Month: October 2005
British Boffins special – The testicle-friendly bicycle seat
Possibly because most inventors are 'mad as lorry eccentrics' for whom bicycle clips are de rigeur evening wear, there were an awful lot of bike gadgets on display at the British Invention Show. This one, the first ever conical…
British Boffin special – Reefski – the coolest submersible craft
On Friday the Shiny Media crew were out and about at the British Invention Show in North London, where we spent many happy hours discussing innovative packaging solutions and checking out the future of roof tiling. There were however…
Plasma screen fireplace
The Tech Digest team spent the weekend hanging out with the nation's boffins at the British Invention Show in Alexandra Palace north London. We saw some pretty amazing things (more on those later), and some completely hat-stand ones too…
What's New From Shiny?
What's happening at some of our other top blogs this weekend? Pop Junkie (Great Lost Pop Albums): A House – I Am The Greatest, Candyskins – Sunday Morning Fever, Cosmic Rough Riders – Panorama Games Digest: Games out Friday October…
Panny adds budget HD ready LCDs
As if there weren't already more than enough LCD TVs in the VIERA series, Panasonic has now announced two new additions. The TX-32LXD52 (£1200) and TX-26LXD52 (£800) are HD Ready, and include a HDMI input and an integrated Freeview Tuner…
Sanyo reveals ultra-slim XACTI-C6 camcorder
Sanyo appears to be showboating with the new XACTI-C6 as its dimensions, weight and so on seem to defy the scale of technology packed under the hood. Weighing in at only 140g and being just 23mm thick, it claims the…
The making of the Sony BRAVIA ad
Next time you sit down during the Corrie ad break spare a thought for those poor advertising folk who have risked life and limb (well almost) just to give you a few moments of cheap entertainment. Instead of taking the…
ITV trialling broadband TV
We've long known that broadband could easily provide an alternative means for delivering telly to traditional ones. By and large the focus of research into its possibilities have been focussed on its potential as a means for delivering HDTV signals,…
What Hi-Fi Awards 2005
What Hi-Fi is a magazine that knows it woofers from its tweeters (it's all about dogs and birds ain't it?) so winning one of its awards (which were officially announced yesterday) is quite a salute from the mag's golden eared…
Sky set to move into broadband? HDTV over the web to come?
In a deal that should surprise no one Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB has snapped up broadband ISP Easynet for a reported £211 million. The deal now gives Murdoch's BSkyB a foot hold in the UK broadband market. So why does the…