It’s hard to wax lyrical about a table lamp, especially one powered by LED juice. But this Dynamic LED Lamp does try a little harder than most by incorporating adjustable colour temperature settings, so you can change it to be easy on the eyes at different times of day. Zero flicker diffused lighting and adjustable lamp intensity complete the feature list, which suggests that this is probably the king of desk lamps in the modern century. £135.00. Choose different colours of light according to…
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Aiptek DVD Player Projector – bringing the 50s back to your living room, one LED at a time
The Aiptek DVD Player Projector reeks of nostalgic yearning for the Bakelite and chrome grill years, when boys were boys and girls were bobby socked jinxters. Does it work? Well, to the extent that an LED projecting, DVD playing, Karaoke combo plastic blob can ever compare with a Ferranti Model 447 Radiogram – not really. But hey, let’s not be churlish, eh? £229.95. So you can enjoy a cinema experience at home or when travelling, and add atmosphere to parties and other…
Read MoreBanpresto Bath Bomb Maker – DIY bath time fizzles
The Banpresto Bath Bomb Maker gives you ultimate power over baking soda and essential oils to create fizzy balls of bath time mirth and smells. The instructions seem easy, and as a cost saver it’s probably worth your time and effort. Around $76.00 in Yen like. Just use the Bath Bomb Maker to create your very own pimped Fragant Bath bombs by mixing baking soda, citric acid, and essential oils or other aromatics into a small ball. Once drop in your…
Read MoreIceAppliance Combi – the ultimate desktop water processor
This IceAppliance Combi does more things with Mr H2O than we care to think about. Not only will it heat it up, or serve it chilled, but also smack it into little cubes of cool ready to freeze your beverage beyond endurance. What a marvel, aren’t we lucky to be living in such exciting times? £249.95. Now you can have your very own ice maker, and hot and cold water in your home or office, with a choice of three different cube sizes….
Read MoreDLight G2 Huggable Pillow – bring some sunshine into your life, one couch at a time
The DLight G2 Huggable Pillow combines 12 ‘warm-white’ LED lights, with a pillow cover, rechargeable battery case or mains power, to provide a snuggly thing for romantic fools and their cats. We’re thinking it’s kind of like cuddling up to E.T.’s fingertip, but what do we know? $189.00 says not a lot. d°light Huggable pillows capture all the warmth and comfort of natural sunlight in a soft, cozy pillow. Its strangely life-like power comes from the 12 LED lights, encased in…
Read MoreDesktop Reminder – freeware runs your life, so your brain doesn’t have to
Desktop Reminder is a free task planner and life organiser for Windows. There’s a comprehensive feature list which includes long term reminders, sophisticated calendaring and a powerful scheduler which lets you input tasks and to-dos with complex date logic. It’s a cool way to help manage a hectic workload, if you can just remember to download the thing in the first place. Desktop-Reminder is a freeware task planner for Windows to manage your tasks and other to-dos’ in easy way. Always…
Read MoreKidsTube – family friendly user generated video site for kids
KidsTube is a family friendly video site for kids, featuring lots of safe moderated content alongside the usual social network trappings. There’s ratings, most popular charts and even images. The whole thing’s a kind of anti-4Chan if you will. Good clean wholesome fun, and if you want cute just grab the popcorn. In fact the site is becoming so successful they’re having to upgrade the servers this week, so stick that in your Mr Cynic pipe and smoke it. KidsTube.com is a monitored video…
Read MoreHalo 2600 – play the classic computer game olde tyme style
Halo 2600 is a completely reworked version of the classic computer game Halo, done in the style of an old time 8–bit Atari game. It’s all there, the blocky pixels, the cheesy plink music and the stilted gameplay. Fun. Tags: halo+2600, halo, atari, 8+bit, games
Read MoreHow to Forecast Weather Without Gadgets
How to Forecast Weather Without Gadgets. What it says on the tin. In image form for some strange reason. But cool nonetheless. Cumulus Towers (cumulus castellanus) – possibility of showers later in the day Tags: how+to+forecast+weather+without+gadgets
Read MoreAiptek 3D Picture Frame – no glasses 3D stuff on your desk
This Aiptek 3D Picture Frame is sure to be the forerunner of a tidal wave of similar products, all hunting for space on our desks and walls. Let’s ignore the fact that we’re barely out of diapers as far as availability of 3D cameras and video recorders go, let’s get some of that good ole 3D love out there and market it mightily. Yes, sir! £229.95 for wealthy early adopters. This 3D digital photo frame from Aiptek can be used to playback sensational…
Read MoreiMusic Chair – pump up, plug in, chill out…
The iMusic Chair, apart from having a lurid green name, seems like an idea which could work, especially if it’s as portable as inflatable furniture usually is. Just pump up the seat, pump up the volume and sit back to rock out. Or something. Contains 2 speakers, headphone jack and a probably vital repair patch. £24.95. This great chair connects to anything with a earphone jack, including iPhones, iPods, X-Box, Playstation, and other gaming consoles, stereos, computers, Mp3 players and…
Read MoreKeychain Speaker Amp – push it to 11
This Keychain Speaker Amp will clearly deliver massive audio excitement when you plug your phone or MP3 player in to the input socket. We believe this with every fibre of our being, but then again we once thought that Macaroni was an Italian opera singer. $9.99. Yep, you’ll buy the Keychain Speaker Amp with good intentions of helping out your keys, but instead you’ll hook it to your iPod and marvel at how such a tiny speaker can give great…
Read MoreEasy Reach Toilet Roll Holder – make it easy on yourself, bud…
This Easy Reach Toilet Roll Holder is one of the classics. Fill in your choice of comment [here]. $17.95. This bathroom tissue extension hooks over your existing holder to make the roll easily reachable – a huge help for those with limited mobility or those in older homes. Accordion-style extender pulls out and pushes back with ease. No more stretching across or swiveling around. Tags: easy+reach+toilet+roll+holder, gadget
Read MoreES File Explorer – Simple, easy file explorer for Android
I’ve been playing with this ES File Explorer app for Android and it really is the business. Not only is it an easy-to-use file browser for your phone, but you can also use wifi to connect to network shares via SMB, including password protected ones. You can grab files, copy them to or from your Android phone and even move stuff around on your network if you need to. You can also connect via Bluetooth or drag stuff down via…
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iPadversaries – 32 alternatives to the Apple iPad
iPadversaries. A list 32 alternatives to the Apple iPad, either in existence now or scheduled to arrive sometime in the future. A nice quick way to find out what’s here, what’s coming, what’s worth it, what’s not. Tags: ipadversaries, apple, ipad, clones
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