Category: Peripherals
Hot and Cold USB Coaster – keep your drinks at the right temperature
Another way of draining power on your laptop – the Hot and Cold USB Coaster…
Shiny Video Review: external DVD drive from Brando, for the Eee PC
I recently wrote about the external DVD drive from Brando, which claims to work on the Eee PC, but at the same time only on Windows Vista, XP and 2000. Strange, I thought. So, I got one in from Hong Kong and put it to the test, which you can see above…
"Smart Goggle" will remember whether you put your keys in the oven or fridge while drunk last night
The whole idea of Terminator/Predator style augmented vision is shaping up nicely in Japan right now, thanks to the efforts of another group of clever augmented-reality scientists.
The rather bulky set of glasses to the left there features a camera and display, with the camera feeding data to a clever – and apparently the “best yet” – object recognition system…
Art Lebedev now working on wireless Optimus Mini 3.0
If it wasn’t for the fact that the ideas were so damn cool, Art Lebedev would be at risk of becoming a laughing stock for its utter failure to deliver the one product (announced in 2005) that started all its hype. There is a bit of a consolation prize in the form of the Optimus mini three – a three buttoned alternative to the proper OLED enabled keyboard we were hoping for – and the Russian designers are now planning to evolve it a bit further by taking it wireless.
Asus and DisplayLink launch VW223B monitor – hook up six screens with one USB connection
Ever felt the need to hook up six monitors to one PC? Me neither, but if you’re a serious multi-tasker, you might be interested in the VW223B LCD monitor.
Keyboard with hidden draw is the perfect example of convergence
Feel that the Star Wars figurines and comical Lolcat print-outs littering your desk aren’t doing enough to display your geek cred? For £24.99, you can amaze your colleagues with even more Princess Leia collectibles hidden away in the depths of this working keyboard.
Yes, I said working keyboard. It’s obviously not going to be as good quality as your Logitech sitting in front of you,…
LG launches world's first 10,000:1 monitor in the UK – the L197WH
LG has launched the 19-inch L197WH monitor in the UK, the first to have a 10,000:1 Digital Fine Contrast ratio (DFC). According to LG, that means ‘the greatest clarity available on a PC monitor today’.
Is the USB Parrot the most annoying add-on ever made?
That staple of the 70s sitcom, the talking bird, is now available for your PC.
Watch Blu-ray films on your PC with the Philips PLDS DX-401S optical drive
A new Blu-ray optical drive has been announced from Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, the excitingly-named DX-401S.
Launching in April, the read-only disc drive can read all DVD+/-R(W), CD-R(W) and Blu-ray discs, with single layer speeds…
Supermandolini offers the history of the floppy disk – on coasters
Even geeks turn off the PC and kick back occasionally – and I’m guessing a few vintage computer obsessives would like the Supermandolini Soft Sector coasters to rest their drinks on.
