November, 2009
Star Wars Force Trainer – Use The Force Jedi!
November 30, 2009
How have you managed to live so far without the Star Wars Force Trainer? Are you one with the Force? I’m sure we’ve all pretended to use the force at some point whether it is to open the automatic doors at the supermarket, or attempting to bring the TV remote across the room purely out of laziness. Well, for the real Star Wars fans among us this is the perfect opportunity to do just that. Sort of.
The Star Wars Force Trainer allows you to use your brainwaves and the motion of your hand to manoeuvre a star wars-esque ball up and down a star wars-esque tube. It doesn’t really sound that exciting when it comes down to it, but the technology behind it is pretty revolutionary and it’s the closest you’re going to get to using the Force outside of playing a video game like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Continue reading »Refresh Charging Station – Clear Your Desk Of Mulitple Chargers!
November 30, 2009
What is the Refresh Charging Station for? Well if you’re anything like me, then you have a lot of gadgets such as phones, laptops, MP3 players etc. Lying around a lot of the time and of course, they need charging every now and again. And charging each of these gadgets, as we know requires a charger, which can be bulky, ugly and generally clutters everything up.
The Refresh Charging Station combines all your chargers into one single area which will turn your cluttered desk into one neat, sleek charging area leaving you more space to work and play.
Continue reading »Pub Landlord Fined £8000 For Customer’s Pirate Download On Wi-Fi
November 30, 2009
One of the great things about Wi-Fi networks is that they are dead easy to set up, and thus let people easily access the Internet when they’re out and about – and that is why thousands of restaurants, pubs, fast food outlets and cafés (such as Starbucks) across the country are jumping onto the Wi-Fi bandwagon. But some may be feeling a little less confident about their decision thanks to this recent news.
The managing director of ‘The Cloud’ which is a company that provides wireless hotspots for the aforementioned establishments has said that over the summer a pub owner has been fined £8,000 because one of the people using his Wi-Fi illegally downloaded copyrighted material.
The owner of the rights to the material (the identity of which is not known) took the pub owner (the identity of which is also unknown) to court, and the result was this fine which presumably aims to persuade others to take stricter measures.
LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 – Build And Program Your Own LEGO Robot!
November 29, 2009
LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 is probably the most amazing thing you will ever see in your whole life. Well, almost. This super advanced robot allows you to build your very own machine out of not so ordinary LEGO.
Considering you can construct this thing yourself with little or no knowledge of building robots, it is excitingly capable. There are 4 different types of robot possible to construct from the set, which comes with instructions for all 4 in the box along with a quick start guide and easy to use ‘drag and drop’ software to program and control your robot from your computer.
Continue reading »Thunderbird 3 RC1 Review (Desktop Email Client)
November 29, 2009
I’ve used Mozilla Thunderbird for as long as I can remember; I much prefer desktop e-mail clients to their web counterparts and Thunderbird’s my number one choice on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. When I downloaded the Release Candidate 1 of Thunderbird 3, I was faced with a plethora of new features to sink my teeth in to, so where do I start?
After mourning the loss of my many incompatible add-ons, I struck up the courage to create an account in Thunderbird 3, and if you’re new to Thunderbird or you’re setting up another account, you’ll appreciate how easy it is to get up and running.
Rather than manually input the details of your email provider, all you need to do is type in your email address and password and Thunderbird sorts the rest out for you. I tested this with 3 email accounts, each on different providers and Thunderbird set up each one with no problems. If you want/need to set up an account manually, don’t worry, you can still do so!
Continue reading »Alien Abduction Lamp – Shed Light On Cow-Nappings!
November 28, 2009
The Alien Abduction Lamp is an extremely realistic LED lamp which will almost have you believe that a cow is being abducted in your room! A high quality metal lamp with energy saving LED’s that provide great amounts of light in a ‘fun’ way without enlarging your carbon footprint.
The UFO is made from high quality steel with a ‘pearl black’ finish which is aesthetically pleasing and the windows which alternate between a green and yellow glow. Inside lies a stereotypical green alien with a flat face, huge eyes and no eyelids. The cow being abducted is actually removable so perhaps you can pretend that it has already been and gone.
Continue reading »Self Assembling HUD Contact Lenses For Soldiers? (Future Tech)
November 28, 2009
Ever since the head up displays (HUD’s) were used in the Second World War people have always speculated of an ‘in-eye’ head up display. Now we are closer than ever to this, what seems to be, very futuristic technology.
Researchers at the University of Washington have been tackling the huge task of integrating the electronics required into a contact lens. The answer lies in getting the lens to assemble itself. The lens which looks like a fine white powder consists of sensors, antennae, semiconductor circuits and LEDs which must all be a certain shape.
Continue reading »USB Tape Express – Audio Cassette Tape To MP3 Converter
November 28, 2009
The USB Tape Express is an ingenious piece of technology that converts almost any type of audio cassette into digital audio for your PC and/or MP3 player.
Connecting via USB, the device uses EZ tape converter software, compatible with Windows or Mac OS X to guide you through the transfer to MP3. Firebox.com claims the software to be ‘idiot-proof’ so it should be an easy enough process for just about anyone to use, perhaps your parents will find this item particularly useful and would be able to tell you about these strange items they used to use in their youth – audio cassette tapes!
Continue reading »New 5th Professor Layton Game Announced (DS)
November 27, 2009
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box has not long been released over here in good old Blighty, but a fifth title of the franchise has now been announced.
The games are a massive hit over in Japan and have become so over here to since the release of Professor Layton and the Curious Village last year.
The new title will be called Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask and have a Japanese release date of autumn 2010 so far. The announcement was made during the launch of the fourth title Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute.
Continue reading »Stealth Laptop Sleeve (Postal Envelope Bag)
November 27, 2009
Crafted from super strong fabric, the Stealth Laptop Sleeve gives you the power to carry your laptop with you wherever you may go, without having a sling a laptop backpack over your shoulder. It looks just like an old manila envelope so passers-by won’t be looking at you with a painful look of disgust and sharing whispers about your tatty 90’s IBM laptop bag.
Of course, this doesn’t really happen, but either way, it’s something different. A novelty method of safely transporting your notebook PC so you can be a little bit out of the ordinary, but also it will actually deter those more unscrupulous types who might be looking to steal a standard looking laptop bag.
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