Category: Furnishings & Furniture
Ecobee – a Wi-Fi thermostat
We’ve all been there. Sat, just after midnight at your PC, shivering because the heating’s not on. You wrap a blanket around you, but you know that at some point you’ll need to turn the heating on, because you’re nowhere near done with your work for the evening.
What you need is something that will save you getting up, because getting up is cold. You need the Ecobee – a Wi-Fi thermostat. It syncs with a web server, so you can control your heating from afar – turn it on before you leave work, for example. It could even adjust the heating depending on what the weather conditions are like outside – if it knows there’s a cold snap coming, for example…
Cassette Cupboard – use up all those old "NOW!" tapes
If you invested heavily in the cassette format in the 80s and 90s, then you’re probably kicking yourself now that half of your music collection is no longer playable due to the ravages of time and magnetic degradation. That and the fact you left them in the sun during the summer of 1998 and now they stick together a bit…
Light up your life with a noose-shaped lamp
Okay, so this isn’t the most pleasant piece of art in the world, but it’s sorta cool. It’s a light-up hanging noose. Just the thing to go with your Joy Division albums. Odds are that it wouldn’t support the weight of a human, but it might electrocute you in the process, if you’re inclined to give it a try…
Krank lamp – krank, like you krank it (not like a joke)
It’s concept design eco-lamp heaven. So long as the Krank lamp works a little better than the Gary’s look at the wind-up torch, then it’s a good bit of work from Mr Efrain E. Velez.
Of course, the danger is that you rip off the head of the lamp from irritated excess kranking every five minutes…
Brionvega RR226 audio system – 60s design brought back
The Brionvega Radiofonografo RR126 was one of the most beautiful pieces of design of the sixties. It contained a radio, amp, dial controls and a phonograph. This is the RR226, which adds a CD and DVD player to the mix, but looks no less gorgeous. The speakers flip over the top, where the record player is, if you’d prefer them to…
Martyr Lamp – stay green or little men die
On first site, the Martyr Lamp is a really good bit of design. There’s something wonderfully human about this cute little man with a lightbulb for a head…
Spectral GB intros Catena home entertainment furniture range
Assuming you’ve still got some cash left after forking out on all that home cinema gear, consider installing it on Spectral’s latest furnishing masterpiece rather than plonking it on some home-assembly tat from MFI.
Spectral GB’s Catena cabinets offer maximum support for flat screen TVs on a pivoting T-mount, while all the other hi-fi components can be stored alongside. There’s plenty of room for DVDs, CDs, Blu-rays, as well…
Kodak releases first ever OLED Wireless Frame
I really don’t like digital photo frames. In fact, as a rule I try never to have them on Tech Digest because I think they’re one of the worst inventions ever and come the revolution, their creator will be the first up against the wall.
But, today Kodak has put me in a quandary. They’ve just announced the first ever wireless OLED digital photo frame…
IFA 2008: Room-sized Speakers from Swan
In the above video Dan is awed by a set of *massive* speakers from Swan. One is the size of a wardrobe. You can only buy them as a set, and each one its own costs in the region of £20k, but they make poor Dan look like a dwarf. Imagine the volume you’d get out of those…
IFA 2008: Compositor Media Streamer
Turns out that Brits are the biggest consumers of digital photo frames in the world – god knows why. They're expensive and not very useful. However, upping the usefulness of these devices is the Compositor Media Streamer. It lets you stream all kinds of content – photos, videos, even movies to a bunch of frames around your house. Susi from ShinyShiny has had a look…
