The iMainGo Portable Speaker System. The PR blurb says that this puppy contains a ‘state of the art digital amplifier’ and ‘high output stereo speakers’. Which apparently means that it will make your iPod sound very loud as needed. A set of batteries last around 30 hours, which should improve your popularity in the neighbourhood no end. Priced at £59.00. Three years of R&D has produced a tuned and ported speaker design, working with an extremely efficient digital amp and high…
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Hack your own games console – flashback to the beeps and pixels
Hack your own games console with the XGS Micro Edition Kit. Compatible with Atari 2600 joysticks and powered by an 80 MIP RISC processor. Beep, parp, beep, parp – relive the days, man. $199.95. Now you can build your own video game console in the old style. This retro-inspired gaming system is designed specifically for hardware and software hackers. The system is powered by an 80 MIP RISC processor, has direct raster controlled graphics, 3-channel sound, built in programmer, and is…
Read MoreFilterMusic – high quality uninterrupted internet radio
FilterMusic is a specially selected group of Internet radio stations which deliver 128kbps, uninterrupted music feeds in a variety of genres for your listening pleasure. Nothing earth shatteringly new here, but a Nice Idea nonetheless. Oh and it comes with a handy RSS feed which is a nice touch. Tags: internet+radio
Read MoreBlockposters – create huge wall posters from your images
Blockposters is a new free online service that lets you create large wall posters from any image. Upload your photo, slice it up and download a PDF file to print. Sure, you’ll get stitch marks on the edges of the sheets, but hey it’s better than nothing and pretty cool at that. Upload an image from your computer and choose how many sheets wide you would like your poster to be once printed…Once you’re happy with your selection, you can download the PDF file containing your…
Read MoreDevicescape – quick and easy auto-connect to hotspots
Devicescape. Sign up, download the software and it will automatically sign you in to your WiFi service of choice as you roam. The program runs on Windows PCs, Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones and a couple of other WiFi devices, but it will need many more VoIP and WiFi enabled devices on the list to make this really useful. One to watch though, because anything that makes it easier to connect to hotspots gets a thumbs up from us. No more…
Read MoreVoice Activated Answering Machine –
The Voice Activated Answering Machine is the ultimate lazy machine. Instead of pressing buttons to retrieve your messages, you just say ‘answering machine – play new’. At which point it will miraculously recognize your sentence and like the obedient servant it is immediately delete everything in its digital memory. Oh dear. Well, maybe it’ll make a nice ashtray instead. $249.95. This hands-free digital answering machine operates in response to voice commands, and does not require complicated set up or tedious user voice…
Read MoreOzone Inflatable Lounger with Speakers – pump up the volume
The Ozone Inflatable Lounger with Speakers. So now you can pump up your seat, crank out the sounds and restore the breathless excitement missing from your puffed-up but strangely deflated lifestyle…. [enough already – Ed]. So tell us, gadget makers, what happens once you successfully embed tinny rubbish speakers into every single item of home and office furnishings? We deserve an answer. £24.95. The Lounger looks good, feels good and sounds good! Constructed from ultra durable PVC, the Lounger is a tough…
Read MoreCrazy Climber Arcade Machine – enough to drive you up the wall
The Crazy Climber Arcade Machine. It looks like the classic 80’s video game now has an updated 21st C. cabinet and controller. This is one craze that I missed first time round, which is probably just as well too, vertigo-wize. [Thanks Kevin] Tags: arcade+machine, games+machine
Read MorePurrforma Plus Cat Litter Appliance – the high tech kitty dumpster
The Purrforma Plus Cat Litter Appliance. You know there’s something weird with the world when your cat litter tray has more technology in it than NASA’s original computer system. This pussy has four – count ‘em – infrared sensors and an automatic multi-cycle cleansing process with waste storage area. All we’ve got to say is miaow, baby, miaow. £199.99. The Purrforma Plus takes cat owners into the 21st century, with an odour free, hygienic and easy way to clean the litter box….
Read MoreThe ultimate home office system – 32 Terrabytes and counting…
I would have to venture a guess that Stefan Didak’s gargantuan 32 Terrabyte, 8 system, seven screen (plus two laptops) home office computer system qualifies as just about the largest you’re going to find in a private dwelling. Yeah, almost. What happens if you turn all that equipment on? The light in the neighborhood dims a little, starts to flicker, then the lights in part of the city go out, and once everything is up and running, the lights slowly come…
Read MoreStorm Tracker Emergency TV Lantern – a tale of three prices…
The Storm Tracker TV/Radio/Lantern is a fancy looking emergency storm alert lantern, television, radio, hand crank lighting unit. Pretty cool tool for all you outdoors types. And just to make the whole thing a little more interesting, you can pick your price – Price One – BenMeadows.com – $120.00 Price Two – Amazon.com – $ 99.95 Price Three – HomeDepot.com – $ 49.99 …isn’t teh internets wunnerful? Tags: internet+pricing, emergency+lanterns
Read MoreTwingly – watch the blogoshere on a realtime screensaver
Twingly is a screensaver which lets you watch global blog activity in realtime. It looks like you’ll need a fairly decent graphics card to make it work, but nevertheless it looks like an interesting experiment if you like that sort of thing. Twingly screensaver is visualizing the global blog activity in real time. Forget RSS readers where you see only what you’re interested in. With Twingly screensaver you get a 24/7 stream of all (viewer discretion advised) blog activity, straight…
Read MoreiCar – pimp your ‘pod, baby
The iCar takes music player/dock technology to a whooooole new level, peeps. Plug your iPod or other music player into this puppy and – spitting in the face of threatened legislation – the car will…ahem…flash its lights, spin its wheels, hop its suspension and generally rock the house in time with your tunes. Oh and did we mention that it contains speakers too? Could you honestly – no honestly – ask to experience anything more glorious before you die? A mere $29.99 buys you a…
Read MoreRechargeable M7 Secret Spy Ear II – ultra sensitive snooper phone
The Rechargeable M7 Secret Spy Ear II is built for super snooping. Apparently you can listen in to a conversation from across a crowded room, although why you won’t hear the loud prattle from that boring couple arguing at the next table instead is a mystery to us. Whatever. $79.95. With the Spy Ear II, you have access to the latest technology in audio spying. Its mini size, lightweight and skin tone color allow you to hear from great distances…
Read MoreFetch a Bubble – chicken scented bubble fun for your pooch
Fetch a Bubble. Apparently dogs love to chase chicken scented soap bubbles. We assume that they prefer chasing to actually catching a nasty soapy burst bubble on the taste buds, but then again with dogs who can tell? Anyhoo, this has got to be one of the wackiest ideas ever to come out of a Dr Jekyll lab, and you mark our words, no good will come of it. £14.95. The Fetch a Bubble was designed as an Ideal toy for…
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