Month: October 2006
Action Lounge SR4 Multimedia Mat – the hi-tech camp bed
Today’s "seemed like a good idea at the time" hybrid gadget is the Action Lounge SR4 Multimedia Mat, which promises to combine stereo sound with a place to rest your head. Except that it’s not a bed, more like a…
Friday Fun: Typewriter keyboard meets laptop meets dodgy Google Japanese-English translation
It’s Friday. It’s Friday 13th, in fact, and so I feel it’s quite appropriate that the web page I’ve just found (courtesy of Digg) is just one of those that makes you wonder "what the hell?" (or words to…
Ministry of Sound in Car Audio and Accessory Kit – turn your car into a club
Not sure how 'hip' the Ministry of Sound club is these days, but it seems to have maintained its popularity, which means there's a ready-made market for this Ministry of Sound in Car Audio and Accessory Kit. Yes, you…
Motorola P790 portable power charger
We featured one way of getting power on the move (and without a plug socket) yesterday with the UPB10 by APC. Now Motorola has launched their own solution, with the P790 portable charger. It's small enough to fit into…
BenQ's budget 7 megapixel E720 digital camera
BenQ has unveiled the E720 – a 7 megapixel camera in a brushed aluminium casing for under £140. Along with the 7 megapixel sensor, the E720 also features 3x optical zoom, an smc (Super Multi-Coating) Pentax lens and a…
Palm's colourful Treo 680 smartphone debuts
If the Palm Treo 750v was a bit rich for your tastes, you might be interested in the company's new entry-level model – the Palm Treo 680, which is slimmer than other Treo handsets and also available in a…
Photo Retouching Freeware
You’ve probably got at least one photo editing program on your PC but here’s one you should definitely try. It’s called PhotoFiltre and from that you may rightly assume it’s French in origin, but don’t let that put you…
Graphics Power Turns PC into Supercomputer
Here’s something that might be worth keeping an eye on. A US company called Peakstream has come up with a way of harnessing the raw computing power in high-end graphics cards or graphics processor units (GPUs). In theory a…
The Sky Ceiling
Taking the trompe d'oeil one step beyond, SkyCeilings are photographic illusions of real skies that fit into standard ceiling grid systems. Luminous SkyCeilings feature fluorescent or LED lighting that illuminate the translucent images from behind. Ambient SkyCeilings are made…
Accenture Technology's "Persuasive Mirror"
As if it isn’t dispiriting enough to look in the mirror at the best of times, Accenture Technology is developing a "persuasive mirror" which inspects your body via cameras on either side, then sends results to a monitor which…