Giggles Baby Software. Now here’s the thing. Most of us spend a fairly large amount of time trying to keep kids and babies away from our computer keyboards. And for very good reason. They dribble, spit, drop lumps of food and brown yucky stuff in between keys…the list goes on. You wouldn’t let a 40 foot great white shark near your mouse would you, well babies are 1000 times worse. Right? RIGHT? So when we hear about a software program specifically designed…
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Meteo Personal Weather Clock – your weather beamed to your clock, wherever you are
Meteo Personal Weather Clock. Not your average weather station clock, this. It can deliver the weather from 176 European cities to your bedside via a radio signal. Of course when we say deliver, we don’t mean you wake up to a snowstorm round your slippers, but you knew that anyway didn’t you? It’s a great way to tell what the weather is going to be like at your destination if you’re setting off on your travels. Hey, and it comes with…
Read MoreVivago Personal Wellness Manager – super monitor acts like your grandma 24/7
Vivago Personal Wellness Manager. Buying one of these must be like strapping your grandmother to your wrist. It monitors your sleep patterns, measures your activity, calculates your calorie consumption and reads you bed time stories. OK, so we’re lying about the last bit, but you get the picture. It’s Finnish – of course, where else? – and is clearly designed to help you live to 100. Good luck with that! The foundation for a healthy life is regular sleep and…
Read MoreRipsaw UGV – dude, your Hummer is so lame…
The Ripsaw Unmanned Ground Vehicle. Military prototype and privately funded DARPA challenger. Super fast (0–50 in 3.5 secs), manoeuvrable, tough. Emergency services, military escort, bomb disposal. Built by the Howe Brothers. $200,000.00 each. Bargain. An early promo video for ya. Tags: ripsaw, custom+vehicle, ugv
Read MoreDigiScribble – capture your handwriting with a normal ink pen and ordinary paper
The DigiScribble is a new take on the old handwriting capture game. The USB device has two modes, pen and mouse, and the thing apparently also learns your handwriting as you go, which should make it a bit more useful than other products in the genre. You don’t need special paper either, which is a neat cost saving. The package includes handwriting recognition software, which will need to be very good to cope with normal human scribble, let alone doctors or…
Read MoreWeapons of Mass Inflation – or how to scare your enemies with a load of hot air
This inflatable Russian missile silo kind of weirds us out. How many of these are scattered across the globe fooling satellite systems about deployment capabilities? We’re a strange bunch us humans, aren’t we? Anyhoo, my bouncy castle is definitely bigger than yours, mate. Long time ago we have already showed the inflatable air defense complex that looks like a real thing from satellites thus is intended to fool the space spectators about whether or not real missiles are installed on…
Read MoreTobii Eye Tracker – watching you, watching me…
The Tobii T120 Eye Tracker is a clever piece of camera/software technology embedded into a 17” TFT monitor which tracks the eye movements of a user in real time. Apparently this sort of thing is designed to watch us, as we watch things like television adverts, software programs and the like to see what we respond to. Video. I’ve got a question. If this kind of technology is so good, how is it that we continue to get rubbish software…
Read MoreCha-Cha – human and machine search returns to Web 2.0
ChaCha has been getting a fair bit of press recently. It’s a standard search engine with a twist, in that there’s an option to get help from a live human if you’re having trouble finding what you want. Goodness knows how this is going to scale, and to be honest it looks more like a marketing puff than a real long term product, but they’ve just scored a lot of VC cash, so watch that space as they say. Colour us sceptical (especially…
Read MoreRemoteX – free remote desktop sharing for Skype
RemoteX is a free Skype plugin that gives you full two way desktop connectivity between remote computers. Works with both Mac and PC, and you can also share photos, web surfing sessions and generally hang out together. You even get a built in laser pointer. RemoteX is a powerful new application that allows you to share your desktop with another user while on a Skype call. A lighter version of our standard-setting RemoteCall 4.0 remote support software, RemoteX downloads and…
Read MoreExtreme Range WiFi Router – the quarter mile wireless network box
Extreme Range WiFi Router. A quarter of a mile is a long way to beam your WiFi signal 360 degree-wize, so you’d better make sure your password is strong, your neighbour’s honest or your acreage large. Oh and maybe now’s the time to revisit that secret tin-foil beanie you’ve got locked away in the cupboard upstairs? $284.99. The Extreme Range WiFi Router blasts out 802.11b and 802.11g at 30dBm of power – the strongest radio allowed by the FCC. With a…
Read MoreLaserScan Long Range Hidden Camera Detector – world’s most powerful hidden camera detector
The LaserScan Long Range Hidden Camera Detector can locate a covert camera up to 50 feet away. OK, so that may not sound like much of a long range to you and me, but apparently it makes this puppy the king o’ the hill when it comes to detecting stuff. It’s got two – count ‘em – two high power pulsating lasers and an optical glass view port. And that’s all we’re going to say about that. $349.95. The…
Read MorePP3 Machine – weird thing does nothing, wastes my time
This PP3 Machine thing is absolute proof that civilisation is teetering on the brink of…well something. What does it do? It spins round in circles and the eyes flash? Why? No really, why? Hey, pay me £7.99/$16.78 and I’ll spin round in a circle and flash my eyes. Sheesh! At the heart of this machine is a PP3 battery. Switch him on, and the eyes flash, and PP3 spins round in circles. Apparently PP3 thinks he is in charge. Of…
Read MoreSony Ericsson FM Transmitter – beam your mobile phone music to a radio near you
This has got to be one of the only 3rd party FM transmitters for Sony Ericsson phones on the market. Which means that it ain’t pretty, it ain’t cool, but it sure is cheap. Any colour you like, as long as it’s white sweetheart. $29.99. Powered by the mobilephone, no need for extra mobilephones – Remembering the last used Frequency – Range up to 10 meters – Mutes the music during calles – When a call comes in, the music…
Read MorealaTest – mega product review portal does nice work
alaTest is an international product comparison portal which offers up a great mix of product reviews from experts and users, as well as price alternatives and a user comments panel. We first stumbled across this service a while back, but didn’t blog it because the content wasn’t there, but my how it’s come on. It now features over a million product reviews culled from more than 700 international sources, which makes it an excellent resource for shoppers in a hurry….
Read MoreRebtel – cheap and free international mobile phone calls
Rebtel. Interesting free/cheap international mobile phone call service which doesn’t use phone cards, download or computers. You register your number and a friend’s mobile number. You get a local number to call which routes through to your friend’s handset. Result, cheap call. To get free calls you do a call and call-back process. Looks good. * Cheap international calls from your mobile phone * No computers, downloads, or phone cards necessary * Just dial and talk internationally at local rates!…
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