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Things that go ‘boo’ in the night!

Gadgets September 27, 2006 posted by

Super Skinny USB Flash Card

The Super Skinny USB Flash Card is absolutely the Kate Moss of USB memory dongles. It’s also credit card sized, which makes it ideal for slotting between the door lock of hotel rooms you wish to burgle. [Huh? – Ed]. $39.00.  USB Flash Card is a fashionable and stylish mass storage device. It is just like our Credit Card so that it can be kept in our purse or pocket. Then, your data and information will be there wherever you go and whenever you need. Just plug it into…


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Gadgets September 27, 2006 posted by

GeoTagger – GPS tags for digicams

The GeoTagger is a small box which sits atop your digital (or film) camera hotshoe and records the precise location and direction of every photograph you take. Cool stuff, eh? You can use it to make better maps, to annotate Google map mashups and all sorts of stuff we haven’t thought of yet. The only thing is you need a Garmin GPS receiver sitting on top to deliver the actual tagging info, and you also have the merge the tag…


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Gadgets September 27, 2006 posted by

DataGuard USB Thumbdrive Lock.

The DataGuard USB Thumbdrive Lock. A combination locked box which promises to keep your flash drive data safe from prying eyes. Lovely, lovely idea. “JACK! My hammer please.” $14.99.   * Keeps you data safe. * Rugged metal design fits and protects any thumbdrive * User selectable combination * FTC ID Theft Protection manual included.


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Gadgets September 27, 2006 posted by

Bless this cable

The Bless Cable Bangle. Ah…you see cables are ugly. And multicoloured bangle thingies are art. So why wouldn’t you want to put the two together and try and make a statement about love? Or something. [via TechnoToy]


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Gadgets September 26, 2006 posted by

Fortuneball Deluxe.

The Fortuneball Deluxe. Tomorrow you will wake up and realise that you have wasted £69.95 on a toy that knows less about your future than does George W Bush III. But be of good cheer, at least you will be able to rely on the in-built clock, calendar and pretty ‘ambient light’.  The core of the Fortuneball is a computerised fortune prediction system which uses individual birthday data to tell you as much as is possible about your personal moods on…


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Gadgets September 26, 2006 posted by

Bamboo Fan Cap.

The Bamboo Fan Cap. Without question the single most hideous solar powered implement we have ever featured on these august pages. No really. Even the pickled newt’s head solar cigar cutter didn’t freak us out as much as this. Priced at a highly debatable £10.50. Go on, treat yourself.


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Gadgets September 25, 2006 posted by

Solar Wireless Speaker System.

Solar Powered Wireless Speaker. Cool idea if it works as advertised. Solar panel mounted on top pumps juice into 7 rechargeable cells which power the 5 watts RMS speaker. Operating distance is 46 metres, which is not huge, but just get a smaller garden, OK? $152.43. [Via My Coke]  This speaker derives it’s power from 7x AA rechargeable batteries that can be charged by two separate sources, either the DC mains plug pack or via it’s inbuilt solar panel mounted…


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Gadgets September 25, 2006 posted by

Handroll Piano.

The Samick SRP-100 Foldaway Piano. Mmm…it looks as though the roll up piano is moving upmarket. We’re still not convinced that playing Mozart’s finest on a flat, unresponsive mat is the best way to go, but hey what do we know? Seventh grade honky tonk tinklers that we are. Anyhoo, it comes with 100 different digital sounds and rhythms and you can connect an extra pedal and speaker, which makes it just about perfect for busking on your local train…


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Gadgets September 23, 2006 posted by

USB Kitty Sentinel.

The USB Kitty Sentinel. Spoooooky. Twin infrared motion sensors alert you if anything comes near your computer if you leave your desk. It hisses, mews and shakes its head as an alarm. Man, we really need a ‘What the….?’ category. $24.00. Watch the video (top left).  USB Kitty Help You To Alert Intruders!!! USB Kitty with two infrared sensors to help its master to alert any intruders by shaking its head and producing many different sounds. When you walk away…


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Gadgets September 22, 2006 posted by

Pink Lady Turntable.

The Pink Lady Turntable AM/FM Alarm Radio. Cutesy huh? Being pink an’ all. And retro. It would be nice if the turntable played CDs instead of just being the radio dial, but you can’t have everything can you? But guess what? There’s a calendar, timer and thermometer buried in that pink-ness somewhere. Around $23.00 Korean style.


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Gadgets September 22, 2006 posted by

Navman F20 budget GPS.

Navman F20 GPS Satellite Navigation System. The Navman dudes bring slimline, touch-screen, SD slot, SiRFStarIII technology goody-ness to a budget priced portable GPS box. And it’s good. Nice interface, useful tweaks (like the petrol and park buttons) and eight digit postcode search. All for a smidge under £180.00. Sat nav is definitely the new black.  Menus are easy to use, with a new simplified screen layout making it one of the most user-friendly products on the market. The F20 allows you…


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Gadgets September 22, 2006 posted by

Senior Spy Kit.

The Senior Spy Kit. Stuck for a present for a loved one? Why not indulge their love of sleazy investigative sleuthing by giving them a box full of spying type gear? Think how happy they’ll be secretly recording your phone calls or staggering through the fire they’ve set in the evacuation hood. £185.25.  The products in this pack are all incredibly useful. 16 hour digital recorder (PDLdigrec). Cellular Phone Record Lead (PDLwat). Eon Classic Torch (PDLeonclass). Evacuation Hood (PDLevac). Money Belt (PDLbelt)….


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Gadgets September 22, 2006 posted by

Tattoo removing laser.

The YAG Cosmetic Laser. Apparently this water cooled laser gizmo will remove tattoos without pain, marking the skin or leaving a stain. Really?  # No Pain, No Destroy Skin # Cure Throughly, No Mark # Convenient, Portable…APPLICATIONS Coloring skin: get rid of embroider-eyebrow,tattoo.


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Gadgets September 21, 2006 posted by

The Spam Call Blocker.

CallBlocker. Screen out unwanted phone calls, telesales, junk faxes and the rest. Simple premise. The machine answers the incoming call before it rings and relays a recorded message to warn off cold callers and welcome invited callers. Sort of a spam filter for the phone. “If you’re my bank manager, please hold.’ You know the kind of thing. £49.98.  When a call comes in, CallBlocker answers the call BEFORE your phone rings and plays a brief message that greets all callers: “You have reached…


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