The uMix 2 is a home DJ mixer with twin iPod docks. Never again will a Celine Dion number follow Korn at a party thrown by you. Budding DJs can cue up the next song on one iPod while the other is playing. There’s a heavy duty crossfader slider, individual volume controls, 6.5mm mic input, 3 band EQ with LED meter and headphone out with half volume cue. Best of all you can also output video from both iPods so…
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Airboards are an inflatable and lightweight sled for those hard-to-reach peaks. Designed and perfected in the Swiss Alps, they combine traditional sleds, with an inflatable body for ultimate fun. The hard base and runners give you fast response and a very fast ride, while the padded body irons out the painful bits. The airboards come with a hand pump and a carry bag and they can be inflated in about 3 minutes. There is a range of models and prices…
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The Cuisinart Mix-it-in Soft Serve Ice Cream maker is a DIY soft serve ice cream machine for your home. No ice or salt needed, just leave the making bits in the freezer and pull them out when you need it. Makes 1.5 litres of soft serve which should cure what ails you and it comes complete with three condiment dispensers and a cone holder. Yeah … but just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. $US89.99 from the friendly folk…
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Nigel and I are both big fans of the Nokia N82, especially its 5 megapixel camera. Yes, we all know better than to judge a camera by the number megapixels however the N82 does take very good photos (and video) for a mobile phone. So much so, that it has it’s very own Nokia Creative N82 photo awards. Pop in and have a look, there’s some great stuff in there. Is there any other smartphone that can claim to have…
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I’m not so sure which is scarier, the fact that the nuclear industry uses duct tape, or that it uses so much that it has its own special grade. 3M Performance Plus Duct Tape aka Nuclear Grade Duct Tape is high performance tape for those “trickier” situations. Designed to work well outdoors, in harsh sunlight and in wet conditions Nuclear Duct Tape can be removed from most opaque surfaces without leaving any adhesive behind, even after 6 months in 4�C…
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The Crammer is a study aid/MP3 player designed to assist for 8 – 14 year olds with their a-studying-and-a-learnin’. It has a “powerful built-in flashcard creation engine” and can access over 16,000 quiz questions. When you’re through with all that you can download another 1,000 quizzes, practice your Spanish or hang it all and rock out to The Beatles, or whatever it is you youngin’s are listening to these days. $US39.99 and it comes with ear buds and a USB…
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This room to room fan helps spread warm air from heated rooms into other chilly rooms. Sounds simple really but it’s not, for starters look at that shape! You think it’s easy to design something that spins and fits in a wedge? Well you try it then. $US29.99 and gives the house a nice haunted, cobwebby feel too, don’t you think? If you have a fireplace, wood stove or space heater warming one room, this whisper quiet, compact electric doorway…
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The Sylvan Sport GO is one heck of a camper. I just don’t know how they managed to squeeze so many options into such a tiny package. Basically, it’s a cross between a pop-top camper and a tent but it’s much more than both. In travel mode it’s very compact and quite light (about 360kg) and can be towed by pretty much anything. When you get there, unhitch, drop the legs and wind up the roof. The tent part is…
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The i-gotU GT-120 is a GPS logger for busy travellers who don’t have GPS-tagging cameras or phones but want to know where they’ve been. Simply leave the logger switched on and stash it somewhere about your person and it will record where you’ve been and when you were there. Just make sure your camera has the right time set. When you get home, plug it into a USB slot, fire up the included software and slurp all your GPS data…
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Play Doh has been a staple of children’s playtime for years. Able to be squished into any shape and fun for hours, it’s also non-toxic and safe to eat should any “accidental” tastings happen. Non-toxic, unless you’re one of the many children with an allergy to wheat or gluten. Soy Doh is a wheat-free version of Play Doh discovered by a group of university students trying to brew wheat-free beer using soy flour. Just like the original Soy-Doh is fun,…
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The new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with 3G is, on the face of it, much of a muchness as far as small computers go. It’s pretty hard to find any real differentiation between mini notebooks when all of them use the same processor, same screens and similar storage and memory specs. However the Dell stands out because of a) the name, b) the fact that it’s the one which will probably sell the most via the company’s corporate connections, c)…
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Warm up that special someone from the inside with a USB Love Cup Warmer for Valentines Day. USB powered with an on/off switch it’s probably the same as the rest of the USB cup warmers, except you-know, pink and heartyish. Available in red and pink for a different care, also, the body is designed like heart shape, expressing your love to the other. Simple connect the USB cable to an USB port and press the ON button, the Love Cup…
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Tucked in the back of a woodworking instruction website is this eyeballing game. A collection of puzzles to test how well you can guess angles, distances and the centres of objects. It’s lots of fun and you do actually get better at it and you can see how well you stack up against the unwashed masses. Some people are bothered by pictures on the wall hanging slightly crooked. Others may not even be aware that something may be amiss.If you…
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The Izona Cool Drawer is a hide-away refrigerator that lives under the kitchen bench. It has a selection of 5 different temperature ranges; Freezer, Chill, Fridge, Pantry and Wine Storage and they’re all selectable by just pressing a button on the door. The unit is completely self contained, it doesn’t need a separate compressor or any utility except mains power and installs easily under the bench. The insides are configurable with an area for tall things, a small drawer on…
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Let’s face it, the microphones built into camcorders are pretty rubbish. The cameras might be able to push out HD resolution but they can end up sounding like a tumble-dried cassette tape if people aren’t close to the camera. R�DE feels your camcorder pain and have come up with the VideoMic, a professional grade video camera microphone designed for use with amateur consumer grade cameras. The microphone itself is a stereo shotgun condenser capable of recording 40Hz – 20kHz. There’s…
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