There seem to be a growing number and variety of small city-focused electric cars. Although I wonder about the safety of these lightweight vehicles, you can’t deny them for their fuel efficiency or their compact size. A recent addition to this category is the Casple-Podadera. Designed for two people, this little car lets you fold its rear wheels up and under when parking to let you park in spaces usually reserved for motorcycles. Created by Spanish designer Francisco Podadera and…
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MagneFlash PHIL250 Phone Camera Lamp – the pocket friendly phone video lighting rig [Review]
Phone cameras are great…as long as you’re in brightly lit places. Once the light starts to dim, the results get progressively worse, especially if you’re trying to shoot something like indoor video.
Read MoreRoblox – this superb DIY game building universe could easily suck up your life [Freeware]
Remember that old saying? The one that goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day…give him a fishing net and you give him 1 billion page views a month? Yeah that one.
Read MoreiRuler – er…it’s a ruler. Online.
How weird is it that after all these years we can still be surprised? Pink giraffes on roller skates do it, as does a Romanian belly dancer singing Wagner. But apart from that kind of stuff we thought we were pretty fire proof.
Read MoreStainless Steel French Press Mug is the ultimate all-in-one fresh coffee maker and cup
When you’re having one of “those” mornings, everything feels like it takes a thousand years. No time for real food or your coffee the way you like it. If you don’t find a way to conquer your morning, you end up looking frazzled and having a sad, hungry, and un-caffeinated drive into work. That is no way to begin a long day. If you want the luxury of French press coffee or tea, but only have the time for drive-thru,…
Read MoreBackwards Wall Clock will have your head spinning
There’s something we start to take for granted in our everyday surroundings. Those black rimmed wall clocks are one of them. We always check to see the time, but all we really need to see is the placement of the hour and minute hand. The ‘clockwise’ number rotation starting at twelve and ending at eleven just feels commonplace.
Read MoreFinger Swipe Headphones – dance to the music!
Lots of headphones have buttons integrated into the sides for convenience. The only problem is that you’ll be fumbling around trying to figure out which buttons are which for a while. If you want to bypass learning button placement, why not get headphones that have the same convenience, but are more streamlined?
Read MorePortable USB Whiteboard – turn your projector and any wall into a digital whiteboard
One day we’ll look back and say, ‘remember when we had blackboards in schools, how quaint.’ Despite the impressive cost advantage and the fact that they work even when the power’s out, blackboards haven’t really advanced over the decades have they? Which makes them ripe for innovation in some way.
Read MoreMashup! – NAO Robot vs Judson Laipply…The Evolution Of Dance
We did a mashup for fun. Switch off the sound on the left hand video, click start and then immediately click start on the right hand video for the best effect. The robot is not being remote controlled. Just think, one day these robots will be doing this without all the programming, which will be part scary and part amazing. Man and Machine in perfect harmony?
Read MoreGoogle Reader is shutting down – what you must do NOW!
So Google has decided to shut down Google Reader on July 1st (aargh!), the most popular RSS news reader in existence. This is a terrible decision for many reasons, since many people use Reader to browse sites that would otherwise be unavailable (e.g. if you’re in Iran). But don’t panic, we may have a cunning plan. We think we can help you make an easy transition to a better alternative, hopefully in just a few clicks.
Read MoreSwitchback Laptop Sling Pack is no ordinary bag of holding
We normally have different ways to carry around all of our gear. It’s often some sort of backpack or messenger bag, but we have different ones for various occasions. Traveling usually means you’ll want to have a pack that sits in front of you so pickpockets can’t pull one over on you, but the rest of the time you normally want it behind you and out of the way. If you don’t like having to change things up, why not…
Read MoreJustStick Desktop Organizer brings order to a desktop of chaos
It’s hard to keep small things such as business cards and CDs organized on your desk. More often than not we shove them in the nearest available drawer, and quickly forget about their existence. If it was someone or something of importance though, you’ll wish that you had jotted down a reminder of some sort.
Read MoreHandy Shredder takes out the trash
While we’re all slowly moving to a paperless workspace, it’s hard to come by an office that doesn’t have some pressed wood pulp lying around somewhere. Most of the time this is reserved for important documents, but on occasion paper is used and then makes its way to the shredder. If you want to see to the paper’s ultimate demise personally, then no normal machine will do.
Read MoreIRIScan Mouse – you swipe, it scans
There’s something that feels right about combining two functions like mousing and hand scanning into one piece of equipment. Maybe it’s the fact that they’re both very desktop oriented, or perhaps it’s because switching from one to the other should be as easy as possible.
Read MoreYouTube Ratings Preview – browser add-on gives instant overview of video watchability [Freeware]
There are so many videos available to watch, how do you know which are worth the effort? Sure you can click through each one to preview and check the stats, but that can take a loong time, especially if you’re just looking to grab a quick bit of advice or some news about a particular topic.
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