Things that go ‘boo’ in the night!
The Table Clock Book proves that not all fancy gadgets have to be obvious. This one masquerades as a set of books on a shelf. Fascinating design decision, don’t you think? €26.00. Put this table clock with your books and create the illusion! Glossy cardboard. Included 1 battery LR6. 2 finishes: black or colours.
The Breitling Emergency Watch. Forget about those fancy designer timepieces, this watch says more about your lifestyle than a dozen shaken Martinis ever will. Created for pilots and aircrew use, this snazzy device has a built-in microtransmitter which broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency. Following a mishap, the owner simply unscrews the protective cap and pulls out the antenna to set it off. Providing that they are still conscious of course.It offers a 48 hour broadcast time and range of 100 miles over flat…
The iGrip. Sticky your iPod to your vehicle dashboard without having to install stuff. Yeah, yeah, you can use it for other devices too, if they’re white and nicely styled. If it gets dusty just wash and the sticky comes back. $8.99 in its iSticky incarnation.
The AirFree Mold and Germ Destroying Air Purifier uses heated air to kill off all nasty airborne bacteria, viruses and mold stuffs. Interestingly it reduces indoor ozone levels, rather than pump the stuff out, which should please asthmatics. Comes with an in-built night light. $239.95. With no filters to replace or clean, the compact cleaner pulls air into the internal chamber which is heated to 392F to silently destroy mold, airborne bacteria, viruses, pet dander, and common household dust mites in…
The ARC Freedom Wireless Cell Phone Antenna is designed to boost the signal of your cell phone indoors when all those nasty walls and doors threaten to cut you off from your lifeline to the world. Best of all, you can carry it around with you, so there’s no excuse for a bad signal when you’re staying in that flea-pit basement of a hotel on business. Wonder which marketing guy thought that making it look like a tombstone would sell more units, though? $39.99. Do…
The Melitta Smart Mill & Brew Coffee Maker with Weather Station. This wonderful example of lateral thinking combines a conventional coffee brewing machine with a small LCD screen on which is displayed information about the weather in your area. The weather data arrives via an MSN FM signal every 10 minutes, the coffee probably comes from sunny South America. And so the world turns. $199.95. With a small screen on the front, it shows updated information about weather via FM…
Rollies. Strap on heel skates with lights. They fit any sized trainer and contain a built-in generator to power the multi-coloured lights. Twinkle, twinkle baby. £36.99 a pair. Rollies simply strap on to the back of your shoes and away you roll! The wheels have a built in power generator and work when the wheel starts to turn, so no batteries are needed and when the sun goes down the brilliant multi-coloured lights stand out and can’t be missed by…
TechTool Protogo is a portable suite of diagnostic tools for the Apple Mac that you can load onto your old iPod instead of throwing it away. You can then use it to boot up, diagnose, test, recover data, virus check and optimise your Macintosh at will. Ten cool points in the office for whipping out a cultural icon to debug a problem computer, eh? Priced at $148.00. Do you have an old iPod lying around? Or perhaps a small portable hard drive…
The Art-O-Meter. MIT concept that measures the quality of a piece of artwork based on the amount of time that people spend in front of the exhibit. Result? Sauntering equals approval. Mmm….really? Art-O-Meter is a device that measures the quality of an art piece. It bases its evaluation on the amount of time that people spend in front of an artwork compared to the total time of exhibition. The measurements are graphically represented by comments and a 5 star rating system….
The Senao SN-668 Long Range Cordless Phone System. Forget about those piddling little 30 metre range cordless phones, if you really want to talk long distance on a cordless system you need one of these puppies. 128 kilometer range with booster antennas, which makes it a real alternative to a standard mobile phone. You can use it as a normal phone or a walkie talkie, and even transfer calls between handsets. Goodbye cell phone charges for local businesses? Er…but do note that you…
The Casio GzOne Mobile Phone is just about the toughest handset on the street. Apparently. It will survive immersion in water for up to 30 minutes (1 meter) and can be dropped repeatedly from 1.5 meters onto a steel plate over concrete. Did we mention tough? And it comes with a camera and all the other goodies you might expect, and some you might not, like onboard GPS.
The Spectec SDG-810 GPS Receiver fits into a Micro SD slot on your PDA or mobile phone and offers top quality SiRF Star III GPS functionality along with a neat additional slot for your now homeless Micro SD card. Nice design. [Update: thanks Chris for pointing out that it’s a standard SD slot device, which in turn offers an internal Micro SD slot. Not quite so cool, but noteworthy nonetheless.] SiRF Star III with low signal levels and high sensitivity acquisition. Built-in…
The BioLife TAP-01 Fingerprint Access Control with Door Bell. So here we are fresh into a shiny new year – and a very happy one to all of you, hope you get what you desire in 2007 – and up pops another of those rather strange devices. How can a bell improve the usefulness of a biometric security device? Ding?
The Railz Snowskate is billed as a skateboard for snow. It comes with all the same terminology, trick tech specs and a small video to show us all how easy it is. Convinced yet? $89.95. Take your skills from the asphalt to the snowy slopes with this transformed board. * Perform all your favorite skateboard tricks in the snow * Patented design skis and rails help to provide the pop for ollies and kickflips * Board comes with custom grip pad for…
The Home Pizza Maker Oven. Stone base, 3 temp controls, super fast warm up. It may not give you a ‘real’ pizza like the professionals, but it’s probably better than the alternative home cooking methods. £60.45. The oven has a removable traditional stone base. This delivers intense heat, absorbing any moisture, ensuring your pizza has a crisp base right from the centre to the crust. # The stone can be removed, allowing you to insert the deep dish pan which makes…
