The eNBio Gate. A full biometric verification system, incorporating fingerprint and face recognition. Get past that if you can, Moriarty. One system incorporates various operations including registration and verification. Only authorized users who have with them identification cards with personal and biometric information. Possible to register face information and fingerprints of both thumbs. When registering a face, the camera automatically and conveniently moves to the right place to capture the face image. One system registers a limitless number of users.
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Gigayacht, gigaprice.
The Gigayacht. 405’ long and one of the largest yachts in the world – but is it built yet? – is for sale on eBay. Special Buy it Now price of $85 million is for 50% of the full value of $168,000,000. Hurry chillen, this offer won’t last for long. Oh and the buyer is responsible for shipping. Arf! With a range of 16,000 NM, this 405′ stunning new Frank Mulder Design Gigayacht can cruise anywhere in the world in…
Read MorePsionic psorcery?
Build your own Radionics psychic energy amplifier. Yummy, yummy, yummy. $29.95 special offer, then maybe you’ll be able to use your special magick powers to get a full refund. Try why doncha? Radionics is a method of manipulating subtle energies using specialized instruments. A radionics practitioner can work on any target such as humans, animals, plants, the soil, buildings, the environment etc… Radionics uses special machines with internal Psionic patterns and the patterns can be adjusted and tuned by an operator to…
Read MoreLaserVibe.
LaserVibe. Dude, you want a party with cool? A party that comes with its own funky light show? Then check dis out. Rad! $99.95. Connects directly to ANY audio source. (cd, stereo, mp3 playerÉ) Generates an infinite number of images and designs. No boring preset images, all images are generated directly from the music characteristics! Just like a professional laser show! Image size is about 4 to 5 feet wide at only 8-10 foot distance from LaserVibe to wall and…
Read MoreThe AOL CD Boomerang.
The AOL CD Boomerang. Got lots of CDs lying around? Well why not make use of them with this fun and lethal little toy? Hey, the plans are free, you want more? Throw it high and with little forward power, but big spin. Just a few too many ergs of power would make this rang fly more like a 9 than a circle, but it’s effective range was only about 4 meters, so that meant about four steps to make the…
Read MoreTape it off the Internet.
Tape It Off The Internet. This is what marks out the new Internet from the old, a genuinely useful – albeit somewhat ambitious – service for all. Think global TV guide, which includes collaborative recommendations, BitTorrent listings, tags, feeds et al all wrapped up in a cool community type interface. Hope you can pull it off, guys, because this is cool stuff. Television, drug of the nation, pacifier par excellence, we love you. Except you never quite have the things we…
Read MoreCopy protected CD listing.
Here’s a useful little Google listing of copy protected CDs that you might want to note down in the light of the Sony rootkit debacle. Probably best to avoid buying this ‘enhanced cd’ stuff, eh, if you don’t want to leave your computer vulnerable. At least until the court cases are over.
Read MoreThe Gamma Watch!
The PM1208 Wrist Gamma Indicator. As well as being a stylish and elegant timepiece, the PM1208 will use its inbuilt Geiger-Muller tube to generously sound an alarm when you are about to start glowing in the dark. It is also specifically, and rather ominously, recommended for frequent flyers! $325.00. The PM1208 Wrist Gamma Indicator is a unique watch that monitors the radiation levels of the environment as well as the irradiation level of the person wearing the indicator. Equally designed for use by…
Read MorePortable CD duplicator.
The PikaOne DupliCase Portable CD Duplicator. OK, so we’re trying to work out the circumstances in which you’d need a portable CD duplicator. Got it. A Grateful Dead reunion concert. Phew! Around £150.00. Duplicate all your CDs music, games…in stand-alone mode · Copy and exchange instantly your data from CD to CD · Use the DupliCASE CD as an external CD-RW
Read MoreFaucet Light.
The Faucet Light. Battery powered blue lit water on tap. On tap, geddit? Arf! $14.97 to the lady with the pink dreadlocks. Running water activates this LED Faucet Light turning the water a bright blue. Turn off the water and out goes the light. It’s great for getting the little ones to wash their hands, perfect for running the water in the middle of the night, and just a hoot anytime. Faucet Light installs in less than a minute and…
Read MoreSound stage.
The Binaura Sound Environment. Single front speaker, 5.1 surround sound, apparently all achieved through the use of some innovative technology. Innovative, ma? Many systems available today rely on speaker placement and / or the sound wave reflections from the walls to create surround sound. The Binaura system requires neither…Increase the level of center channel volume to hear the conversations more clearly without increasing the background sound, or increase the level of subwoofer volume to boost the low-frequency sound effects of…
Read MoreThe �1 lie detector.
The £1 Lie Detector Project. Fun for all the family, but just remember kids, a lie is for life not just for Xmas. Perhaps my simplest but strangest build project yet comes in the shape of what is traditionally called a ‘bread board’ project. Bread board construction is a simple way of testing an electronic circuit. You attach your bits together using drawing pins and a bit of solder, before wasting time on the permanent circuit board. So why am…
Read MoreOpen Street Map.
Open Street Map. The free wiki world map. Ambitious project at point zero right now, so don’t expect to see much on the site. But definitely worth watching/supporting, don’t you think? OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. This is because most maps you might think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from all walks of life…
Read MoreAmbient lighting.
Philips has just announced amBX lighting for computer gaming. Apparently it aims to do for ambient lighting what surround sound does for audio. Not sure that I’m seeing where a room full of flashing lights is going to improve my frag rate, but hey, what do I know…? Incorporating a scripting language, software engine and architecture, amBX has been designed to deliver all-new player experiences through enabled devices such as LED colour-controlled lights, active furniture, fans, heaters, audio and video, which…
Read MoreLink-o-Matic – Weatherbonk and more…
Weatherbonk – Superb live weather feeds/cams on Google Maps Help2Go – jargon free tech help site for newcomers Photo editing made simple – superb tutorials on tap Quotations Book – need a quote? You’ll find it here. With RSS too! eLibrary – friendlier front end for Project Gutenberg. Books for all PreviewSeek – one of the best ‘alternative’ search engines I’ve seen Measure Map – free statistics for your weblog, when it launches that is! PeerTrainer – fight your flab,…
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