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The AarLogic C10/3 is a Linux PC which is the size of a box of matches. Not only is it v small, it also contains a quad band GPRS module and a GPS chipset for all your satnav loveliness. Ethernet and USB ports, 4MB of memory and an SD card slot round out the major specs, and it’s powered by twin ARM processors. €192.00 with SIM card holder. The heart of the PC is two ARM processors, responsible on one hand for…
The Pininfarina Bluecar is the first car in the world to have an iPhone as a remote control. The electric vehicle, which can travel 155 miles on a charge and has a top speed of 80 mph, will feature an iPhone remote control which can be used to check up on the battery charge remotely or ‘pre-heat the car’s electric drive system’ before you get in. Very flash. A full charge will take 6 hours from a standard power socket,…
Caulking gun tips are painful. You’ve got to trim them at the right angle and you’ve got to stop them gunking up and drying out. Well the Spout Popper can take care of all that for you. For just $US4.99 the Spout Popper can cut the tips off 3 different sizes of caulking tips at the perfect 45� angle. It even has a built-in puncture tool for bar fights making small holes in the end of the caulking spout or…
Is the Fusion IO Drive a harbinger of doom for the humble hard disk? The product is based on what they call ‘ioMemory’ and apparently features some blisteringly fast performance figures. We’re talking orders of magnitude faster data throughput, folks. What with top end laptops now featuring solid state drives as standard and this level of technology offering incredible speed advantages of around 100x, all we’re really waiting for is the price efficiency curve to kick in and bingo, Winchester/Bernoulli tech…
Payload Specialists is a personal space transport business that can shoot pretty much anything you want into sub-orbital space. They’ve got a few different rockets capable of reaching altitudes of 65,000 feet all the way up to 93 miles, carrying payloads of 20 lbs to 500lbs. Because it’s sub-orbital, anything launched will eventually return to earth, however payloads will experience weightlessness for 3 – 13 minutes depending on the type of rocket, before it all comes heading back home. The…
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…
What better way to show your love this Valentine’s Day than by buying her a beautifully equipped Bulletproof SUV? Sure it’s ugly as sin, and designed in China to carry cash, but with a bit of DIY love it could convert wonderfully. And think of the benefits. No more wasteful parking space wars in crowded car parks. No more worrying about police pursuits after parties. Just peace and quiet and the knowledge that your armoured windscreen, heavy duty springs and bulletproof glass all round…
Aw c’mon people, these things – and by things I mean products like the Asus Eee PC1000HE and similar – are not netbooks, OK? They are laptop computers, or portable computers or notebooks. But they are not netbooks. Can we all stop falling for the marketing trype and try and get it right? If it comes with a decent size keyboard, a 10 inch screen, a 160 GB hard disk, 1 GB of RAM and Windows it’s a laptop. I mean, good…
You never know when one of these Canine Bulletproof Vest will come in handy, y’know during a walk through a dodgy part of town. Or maybe on a visit to those rural relatives you don’t know much about? Anyhoo, better safe than sorry we always say. Actually what we really say is better avoid the relatives, but that’s another story… From $570.00. Comfortable design to protect the dog’s sides, back, underside and chest, yet still allow freedom of movement. Chest…
Forget all the trash talk of iPhone killer and suchlike, the question we had to ask is, is the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic a good, indeed worthy, product in its own right? The answer is an unqualified yes. Sure the screen is not as good as the iPhone, and the 3.2 megapixel camera is poor even compared to other Nokia models, but overall as a practical, usable and fun package, it’s a real winner. It was touch and go there for a while,…
This new Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air electric car concept has a touch of arty 1950s design in it, which is neat. Of course all these proposed electric cars have huge hurdles to overcome when they start rolling off the line in earnest. Like where are we all going to plug them in? Forget about traffic jams and parking wars, we’re more likely to see a surge in plug rage in the future, as frantic commuters scrap with each other…
There were a few contenders for the Imaging title this year, most notably the innovative Flip camcorder which broke the mould for affordable, good quality video recording devices, and the magnificent Canon EOS 5D Mark II which has completely destroyed the conventional separation between HD video and still image capture. However, Samsung’s new CLX3175 All-in-One Colour Laser printer has done something that may just tip the home printing market on its head. It’s brought the capital price of colour laser printing within reach…
The Honda Fury is a new chopper style motorbike from the Japanese giant which is guaranteed, absolutely guaranteed to have bike cops and Hells Angels frothing at the mouth in double quick instant time. A chopper? Factory built? From a Japanese mega-corp? Gut shuddering travesty. That sound you hear? Peter Fonda rolling over in his grave. What, he’s not dead? More info here. The Fury taps directly into the passion for riding; this is a machine built for people who have…
If I had the money, I’d definitely send a Bulletproof Press Vest out to a few members of our honourable…cough…profession to help protect them in times of crisis. Like when they’d written something derogatory about Tom Cruise or Michael ‘Too Big To Fail’ Arrington. The picture above actually features Joel Johnson of BoingBoing at work. Few people realise he was actually a location scout for a Beverley Hills based SWAT team for several years before he became a journalist. Straight up. I…
The new Schwinn Tailwind electric bicycle may look fairly ordinary but it sports a couple of standout features. For a start it comes with a special Toshiba ‘Super Charge ion’ battery which promises a world leading 30 minute recharge from a standard outlet – and a fast charge in a blistering 7 minutes! – as well as a guaranteed lifecycle of more than 2000 charges. The company actually expect the battery to last for more than double that number, which is outstanding compared with…
