The USB rotary hub is fairly unique as it has 7 flexible hi-speed ports which are capable of rotating 90 degrees.
From the monthly archives:
April 2008
The Wi-Fi detecting watch does exactly what it says on the tin… It detects Wi-Fi signals. This might not be too useful to those with wi-fi smartphones, but for those not wanting to whip out their laptop every time they need a Wi-Fi signal, this is ideal.
Solid and Ink doesn’t seem like the most likely combination you think of. However, this technology is not new and has been around since 1991. The more conventional ink printer uses liquid ink which is pushed through little jets on to the page. This type of printing is quite wasteful although it might not seem [...]
A nice range of ultra portable laptops have been showing up around places recently. The Asus EEE PC was one which took the world by storm with it’s low price tag. The next in line is the HP Mini Note which has a high res 1280 x 768 display that measures 8.9″.
USB drive duplicators seem to be popping up a bit more often these last few months. The last one we wrote about was capable of doing 20 simultaneous copies from a single drive. This new one is capable of creating 60 duplicates.
A ton of weird and wonderful ideas have been created because of the good old USB ports found on every PC and laptop that have been made over the last 10 years. The latest crazy idea is a USB Washing Machine alarm clock.
The very familiar Mario theme tune has now been created in a very different way. This latest version of the song uses a few hundred bottles filled at different levels to create notes.
You might have seen a few WiFi signal boosters around which were hacked together from baked bean cans or other similar items. If hackery is not your expertise then this WiFi signal booster comes ready made for you to increase your wifi signal by 600%.
The NDrive G280 and G800 sat nav devices are soon to be launched. Each features photo mapping which shows a view of your route as an image of where you are. The benefit of this idea is that you will be able to see more clearly which junctions to turn at.
The articulating faucet is made by Kohler and can twist around to suit any bucket filling situation. The faucet is made of Carbon to make it durable and lightweight.
