This Kaleidoscope Dome Projector throws a pretty light pattern on wall or ceiling at the press of a button. Now kaleidoscopes are, like Vegemite, something you either love or hate, but in this corner we kind of enjoy the swirling patterns and trippy colours. It comes with some plates you can use to change the picture, and some beads so you can make your own. Hey, it’s gotta be better than watching another rerun of Desperate Housewives, right? $98.00. Now you can…
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The Fuzebox – open source DIY games console, we don’ need no stinkin’ wii
The Fuzebox is a bare bones basic, 8 bit DIY games console. You can hurry along and buy a complete kit for $100.00 which you then assemble on the kitchen table. Make sure it’s the kitchen table because part of the gaming fun is making the other half as mad as a badger. Once you’ve assembled your little grey box, take it somewhere damp, cold and preferably subterranean and start the second part of the challenge. Yep, you’ve got to…
Read MoreParallel Kingdom – GPS role playing game for your cell phone
Parallel Kingdom is a free GPS based role playing game which pits you against the world. Or rather the virtual world. It’s currently only available to US players using the iPhone, Google Android or T-Mobile G1, so we’re not talking super viral quite yet. The idea is you wander around picking up treasure and fighting creatures and stuff based on your real world position. Am I the only one wondering when the first casualty will occur from someone not watching where they’re…
Read MoreT3 01 Concept Phone – cooler than the average handset
This T3 01 Concept Phone has some great touches, like built in wireless earbuds and a mini phone which clips into the back of the main unit, but I do with they’d work on the keyboard a bit more. Anyone with a scrap of brains knows that the best QWERTY keyboard ever – EVER – on a portable device was on the amazing Psion 5 PDA. It was a mini miracle, small enough to fit in a pocket, good enough to touch…
Read MoreAwesomely High Speed Mobile Broadband Approaches – mind your heads
The clever folk at Korean electronics company LG have done a test of the new upcoming LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile broadband technology and achieved data speeds of 60 mbps down and 20 mbps up. So remember that most of us are happy to get 5 mbps on our landlines and you’ll see that this is Very Fast Indeed. It’s currently no good for voice calls, only data, but the boffins are working on adding a voice layer as we speak…
Read MoreBIOlamp – pain relief via secret electromagnetic energy stuff
The BIOlamp uses infra-red energy and trace mineral elements to relieve bodily pain and restore peace to the world. Apparently 60 million people from across the world have already benefited from this ‘fairly well kept secret’, so we’ll leave it at that, shall we? £199.95. Works by generating a unique infra red spectrum of electromagnetic energy and rays similar to the natural bio-spectrum waves released by the human body itself, emitted via a plate infused with 33 trace mineral elements including…
Read MoreEolo Spy Kite – cheap voyeur kit for cheap voyeurs
Eolo Spy Kite. Clearly someone has been reading the Ferret and taken our suggestion to heart to create a cheap digicam and kite product to capture aerial shots of your surroundings without spending a fortune. The kit comes with 25 metres of string and a remote control which lets you snap snaps from a loong way skyward. From the looks of it, the camera won’t deliver Vogue magazine quality shots (awww rats…I hear you wannabe paparazzi cry) but it should…
Read MoreUSB Rocket Launcher hacks – where do I begin?
USB rocket launchers were cool …. two years ago, but now everyone has one, even that annoying Joe bloke in Accounts. Well if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool geek and in a hacking mood you can go several times better. Invent Geek has instructions for hacking a USB rocket launcher and adding an Airsoft pellet gun. Not only can you defend your territory cubicle, you can actually go on the offensive. Watch out though, these things fire pellets at 250 feet-per-second and…
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Jabra BT530 – top notch Bluetooth headset says boo to background noise
The Jabra BT530 Bluetooth Headset is probably as good as it gets right now in terms of features and performance for this type of device. Why? Well the audio is excellent, not only because of the noise cancellation technology (I don’t know about ‘noise blackout’, but for once people can hear me while outside on a windy day) but also because it delivers reasonable sound from music files. When I’m cycling I tend to use a single ear headset rather than…
Read MoreEclipse Crossword Puzzle Creator – free software for crafting your own puzzle flavours
The Eclipse Crossword Puzzle Creator is a neat bit of freeware that gives you the power to create your very own crossword puzzles. Great for sharing specialist topics with friends and family, daily puzzles for your PTA association newsletter or what have you. The program also comes with a web module, so you can save a puzzle as a web page with interactivity and everything. Excellent value and loads of (3 letters, rhymes with bun). [Via Metafilter] EclipseCrossword may be…
Read MoreRadio Beta – cute interface says hello to Internet radio
Radio Beta is an Internet radio search engine portal. But nice. Really nice. Search by geographical region, genre or station name. Playlists, bookmarks, personal dashboards. The ultimate cool touch? You can easily add your own fave station. Lovely lovely. What is RadioBeta? RadioBeta allows you to reach to radio stations around the globe, to listen and to create your personal playlists so you can enjoy all of them in a comfortable and efficient way. Tags: radio+beta, internet+radio
Read MoreVista is Rubbish dot com – oops…
Ahh…so it seems that Stephen Fry hates Windows Vista too, eh? Well, there you have it. The uber-famous geek says it for all Vista phobics. To pour salt onto the wound, I stumbled on to the Vista Is Rubbish site the other day (while trying to find a fix for yet another problem). Unfortunately I’m also still not loving the Vista experience. In fact it hurts, every single time I have to click on that stupid stupid ‘Windows needs your…
Read MoreLogio Secure Password Organizer – keep your passwords safe and secure…in your pocket
The Logio Secure Password Organizer works on the premise that the safest place to keep your passwords is in your pocket rather than on your computer or a scrap of paper in the kitchen. It looks OK, something like one of those old pocket calculator PIM things from a few years back, but we can’t help feeling that storing vital passwords in a device which will be subject to rampant pocket abuse may turn out to be something of a…
Read MoreMonkey USB Hand Warmers – cold hands, warm heart…
We strongly urge all organisations to mandate the use of these Monkey USB Hand Warmers immediately. The effect will be two-fold and significant. For one thing we will be able to save substantial amounts of energy heating up offices and thereby help restore the planet. Furthermore the use of such attire will ensure that employees – and bosses of course – will be constantly reminded that we descend from a happier more simple life form, where a good day’s work involved…
Read MoreFling-ama-String Cat Toy – drive your cat nutz
The Fling-ama-String Cat Toy combines string, a door knob and some battery powered twitching into a tool guaranteed to drive your moggie nuts. We’re even talking two speed torture here. The video offers more detail. Awesome. $23.99. The battery operated, lean, mean string-flinging machine that cats love. No assembly required simply hang it on the door and turn it on. Works on any standard doorknob. The Fling-ama-String has two speeds for maxium kitty fun. This toy entices even the laziest…
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