Park your car sloppily in the garage with this Laser Parking System installed, and it will automatically lance through the metal of your hood with a searing flash of frickin’ laser light, cutting your engine to ribbons, lacerating the dog and ensuring you never park badly again. Are you sure you want to replace that bit of string dangling from the light fitting? $29.95. This ingenious device aims a bright red laser beam on your hood or dashboard to…
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Divvyshot – cool online photo album creator based around events
Divvyshot is a new online photo album which takes a different approach to sharing your photos. Everything is based around events, and once an event is created, anyone can add their own images to the site and have them displayed as part of the occasion. It may seem obvious, but this is something that I haven’t seen done properly in the past, this kind of thing is generally just an add-on feature which you can use. By putting event sharing first,…
Read MoreCubeTube – Power your office with solar power
Converting office lighting into solar is an “about time” idea. CubeTube takes otherwise wasted energy from lighting fixtures and uses it to power computer workstations. This unique looking, indoor photovoltaic electrical generator harvests ambient light, indoor florescent and incandescent lighting from all directions to create electricity. With a back-up internal Lithium Polymer/Ion battery and a smart charging system that monitors charging levels, should ambient lighting not be enough, the system automatically switches back to the battery. If the internal battery…
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Freefixer – freeware lets you take control of software running in the background on your computer
One of the big problems with the later versions of Windows is you really have very little idea what programs and processes are running on your computer at any one time, which can cause performance problems or even mask a malware attack. Freefixer is a free program for Windows which helps you identify and terminate software and processes running on your computer. The utility keeps tabs of stuff which is legitimate and leaves it up to you to stop stuff which you…
Read MoreTrike Tours of Scotland – hire your very own chauffeur driven Easy Rider tour
This enterprising new company is offering Trike Tours of Scotland, including your very own chauffeur (or bikeeur?), genuine Scottish beverages and a set of ‘professional’ photos to help you remember your Easy Rider moments. You can bring along your own MP3 player or use the included headset to go ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ to each other as you pass the Loch Ness Monster. Or something. Fascinating idea, eh? [Videos] Our trips bring you closer to the mountains, Lochs and Glens of…
Read MoreYour travelling suitcase – what happens when it leaves your hands at the airport?
Your Travelling Suitcase. Ever wonder what happens to your suitcase after you check it in at the airport? What its journey to your plane is like? Well now you can see for yourself, with a luggage-eye view of an airport baggage process. Interesting. The baggage compartment occupies a huge room looking like a small underground town under the airport. Its space is intertwined with a net of baggage conveyors which length is more than 3,5km. All suitcases are descending here on one…
Read MoreSuperplexus – ultimate 3D puzzle promises to drive you and your credit card crazy
The Superplexus is a seriously insane boy’s toy featuring a 36 inch diameter sphere holding a 300 foot long labyrinthine track around which you must guide a wooden marble. Sounds like fun, right? Yep, that’s what we thought too until we came across a small price sticker on the bottom of the 6–ply Finnish birch tree frame. $30,000. Hmm…where did we put that Rubik cube? The entire track laid out on a straight line is 31′ longer than a football…
Read MoreLuxa2 M4 Laptop Cooler – Swarovski adorned, polished aluminium, too cool for its socks?
Are we the only ones who find it a bit strange that we’re expected to buy add-on laptop coolers because the computer manufacturers can’t be bothered to make their products work properly in the first place? Where’s the outcry? Pffft. Anyhoo, this Luxa2 M4 Laptop Cooler is clearly trying hard to be the Gucci of coolers, which is something of a bizarre marketing goal if you ask us. Swarovski, shmaroski, as long as it keeps my computer from blowing up,…
Read MoreOHSO Pocket Toothbrush – geektastic tongue tingler
This OHSO Pocket Toothbrush actually looks far cooler than it really is, but who cares when you can geek out at your next trans-national sleepover Star Trek convention. The paste is stored in the handle (complete with adapters for major brands) and it fits nicely into the space in your breast pocket between the pen protector and mini duct tape dispenser. $19.99. OHSO was engineered to be the ultimate travel toothbrush. Besides looking good the OHSO is useful and durable….
Read MoreAnti Sleep Alarm – No more micro sleeps
This Anti Sleep Alarm hooks over your ear and gets loud if you nod your head forward past 30�. It’s a very simply device, just batteries, a mercury-type switch and a beeper. The batteries are good for about 10,000 head nods so you should be fine for a while. And it’s such a good idea Chinavasion insist that you buy 10 of them, for all your hard-partying friends. But that’s ok, they’re only ~US$2.90 each. The anti-sleep driving alarm for…
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Tweak Me! – freeware lets you remove all those really annoying Windows bits
Tweak Me! is a free Windows customisation tool which manages to cram a huge amount of functionality into a very simple user interface. All you have to do is check or uncheck little boxes and press the save button and you can completely alter the way your Windows system looks and works. You can improve performance, change defaults (e.g. set Media Player to rip CDs automatically in MP3 rather than WMA) and customise security settings to your heart’s content. I…
Read MoreStereomood – Internet radio geared to your emotional state
Stereomood is a new Internet radio service that lets you pick the type of music you want to hear based on how you feel or what you’re doing at the time. Not a new idea, but done very nicely. Clean interface, great selection of music tracks and some nice categories (snuggle? – har!). You can build your own track library and even buy them directly from Amazon or iTunes(natch!). Definitely something to bookmark for your next candlelit dinner. stereomood is…
Read MoreSpy Wall Clock – There is no spoon
Ooo look, Neo’s become a photographer. This Spy Wall Clock is half hallway safety mirror, and half wall clock. With its reflective hands over the reflective clock, you’ll never be sure what time it is. You have to pay extra for that you know. Use it to spy around corners at work. See who’s really not refilling the water cooler or who’s nicking the last pad of post-its and not writing it down on the stationery request form. Arty and…
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Portal: The Flash Version – prepare to lose lots of time with this fun game
Portal: The Flash Version is an excellent Flash powered recreation of the popular Portal game, which is surprisingly engrossing. It’s got just the right level of puzzle vs graphic coolness to make you keep on playin’ on. Forty levels. Cool. Portal: The Flash Version includes over 40 challenging, portals thinking levels, which features almost every feature the real game does, in 2d – energy balls, cubes, turrets and even the famous crusher from the trailer. The game also includes a console…
Read MoreIkea Snow Boots – Best Ikea hack ever?
Take one Ikea tote bag, sellotape and imagineering and you’ve got a pair of Ikea Snow Boots ready to tackle the feet thick snow in Pittsburgh. “Unfortunately, my son’s snow boots and pants were left at his nursery school. My husband created waterproof snow boots/leggings out of an ikea bag and packing tape. The key was using the bottom corner of the bag for the toe (these are over my son’s sneakers) then wrapping around his legs and securing with…
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