Tefal ActiFry. A tablespoon of olive oil, a bucket load of fry friendly foods and a lot of hot air. Result? Fast food type substances with very low fat content. Is that good for you? Maybe, maybe not. £149.99. Imagine being able to fry a batch of real home-made chips with just a tablespoon of olive oil. Sounds too good to be true? Place up to a kilo of freshly cut chips into the cooking pan, then measure your preferred oil with…
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Nokia N78 – …and some pointers on GPS and A-GPS cell phone navigation systems
The Nokia N78 is an interesting piece of kit with some very cool features. One of the overlooked ones seems to be the inbuilt FM transmitter so you can beam your music from the handset to the nearest radio tuner. This makes it one hugely featured phone, what with a 3.2 megapixel camera (plus a second camera), HSDPA, WiFi, FM radio, MP3 player, video recording, FM transmitter and A-GPS. And it was actually the A-GPS that got me thinking as to…
Read MoreEA Sims Online goes free of charge – classic multiplayer game gets freeware play mode
Sims Online Free. Ooh, Electronic Arts has released a free version of the classic Sims Online game. If you’ve been living on Mars for a while, The Sims is one of the biggest game franchises on the planet, and the online version, which used to cost $9.99 a month, was notable for some pretty cool visuals and unique gameplay. Well the developers have now re-jigged the code, updated it all and re-released it in both free and pay to play versions. The pay per…
Read MoreMoon Estates – ‘home of the world’s most original gifts…’
Moon Estates. Eclectic online gift shop where you can do things like sponsor a random act of kindness (i.e. they’ll leave up to £20 in cash in random public spots for random people to find, along with a note) or adopt a reindeer or even name your own box of chocolates. Worth remembering if you’ve got a birth buddy you need to impress. MoonEstates is a company dedicated to making the planet’s most original products available to the public. The opportunities to…
Read MoreOnelink Smoke and CO Detector with Voice – safety device shouts at you in an emergency
OneLink Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detector with Voice Alert. Clever device can be programmed with alerts relating to its location, so in the unfortunate event of an alarm going off you know quickly where it’s happening. 85dB loud too, so that should be enough to raise even the heaviest sleeper. Battery powered and connects wirelessly to other alarms on the premises. $99.99. With the 85 decibel alarm and voice function, it is very easy to hear from a considerable distance….
Read MoreAmerican Heritage – the official luxury coach of the American road
American Heritage. If you like travelling, you might consider getting one of these babies. Hand laid wallpaper, polished porcelain tile floor with accents, choice of five wood finishes and a tidy little 600 HP Cummins diesel engine to move it all along nicely. List price sits at around $750,000 with basic trim, so you may want to consider trading up the Winnebago first. Tags: american+heritage, luxury+coach, rv
Read MoreMobiado Stealth Phone – black, pricey and ever so exclusive-ish
The Mobiado Stealth phone is a tri-band Symbian Series 40 cell phone with Bluetooth, microSD slot, 2 megapixel camera, FM radio and MP3 player handset which also just happens to be ‘machined from one piece of solid aluminium with an inlay of one piece of sapphire crystal.’ Yes folks, you’ve guessed it, it’s expensive. They say they’re only making 1200 of them, as opposed to the 1.2 zillion other Series 40 Nokia phones out there, so you’ll have to stump…
Read More10 DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers – cool cheap alternatives to expensive lighting equipment
10 DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers. A nice selection of innovative DIY ways to improve the lighting of your digital photography without breaking the bank balance. The $75.00 DIY lighting kit tip is especially neat. Most of us can’t afford a full lighting rig – however what if there was a way to experiment with the type of lighting gear that pro photographers use without spending too much money? What if you could make it yourself. In this post…
Read MoreJabpLite – free personal finance manager program for your cell phone
JabpLite is a freeware Java based personal finance manager for mobile phones. You get accounts, currencies, investments and expenses et al, and the Java bit means that it should run on just about every mobile handset out there. Nice little resource, methinks. A sophisticated free personal finance manager. Includes accounts, categories, standing orders, investments, currencies and much more…Other features in JabpLite: Future Balance prediction, Net Worth calculation, Regular transactions, Quick Start mode. Tags: jabplite, personal+finance+program, mobile+phone, java
Read MoreManagedQ – visual search engine offers so much eye-candy my pupils hurt
ManagedQ. David Stat has sent me details of his team’s new search startup called ManagedQ, which aims to combine a ‘highly visual interface’ with ‘natural language processing’ to improve search. In simple terms it’s trying to provide search at the completely other extreme from the sparse Google interface. Search engines are a difficult thing to deliver, mostly because we have grown accustomed to the market leader, and therefore judge everything against Google. Newcomers therefore have a mountain to climb before…
Read MorePorsche Audio System – minimalist radio music player dock screams Teutonic style
Porsche Audio System. Ach, dose klever Germans, yet again they show ze world how to craft stylish, yet understated consumer technology in ze black kolor. Diese FM/AM radio stationen player mit remote controllen und iPod docking facilitate hides the speakers in the control knobs for extra coolness. And puts a 3 inch sub-woofer in the back seat. Yep, dat Porsche fellow he knows his designen stuffen. £409.00. No unnecessary buttons, no blinking display. The stylish front in shiny black acrylic…
Read MoreChain Mail T-Shirt – take your inner geek and show it off to the world
Chain Mail T-Shirt. We’re thinking this is the perfect attire to wear for your all important interview at the Googleplex. Forget all the fancy intelligence tests, psychometric questioning and bonding sessions, if the guys there don’t recognise a real live off the wall renaissance lovin’ middle earth dungeon master when they see one, then what’s the point of working there anyway? $99.99. In case you weren’t aware, chain mail does not stretch. You cannot put it on one arm at…
Read MoreLight Sensitive Sound Box – annoying gadgets r’us
This Light Sensitive Sound Box should probably be sub-titled ‘how to get your head smacked’. Hide the box in someone’s bedroom, and watch or listen as the device emits either a dog bark or dripping tap noise when they switch the light off. Yeah well, an Einstein product it ain’t. The annoying thing of course is the fact that the noise stops when they turn on the light to hunt for the source, making it difficult to locate without a good…
Read More3rd Space FPS Vest – pneumatic vest simulates bodily game damage, so you don’t have to suffer
3rd Space FPS Vest. Integrated ‘pneumatic technology’ simulates punches, explosions and stuff when you’re immersed in playing that video game. Um…is this a good thing? Anyhoo, you’ll need to load up the special driver to get it to work, and there’s no guarantee that the air-compressor system will work with your game (only eight titles supported so far). Oh and it only works with ‘official licensed’ versions of the games, so bad luck on that hacked copy of F.E.A.R., dude. £129.95. This state of…
Read MoreElectric Bus – start your own transport service with a power strip and fuse
The EV-BRT12-2 Electric Bus holds 36 bodies, travels at 45 km/hour and has a range of 85km fully loaded. OK, so it may get a tad windy, but what’s a small breeze matter when it comes to saving the planet? And…oh joy of joys…it comes with a CD player. And speaker. There now, you’re convinced aren’t you? No idea on price, but give them a call anyway and make some enquiries. Tags: electric+bus, ecological, ev
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