The Connectland 10 Button Smart Mouse. On the basis that you can never have too many buttons on yer mouse. Or your house. Or spouse. You louse. A$48.40. Features * Plug & Play * 10 Direct Access Mouse Buttons * Ergonomic design to reduce RSI * Big 12mm scrolling wheel for ease of use * Luminous Blue scroll wheel…Buttons – 1. Left 2. Right 3. Scroll 4. WWW Back 5. WWW Forward 6. Vertical acc UP 7. Vertical acc DOWN 8. Application…
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Anti RSI keyboard.
From the start-‘em-young-and-willing-dept. The My Kids Anti RSI Keyboard and Mouse. ‘A’ shaped anti RSI key layout, 2/3rds size for teeny hands, typing fun software. Cute. $19.00. The Mini Kids Keyboard is 2/3 the size of a normal keyboard. The distance between each individual keycaps was specially designed not only for kids’ small hands as well as for computer users with smaller hands.
Read MoreBoost or bust?
The mobile phone Antenna Booster. Fact or fiction? You decide. $12.99. This the same “boost your signal by 300%” antenna that you see advertised on TV infomercials for $19.95 to $29.95. We hate TV infomercials. After seeing all the miracle car waxes and get rich quick products, many of us immediately laugh at their outrageous claims. Since this product was mobile phone related, we ordered some for testing a few months ago. Our expectation was to find it totally useless…
Read MoreMods rock.
MetkuMod’s Modding Gallery. Think of a product. Now modify it. Rinse. Repeat. Endlessly. Then vote on the mods in Finnish and English. Just for fun. Hmm…I must get out more.
Read MorePHEV car.
The PHEV (pneumatic hybrid electric vehicle) car runs on air. Compressed air. And batteries. Pretty clever, pretty Korean. More here. If a car uses compressed air engine it can reduce about 20% of the total cost of production because it doesn’t have cooling system, fuel tank, sparking plug and silencer etc….The exhausted gas from the cars has a bad effect to environment but compressed air engine doesn’t exhaust noxious gas, therefore this engine can solve the problems of environmental…
Read MoreMind over matters.
Apparently the boffins have started to learn how to read our thoughts. Not nervous me, oh no. I’ll just keep changing my mind constantly. That’ll fool ‘em, the idiots. Scientists from Japan and the United States have figured out how to read a person’s mind by remotely measuring brain activity, extracting information of which the subject is not even aware. Science fiction? No. It’s real.
Read MoreBluetooth it.
The Kanda Parani10 serial to Bluetooth adapter turns yer serial port into a BT port. It’s also quite a versatile beasty all round. Er..we’re talking 1.2km range versatile, see? $149.00. The Parani10 uses Bluetooth wireless to allow serial devices to communicate at long distances – 200m with standard antenna and up 1.2Km with optional patch antenna. This means that you can: * Use 2 Pirani10 modules as a wireless serial lead that just replaces your serial cable * Connect a Pirani10…
Read MoreCrankenstein.
Next time you wanna buy something for a wacky relative, why not check out the Hummer Self Powered Radio? A cranky product for a cranky person, geddit? Sigh. $49.95. HUMMER radio is powered by hand cranking so you don’t have to worry about depleted batteries when blackouts or emergencies hit. # Just two minutes of cranking generate up to 15 minutes of radio, including AM/FM bands, 24-hour weather-band and severe weather signal. # Removable LED flashlight provides up to 30 minutes…
Read More#33 to go.
The Chinese Take-Out Handbag. Of course, why not? Where else can you keep your chopped liver and mustard makeup case? $15.95. It may look like a jumbo-sized order of Moo Goo Gai Pan to go, but it’s actually our new Chinese Take-Out Bag. White vinyl bag features a zippered top, an authentic spiral metal handle and four metal feet on the bottom. The sides are screened with a fiery Chinese Dragon and the words “Thank You” and “Come Again” on the…
Read MoreUgly motor.
Apparently the Aurora is considered to be the world’s ugliest car. Hmm..kind of makes sense really, doesn’t it? [Thanks RJ] A bizarre car that has been dubbed the ‘ugliest automobile in the world’ is today back on the road 50 years after its launch. The unique Aurora, a 19 feet long monster that was built by an eccentric New York priest as the ultimate safety vehicle, is now turning heads again. Father Alfred Juliano bankrupted himself creating the prototype, which remained…
Read MoreLecture recorder.
Lecture Recorder. Bang this onto your swish laptop, and get top marks. Or not. $19.90. This program allows you to record lectures and attach written summaries. To make a lecture summary several rich-text fields are provided: course, subject, date, lecturer, digest and notes. There is also an option to print the summary. Built-in audio recorder comes with real-time OGG audio compression, an editor for making cut-outs, voice operated recording mode and transcription playback mode. All recordings are 8-bit, mono, with…
Read MoreStrange brew.
StrangeBanana. Strange website design generator. Actually make that strange, strange website design generator. StrangeBanana is a program that creates a random webpage design. The page design you are looking at has never been seen before – it was created programmatically just now. If you want, you can use this design for your own website (in that case you should save it immediately, because when you leave the page, you will never be able to get the same design again).
Read MoreGmail redux.
Using Gmail as a spam filter. Next week. How to turn Gmail into a fully serviceable Hubble Telescope. I recently got my Gmail account up and running, but I wasn’t finding a whole lot of use for it since I have a primary account on MBoffin.com that I use for everything. Just for kicks, I decided to have all my MBoffin.com e-mail (spam and all) forwarded to my Gmail account to see how well it would handle my e-mail habits and workflows,…
Read MoreMow maverick.
Build your own radio controlled lawn mower. All lawn mowers have one basic flaw. Get rid of it and it’s much lighter, goes faster, goes under low branches and between bushes, turns on a dime, saves gas, mows in the rain and lets you have fun to as well. That flaw is the rider. So we made radio-control mowers…The mower was designed to go under fruit trees and between shrubs that are awkward or impossible with a rider. And to…
Read MoreStroller Pak.
Stroller Pak. Park and ride? * Quickly converts between a backpack and a stroller * Folds down small enough to easily fit in aircraft overhead compartments * Adjustable height handle fits people from 5′ to 7′ tall * Accessory bag straps onto frame below seat for wheel storage * Lightweight aluminum frame * Quick release 12″ wheels allow you to remove and replace wheels in seconds
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