The TV Aquarium. #345 – Things I’d like on my bedside table. NOT. Strictly for the TV fixated personality I suspect. What’s on TV dear? Oh just the goldfish again. $22.98. Unique TV Fish Aquarium makes your fish the star as it is visible through the opening “screen” for a prime-time show everyone can enjoy. Aquarium comes with whimsical hand-painted wooden “TV” and a one-quart plastic fishbowl that fits inside the television! It’s a cute conversation piece for the den, family…
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Smart Box Container.
The IFF Smart Box Container is a shipping container which contains an RFID scanner and a GPS unit. So now not only can you find out what is inside the box while it’s in transit, but where the thing is located. Only a prototype at the moment, but I can see this tech gradually leeching its way down to common or garden luggage. It’ll come to something when your luggage has got more brains than you, eh? German scientists have…
Read MoreSnap, crackle, crop.
The improbably named Pixoh. Edit your photos online. I’ve got to say, I’m not *that* sure about these kinds of services. I don’t really get the user value proposition here. Is it that I’m wandering around needing an online image editor whilst travelling? Or what? Anyhoo, worth a look, if only…
Read MoreAtomic Bell Alarm Clock.
The Atomic Bell Alarm Clock. You know the Ferret loves retro convergent digital redux. Which is why a plain jane traditional alarm clock that’s more accurate than Big Ben tickles the fancy. $29.98. Enjoy the latest radio-controlled time technology along with the classic look and sound of the twin-bell alarm clock. This Atomic Bell Alarm Clock features super-accurate time synchronized by the U.S. atomic clock; automatic daylight savings time change; and four continental U.S. time zone settings. Alarm clock features…
Read MoreTalking Fly Swat.
The Talking Fly Swat. Look, why waste your valuable breath uttering exclamations of triumph as you trowel nearby flies, when you can have something which does it all for you? Die Sucker, Gotcha, Ho Ho Ho (nah, made that one up). $16.98. This wisecracking Talking Fly Swatter knocks them out of the sky and then really lets them have it with one of five hysterical quips. Your household will buzz with laughter when they hear such put-downs as “Die, sucker,”…
Read MoreCharming Kitty prints.
This Charming Kitty Fujifilm Pivi Camera Phone Printer is clearly aimed at metrosexuals. Nope, it’s no use you arguing, it’s obvious from the pinkness, cute little image and flowers dotted all over the thing that it’s headed straight to executive desk drawers. To sit next to the Faberge cell phones. And Givenchy PDAs. Around $159.00 in yenlike. […and what’s with the Kitty rip?]
Read MoreHot suit.
The Gerbing Heated Jacket and Pants Set. Got a 12V battery handy? Then you need be cold no more with this elegant (!) matching jacket and trouser set with integral heating pads.Water resistant, washable, temperature controlled. We’re talkin’ toasty here. $329.00. Electrical gloves and socks available too! One of the truly unique features of our heated clothing is our High-Density heat pads. Rather than apply the resistive wire directly to the garment, we first sew it into a special fabric…
Read MorePhilips framed.
Gotta say that the new Philips 7 inch Photo Frame looks really nice. None of this clunky big desk thing, just a simple perspex (or is that glass?) affair with an elegant feel. £169.00/$293.00, so it’s not exactly cheap, but it holds 50 images up to 12 megapixels in resolution with 11 transitions. Also sports an SD, Compact Flash, Memory Stick slot, so that’s useful. Soon every home will have one. Well, when they reduce the price. Simply plug your camera…
Read MoreComments fixed!
Well folks, comments are broken fixed now. Normal service is resumed. [Thanks to Bambolay for the icon again] Update: Thanks to marvellous Teli the Rescue Ranger! Thanks T!
Read MoreStress Eraser.
The Stress Eraser bio feedback device. Mmm…interesting idea, although it should be called a stress controller, rather than eraser. But what’s a marketing puff between friends, eh? You can feel calm in 15 minutes a day, it says here. Golly. Available for $299.00, a price guaranteed to lower your blood pressure instantly. [Via gizmowatch]
Read MoreSmiley?
The Emoticons. Aaargh not enough that we’ve got them plastered all over the screen, now we’ve got smilies migrating into the real world as little clay figures? Aaargh. £3.95. With the Emoticon family you can actually decorate your desk instead of your desktop. Choose one to suit your personality, or get the lot and rotate them according to your changing moods. If you’re feeling really silly, insist on only communicating with colleagues via your emoticons. It’s one way to stop people dumping…
Read MoreFlash Wireless Presenter.
The Wireless Pointer with Flash Memory. Store your presentations and lunch money on the flash memory drive and control them remotely using the combo controller and laser pointer. Works up to 15 metres away, so you can actually do your presentation from the office restaurant while your hapless colleagues sit through those dreary Excel slides of your vacation in Spain. Marvellous. £32.50. Dual Function – laser pointer and wireless remote control – Wireless control of Microsoft Power Point, Excel, Internet…
Read MoreTaking the pith.
Orange Peeler. Such a simple concept, so hard to accomplish. Even for a peeler which isn’t orange, but white…Probably. Around $132.00 and pith. Lots of pith.
Read MoreFast car.
The Acabion prototype vehicle. Max speed 280 mph at 50% engine power. And probably 20% brain power too judging by the look of this thing.
Read MorePeek and play?
The new Grundig VP6200 personal media player is a master of convergence all right. Not just a media player with 30 GB drive, 3.5 inch TFT screen and FM radio, but it also sports a 1.3 megapixel camcorder with 4 x digital zoom on board too. And it does direct audio encoding into MP3 on the fly. Gosh. £349.99. The new Grundig Personal Media Player has a 3.5″ TFT LCD screen, a built-in digital camera/video camera, a 30GB hard disk, an…
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