From the monthly archives:

September 2008

The Superior Athos Flueless Gas Fire

by Matthew on September 30, 2008

superior athos flueless gas fire The Superior Athos Flueless Gas FireTraditionally, the fireplace would sit in the wall, be fed with coal and tend to make a mess of the surrounding area. In these modern times we don’t always have time to light up a coal fire and clean it out etc… We need something cleaner, quicker and very efficient. Superior, a fireplace manufacturer for a number of years has created the Athos Flueless Gas Fire as part of their range and with it’s sleek modern design it brings warmth and efficient heating in to the home while avoiding the inevitable “black smudges” that traditional fireplaces attract. [click to continue…]



SkypePhone to get SkypeOut

by Matthew on September 30, 2008

skypeout SkypePhone to get SkypeOutI just read some fantastic news over at 3MobileBuzz about 3’s cool SkypePhone. Since the SkypePhone launch last year there has been one slight let down in that it only allowed Skype to Skype calls. Although free skype to skype calls is nothing to complain about some felt that they wanted a little more and make use of SkypeOut. Up until now, this has been a no… but that is about to change. [click to continue…]



All Screen Laptop Concept – The Brick

by Matthew on September 29, 2008

foldable notebook All Screen Laptop Concept   The BrickYves Behar has designed a mockup / concept design of what the “brick” project could look like. The concept shows a full all-screen laptop device which has been called “A hybrid iPhone-meets-Macbook-Air that would put hot netbooks like the EeePC to shame.” [click to continue…]



Atari Hero

by Matthew on September 29, 2008

atari hero Atari HeroThe picture you see here is what you get when you mix an Atari 2600 with Guitar Hero. This modded guitar was created by Conner over at Slippery Brick and is a fully working Atari 2600. [click to continue…]



Drum Kit T-Shirt

by Matthew on September 29, 2008

drum kit t shirt Drum Kit T ShirtT-Shirts have a vast variety of things attached to the front of them these days from a wi-fi detector to a screen to draw on. The latest now adds a bit of noise to the equation. The drum kit t-shirt is a regular t-shirt with a touch sensitive drum machine attached to it. [click to continue…]



Amazing Metal Rubber Band Gun

by Matthew on September 26, 2008

metal rubber band gun Amazing Metal Rubber Band GunI have seen a few rubber band guns before ranging from being made of wood to Lego. I have not seen one created in this much detail though. The latest is made of Metal and is designed and built by (what I believe) a Japanese PS3 Metal Gear Solid fan. [click to continue…]



Sanyo Launches a New SatNav – NV-BD600DT

by Matthew on September 26, 2008

nv bd600dt Sanyo Launches a New SatNav   NV BD600DTSanyo are launching a new SatNav named the NV-BD600DT. It features a large 5.8 inch screen and has 4GB of internal memory. [click to continue…]



Z Pen – Digital Pen

by Matthew on September 26, 2008

z pen Z Pen   Digital PenThe Z Pen is a fairly normal looking pen which can be used to write as normal. Once writing has been completed you can then download data from it and have the writing converted to text with OCR. [click to continue…]



Eee PC to get 3.75G Built-in

by Matthew on September 25, 2008

eee pc Eee PC to get 3.75G Built inAsus have made a nice change to their Eee PC 901 series of portable laptops by including 3G (named 3.75G by Asus). This is a smart move as it will bring ultimate portability and ultimate connectivity together in to one single unit. [click to continue…]



Google’s First Android Phone Coming Soon

by Matthew on September 25, 2008

google android t mobile g1 Googles First Android Phone Coming SoonThe first Google Android powered mobile phone should be arriving soon. The first phone to be released is the HTC G1 which is also known as the Dream. T-Mobile have the honour of providing service for users of this phone. [click to continue…]



Stainless Steel Wallet

by Matthew on September 25, 2008

stainless steel wallet Stainless Steel WalletThis wallet claims to be the only Stainless Steel Wallet ever. From looking at it you might think it’s not actually stainless steel… but you would be wrong :) It is made from 25000 stainless steel threads that each measure three times thinner then a piece of paper (0.001″). [click to continue…]



Nokia N96 – Arriving in 2 Weeks in the UK

by Matthew on September 24, 2008

nokia n96 Nokia N96   Arriving in 2 Weeks in the UKNokia are soon launching their N96 mobile phone which is a step up in the N-series range of phones from the N95. The N95 was hugely successful and I suspect that the N96 will follow suit. From what we have heard, this phone will be available in just 2 weeks. [click to continue…]



Flying Rooster

by Matthew on September 24, 2008

flying rooster Flying RoosterThis crazy gadget is called the Flying Rooster and it literally is… just that. The Rooster is capable of being catapulted across an office up to 15 meters. [click to continue…]



R2-D2 Whizzwatch

by Matthew on September 24, 2008

r2 d2 watch R2 D2 WhizzwatchR2-D2 has been one of the most famous droids from the Starwars movies. We have seen R2-D2 projectors as well as many other R2-D2 items. The latest from firebox is a watch than can be used as a remote control to drive a mini R2-D2 around your desk. [click to continue…]



Sony’s Lightest Laptop with Blu-Ray

by Matthew on September 23, 2008

sony_tt_laptopSony have created the VAIO TT series laptop which is now the lightest laptop with Blu-ray support. The laptop has an 11.1 inch LCD screen with back light and has 256GB SSD storage built in. [click to continue…]