Tag: gadgets
Philipe Starck O-Ring Digi Watch
SciFi Tech says it looks like female anatomy. I say it looks like a safe. Either way, the Starck O-Ring Digi Watch has something aesthetically stale vibe – a peculiar clunkiness and use of digi-ness in a way that…
Solar-powered Stainless Steel Vent
Considering that the Stainless Steel Solar Vent can run for 48 hours in the dark, even in the winter hours, you're looking at a silent, cost-effective solution to areas that tend to have condensation or mold problems. Also, with…
Tesla Roadster: sexiest electric car ever?
Picture it: a fireapple red convertible two-seater Tesla Roadster with — well, you don't have to picture it, it's pictured above. What you don't see is: it's electric, but it can still crank up to oh-my-god-we're-going-to-die speed in four…
Sony puts the music in you with body-wired headphones
Current wireless headphones typically use infrared, radio spectrum, or Bluetooth, all of which are prone to casual disruption. Sony aims to change that with their body-wired headphone patent application. Their headphones would basically use your own body to carry…
Venturi Eclectic: An "Energy-Autonomous" Vehicle
The eclectic part of the Venturi Eclectic (alas, still in the concept stages) refers to how it automatically fuels itself. A catholic consumer of whatever solar or wind (or, if need be, mains) power happens to be handy, it's…
Lovable Ubiko robot for rent
For about £250 per hour you can rent a Ubiko robot to sub for the standard booth babe (and what you lose in babe you make up in not alienating half your potential market base). The -ko is feminine…
Send empty ink and dead mobiles to therecyclingfactory.com
Even a two year old mobile, despite lacking this year's glamorous features, is chock-full of useful components and elements that go into next year's mobile. Likewise, the parts of ink cartridges that wear out are, by skilled hands, fairly…
Platial gets even cooler with MapKit
We were positively delighted by Platial first time it came up: the idea of an atlas anybody could annotate seemed to have, pardon me, a world of possibilities. Maps of hydrogen refuelling stations, maps of vegetarian restaurants, maps of…
ZAP Xebra PK Electric Vehicle
Reminding one of the little blue car frequently tipped over by Mr Bean, one of the exciting things about the ZAP Xebra PK Electric Vehicle is the price: $10,000 USD instead of the $120,000 variety we've seen before. It's…
Turnover eBook has pages, sort of
As someone who studied literature and has dozens of boxes of books, I understand the complaint that ebook readers don't have pages. So I find the concept of the Turnover, designed by Timothy Yeoh, oddly appealing. Simply, it's a…