Author: Stuart Dredge
Transformers Pillows: comfy furnishings in disguise
Men aren’t interested in cushions, as anyone with a working knowledge of sexist cliches knows. But check these Transformers cushions out – just the thing to brighten up any self-respecting bachelor pad (at least until they’re splattered with Pot Noodle and beer stains).
Tokyoflash unveils the E35 Geomesh watch: just as crazycool as all the others
I won’t foist the old ‘oh, you can’t tell the time on Tokyo Flash watches’ line on you, since any fule kno that readability isn’t the point. Instead, it’s all about being seen as a timepiece-toting god amongst men (even if you’re always late for meetings).
Nissan Mixim: the concept car for the digital generation
Nissan has unveiled its Mixim concept car, an electric vehicle which has been designed to appeal to today’s teenagers, who’ll be old enough to drive by the time it goes on sale in 2012.
The company says it surveyed hundreds of 15-17 year-olds around the world to get their input, discovering that “these people are not interested in cars”. How’s Nissan going to change that? By making the steering wheel look like a console race controller, and putting the driver seat in the middle of the car’s cockpit, that’s how.
The GPS parachuting helmet that makes you look like Master Chief from Halo 3
Check out ParaNav, the new helmet-mounted GPS navigation system for parachutists from Rockwell Collins. It’s also a flight management system with built-in head-up display, helping you fly to your planned landing destination.
Apparently it works at 28,000 feet and temperatures of -20 degrees. However, this ain’t for weekend parachutists: it’s meant for military types. All I can think when I look at it is ‘Master Chief’ though – perhaps the designers were big Halo fans. Or perhaps Halo’s developers are parachute buffs, of course.
iPhone sales triple after price cut, says analyst
Apple has been selling 27,000 iPhones a day since cutting the price by $200 last week, reckons retail analyst Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray, who says that’s triple the 9,000 daily sales before the cut.
3 gets Christmas exclusive on purple Sony Ericsson K770 Cyber-shot mobile
More colourful Christmas exclusives: 3 has bagged the purple version of Sony Ericsson’s K770 Cyber-shot phone, and will be selling it from October here in the UK.
They say purple is “the hottest colour to hit the high street”. I reckon they’d say that about whatever exclusive colour they’d got, even if it was puce. Anyway, the phone itself is a 3G candybar handset with a 3.2-megapixel camera, and is less than 15mm thick.
Sony phases out DVD recorders in favour of Blu-ray recorders
Here’s a startling quote for you, from Sony’s executive deputy president Katsumi Ihara: “Sony will release only BD [Blu-ray Disc] recorders for the Japanese market from now.” That’s right: Sony won’t be releasing any more DVD recorders in Japan, in favour of putting Blu-ray in all its recorders.
Weep at the prospect of the USB Fiber Optic Christmas Tree
On the slim assumption that you don’t already have every single USB socket on your PC plugged by a novelty gadget, Brando is launching a white fiber optic desktop Christmas tree, powered by USB.
Keep an eye on things with the RC Surveillance Cam
Do lots of people really want to set up their own home surveillance systems? Normal people, I mean, who don’t live in expensive houses that could be robbed at any minute by a passing burglar.
The makers of the RC Surveillance Cam hope there’s a market. Costing £119.95, it consists of a camera, and a handset which you use both to control the cam’s pan’n’tilt, but also to watch the live streaming footage on a 2.5-inch screen, and listen through the speakers.
Now BitTorrenting is killing the pr0n industry
Those pesky kids. If they’re not downloading illegal albums by the dozen or grabbing movies that aren’t even on DVD yet, they’re filling their hard drives with unpaid-for porn. This, at least, was the conclusion drawn by a summit convened by the adult entertainment industry.
