The Tieman Traveller portable magnifier. Bulkier than their pocket products, albeit more versatile. But what a price – £1495.00. The Traveller is a battery operated, full colour flat screen electronic magnifier with variable magnification. It has been designed to be truly portable giving maximum freedom to the user. Carry the Traveller with you and use it in the supermarket or in librairies. The magnification ranges from 4.5 to 16 times, with continuous linear zoom, without any pre-set steps. Another unique feature…
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Hot and sassy.
The 16oz Heated Mug with Temp Gauge. $35.00. Because, according to the Speciality Coffee Association of America, ‘the optimal water temperature for coffee is 92 – 96C (197.6 – 204.8F) for 90% of the contact time.’ The comfort grip handle stays cool during use. “Sip” top twist closes when not in use. The mug alerts you when ideal temperature is reached and has a warning alarm to prevent overheating, Easy to read back lit display for night viewing, Sized to…
Read MoreHum drum.
What is it about drummers that brings out the worst out in their neighbours? Is it their appalling dress sense? Lack of table manners? Rather warped sense of humour? Whatever it is, you can be sure that this five piece Ion Audio MIDI drum kit with 233 sampled sounds and ‘Dynamic Articulation’ won’t help. Nor will it sort out the bass player. $299.95. Ion’s exclusive ‘Dynamic Articulation’ feature enables a drum sound to change its tonal content as it’s played harder for…
Read MoreCarnivore garden.
Carnivorous Creations is a table top garden stuffed full of meat eaters. Probably not the best gift for your tofu loving grandmother. And if you do give her one, do keep checking back to make sure she’s OK. You know, just in case. $21.98. Carnivorous Creations feature 10 plants that trap, drown, starve, or paralyze insects and eat them! The plants included are the Venus Fly Trap, Cobra, Yellow Trumpet, Hooded Pitcher, Sweet Trumpet, Purple Pitcher, Pale Trumpet, and 3 kinds of Sundew plant….
Read MoreBoulder.
Boulder. $45.00. “So I said to her, I said, what you really need in this room is a boulder. A nice big grey, solid looking thing. But I could tell that she didn’t understand. She always was a bit snooty, that one.
Read MoreColor Pickr.
Color Pickr. Genius. Locate Flickr photos via their colour match. Now if only it could differentiate between the freely licensed images and the restricted ones. Anyhoo, I’m definitely beginning to see the attraction of the Flickr open API.
Read MoreWe Media.
We Media. Fascinating detailed PDF white paper on the rise and rise of participatory journalism. Should be mandatory reading for anyone involved in journalism or the media in general. We are at the beginning of a Golden Age of journalism — but it is not journalism as we have known it. Media futurists have predicted that by 2021, “citizens will produce 50 percent of the news peer-to-peer.” However, mainstream news media have yet to meaningfully adopt or experiment with these new forms…This report details…
Read MoreCockpit.
First public look at the inside of the A380 cockpit. Big.
Read MoreMouse majestic.
The Executive Leather MouseStation. $49.99. Mouse pad, calculator, world clock, leather LCD [Er…I think you’ll find that’s leather and an LCD – Ed], gel wrist rest, temperature display. You may never need to leave your desk again.
Read MoreThe 911 Light.
The 911 Light. $99.95. Triggered by your emergency phone call, this puppy lets the whole neighbourhood know that you’re in deep do-do, and hopefully will direct the emergency services to you faster than a speeding ticket in January. Just remember to change the batteries, eh? Automatically activated when you dial 911, its wireless 315MHz transmitter, which is connected to your phone, activates a powerful red Xenon strobe light on the exterior of your house. It instantly identifies your home as…
Read MorePet with the program, dude.
The Programmable Pet Dish. $54.99. Oh yes, not only will your beloved pet adore the sound of your voice calling him from a small blue bit of plastic near the fridge, but he will simply go wild over the fact that the dish holds a half a cup of moist or dry gack. Honestly. Since the feeder will provide four different feedings, you can schedule your pet’s meals in advance, whether your pet eats four times a day or once…
Read MoreDisc it.
Disc-It! $4.95. This cool little gidggadg for storing CD/DVD discs could change your life, foster universal harmony and produce a new era of prosperity, friendship and understanding across the world. Or just de-clutter your messy desktop. Your call, Mrs Miggins. DISC-IT! will safely hold up to 8 of your favorite discs at a time, each separated and protected from the other by the integral stacking ring built around the center of all discs. The unique patented design requires zero concentration and can…
Read MoreMobile deskphone.
In amongst the flurry of mobile handset announcements yesterday from the CommunicAsia mobile telecoms show, was a little gem from Nokia which flew in under the radar. The company has just announced a deal with OnRelay to market and supply the MBX convergent PBX mobile phone tech to corporate customers. This is super clever stuff which basically lets you seamlessly route mobile calls to and from your office switchboard on demand, even if you’re roaming 5000 miles away. How to…
Read MorePlay away.
Newt’s Design Your Own Playing Cards. Upload your own photo or graphic, tweak the design with the online Flash tool and get ‘em printed. Enjoy trouncing the wife with the mother-in-law’s face. $28.00 a deck. Be sure your image is a jpg or jpeg nonprogressive file. Most digital camera pictures work fine. Upload your photo by clicking the Upload image button. You will be prompted to the custom image upload screen. Hit the browse button to locate your picture, hit upload image to…
Read MorePhotos a go go.
The good folk at fotopic.net are now offering an instant mobile phone photo upload service. Snap and send for instant display. These techs are cool, we need more of them. Also worth looking at the FlexWindow service. Free for personal use.
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