These three amazing WordPress tweaks prove just how flexible and powerful this content management system is becoming. Anyone who still says it’s just a blogging tool really doesn’t get it. And yes this is absolutely one more example of the power of an enthusiastic open source community. Viva! WP Contact Manager. Astonishing theme package which turns WP into a pretty cool contact management tool, complete with search and notes. TDO Forum. WordPress as a forum. Ugly as sin, but fully functional and…
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Raycop Anti-Bacterial Hand Vacuum – kill those bed-mites with UV and some vicious vibration
The new Raycop Anti-Bacterial Hand Vacuum looks like a prop from Alien VIII and comes with a shed load of technology on-board. We’re talking a 254nm UV sterilising lamp, a vibrating pad to shake those mites loose before you zap them and a micro-filtered high power vacuum to suck them up. You can tell it’s a high class high tech piece of equipment by the fact that there’s a four stage start up process. Feel the force, Duke. £149.99. The UV-C sterilising lamp kills 99.9%…
Read MoreKirlian Photography Device – grab yourself some electro-photography
Kirlian Photography Device. This is the tool you’ll need if you’ve ever had the urge to take some high voltage contact photography. The technique is 200 years old apparently, and not just for wacky weirdo tin-foil stuff either. $295.95 gets you the machine, plus more cash for peripherals and a book. Our devices are sold to make brilliant Kirlian photographs. If one wants to do paranormal research with our devices that fine. Just know we make no claim that any…
Read MoreTerminal Panic – have fun helping BA sort out the mess at Terminal 5 with this Flash game
Terminal Panic is a very basic Flash game which makes fun of the complete foul-up at Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 5 launch recently. Good, it’s about time that we the cattle fodder travelling public got our own back on the muppets who make us suffer to fly. Tags: terminal+panic, flash+game, heathrow+t5
Read MoreTest your BitTorrent connection – is your ISP throttling your downloads
Test Your BitTorrent Connection. A useful little online test to see whether your ISP is throttling your BitTorrent connections. Two tests available, short and long, and based around a Java applet. The servers are chronically overloaded at the moment, so you’ll probably have to retry a lot to get a test run. To detect if an ISP rate limits BitTorrent traffic, we also run plain TCP transfers and compare the achieved throughput with the one from the BitTorrent transfers. If the…
Read MoreiComment – turn the whole internet into one big comment forum
iComment is an interesting new freeware browser plugin which turns the whole web into a comment forum. Once installed you get the chance to comment on every web site you visit, just by clicking on the iComment icon in your browser bar. There have been other attempts to do this kind of thing (e.g. Commentist, JumpKnowledge and Zspeech) but this version seems to have taken the idea a step further in terms of ease of use and accessibility. The install is a…
Read MoreTooth regeneration may replace dentists drill – yay, let rejoicing commence
Apparently boffins are working on the idea of restoring teeth through natural regeneration rather than using filler to repair decay. This is great news for all those who are not fond of the dentist’s drill (er…hands up those of you who are?) The work is still on-going so don’t expect any radical results for a few years yet, but cross fingers… That’s because materials scientists are beginning to find just the right solutions of chemicals to rebuild decayed teeth, rather than…
Read MoreGPS iPhone clone – clone phone offers WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth loveliness in a familiar form factor
CECT T5 GPS iPhone Clone. This handset offers GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and all the trimmings in a very familiar package. Recognize it kiddies? We’re talking tri-band, 2 megapixel camera (with software whatever that means), 2.8 inch touchscreen, MP3/MPEG4 player, T-Flash memory card slot up to 2 GB, USB game handle port, e-book reader and a 1300 mAh battery. And did we mention the interface, oh well it’s based on Windows Mobile 6.0. $265.00 each on 10 pc orders, so start…
Read MoreUSB Photo Scanner – 5 megapixel scanner converts old photos to digital at the press of a button
USB Photo Scanner. This clever new box of tricks uses a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor to scan those old photos in our attic and turn them into glorious digital images which can be stored, shared and enjoyed the modern binary way. The device offers up to 1800 dpi resolution and 10 bits per color channel, whatever that means. The only drawback is the fact that you’ll need to manually press that button for every print you want to convert, which could get…
Read MoreSATA HDD Dock with Hub – multi-talented hard disk hub gives joy to the world
SATA HDD Dock with USB Hub. Clever external hard drive dock lets you connect up your spare hard drives by just dropping them into the slot. Not only that, but you can plug in USB drives as well, to make the most of all your data transfer needs. The device supports both 2.5 and 3.5 drives, PC and Apple Mac. Super klevar. $82.00. The SATA HDD Dock with Hub allows you to plug any 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA Harddisk to…
Read MoreFuture mobile phone technology – more features, faster bigger SIM cards
A couple of press releases fluttered on to my desk yesterday which give some pointers to where future mobile phone tech is heading. The first, from Texas Instruments launched the TI NaviLink chip, which combines GPS, Bluetooth and FM transmission technology on a single low power chip. The chip reduces power by 50% over comparable technologies, as well as reducing footprint by 40% and not only that but improves TTFF (time to first fix) on A-GPS by up to 80%. Expect to…
Read MoreDrop.io – awesome new online share engine adds speed privacy and innovation to file sharing
Drop.io. On the face of it, this new service looks like just another file sharing service, but don’t be fooled, peeps. Under the hood, the developers have thrown together a bunch of very cool tools which make this a very cool application indeed and way way beyond just file sharing. For starters it’s instant to use, if you just want to share a file fast with someone without sending it via email or FTP. Just give the share (aka a drop)…
Read MoreGlogster – create your own instant online poster
Glogster. An interesting variation on the personal home page concept, this new service uses lots of Web 2.0 lipstick and gloss to help you create your own online artistic statement. You can upload audio, video, images, add text, just about anything you want, and at the end of it you’ll get a page full of you and nothing but the you. It’s a laudable idea, but if Geocities taught us anything, it’s that most people’s idea of art –…
Read MoreSola Unagi Solar Generator – handheld solar power station charges 20 phones at a time
Sola Unagi Solar Generator. This 10kg power house of a solar carry-on can store enough juice in its internal battery packs to run a laptop for up to 6 hours, a small fridge for 4 hours and charge up 20 mobile phones at a time. It’s a Fuji Technologies design [PDF] and at just $1360.00 a pop, looks like it’s a tech box whose time has come. In comparison with a gasoline generator, SOLAR UNAGI only weighs half of it at 10kgs,…
Read MoreGPS Sunglasses – be the coolest navigator on the block
Rickshaw GPS Sunglasses. These new GPS navigator sunglasses will not only show you which way to go, but also keep you looking cool, suave and almost as dashing as…well Mr Dashing. The set comes with a choice of tiny video LCD or pure audio voice feeds, and the maps are supplied on MicroSD cards for your convenience. The only thing missing in fact is a big sign saying…’beware dufus at large’. On a 24 hour special offer at just $125.00…
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