There’s no need to obliterate the piggy bank to count your funds, grab one of these Digital Counting Money Jars and it’ll do all the work for you. Its LCD display shows you how much you’ve saved as it can recognise pound and euro coins as they’re inserted. Press the button to reset it. �13.49. If you want one for US currency, check Amazon. If you want Australian currency try here. The lid has a slot and a digital LCD…
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Chinavasion have sent me one of these Wireless Keyboard and Touch Pads (also known as an iPazzPort) to have a look at. Primarily it’s for home theatre PCs or for driving presentations while you’re prancing around in front of the projector. Since I’m not much of a presenter, I’ll be testing it as a home theatre PC remote. If you’re currently using a full sized keyboard to control your home theatre PC then you’ll definitely want to see what this…
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Don’t you hate it when you’ve just lost a great argument, and you’re halfway home when you suddenly think of a brilliant retort? Well if arguing about global climate change is your idea of a fun afternoon then have a squiz at the Skeptical Science iPhone App and it won’t happen to you again. It’s been put out by the Skeptical Science climate change website as ammunition for climate change believers. The app packs all the latest counter-arguments, with evidence,…
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Since the portable air hockey was such a hit I’ve been looking for something else to help you wile away the tedium at work, and this might be it. The Desktop Mini Crazy Curling kit. It doesn’t use granite stones, or ice or even an army of people with brooms, it’s just you and the targets houses. All you need is a smooth flat surface. �4.99 Bring a little piece of the winter Olympics to your office, and recreate your…
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The LiveView function on digital SLRs has brought lots of very nifty gadgets, but this Pixel LV-W1 Wireless Remote Control seems, so far, to me to be the best of the bunch. The transmitter clips to the flash hot shoe and connects to the camera via the USB port. It then broadcasts the LiveView feed to the receiver which has 3″, 960×240 LCD screen. The transmitter can reach out to about 80m and you can fire the shutter or even…
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In my experience the Magic 8 Ball was supposed to answer all sorts of silly, life-altering questions. The only magic this Magic 8 Ball Gaming Chair is capable of is keeping your feet or bum off the ground. It’s inflatable, has an 8 on the outside, and you can choose from number 9 or 11 inside. The top (or is it the bottom) zips off to become a seat or you can just leave it as it is, kick back…
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TuneGlue is a very nifty, very fun music relationship explorer. Put in a band, or musician and TuneGlue will create a constellation of influences and relationships. You can drag them around, expand their influences and relationships, lock them in place and even view the artist’s collection on Amazon (this wouldn’t work for me). Bigger bands have links to news and their website. Lots of fun. Tags: tuneglue, music+relationship+explorer, music+mind+map
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Being married to a cheese geek, who also happens to be a biologist I couldn’t go past this set of Alessi cheese knives packaged in what looks to be an autopsy kit. The La Via Lattea set has a knife for hard cheese, a knife for medium/soft cheese and a knife/spreader. I guess the last pocket is for your tasting notes. Like everything Alessi though, it’s a little pricey. �192 from their online shop. Set of soft cheese knives composed…
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This Aiptek PenCam HD Trio is a 720p (30fps @16:9) capable video camera the size of a highlighter pen. It can also shoot 5Mp stills and it’s an MP3 player. It has 4GB of internal memory and a 1.1″ OLED screen for framing your masterpieces. It connects via USB and HDMI and the video is encoded using H.264. So what’s the trio part of the name then? On top of being a video/still camera and an MP3 player, the HD…
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It’s silly that we need things like this Power Strip Liberator, a 1 metre power cord extension with pass-through that allows you to plug wide plugs into power boards. But we do need them, so let’s all get over it. US$3 each. Save space and increase your power potential. The innovative Power Strip Liberator Plus provides a pass-through plug with one foot cable and extra socket, which enables you to efficiently use your power strips and outlets. Tags: gadget, power+strip+liberator,…
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The PrintStik is a tiny USB thermal printer, how tiny? As long as an A4 sheet of paper and weighing 60 grams (2 oz). It’s battery powered and connects to your PC via USB or Bluetooth and can print at 3 pages per minute so you won’t be printing your thesis on it. The paper is housed in a cartridge which holds 20 sheets and it prints at 100 – 400 dpi, although one model will do 600 dpi. Prices…
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I have a theory, no actually call it a phobia, that very soon, every single electrical device sold will have a digital photoframe. Sharp is doing its bit with the Sharp JD7C1CL home phone. It has a 7″ 800 x 480 screen which can be used to drive voice mail, show photos and receive new pics via it’s IR port. It has a calendar, clock You can add extra handsets, take photos using the handset and even receive and display…
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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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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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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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