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cool tech September 10, 2014 posted by Donyae Coles

Dyson 360 Eye –the vacuum cleaner that’s probably more intelligent than you is

The Dyson Company redesigned the vacuum cleaner a while ago. It took 5000 prototypes and 15 years. You didn’t even know you needed a redesigned vacuum until they made one, but suddenly you couldn’t live with that antiquated piece of junk you called a vacuum anymore. Similarly you probably have no idea you need a Dyson 360 Eye , but it’s probably true, at least Mr Dyson thinks so, and who are we to argue?

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cool tech September 10, 2014 posted by Nigel

Robot Surgeon Completes First Operation – now we’re really truly scared

Look, we were perfectly happy when the robots came for us in Terminator, because, well you know, that was a movie. And we chuckled along with the rest of the world when cute little Wall-E glittered onto our screens. But dude, this stuff is supposed to remain fiction, not real world, cringe inducing fact. But now it is.

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cool tech September 9, 2014 posted by Donyae Coles

Structure Sensor – turn your tablet into an amazing full blown 3D color scanner

The world is three dimensional, photographs are not. Which is a shame when you’re trying to capture anything that you’ll need three dimensional data for later. You can guesstimate, but that’s not really a skill that most people have when it comes to things like room planning or figure modeling. Enter the Structure Sensor, a very cool 3D color scanner for your tablet computer.

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cool tech September 9, 2014 posted by Donyae Coles

Circuit Scribe – make your own electronics with just a pen

Circuits are the building blocks of technology. They’re in everything you love. The guts of all your prized possessions. Unless you work with them though, chances are you don’t really care about how they work, until you find you can use them to make something cool. Circuit Scribe is a pen that lets you literally draw your own circuits.

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cool tech September 5, 2014 posted by Nigel

QuickMark Barcode Scanner – the ultimate barcode tools for your computer, phone and tablet [Freeware]

OK, let’s get this straight, there are barcode scanners and then there are barcode scanners, know what we mean? For the longest time QR codes and the like have been hovering on the outskirts of mass adoption, but now we reckon they’re just about to become mainstream, and the reason is the tools are getting really good. Not just the scanners, but also the barcode creator tools. And we think we’ve found the best of breed of both types right…

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QuickMark Barcode Scanner – the ultimate barcode tools for your computer, phone and tablet [Freeware]

cool tech September 4, 2014 posted by Nigel

LetterForms Dry Erase Notebook – the cool paperless notebook you can use again and again

The LetterForms Dry Erase Notebook is yet another of those, ‘why did it take so long‘ inventions which make so much sense when you really think about it. Almost everyone has used a paper notebook at some point or another, and filed it away once filled up, wasting yet more space in a drawer or on a shelf. But why should we not be able to reuse old notebooks over and over? Much more eco friendly. Trees will dance.

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cool tech September 4, 2014 posted by Nigel

Dryve – lovely lightweight rain cover for bicycles makes your ride weather proof [Updated]

The one thing we don’t enjoy on a bicycle is bad weather. Cold wind, rain, snow, all that nasty stuff that car drivers can avoid. Sure you can wrap up well, and make sure you’re protected, but then you risk getting all hot and sticky, which is again not great. But now an enterprising team from Switzerland has come up with something very clever indeed.

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Dryve – lovely lightweight rain cover for bicycles makes your ride weather proof [Updated]

cool tech September 4, 2014 posted by Donyae Coles

LumiGram Luminous Table Runner – why eat off cotton when you can dine on TRON-tastic?

Dining room tables are an afterthought to the geek minded. Don’t lie. It’s the place you eat dinner or where your mail collects until you start to wonder if you paid that credit card bill this month or not. But maybe you you’ll pay a bit more attention to it with the LumiGram Luminous Table Runner. Instead of dragging out those boring old plastic place mats, just use these awesome fiber optic alternatives to give your dinner parties that extra…

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cool tech September 2, 2014 posted by Nigel

Tox – a new kind of secure instant messaging to replace Skype

Ever since we heard that a bunch of developers were setting out to create a new secure type of Skype chat product, which couldn’t be broken into or suffer from government or 3rd party eavesdropping, we have been keeping an eye on it. And it’s now at last emerging slowly from the deep shadows of development.

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cool tech September 1, 2014 posted by Nigel

Glasses Off – slick smartphone app helps reduce your need for reading glasses [Freeware]

No matter how great your eyesight, with age it starts to deteriorate. It’s just a fact of life, and the result is most people over the age of 40 eventually need to invest in some glasses in order to keep up with daily activities like reading. But there’s a growing body of evidence that says this doesn’t have to be an inevitable fact, and we can actually turn the clock back and improve our eyesight with some proper training.

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Glasses Off – slick smartphone app helps reduce your need for reading glasses [Freeware]

cool tech August 29, 2014 posted by Donyae Coles

ScanMarker Pen Scanner – an end to tedious textbook note taking

School is coming back. For some it’s already started. Times have changed however, and now you need more than a pencil and notebook to start the year. You still need a notebook but increasingly you have to add a computer to the mix. Which is strange because most text are still in paper form. The ScanMarker Pen Scanner helps you bridge the gap from the physical world to the digital one.

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cool tech August 27, 2014 posted by Dil Soomro

Sony Smart Tennis Sensor – your personal pocket-sized tennis coach

Need someone to gauge the power in your back-hand shot, or check the effectiveness of your slice shot? Unless you hire a professional tennis coach, you’re on your own and no one will be shouting at you from the sidelines to correct your form or posture. Hiring a professional trainer can be a big blow to your budget but buying a digital coach on the other hand is definitely more affordable.

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cool tech August 22, 2014 posted by Nigel

Crater Screen Protector Applicator – perfect smartphone screen protection every time

You know how you know you should put some kind of protection on your expensive phone, like a plastic screen protector? But you never do, because it’s such a hassle to get those plastic sheets on correctly? Well maybe you don’t have that excuse any more, now that there’s a handy tool to help do the job quickly and neatly.

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cool tech August 21, 2014 posted by Nigel

Chairless Chair – the invisible chair you wear

When you think about it, the phrase ‘drag up a chair’ kind of sums up our relationship with these common seating tools. We put up with having to drag them around the place, when in reality it would be much better if we could just wear them, wouldn’t it? Well hey, now there’s a new Swiss invention which may just let that happen.

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Bookmark This! August 19, 2014 posted by Nigel

Currently Down – taking website status checking to a whole new level of cool

It can be pretty annoying if you want to visit a website and you can’t access it for some reason, especially when it’s hard to know whether it’s just your fault, or whether the site is down for everyone out there. That’s why there’s a few services available which offer to help you find out the truth behind the problem, but now there’s a rather cool newcomer on the scene.

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