Sometimes two wheels are simply not enough.
Read MoreMonthly Archives: January 2005
Moon shadow.
The YES World Watch. $299.00. Dis timepiece got rhythm, man! This innovative watch keeps track of times for sunrise and sunset, exact lunar phase, 2400 hour military time and digital time for 500 cities worldwide while keeping time for 3 time zones simultaneously. Rotating bezel can adjust to sidereal time, used for equinox day/night comparison or to track personal daily rhythms. Sunrise and regular alarm; stopwatch with lap time; backlit dial; water resistant to 300 feet; and crafted in solid stainless steel.
Read MoreFlickr fun.
How to get the Most Out of Flickr and FlickrExport (a Mac plugin for iPhoto4 that provides a direct export interface to Flickr).
Read MoreThe media master.
The iRiver Dicple [Korean] An electronic dictionary, MP3 player, FM radio, voice recording, e-book reader, text to speech, calendar/organiser with SD/MMC slot support and a 4.5” mono LCD? Which runs on 2 AAA batteries? Gollygosh…
Read MoreTalking Daleks.
Talking Daleks. Seek, Locate, ANNIHILATE! Aw c’mon, you’ve just gotta love that BBC special effects toilet plunger weapon, no? £24.99. The Daleks first appeared in 1963 on BBC TV’s “Dr Who”. The nation trembled in terror! These are replicas of the “real thing” from the cult BBC TV series. Available models are the Command Dalek in Black and Battle Dalek in Silver… All Daleks also have the following features: Glide along on wheels, movable turret/head and three movable weapons.
Read MoreControl freek!
It’s not the gadget that fascinates here, it’s the price. A digital wristwatch, calculator and remote controller for TV/VCR/DVD at $9.99? Yowsers! This amazing digital watch provides an array of valuable services and functions. It is an 8-digit calculator, a handy stopwatch, an alarm clock, and also a remote control. Simply program the watch to the device and instantly control the TV, VCR or DVD. Plus it keeps very accurate time.
Read MoreWeather vain.
The Cordless Phone Weather Station. Don’t just talk, converge. Check the temp while discussing hot stocks, watch the barometer drop as you chat to your mother-in-law. $199.95. With a sophisticated barometric forecasting station, a dual alarm clock, and 2.4 GHz cordless technology that accommodates up to three additional handsets, this is one of the most complete home or office phone systems available. A remote wireless sensor (included, plus you can add up to two more) detects weather outdoors. Indoor and…
Read MoreProp puppies.
Screen Used. Feel the need to buy a collectible movie prop? How about Wolverine’s claw for $7,499.00? Or Ethan Hunt’s bullets from Mission Impossible 2 for $699.00 […is that each? – Ed]. Or even a prototype Light Sabre from Phantom Menace for $8,499.00? Got cash or PayPal? Nice site design too, lads! ScreenUsed is run by three collectors, Desi DosSantos, Jeff Castillo, and Stephan Lokotsch. They have been collecting screen used props and wardrobe for a combined 38 years….
Read MoreTravel meister.
The Travel Machine. Who needs a PC to do route planning? Also known as the ‘Fight Stopping’ Marriage Saver. £29.95. TravelMachine has been programmed with an astonishingly comprehensive knowledge of Great Britain and Ireland´s road networks. Preferred routes from A to B can be found in seconds TravelMachine will instantly give you a step-by-step route plan, from a concise overview to more magnified detail including motorway junctions, road names, roundabout exits and ferry links, and will even suggest alternative routes…
Read MoreStat attack!
Nationmaster. Too many statistics, not enough time! Welcome to NationMaster.com, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease. We currently have 4,657 stats, and this number is increasing all…
Read MoreTally ho!
The Mushaburui Stand-alone Flight Sim Cockpit. Ah the joys of soaring through the living room. $99.95. Finally, a cockpit system that combines durability, comfort and adjustability. The Stand alone Flight Sim Cockpit positions your Stick and throttle right where they belong for hours of comfortable play.
Read MoreSpeegle.
Speegle. The talking search engine. Uber neat. * Just type in your keywords in the normal way and press enter or click search. * Ten results are listed and read out to you in order some may be skipped as they have no content or they have been to slow to contact. * If you want to visit a page press the corresponding number on the keyboard and it will redirect to that site.
Read MoreThat petrol emotion.
Affective Media make emotion recognition software. I think the idea is to create tech products which respond to our moods, thereby making them more useful. Not just toys and games, but PDAs, home automation et al. Interesting concept all right. Check out the demo. Emotion recognition enables artificial pets to understand our emotions and to react to them in a way similar to their real-life counterparts. Making our entertainment robots more pet-like can only help to bring them into our…
Read MoreStepping out of line.
LandRollers. With a name like a Japanese off-road vehicle these are apparently ‘the first major innovations in skating since Rollerblade popularized inline skates more than 25 years ago.’ Actually if you watch the videos they do look very cool. Even the corpulent and terminally lazy Ferret is tempted. Especially by the air-filled tyre, rough terrain option. $249.00 a pair. LandRoller is truly a revolutionary skate that offers a smoother ride, improved stability, better braking, easier learning, off-road capability and dramatic styling…LandRollers have two large wheels…
Read MoreGet a life!
The Digilife DDV-S670. $250.00 gets you a 600 in 1…6 in 1 cigarette case sized thingy. What’s it got? Er…a lot. Think 3.2 megapixel, MPEG4 VGA vidcam with SD/MMC slot, 8x digital zoom, with 2 inch 300K pixel high res, 270 degree swivel LCD viewer, LED flash, microphone, and a tiny self portrait mirror to help you get the picture. Got the picture? A 6-in-1 featured digital still camera, digital video camcorder, PC camera, MP3, voice recorder and USB mass…
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