A long time ago, in a different life, I used to make stuff in a cleanroom. Part of the uniform was powder-free latex gloves, and after wearing them for a full shift your hands tended to feel like they’d been soaking in vinegar for 3 months. Horrible. Then we got glove liners, similar to these Handerpants. Basically fingerless gloves that separated most of your hand from the pervasive yuck of the glove, it made life so much more comfortable. Unfortunately…
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Sony Dream Machine Spy Camera – the undisputed star of the ugly bug ball
Ladies and gentlemen, we present the unimpeachably ugly Sony Dream Machine Spy Camera, a product so hideous its manufacturer had to get an injunction to stop it being sold through normal stores. Instead they forced the product into air travel catalogues, at which point they washed their hands of the whole affair. Or so we believe. It was originally designed to record video footage through a hidden camera lens, but we understand it now serves as an implement of torture…
Read MoreCompetition Madness. Win a Tokyoflash Watch closes tonight … and more
Last chance people. Get your answers in for the Tokyoflash competition in by midnight Friday (US Pacific time). We’ll be announcing the winner on Monday. But wait there’s more … Check back with us early next week as we’ll be kicking off another competition. Here’s a hint. See you then. Tags: gadget, tokyoflash, tokyoflash+competition, competition
Read MoreSmart Ball Speed Sensing Baseball
The Smart Ball is a speed sensing baseball built for throwing. It has a digital display that shows your latest pitch up to 120 mph (keep dreaming), it needs batteries, no idea where they are and don’t hit this with a bat or you’ll smash it. US$17.98 from Amazon. Built-in digital display shows the speed of your pitch in MPH. Measure exactly how fast you pitch. Tags: gadget, smart+ball, speed+sensing+ball
Read MoreStar Wars Brain Trainer – use the fork, Luke, the fork…
The Star Wars Brain Trainer is a clever bio-feedback device masquerading as a Jedi warrior artifact. All you’ve gotta do is think beta wave thoughts and just like a Jedi you will move the ball up and down the tube. If only it could help me avoid these piercing headaches too. Anyhoo, for all you Bwok Boogers out there, it’s $214.65. ”You need to get your credit card out…I need to get my credit card out…You will pay happily…I will…
Read MoreQuirky – the product development community with smarts
Quirky is a clever new community portal based around the idea of product development. Submit an idea, other members of the community vote on it and the winner product gets made in a factory and everything. The site promises to deliver a new product every few days, which is a pretty ambitious goal. The catch? You’ve got to hand over $99.00 to get your product idea on the board. Everything else is free. I particularly like the fact that…
Read MoreFree Steam Games – don’t be a party poop, download some free fun video games
It’s Friday so why not kick back and enjoy some free video games courtesy of the Steam network delivery service? That’s right, just pop along to the link, and download such delights as Peggle Extreme and the rather innovative Mightier. And yes, you will need to install Steam first. TNSTAAFL, right? Tags: freeware, free+steam+games, steam
Read MoreDump IE6 – the movement to kill a lousy web browser gathers steam
The Hey-IT campaign is trying to educate the slow and stupid corporate IT world that it’s time the eight year old Internet Explorer 6.0 web browser fell off the approved list and died. Why? Because it’s a lousy, non compatible web browser that breaks most standard pages and makes the life of a web designer an absolute misery. That’s why. So do your bit, download a bunch of their posters and stick them up all over the IT director’s door. Or his…
Read MoreRumors of a BMW Electric Scooter
Unnamed sources at BMW report that a new electric scooter could debut at an upcoming motorcycle show sometime in late 2010 and put in production in 2011, according to Spain’s Solo Scooter website. If the rumor mill is right, this new scooter would sport a lithium ion battery pack, have a range of about 155 miles or three hours of continuous use and a top speed of 75 miles per hour. No word on the exact body style of the…
Read MoreTerk Amplified Indoor TV Antenna – the flat grey uber aerial
This Terk Amplified Television Antenna is apparently one of the most effective of its type on the market. We’ll take that with a pinch of salt until we get to see Barry Manilow live in Supermarionationized colour, but for now let’s just go with the flow and repeat the sales blurb. Multi-directional, low noise filtering, high gain amplifier. Sound reassuring? Good. $89.95. Tested by the Institute in urban, suburban, and rural environments, it scored highest in tests for providing superior,…
Read MoreDisposable Lighter Camcorder – for those cheap but dangerous liaisons
This Disposable Lighter Camcorder is one of those products which you just hope doesn’t get thrown away with the table scraps. Cheap, nasty, tacky disposable lighter things don’t usually go well with high tech. Anyway, if you wanna flirt with danger, that’s your choice. Comes with 4GB of memory, VGA colour resolution and some red wine and spaghetti stains on the label. $49.00. Pinhole Lens # Image Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixel # Color Video Resolution: 640 x 480…
Read MoreZamzom – who’s using my wireless network?
Zamzom is a new freeware program that will tell you who or what is logged on to your WiFi network at any one time. It also gives some useful info on IP and MAC addresses too, which is neats for geeks. The free version will only show you IP and MAC addresses of the stowaways, you’ll need to pay real money to get their names, but at least you get to see who’s piggybacking without your permission. Worth a look, and…
Read MoreFreeLoader Pro – fun fun fun in the sun sun sun
Now don’t get me wrong, solar rechargeable gadgets are a great idea if that gadget spends all day in the sun anyway. As for leaving your phone, camera or MP3 player lying around catching some rays? Not such a good idea. That’s why gadgets like the FreeLoader Pro are so brilliant. Basically it’s a pair of flip-out solar cells with a rechargeable battery all in one simple unit. It comes with most of the common phone (Nokia, iPhone, Samsung, LG,…
Read MoreLoogix – cool new free .GIF animation service opens to the world
Loogix is a neat new free .gif animation service which lets you create animations from your own photos and also create funny effects using their in-house selection of tools. You want blur, warp, swirl, colorize and the rest? You got it. Simple interface, and a small but cool set of features. Nice. Check out Loogix. It’s a nifty web service that lets you create GIF Animations online without downloading anything. It provides you with a very simple interface. Upload your…
Read MoreiPod Nano Linux – open source community freeing up your iPod
The iPod Nano Linux project is dedicated to porting Linux onto…yep…an iPod Nano. Why? Well because they can. Silly. In order to do it, they’re having to reverse engineer the thing to hack the protection surrounding the hardware, but it’s all in a days fun and games right? Open source goes crab fishing…! This is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod Nano and all other iPod devices. So far, a customized uClinux kernel has been successfully…
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