Category: Home Appliances
HELLO! I'M ON THE NOISYPHONE! YES!
You have to read that headline in the voice of Dom Joly, obviously. Yes, the NOISYPHONE (those capitals are essential, given the subject) is a new home telephone capable of ringing at a whopping 43 decibels.
Is the Flexible Distance washing machine the sexiest machine of all?
The idea of having a washing machine so chic and minimal-looking that it could be placed in your living room as an object d’art is frankly absurd, but it will definitely add some cool glamour to your laundry or kitchen.
Sadly this is just a one-off product for now – as all gorgeous things are – and features LG Chocolate-esque red…
Not only does the Super Mario Star Light make you invincible, it also plays sounds & music
If you can hold out until December when it’s released, this Super Mario Star Light will be the perfect addition to your bedside table.
Not only does it light up, but it plays sounds and music from the Nintendo games, presumably the theme tune, and Mario’s greatest…
Relax with your tunes in the Gravity Zero Groove bed
Ideal for Lotto winners, the Gravity Zero Groove bed squeezes a bed, a sound system and massage into a pretty ugly exterior.
Shiny Video Preview: Picture House fireplace with rising television
Zara is in the picture and talking and everything but the poor girl is totally upstaged by the classic James Bond fireplace. These…
Save money and trees with Toshiba's eco-friendly toilet. Yes, really
Toshiba? Developing eco-friendly toilets? Now that’s under the dictionary definition of ‘WTF’.
With an annual power consumption reduced by 55% compared to similar toilets, the bidet-style model from ol’ Tosh manages to be eco-friendly by instantly warming water for the bidet-functions rather than constantly keeping it warm like most bidets. Added to that, the heat loss isn’t as evident in Toshiba’s toilet…
Bejewelled washing machine by Samsung uses same technology used in making diamonds
If there’s any product photo which has originated from Asia that’ll send all the readers of Idiot Toys into a spin, it’d be this one here. Yes, she’s a gorgeous woman in a wedding dress, modelling a washing machine. No, she probably won’t wash your M&S pants for free, but worth a try perhaps?
Samsung has partnered with a famous jeweller – no word who – and created the Hauzen, which uses technology…
Tefal Quick Cup – super-fast, eco-friendly kettle
Can anything new be done with the humble kettle? Well, with the Quick Cup, Tefal claims it has made it faster and more eco-friendly. The Quick Cup serves hot water on demand in only 3 seconds and uses only a…
Oral-B launches electric toothbrush with interactive wireless display
It seems that every few months another manual or electric toothbrush comes to market, boasting new, must-have features that will improve your oral hygiene. Tongue scrapers, built-in floss, extra bendy and boingy bits, hard bristles, soft bristles, polishing bristles… Yes,…
Scanners and Fax machine sales up 25% in UK due to postal strike
Some enterprising young PR has sent me a press release proclaiming that PC World and Curry’s have seen a 25% increase in sales of fax machines and scanners since the postal strike began. What, they still sell fax machines?! News to my ears, I thought they were all languishing in museums right about now.
Niall O’Keeffe, Marketing Director for PC World claims “We’ve seen a run on faxes and scanners, customers…
