Install a Leda Home Theater Seating Group and suddenly become the most popular household on your block. Assuming you live in a block and not on a luxury billionaire’s gated estate with searchlights and anti-lick paint. And assuming you’ve got a home theater and not just a 19” telly with a dusty remote control. $9,199.00 for a 4 seater block. A contemporary, cutting-edge design, the Leda Leather Seating Group is a unique approach to home theater furnishings. Sleek and sculptural, the recliners…
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SmudgeGuard – friction free, smudge protector for paper and glass
SmudgeGuard. You know the feeling, you’re sitting there trying to work on your illustration or do a touch up on your Tablet PC and all of a sudden you notice that you’re leaving smudges all over the pristine page or your hand is not gliding smoothly over the glass screen. What to do? Why, sir, step this way and purchase a nylon and spandex ‘part glove’ which will solve all your problems in one easy fix. Is $9.99 really too…
Read MoreBig Belly Solar Compactor – green, clean, refuse machine
The Big Belly Solar Cordless Compactor is a trash compactor which copes with litter in just about any location where rogue animals – including humans of course – and electricity supplies are a problem. Made from weather resistant galvanised steel and corrosion tested. Around $3600.00 a unit, but apparently the payback is fast because of the reduced need for garbage collections. The BigBelly Cordless Compaction system runs on a 12-Volt battery, which is kept charged by the solar panel. The…
Read MoreVamp Media Center – organise your multimedia for free
Vamp Media Center is a freeware ‘peer to peer multimedia playground’, program which turns out to be a pretty extensive media organiser. You can play, arrange, mix and share your media with friends and family, as well as create calendars, screensavers, music/video greetings, wallpapers and photo albums. The interface is just a tad old fashioned, but it’s actually not a bad program generally, in a sort of 1990s multimedia explosion kind of way. Check it out. VAMP is a free, non-commercial…
Read MoreWireless LED Lights – work by magic and magnetics
These Wireless LED Lights are activated by magnetic separation. Which basically means that when the magnetic sensor is separated from the parent device, the light goes on. When it’s returned to the default position, the light goes off. If only everything in life was quite this simple. $6.99. These tiny Wireless LED Micro Lights are perfect for providing some illumination just where you need it, especially in closets, drawers, cabinets and toolboxes. These LED lights are unique in design and function. They…
Read MoreMarks & Sparks – delivering electronics to the pinstripe brigade
Venerable high tech retailer Marks & Spencer [eh…? Ed] has launched a terribly English pinstripe suit with a full set of iPod controls. That’s right, your stiffy upper lips can now tweak the sounds entering their pinky little lobes just by fiddling with the inside of their lapels. Sounds very Rumpole of the Bailey to us, but what do we know. Rule Britannia and all that…£90.00 for the jacket and £59.00 for the trousers. And remember kiddies, dry clean only!…
Read MoreYego – connectable USB flash drives
So what’s the deal with this Yego connectable USB flash drive product then? Do we really need USB flash drives that can be connected together to form a larger capacity daisy chain? Really? Available in capacities up to 4 GB. RIDATA YEGO Flash USB Drive is the new product with innovative design, each of the designs includes two additional USB ports, which allow users to combine each USB drive into a USB HUB and add on more mobile devices….
Read MoreTinyCD – the smallest Windows CD player in existence?
TinyCD. Billed as the smallest Windows CD player in existence. You think? This is intended to be a highly simple, no-frills CD player. If you want a more sophisticated one, there are plenty out there that will mow the lawn, walk the dog, play chess, and trade stock on the Nasdaq and the NYSE. But if you want a simple, easy-to-use player, this is for you. To play a CD, open the program, put in a CD, and hit the…
Read MoreRescue Time – no brainer time management
Rescue Time time management service promises us that it will automatically be able to monitor and log the time we spend on individual projects without our manual input. So at last, a time management service which is smarter than we are. Hoorah! It’s in closed alpha or something right now, but it’s definitely one to watch. RescueTime is a web-based time management tool (currently in private alpha). We offer: * The ability to see exactly how you spend your time. No…
Read More10 serious problems with touchscreens that you should know before 29th June
So the Apple iPhone is coming on 29th June, eh? Exciting. But just in case the whole anticipation thing is becoming a bit too much for you to bear, here’s a small list of things to ponder while you’re waiting. 10 serious problems with touchscreens that you should know before 29th June 1. Sunshine is not your friend. Don’t bother trying to dial from that sunny beach. It’ll be a wash out. Of course you can always turn the screen brightness…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Can-Am Spyder – three wheels on my wagon… – The Bombardier Can-Am Spyder is a… HTC Touch – iPhone spoiler arrives? – So I went to the HTC Touch mobile… PocketMod – roll your own mini paper Filofax – PocketMod is a DIY organiser maker… Google transits maps – transport information on maps – Google has added a cool transport… Blancier Worldtimer 1…
Read MoreHeartbeat Indicator Mouse – the healthy happy peripheral
The Heartbeat Indicator Mouse contains a couple of sensors which detect the user’s state of health at all times. Of course the fact that you’re completing your tax return on-screen at the time is not going to have any bearing on your impossibly high blood pressure and heart rate, is it? Oh no sirree! “Heartbeat Indicator” is not only a mouse, but also is an indicator for user’s health when the user are using it while they are working. When the user grasps it,…
Read MoreGforce Power LED Calendar Clock – low power brightness
The Gforce Power LED Calendar Clock displays time, date, temperature and shoe size in glorious white LED brightness. Actually that’s not shoe size, it’s day of the week. We were confused by the word Tuesday. Priced at $99.95 for seriously myopic clock watchers everywhere. The lower power consumption of the gforce Power Calendar Clock will make you do a double take on your electric bill. So mcuh light coming from onedevice, you’d think it would take a nuclear power palnt…
Read Morei-Wrist Free Talker Walkie Talkie Set – now with ‘flex and talk’
The i-Wrist Free Talker Walkie Talkie Set comes with one added i-twist. Instead of pushing an i-Button to speak your message, you simply flex your wrist – in what we hope is a totally disarming way – to trigger the i-Mic. Does that make you feel cool? $73.00 for 2.5 km range. You are viewing one of the smart and smallest handsfree watch walkie-talkie with a unique hand-flexing operation feature. The lightweight and compact wrist watch walkie-talkie can be operated conveniently…
Read MoreMousepad on steroids
The improbably named Sunday Co of Guangzhou, have really gone to town on the convergent, combination mousepad. Not just a calculator and thermometer, but also a USB hub complete with a full blown card reader. Now that’s what we call a mousemat. Multi-functions Mouse Pad, aggregate with Mouse Pad, USB Hub, Card Reader, Thermometer and calculator all in one. -You can also disconnect the USB Hub, Card Reader, Thermometer and calculator. Convenient for outgoing or traveling use. Tags: combo+mousepad, card+reader,…
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