Zigview S2 Digital Viewfinder. This neat remote viewer combo attaches to the back of your digital SLR camera and lets you trigger the shutter from a remote location (based on the length of the cable you buy). It also has a very cool motion sensing feature which will automatically grab shots when something enters the scene, which makes for great shy animal shots. Comes with a range of camera mounts for all the major brands. Priced at £229.95. Motion sensor….
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World’s Smallest Precision Electric Guitar – careful with that axe, Eugene
The World’s Smallest Precision Electric Guitar. One sixth the size of a normal electric guitar, but with all the sound and fury you’d expect from a full-on rocktastic axe. Don’t think that the tiny size indicates a small price either, as this baby will set you back a rib twangin’ $799.95. At 26 1/2″ long, it is 1/6th the size of a standard guitar, yet it has 20 frets and a 1 3/4″ wide fretboard with a 12″ fret radius, so…
Read MoreStewart Golf X3 Remote Golf Caddy – improve your game by intimidating your opponents
The Stewart Golf X3 Remote Golf Caddy is a pretty slick piece of tech to be flashing around your local course. Control your golf trolley from 50 metres away and with an 8 mile range (enough for 27 holes). Hand made in the UK and fully customisable if you feel the need for a special paint job. Priced from £999.00 and up (or $1,995.00) The construction of the X3R is also unique in the industry. The chassis is a virtually unbreakable…
Read MoreOLED Tie – small flexible screens coming to a piece of clothing near you soon?
OLED Tie. I’m trying to work out why you’d want to wear a tie with an embedded OLED screen on it…um…maybe to sell advertising space? Or to broadcast your need for a mate? Anyhoo, it’s an interesting idea and who knows where it might lead. MP3 playing socks? In the future, applications of flexible display will be expanded to our daily life ranging from a tie, a hat, a wallet and other small lifestyle products. ETRI demonstrated its flexible OLED…
Read MoreI Wonder Why?
Snapped this yesterday. It made me laugh anyway – in an understanding neighbour kind of way. (click on image for a larger view). Tags: holiday+blues, good+neighbour, photography
Read MoreRoadTour – audio travel tours delivered direct to you car satnav system
RoadTour is a clever new software program which delivers short audio-visual travel guides to your satellite navigation system detailing nearby places of interest. It runs from your satnav memory card and contains around 600 UK heritage sites and 900 ‘best pubs’ which should be good for the drink driving business. Unfortunately it only works with Garmin satnav devices and Windows powered GPS phones at the moment, but hopefully they’ll extend the range of compatible devices sooner rather than later. £29.95….
Read MoreHovr – yet more free games for your mobile phone…and friends too
Hovr is a new service which offers free games for you to play on your mobile phone. And guess what? There’s a community as well. Plus forums and stuff and stuff. It’s all ad supported, so be prepared for…well adverts I suppose. Hovr is the world’s first ad-supported consumer based mobile content provider spearheading the evolution of a free mobile content based social network across Mobile platforms. Hovr provides loads of titles from a dozen world class mobile game publishers, all…
Read MoreTraps E400 Electronic Drum Kit – the first ‘real feel’ digital drum kit?
The Traps E400 Electronic Drum Kit is billed as ‘the first portable electronic kit to feel like a regular drum kit and allow for Kit and sound adjustment.’ For which your neighbours will be undyingly grateful, no doubt. It’s got mesh heads, special silent triggers and a solid tube frame which keeps it nicely all together when you’re thumping out that full-on John Bonham solo. Priced at around £449.00. More here. Unlike other electronic drums you get a standard sized set of…
Read MoreSATA Hard Drive Cradle – drop and play hard disk dock makes hot swapping a snap
SATA Hard Drive Cradle. This 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA hard drive cradle is a very cool idea. Instead of faffing around installing an external hard drive on your computer, just plug this puppy into your USB port and drop a drive into it as needed. Simple, fast and very cheap clean. £22.50. We are pleased to launch a new USB cradle that can accept 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard drives. The stylish and innovative design make it really easy to hot-swap SATA disks with…
Read MoreTreefingers – a kind of web page Twitter with Digg-like voting
Treefingers. Hmm…what to say? It’s a kind of cross between Twitter and…um…well a place where you post random thoughts about anything that comes into your head or heart and readers vote them up or down. A lot of the posts currently seem to deal with lost love, is that a sign of the times, or just an indication that web geeks should get out more? Ah me, Philosophy 101 beckons. In a funny kind of way, it’s compelling, which is…
Read MoreHow Do I? – a perfectly formed instructional video search service
How Do I? is a fabulously simple idea done beautifully. Put in a search term for something you want to learn about (e.g. how do I make scrambled eggs?) and the site will do a Google search of all the relevant video sites for instructional material on your request. It’s lovely, and in fact I dig it so much I’ve added it to the bottom of my sidebar over on the right. I can see myself using this in future, when…
Read More29 Free Photoshop Plugins – tweak your photos to death and back
29 Free Photoshop Plugins. What it says on the tin. Load ‘em up and start tweaking, twisting and distorting those images to your heart’s content. I like Xpose and Contrast Mask. Tags: free+photoshop+plugins, freeware, photography
Read MoreAnywhere FM – the web browser as your iPod, upload and enjoy anywhere
AnywhereFM is a new music player and upload service which lets you listen to your music anywhere you can log on to the Web. It comes with a neat file upload utility which offers batch folder or playlist uploads, and ticks the box on a bunch of trendy ‘social’ features like Friend Radio and the mandatory community that mark it out as a proper Web 2.0 type thang. Yeah it’s not revolutionary, but it’s got a bit of style going for it….
Read MoreFuelPod2 – produce 50 litres of biodiesel a day at home from waste cooking oil
FuelPod2 is a ‘plug and play’ home biofuel processor. Just pour that nasty waste chip fat into one end and out the other comes lovely cheap and ecologically pleasant biodiesel. The makers say that the fuel is good enough to run any standard diesel engined car without modifications, and it won’t affect your performance either. It’s cheaper too, of course, which means that it should pay for itself very quickly, especially with the rocketing price of crude at the moment….
Read MoreCamera Armor – toughen up your digital SLR
Camera Armor. Silicon rubber permanent fit case protects your digital camera against those nasty bumps and scrapes out in the field. Or sidewalk. Comes in a range of fittings for different model DSLRs and also includes a punk looking lens armor protector which makes you look like a real photo pro. Priced from £39.95 and up. A high quality silicon rubber ‘ stay-on’ case for digital SLRs providing great knock protection with minimal increase in bulk. Camera Armor is specifically designed for…
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