This Portable Pen Tablet sounds great, but there’s no tablet. It works in couple of ways. You can clip the receiver onto the top of the page, book, whatever and it’ll record the pen’s position allowing you to draw as you would with a graphics tablet. Or, if the you can just use the pen and it will record whatever you draw, up to 100 Letter-sized pages, and output it as a jpg onto the PC when you’re done. US$99…
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Have you ever thought that you could play soldiers on screen just by carrying a rifle, aiming at the LCD screen and pulling the trigger? A company called Tenyang Electromechanical released a new product G-mate Gun Overlord, Magnetic Dynamic gun. They claim the G-mate is the world’s first ultra-sensitive computer gaming rifle. The gun is very simple to operate, it’s plug-and-play and users simply insert the wireless receiver into a USB port, no drivers required. With the linked motion sensing…
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Plantar Fasciitis can be a real pain in the foot, especially first thing in the morning. This Customizable Plantar Fasciitis Nightime Therapy Brace reckons you can fix it while your sleep. The two straps adjust the amount of tension used to stretch the tendons, but the whole thing is soft like a slipper so you can still get up and walk around if you need to. It’s made of breathable material and comes in a bunch of different sizes, just…
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Now when I first saw this USB Notebook Crime Prevention Sensor I thought it must radiate a crime-proof shield +5 or something, but alas no. It’s just a removement sensitive dongle to plug into your laptop. If the sensor gets unplugged it starts squeaking, loudly. So I guess people have to steal your laptop with this plugged in then … I’ve got no idea. US$26 Thanko USB Notebook Crime Prevention Sensor will protect your computer when left alone. Just plug…
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…never seem to reach their destination on time, darn it. Tags: some+trains, humor, image
Read MoreMap Envelope is a clever little online service which lets you create and print out a DIY envelope with your Google map location embedded on the inside. It’s not really useful for anything because you only get a very high flying bird’s eye view, but as a gimmick…yeah I’ll bite. Remember the glue. Tags: map+envelope, online+application, google+map
Read MoreWe’re pretty sure there’s no real use for this Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, so banish any Large Hadron Collider thoughts from your brain. You stick a ball bearing in one end, and some sort of magnetic jiggery pokery shoots another one out of the far end. Stat. Nope sorry, this is highly unlikely to get you a girl or boy friend. $29.99. Set the metal ball at the end of the track and watch as the energy transfers and multiplies down the track…
Read MoreWhich is larger, New Zealand or the UK? Not sure if Turkmenistan is bigger than France. Fear not peeps, MAPfrappe can help. It’s a Google Maps mashup that lets you trace anything in Google Maps and overlay across another. It’s easy to use and may come in handy for school projects, or office arguments. This Google Maps mashup lets you see an outline of one part of the world overlayed on another part of the world. For example, you can…
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This CyFi Wireless Sports Speaker is a portable wireless speaker which connects to a little transmitter plugged into your music player or phone. Look, no wires. Not only does it embrace our new cable-free world, but it will also synch up with 4 other speakers, thus supplying what surely must be the first surround sound experience on a bicycle. Colour our gob, smacked. £99.99. Simply plug the dinky audio transmitter into your iPod, press play and let the CD-quality CyFi do its…
Read MoreNostalgia buffs will enjoy rooting around in the garage for their old Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges to drop into this Retro Video Game System box. Relive the glory it says on the box. Hah! Supports 16 bit controllers, S-Video output to your TV and old Bonanza episodes. $69.98. You’re just a flip of a switch away from reliving the glory days of NES and SNES! This breakthrough 2-in-1 system allows you to play most of your old favorites on one system….
Read MoreThis Tree Hugger thing straps to your pot plants alien parasite style and lets you know when they need water by bleeping annoyingly. What it should do is scream loudly, “OY, GIMME WATER”, but maybe that’s a little too harsh for such an eco friendly brand name. $23.00 says you’re a forgetful householder. Tree Hugger is a special device to monitor the water level in soil and vases. When it detects low water level, it will beep every few seconds,…
Read MoreOxelon Media Converter is a new freeware program which will let you convert all kinds of files to all kinds of different files. It supports multi-processor computers and comes with the usual set of format shifting powers. In many ways it’s a lot like Super, but with a better, cleaner interface. And you can install additional plugins to extend its usefulness. It’s fast, works well and comes with an excellent price tag. [Thanks Mike] So, you can use Oxelon…
Read MoreThis Twirling Spaghetti Fork could well be the nail in your style coffin. In fact I’d say you would need more chic, style and suavacity than can be found at James Bond reunion to pull this off. If I were you, I wouldn’t bring it out until at least after the third date. The fork bit comes off and goes in the dishwasher and it needs batteries, dunno what type, does it really matter? �7.99 Candles, nice music and great…
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At first glance an electric push mower like this Brill Razorcut Accu electric reel mower doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it does honest. The electric bit only turns the blades so they turn at the same speed all the time and aren’t reliant on the push of the mower to do the chopping. All you need to do is push it in the right place. The battery lasts for 30 minutes, enough for about 220 m2 (2,500 sq….
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The HaptiHug system aims to deliver real world sensory experience from online virtual actions. The prototype is a wearable harness which hooks up to your computer and reacts according to sensory input from the remote virtual world. The whole thing sounds a bit creepy now, but wait until this tech is perfected and you can get realistic hugs from a loved one thousands of miles away. The thing is being tested out with Second Life at the moment, and rather…
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