Translate Now! is a cool translation portal which offers machine translation for over 38 different languages from a number of different engines. Afrikaans to Zulu, got the idea? Definite bookmark, now how about a Firefox extension guys? With TranslateNow! you get a single-point access to 28 of the best systems for over 38 different languages . Don’t expect an automatic translation to have the same quality: Machine translation is not perfect and its results will never be able to compete…
Read MoreMonthly Archives: May 2007
USB Golden Piggy Memory Card Reader – plated plugins
The Gold Piggy USB T-Flash Card Reader. One day we’ll look back at these times and realize that we were in the golden age of technology. Not right now, one day. So until then, we’ll have to make do with a decidedly dodgy fake gold pig card reader. Or whatever. $8.00. USB Golden Piggy T-Flash / Micro SD Card Reader is an ideal way to bridge the gap between your desktop computer and new multi-function cell phones and other portable…
Read MoreSmiley Necklaces – 14K gold geek chic
These 14K Gold Smiley Necklaces are the height of gawky geeky fashion ferment, especially if you’re into making hip personal statements from your neckline. $275.00 buys you any one of a series of mood symbols that will endear you to all and sundry. Perhaps. Purely textual communication–like email, txting, posting and IMing–could lead to even simple statements being easily misinterpreted. Thanks to emoticons, we can easily convey emotion or intent with common ASCII punctuation. While the smiley :-) is a fairly…
Read MoreOutdoor Entertainment Set – drive in yard theater
The Outdoor Entertainment Set is a hardwood framed stage and screen set which gives you all the fun of the cinema without the popcorn throwing nerds in the back seats. It’s all weatherproofed and sealed and movable, so you don’t have to keep it cluttering up your yard when not in use. Deep breath now, $1,899.00. Movie night moves outdoors. An oversized, retractable projection screen is framed in hardwood and paired with a hardwood stage, creating the ultimate outdoor entertainment…
Read MoreDisc Pod Dispenser – push button disk delivery
Disc Pod Dispenser. Shove in 100 CDs or DVDs and press a button to dispense one as needed. Cleverly it uses the standard disc cake box, so no problem with keeping it loaded. £6.99. Disc Pod Dispenser • Ideal for high volume media users • Fill in the CD / DVD (Up to 100 pieces) into the DiscPod from the top • Press a button to dispense your media • Essential desktop accessory • Use your existing cake box Tags:…
Read MoreSputtr – search everthing, all at once
Sputtr is a Web 2.0 style search engine done full on eye candy glistening and shiny. Oh yes. Welcome to Sputtr. A refreshingly clean way to search the things that matter the most. Now you can save valuable time by having all the right searches on just one page! Tags: sputtr, search+engine
Read MoreReal People Real Stuff – video classifieds done well
Real People Real Stuff. Video classifieds are definitely on their way up some sort of ladder of acceptance. Broadband, cheap hardware, easy software. It’s all coming together in YouTube land and this site is a pretty good effort all round. Clean, well crafted and easy to use. And free. How do I sell my stuff or services on realpeoplerealstuff.com? Make a video commercial. You can use a camcorder, webcam, or even your cellphone if it captures video. Plus, most digital…
Read More5 megapixel camera phone heralds the future – commodity cometh
The CT-6618 5.0 Megapixel Camera Phone may well point the way to the future commoditisation of mobile handsets. Of course there’s no guarantee that the image quality will be anything other than awful, but it’s interesting, is it not children, that we’re now seeing no-brand, high spec handsets emerging from the Far East at reasonable prices. Watch the skies…$280.00. 5.0 mega pixels, auto focus digital camera with TV-Out function. 3″ QVGA 26K Touch Screen with Music and Video playback for…
Read MoreSeeReal Hologram Television – rocket packs and flying cars too
The boffins at SeeReal are today unveiling their new electro-holography technology which they claim will deliver a real 3D television display without special glasses or the like. It all sounds a bit off planet, especially since there appear to be no better images of the tech than this rather obvious illustration, so we’ll hold our judgement, if not breath, until something concrete arrives. SeeReal’s new breakthrough approach to electro-holography overcomes these two challenges through Tracked Viewing Window technology and real-time encoding of…
Read MoreThe Golf Swing Analyser Watch – time to give up?
The Golf Swing Analyser Watch measures your tempo, rhythm, swing and club speed. It does all this with the help of three – count ‘em – accelerometers and presumably lots of smarts. To be honest if you wanna pay us a paltry sum we’ll save you a lot of grief and tell you exactly what we think of your swing. Of course this may not be quite as helpful, but what the heck…. $399.95. This device is as unobtrusive as a wristwatch and…
Read MoreDr Who Phone Flashers – incoming call alert goes all Tardis on us
The Dr Who Phone Flasher…er…flashes and in twirls when a call arrives on your mobile phone. Actually we’d much rather have the phone let us know that a call has arrived – don’t they have something called a ringtone? – but you can’t have everything can you? £4.95. You don’t need a sonic screwdriver or the brain of a Time Lord to set these handy companions up; simply attach one to your bag, belt or multicoloured scarf and you’ll never…
Read MoreScratch – a kind of lego assembly kit for code
Scratch is an interactive programming project that lets you create animated items and share them with others. The editor is a downloadable program, so it’s not completely online, but there’s a pretty strong community aspect to the website anyway. It has the feel of an educational experiment about it, but will probably keep an 8 year old happy for a while, once they understand the interface. Worth a look. Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to…
Read MoreTalentSpring – job hunting gets peer voting
TalentSpring is a new type of job resume service where you get to vote on other people’s resumes and they get to vote on yours. A kind of ‘am I hot or not’ for job seekers? It sounds a little dodgy, but it would be churlish to dismiss innovation before it’s had a chance to get a fair trial. Wouldn’t it? TalentSpring works because we align the interests of job seekers with companies that have jobs to fill. You’re only interested in certain jobs…
Read MoreHipPop Frog – motion sensing Kermit klone attack
The HipPop Frog. So what are these things, that groove along all mechanically in time with your MP3 player? And flash lights, make sounds and stuff? Are they surrogate friends? Music companions? Happy pill substitutes? These questions need to be asked. $32.40 in Danish. HipPop Pets are like the iDog and Iz your very own entertaining, interactive pet/portable speaker, with a twist, for your MP3 player, diskman or PC. Put in 3x AAA batteries, jack up your player and you are…
Read MoreAculife Magnetic Wave Therapist – stimulate those acupoints fella
The Aculife Magnetic Wave Therapist is an acupoint finder and stimulator all rolled into one handy, pocket sized gizmo. So much easier than carrying around a Chinese herbalist, don’t you think? And cheaper of course. $299.95. Use the Aculife daily to help locate qi pathways that need stimulation. Then, simply flip a switch and stimulate the qi in your body’s systems where you need it most. The Aculife Deluxe has several settings and features that will allow you to quickly…
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