The Eco-Button is an ecologically friendly USB add-on for your computer. You’ve noticed that it’s green, right? OK, so plug it into your USB port and every time you leave the desk tap the jolly green button to put your computer into low power mode. We realise that what you really want is a little green button to put your boss into low power mode, but this will have to do for now. OK? £14.99. Have you ever wondered how much…
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USB Soccer Fidget – make better use of your hands in idle times
This USB Soccer Fidget is a new fangled replacement for the doodle pad. Instead of fiddling around with your pen, or scratching your initials on you desk with your penknife you can now play a silly little game with this doohickey. They’re calling it an anti-frustration gadget. Hmm… $15.00. Stop taping your pen, smoking, or even gigging your leg … you know who your are! # Always running, on demand desktop mini game. # 3 game modes with sounds…
Read MoreTranslate.net – freeware translation program covers 38 languages, capice?
Translate.net is a free translation program which offers up 38 languages from 35 translation services including Google, Yahoo! Babelfish, Systran and Wikipedia. The majorly cool thing is the fact that your translation is delivered from a selection of multiple services simultaneously, so you can choose which version you want to use. Windows only though, and it needs .NET, but definitely worth a download. Oh and it’s Open Source, so the source code is also available if anyone wants to extend…
Read MoreCamSpace – control your video games and computer programs with your webcam
CamSpace is a new freeware program that lets you use your webcam as a controller. Well to be more precise you use any tool you like but the webcam software turns it into a controller. It’s kind of an extension to the Sony EyeToy technology, only in this case you can use a hairbrush, piece of paper or even two bits of brightly coloured paper stuck to your fingers to control your computer mouse, steer a car or fly a plane….
Read More70 Beauty Retouching Tutorials – Photoshop your way to fame and happiness
This extended list of 70 Beauty Retouching Tutorials is just what you need if you want to make it in the big modern phony world of magazine photography. After you’ve waltzed through this lot you’ll be able to make Eddie Murphy look like Mary Poppins. Come to think of it… Anyway one of the interesting titbits in amongst all this is the GirlPower Retouching Demo, which is a great way to introduce a naive friend to the world of cover…
Read MoreMuso – voice control for your iPod
The Muso is a small gadget that plugs into your iPod to provide voice control for your music player. It apparently synchs with iTunes directly and needs no training, so once installed you can start shouting ‘Gimme some good ole ROCK & ROLL’ at the top of your voice on the commuter train and you’ll be good to go. Probably. It’s self powered and the battery lasts 10 hours, which definitely should be enough time to get you thrown out…
Read MoreBelkin TuneStudio – turn your iPod into a mixing studio…and profit?
The Belkin TuneStudio is a clever looking piece of kit, no doubt. Slot your iPod into the socket and you can start recording your band and instruments for posterity in CD quality. Four inputs, 3 band EQs for each channel, phantom power for pro mics and lots of lovely shiny knobs. What more could you possibly want eh? A what? A record deal? Pah! £179.95. The first ever 4-channel audio mixer for iPods. The new portable TuneStudio from Belkin allows you to…
Read MoreHealing USB Owl – to whit, to who?
Apparently these Healing USB Owls have a ‘mysterious healing power’. Nope, not a clue. The cute video is not much use either. Maybe it’s something to do with the nodding head and slowly blinking eyes? Anyhoo, hand over $22.00 and you’ll see just how healthy your wallet feels. Tags: healing+usb+owl, gadget, novelty, usb
Read MoreChinese UFO spotted hovering over pigeon’s head – birds nervous
A Chinese UFO type craft has been spotted hovering around in the skies of Shanghai recently. Not very high up in the skies we ought to say, because the craft can only reach a height of 1000 metres off the ground and a speed of 80 km/h, but hey it’s a start right? It’s a 1.2 metre dish shaped thing that apparently cost over $4 million to develop. Sheesh, give me the $4 mill and an old hubcap and I’ll build you something that will astonish even…
Read MoreThe Periodic Table of Videos – video brings dusty science to life in super charming style
The Periodic Table of Videos is so wonderful it’s not true. Ostensibly an initiative from the University of Nottingham in the UK, it has either deliberately or unwittingly delivered to us all a new superstar in the tradition of the greatest of Internet characters. Professor Martyn Poliakoff, CBE, sir you fit the picture of a Hollywood boffin in to an absolute T, but clearly you’re the real deal. Check out a few of the videos (for example the Iron one (Fe) or even the…
Read MoreCodetch – a free full featured WYSIWYG web editor in your browser
Codetch is a cool Firefox plugin that provides a fully featured WYSIWYG web editor right there inside the browser. Tabbed windows, previews, Javascript debugger, it’s all there. It’s fast, open source and a rather cool bit of tech. If you can run Firefox, Thunderbird, or Mozilla on your computer and have one of them installed, then yes, you too can use Codetch. The program currently installs as an extension for either of the before mentioned applications. So if you are using one of them,…
Read MoreJATY DR7200 – satellite navigation, DMB television, MP3 player, phone charger and alcohol tester
The new Korean JATY DR7200 must be the most complete GPS satellite navigation system around. It features a 17cm screen, full GPS satnav, digital television, MP3 player, games console, e-book reader and…get this…an alcohol tester. That’s right, you can use the device to see whether you’re fit to drive after a night on the town. That’s if you remember where you put it, of course. Oh, and there’s a USB port on the side for your mobile phone charging needs…
Read MoreiJerry and iPiggy – convert your desk top into a music speaker
iJerry. Turn your table or desk into a music speaker. Just plug this gizmo into the headphone socket of your music player and it will transfer the audio to any hard flat surface as resonating music. Don’t expect JBL monitor speaker type quality sound though will you? Because you’ll be sorely disappointed. Still it’s fun. As far as we can tell, iPiggy is the same deal, but with a different shape and meme. i-Jerry takes the technology of the super-energy crystal material. According to the object…
Read MoreAuthentic New York Hot Dog Cart – add some street cred with onions to your crib, yo
Authentic New York Hot Dog Cart. Anyone feeling an urge to stick one of these on their back patio really should examine their emotional attachment to fast food, greasy vegetables and artificial colourings sooner rather than later. Nonetheless, it’s a great way to remind the wife of the night you proposed over dinner. $5,499.95. This is the authentic hot dog vendor’s cart, found on the streets and in the parks of New York City today, continuing the city’s robust street…
Read MoreTardis Garden Sheds – outwitting snails one space warp continium at a time
There are, apparently, a selection of human beings around the globe who have erected Dr Who Tardis garden sheds behind their homes. We, of course, are not surprised, although we would have to give the ultimate prize to Eric Edwards in Wales who has managed to cram what looks like the complete contents of a Radio Shack store into an old toilet, thereby fulfilling the Tardis dream of a pan-dimensional space even if it’s not the right colour and shape of…
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