Why is this Kitchen CD and Radio specifically for use in the kitchen? Well because it has a cooking timer, silly. Its slim profile makes it easy to hide under the upper cabinets too. Built-in stereo speakers, plays CDs, AM/FM tunes and anything you can fit on a USB stick or connect via a 3.5mm jack. Remote controlled too. �78.95 At the touch of a button you can choose between the CD player and the FM/AM radio. The PLL tuner…
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Bender Converter is a very cool online application which lets you grab and convert videos from YouTube, Google video et al. The neat thing is you simply enter in the URL of the target video, specify what format you want it stored as, and press the Convert button. Once it’s done, hit the Download button and that’s it. You can extract the MP3 audio from a video, convert it to gif animation, video for your phone, iPod or PSP and…
Read MoreThe Darth Vader Clock Radio lets you choose from AM or FM radio or even a selection of Vader quotes. Poke him in the mask to shut him up and try and get some sleep with that pretty face staring at you. All yours for US$49.95. The face that launched a thousand destroyers now gets your day started with eyes that glow the time, Volume and Snooze controls integrated into the design, and a voice that could roust an entire…
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Wonder where the closest recycling center is? Well there’s an app for it. Earth 911 launched their free iRecycle app for iPhones and iPod Touch. This cool app will locate recycling centers across the U.S., give you directions and tell you just what kinds of recycling they accept. It even lists events, information on local green events in your area and the newest stories and features on Earth911.com. Better yet, you can add events and information on what’s going on…
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Talk about a blast from the past. Magic Sand, that truly bizarre underwater sand sculpture stuff from the 80’s that came in a genie bottle. Apparently its descendants are still on sale, but now it’s called Aqua Sand. It’s just hydrophobic sand that sticks together in water and falls apart out of it. I seem to recall the hardest part was cleaning everything up and getting it all back into the bottle for next time. And it seems that in…
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Back in the day you didn’t need a shed load of technology to cook some boil in the bag fish, but what do we know? This SousVide Supreme Water Oven combines a thermostatically controlled, touchpad enabled, super slow cooker function with vacuum packed foodstuffs and water to deliver…boil in the bag fish. Or chicken. Or something. Season, seal, simmer, serve indeed. $499.95. The product of decades of refinement by top chefs, the SousVide Supreme oven cooks sealed food at precise…
Read MoreZomm is a bluetooth gadget that lets you know when you’ve left your cellphone behind. After pairing it with your phone you attach the Zomm to you, or your keys and if the phone threatens to get out of range the Zomm first vibrates and then emits an alarm. You can also program it to ring your local emergency phone number when you press the panic button and it doubles as a speakerphone. No word on battery life or price…
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Heh, an Xbox 360 Security Box. Just what you need in a house full of brat siblings. Good luck with your next birthday list though. $39.95. Keep your Xbox games and controllers locked up to prevent unauthorized use with the new Xbox 360 Security Locker. Stop your friends and family members from borrowing your games or using your Xbox without permission. Steel frame with steel wire mesh panels and brass padlock secure your valuable games, controllers and accessories. Tags: xbox+360+security+box,…
Read MoreThis Clamshell Home Projector comes with all the bits you need to screen your home entertainment on the nearest wall, including an integrated speaker. Not sure how effective that’s going to be, but nevertheless we applaud Mr Designer for thinking outside the lobster. £31.57. Here’s an awesome multimedia projector. The unusual and rare design is by Chinese artist and it is a fantastic clamshell projector which opens up to share home entertainment with family and friends. The user-friendly projector with…
Read MoreDeveloped through funding from the University of Delft in Holland and the EU, Tribler is a free BitTorrent P2P file sharing client designed to make file sharing easy to understand and use. The program runs on Mac, Windows and Linux and the interface is as basic as you’ll find, just a big search box and that’s it. No fiddling with config or settings, just fire up and search. And it’s fast. Very fast. The other major difference between this and…
Read MoreIf you need signs for your workplace or public area and you’re prepared to do your own laminating, then head on over to Free Signage and go nuts. They have all the current statutory warning signs, hazard signs, fire equipment signs and public information signs. You can download any of them as pdfs and print them at your leisure. There’s Free Signage UK and Free Signage US. And please, no more windsurfing in the office. It scares the fish. Freesignage.co.uk…
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Camels are about to become mobile refrigeration systems hauling medical supplies into the heart of the dessert desert wilderness in Northern Kenya. In a joint venture with Princeton University, The Art College of Design in California and the Nomadic Communities Trust of Kenya, these “ships of the desert” will transport portable solar panels equipped with a foot-powered back-up system, allowing them to bring refrigerated medical supplies to out-of-the-way areas lacking electricity. The camel powered mobile health clinics will carry a…
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Have you ever thought about why adhesive tape dispensers are so heavy? Well if they weren’t so weighty you wouldn’t be able to easily tear off tape using one hand. Simple, and for decades we’ve been plagued with this issue. The problem stems from the design of the saw-toothed blade, especially as it gets duller and ends up stretching the tape instead of cutting it. Well the Nichiban tape company in Japan has said enough is enough and have come…
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This is probably the coolest clock ever. Designed and executed by Martin Baas (look for Grandfather Clock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW5PByaR2EQ Tags: coolest+clock+ever, martin+baas, grandfather+clock
Read MoreShow Me What’s Wrong dot com is an innovative online application which lets you send friends and family a link to a simple screencasting service so you can diagnose and help them with any problems they’re having. The smarts come from making it super easy to use. Sign in and get an instant link to a screencast page which you can send to Grandad. Grandad clicks on link and instantly goes to a page with a nice friendly start recording…
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