The Saunaab Mobile Sauna. Take one Saab 900 Classic car, rip out the interior and replace with lots of wood, a stove and a BBQ and voila, a mobile sauna. Or maybe not so mobile. Then suddenly Magnus B. thought of a (crazy?) idea; Building a sauna inside the SAAB! This idea was verified with some other sauna-loving fiends, and of course, this was a good idea. The SAUNAAB construction team was formed! Since this team has members from both Finland and…
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Video of the week – Fast buggy!
Video of the week – the fastest mini R/C car in the world. [youtube width=”375″ height=”301″]ksQdgy_nOcg[/youtube]
Read MoreAnalogue Projection Clock.
The Analogue Projection Clock. None of yer cheapo, nasty digital projection rubbish here. This is yer classy, round face, sweep hand analogue glory on your walls or ceiling. Allow yourself a little luxury at $159.95. Or just buy a $5.00 wall clock. Your call. The bright clock face image can be up to 3′ in diameter depending on the proximity of the projection box placement to the wall, and the clock shows Arabic numerals at the cardinal points. The sturdy…
Read MoreGigaView HDD AV Media Enclosure.
The GigaView HDD AV Media Enclosure. Clever little box. Just shove your spare 3.5 inch hard drive in it and you’ve got an instant media player at a fraction of the cost. No drive? No problem, just use the integral memory card slots. Hook the whole thing up to your TV and beam away. Comes with remote control, and handles the main audio and video media formats. Neat, and at £39.99 nicely priced. Just install your hard drive with your…
Read MoreWatchman Mini CCTV Camera.
The Watchman Mini R/C Wireless CCTV Camera. Cute little critter beams colour video up to 200 metres away. 20 days standby time, 1.5 hours operation on a charge and comes complete with an integrated stand and remote control. $77.00. Mini R/C Wireless CCTV Camera with Audio, which mount with 150mA rechargeable Li-Battery and Bi-Antenna. The transmission distance is about 50 – 200 meter under opening area.
Read MoreEat your words.
Spy Paper. Behaves just like ordinary paper, but dissolves in seconds after contact with a liquid. The mouth as a shredding machine? Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, ‘take a rain check’. £6.95 for 32 sheets. This spy paper looks like ordinary paper, but is unique in that it dissolves in just seconds when contacted with liquid, rsulting in a useless, non-reconstructible mulch which is far more secure than the output of any standard shredder. You can write on this paper normally but as…
Read MoreLikebetter.
Likebetter. If you’ve got time to spend – a lot of time – then log on to this playful little diversion. Pick your preferred image and over time the game will try and work out your personality characteristics. Warning: addictive! Welcome to the likebetter game! Click or use your keyboard arrow keys. When the brain turns pink, it knows something about you. Click it to find out what it knows!… Find out how alike you and your friends are. We’ll send…
Read MoreRemote Wars.
Five remote control facts. (Source: Sky Television). The average telly fan loses the remote an average of 3.4 times a week and spends more than two minutes looking for it each time. An astonishing one third of people have hidden the remote from someone else and one in five people have thrown it at someone in a fit of ‘remote rage’. One in five people say they have remote rows every couple of nights, with six per cent admitting most evenings…
Read MoreEnergy Saver?
Steorn. Saviour of mankind’s energy crisis, or clumsy hoax?
Read MoreBoom goes my heart in the morning.
The Sonic Boom Sweetheart Alarm Clock. Heart shaped and pink. What better way to say ‘I love you’, and ensure that she gets up early enough to get you breakfast every day? This uber alarm clock will do the job come rain, sleet or snow. Complete with a 12 volt bed shaker, hi/lo dimmer switch for a pleasant flashing lamp effect (which is sure to draw out her romantic side) and a pulsating 113db alarm (Concorde 119db at take-off?). $42.95. The Sonic…
Read MoreStop saw. Save fingers.
SawStop. They say it’s the world’s safest table saw. Apparently there’s 60,000 table saw related injuries every year in the US alone. One every 9 minutes. Youch! This puppy puts an end to the serious injuries because it stops the blade within 1/200th of a second and retracts it out of harm’s way. Pretty cool tech all round, and if’n you don’t believe take a look at the hot-dog demo video . The SawStop safety system includes an electronic detection system that detects…
Read MoreUSB Mixing Kit.
The USB Mixing Kit. Microphone, headphones, mixing desk and software to let you act like a real real DJ in your bedroom. Without the drugs. Or sleazy hotels. Or hangovers (maybe). Priced at £99.99, with an optional talent pack. Nah just kidding, you’re on your own with this one. This brilliant box of tricks has a two channel mixer and you can connect your turntable, stereo or headphones directly into it. Simply load the software onto your PC from the…
Read MoreDIY 9V flashlight.
The DIY 9V Mini Flashlight. Grab yourself a couple of 9V battery cells, three LED lamps and a bit of solder and Bob’s your teeny light. Neato. It’s the same thing every time, no lamp in place when you need one – so why not build a lot of these – always in place ! You need: * 1 fresh 9 Volt battery * 1 old (empty) 9 volt battery * 3 high intensity LED’s (white, 25.000 mcd – 3,8…
Read MoreSkype Email Toolbar.
The Skype Email Toolbar. Beta toolbar which looks quite useful. Install it into an email client like Outlook Express or Thunderbird and email messages become IM and presence enabled. And you can call them too while reading their messages. * Call Skype Names and phone numbers written in emails * See when your contacts are online * Start instant messaging in follow up to emails * Add a Skype Button to your email signature, so other people can just click to…
Read MoreCute Car.
This is a cute little car. What is it though, anyone know? [Via Core77] [Update: Ah…apparently it’s a Q-Car or Quno. Electrical, 50 kph speed, 80 km range. Thanks Taku!]
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