March 2008

Lego Telephone

by Matthew Newill on March 21, 2008

lego_phoneLego is the coolest toy ever (according to me). This latest gadget is a Lego Phone which is built completely of Lego and features a slide out drawer full of spare bricks. This allows you to either modify [click to continue…]

guitar_heroA clip on controller for the Nintendo DS is being built which slides in to the BGA cartridge slot. What the controller does is ads 4 input buttons which allow you to jam away to guitar hero. [click to continue…]

Flash Drive Duplicator

by Matthew Newill on March 19, 2008

copytowerWhen mass duplicating media you often hit a snag that it takes so long to make copy after copy. Mass duplication devices more commonly known are for CD's or DVD's. Aleratec have just released a 1:11 USB copy tower [click to continue…]

xacti_cg9The Xacti CG9 is built by Sanyo and is their latest compact video camera. The camera is a little fatter then normal which was designed this way on purpose. [click to continue…]

Fascinating_Figure_Mobile_Phone_Concept
The Fascinating Figure is a concept mobile phone which attempts to emulate the reflections on a lake. The concept was designed so that the users feel "tranquillity" while looking at it. [click to continue…]

Mobile_webserver
The versatile Android mobile phone platform is set to get a funky application in the form of web server software. i-Jetty technology allows mobile phone users to create AJAX and comet-enabled websites on an Android mobile phone. [click to continue…]

Jamo DMR with 5.1

by Matthew Newill on March 18, 2008

jamo_dmr_70_dvd_player
The Jamo DMR 70-A is a sleek AV unit measuring just 55mm high. It is a 5.1 channel DVD receiver which can output 5 x 65W of power, is Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1 and has Dolby Pro-Logic II decoding. [click to continue…]

Cloud-City
For those of you who watched Starwars back from the 70's and 80's, you will remember the city in the clouds named "Cloud City". This was a floating city on a planet named Bespin. [click to continue…]

Panasonic_BL-PA100KTA
Although not a new gadget, I still wanted to mention the Panasonic BL-PA100KTA network adapter which uses your electrical wires to create a network around your home. [click to continue…]

Finedrive_CUViThe Finedrive CUVi is a satnav device from Korea. As well as being able to navigate you around Korea, it has built in DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) and weighs jut 152g. [click to continue…]

Canvas_concept_computerCanvas is the name of this concept laptop computer which was designed by Kyle Cherry. It is designed specifically for designers or artists. [click to continue…]

BT2 Employee Monitor

by Matthew Newill on March 16, 2008

exmocare-bt2-wristbandThe BT2 monitor system is made by Exmocare and allows employers to keep tabs on how their staff are doing "inside", meaning in a heart rate, body temperature etc... way. It takes readings of a member of staff wearing it and reports it back to a central location where the manager [click to continue…]