if the Peak Oil theory is actually…gasp…true? ‘I stress that we are not about to run out…

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general March 30, 2004 posted by

Retro remote.


Oh yes, I most definitely do love this oh-so-bodelicious retro TV remote control [Babel]. So simple it hurts. Twiddle dial for channel, twist knob for volume. You need more? Works…

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Getting the cold solder.


OK I admit it. I only featured this because I love the headline possibilities. Anyway the Cool Heat Soldering Tool is still pretty funky. For geek tinkerers everywhere. $19.99. ‘The…

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Strike a light….


The StrikeAlert personal lightning detector. For those times when you absolutely need 100% confidence and protection. From lightning. Which never strikes twice. Honest. $79.99. ‘Finally, an affordable easy-to-use personal lightning…

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Beam me up…


The clever Japanese have come up with a system which can beam advertisements and informational stuff from billboards to people’s mobile phones using infrared. The Popar [Babel] system is being…

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Synergy.


Synergy – ‘lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware.’ Note the ‘without special…

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No 1 Phone.


The No.1 Phone is a Russian concept cellphone with some interesting features (as well as an ambitious name). Like a 2mm thick touch screen, integrated display loudspeaker, fuel cell power…

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It’s a watertight case, m’lud.


Now tell me kind sir, why on earth would anyone want or need a waterproof PDA case good for depths of up to 15 feet? The Aquapac – 100% waterproof….

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Cheep.


SlickDeals.net. Er…cheap deals…on the Internet.

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I’ll be back…


So there’s this company called GenLife. Which has created a human cloning service called the Phoenix Plan (shades of Robert Ludlum here…but I digress). The idea is to offer you…

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